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Men composing the Battalion who marched from Fort Dodge, on March 25th, 1857, to rescue the settlers under siege at Spirit Lake and Springfield. Major William Williams, Commander C.R. Bissell, Surgeon George B. Sherman, Commissary Company A Captain Charles B. Richards Lt. Franklin A. Stratton Sgt. S.K. Wright Privates William Burkholder, Lost in snowstorm, never found Henry Carse, William Ford, Geo.P. Smith, O.S. Spencer, C.Stebbens, Silas Van Cleave, All badly frozen George W. Brazee, L.D.Crawford, J.W. Dawson, Cyrus C.Carpenter, Julius Conrad, John Farley, John Gates, Andrew Hood, ----- Chatterton, B.F.Parmenter, William Defore, Michl Maker, L.B. Ridgeway, Winton Smith, E.Mahon, Angus McBane, Wm.P.Pollock, William McCauley, Wm.F.Porter, R.A.Smith, R.W.Wheelock, David Westerfield Company B Captain John F.Duncombe First Lt James Linn Second Lt.Wm.K.Koons Corporal Thomas Callagan Privates Jesse Addington, Hiram Benjamin, Jonas Murrey, all badly frozen Morris Mackham, Robert McCormick, both slightly frozen Daniel Okeson, discharged on third day because of snowblindness Jno.O.Laughlin, discharged on the third day at Dakotah A.Birch, Jeremiah Evans, A.E.Crouse, Albert Johnston, Geo.F.McClure, Michael McCarty, William Searls, Washington Williams, D.H.Baker, Rich Carter, Daniel F.Howell, Michael Cavanaugh, J.N.McFarland, Guernsey Smith, William B Wilson, Rheuben Whetstone, Orlando Bice, Orlando C.Howe, R.F.Carter, Daniel Morrissey, A.H.Malcombe, Jno.M.Thatcher, John White Company C Captain J.C.Johnston, lost in snowstorm, he was never found First Lt.Jno.N.Maxwell, badly frozen Second Lt.F.Mason Sergeant H.Hoover Cpl.A.N.Hathaway Privates Sherman Cassiday, Elias D.Kellogg, A.F.Fellis, all slightly frozen J.C.Pemberton, badly frozen A.S.Leonard, was snowblinded, discharged at Dakotah John Gage, James Brainard, F.B.Barebone, Humphrey Hilton, Michael Sweeny, M.W.Howland, R.W.Moody Alonzo Richardson, John Erie, Thos Anderson, John Noland, W.W.Ates, W.K.Laughlin, James Hickey, Wm.Church, Patrick Conlin, Patrick Stafford, Jareb Palmer For More information on the Spirit Lake Massacre, visit these websites: Source: Early History Of Fort Dodge, From the notes of Major William Williams, Edited by Ed Breen Links updated 06/19/06-KDJ
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