Civil War Roll - Union Soldiers and Border Millitia


From The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Chicago, Western Historical Company, 1878.


Volunteer Roster

Taken principally from Adjutant General's Reports

 Adjt...........................Adjutant I.V.I..........Iowa Volunteer Infantry 
 Art..............................Artillery kld.........................................killed 
 Bat.............Battle or Battalion Lieut.............................Lieutenant 
 Col.............................Colonel  Maj.......................................Major
 Capt...........................Captain m.o...........................mustered out
 Corp.........................Corporal prmtd..............................promoted
 Comsy................Commissary prisr..................................prisoner
 com.................commissioned Regt...............................Regiment
 cav..............................cavalry re-e...............................re-enlisted
 captd........................captured res...................................resigned
 desrtd.......................deserted Sergt...............................Sergeant
 disab.........................disabled trans.............................transferred
 disd.......................discharged vet.....................................veteran
 e.................................enlisted V.R.C.......Veteran Reserve Corps
 excd......................exchanged wd...................................wounded
 inf...............................infantry hon.disd......honorably discharged
 inv...............................invalid

2nd Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Capt. Scott John Wesley e. as Corp. May 6, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Nov. 12, 1862, prmtd. 1st lieut. April 3, 1863, prmtd. capt. 2d Vet. Inf. Dec. 12, 1864, m.o. July 12, 1865
Corp. Vermilyea Robert B. e. May 6, 1861, m.o. June 18, 1864
Buckmaster E. e. May 6, 1861, disd. Dec. 21, 1861
Park Simpson e. May 6, 1861, died April 30, 1862
Phillips S.B. e. May 6, 1861, died Nov. 23, 1861
Staley Daniel W. e. May 6, 1861, died Oct. 13, 1861
Strunk Daniel J. e. May 6, 1861, m.o. June 18, 1864

8th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Corp. Dougherty John H. e. Aug. 10, 1861, disd. Feb. 15, 1862
Corp. Haver John e. Aug. 10, 1861, m.o. April 20, 1866
Davis Isaac e. Aug. 10, 1861, trans. to 1st Neb. Regt. Dec. 31, 1861
Duncan John e. Aug. 10, 1861, m.o. April 20, 1866
Garrett Reuben e. Aug. 10, 1861, m.o. April 20, 1866
Haver Geo. e. Aug. 10, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, captd. at Memphis
Jackson Joshua e. Aug. 10, 1861, disd. Feb. 15, 1862
Mickey Isaac e. Aug. 10, 1861, disd. March 1, 1863, disab.

14th Iowa Infantry

Company D

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Buckmaster Chas.

15th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Houts Orrin F. e. Nov. 1, 1861, m.o. Nov. 16, 1864

16th Iowa Infantry, Company C

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Harl Chas. F. e. Feb. 12, 1862, mortally wd. at Corinth, died Oct. 11, 1862

20th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Corp. Law John W. e. Aug. 13, 1863, m.o. June 5, 1865
Bryant Robert M. e. Aug. 9, 1862, m.o. June 5, 1865
Gardiner Elijah e. July 30, 1862, m.o. June 5, 1865

25th Iowa Infantry

Company G

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Musician Benson Albert e. Aug. 22, 1862, m.o. June 6, 1865
Train Isaac N. e. Aug. 21, 1862, m.o. June 6, 1865

29th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
F. Maj. Williams Oliver e. Aug. 9, 1862, m.o. Aug. 10, 1865

39th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Musician Boyer M.M. e. Sept. 21, 1862, m.o. June 5, 1865

44th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Asst. Surg. Rassell John H. com. May 28, 1864, m.o. Sept. 15, 1864

48th Iowa Infantry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Sgt. Reid Wm. M. e. May 10, 1864, m.o. Sept. 16, 1864

1st Iowa Cavalry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Bessey Chas. e. June 24, 1863, m.o. Feb. 15, 1866

4th Iowa Cavalry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Brotherton M.V.B. vet. Jan. 1, 1864, m. o. Aug. 10, 1865
Cafferty Geo. e. Nov. 14, 1861, m.o. Aug. 10, 1865
Carson Jas. M. e. Oct. 8, 1863, died May 30, 1864
Dotson John e. Nov. 14, 1861, vet. Dec. 11, 1863, m.o. Aug. 10, 1865
Fullerton W. e. Nov. 14, 1861, vet. Dec. 19, 1863, died Jan. 16, 1865
Ogden H.B. e. Oct. 9, 1861, vet. Dec. 19, 1863, m.o. Aug. 10, 1865
Swain Wm. e. Nov. 14, 1861, died Aug. 28, 1863

5th Iowa Veteran Cavalry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Corp. Atkinson Elijah e. Sept. 21, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, missing

9th Iowa Cavalry

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Branchcome D. e. Oct. 4, 1863, trans. to V.R.C.
Gouldsbury Cyrus e. Oct. 1, 1863, m.o. Feb. 3, 1866
Griffith M.B. e. Oct. 7, 1863, m.o. Feb. 8, 1866
Smith Jas. W. e. April 18, 1864, m.o. Feb. 3, 1866
Shannon Jos. O. e. April 18, 1864, m.o. Feb. 3, 1866

Iowa Artillery, 2nd Battery

Rank Surname Given Name Comments
Flock George E. e. Nov. 23, 1864, m.o. Aug. 7, 1865


Transcribed by Renee Rimmert