Zearing, Iowa 1956 History

BORN: 1842; DIED: 1912 ; BURIED: Zearing Mausoleum, Zearing, Iowa.

REID, SAMUEL—Co. I, 6th Iowa Infantry

Samuel enlisted on July 12, 1861. He was discharged on January 1, 1862. Samuel was a member of G. A. R. Post 31 at Nevada, Iowa.

Samuel was sent to the Iowa-Missouri border to help prevent an enemy invasion of Iowa. He was wounded in the right shoulder in the fighting at La Mine Bridge, Missouri .

BORN: 1838; DIED: 1898 ; BURIED: Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa.

Watkins, JOSEPH H.—Co. G, 132nd Ohio Infantry

Joseph enlisted on May 2, 1864. He was discharged on September 10, 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio. Joseph was a member of G. A. R. Post 238 at Colo, Iowa.

Joseph did garrison duty at White House, Virginia. He did garrison duty at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.

BORN: 1839 ; DIED: 1914 ; BURIED: Colo Cemetery, Protestant, Colo, Iowa.

BARTINE, AMOS A.—Co. B, 2nd Iowa Cavalry

Amos enlisted on July 30, 1861. He was mustered in on August 31, 1861. He was discharged on February 29, 1864. Amos reenlisted on March 1, 1864. Amos was promoted to Fifth Sergeant on July 5, 1865. He received his final discharge on September 19, 1865, at Selma, Alabama.

Amos campaigned with the cavalry in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. He fought in the important battle at Shiloh, Tennessee.

BORN: 1834; DIED: 1917 ; BURIED: Bivens Grove Cemetery, Marshall County, Iowa.

HOLCOMB, JAMES—Co. F, 78th Ohio Infantry

James enlisted on September 21, 1864. He was discharged on May 30, 1865, at Washington, D.C.

James marched with Sherman's army to the sea. He campaigned in the Carolinas. He marched in the Grand Review on May 24, 1865, at Washington, D.C.

BORN: 1842; DIED: 1918; BURIED: Illinois Grove Cemetery, Marshall County, Iowa.