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CHAPTER X.AUDUBON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR.From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
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The population of Audubon county averaged less than five hundred during the War of the Rebellion. It had five hundred and ten inhabitants by the census of 1865. There were about one hundred men subject to military duty in the county during the war, thirty-one of whom served in the army during that period. About fifteen unmarried men did not go to the war, several of whom were not able-bodied and were unfit for military duty.AUDUBON COUNTY UNION SOLDIERS.John A. Anderson, private, Company D, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, enlisted February 13, 1863; discharged May 17, 1866. William S. Anderson, private, Company B, Fifth Iowa Infantry, enlisted December 18, 1862; killed July 22, 1864. William P. Beck, First Sergeant, Company C, Fourth Iowa Infantry, enlisted May 26, 1861; discharged December 10, 1862. Silas D. Burns, private, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted August 26, 1861; killed June 19, 1863. John W. Davis, sergeant, Company L, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, enlisted November 25, 1861; deserted December 22, 1863. Henry T. Eagan. James Eagan. Richard S. Hallock, surgeon, United States Colored Infantry. George W. Hardy, private, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, enlisted August 15, 1862; died October 19, 1862. James Howlett, private, Company D, Second Iowa Infantry, drafted, 1864. Samuel Howlett, private, Company D, Second Iowa Infantry, drafted, 1864. Lyman Jardine, private, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, enlisted August 14, 1862; died June 27, 1865. John T. Jenkins, corporal, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted August 18, 1861; discharged August 30, 1864. James M. Jones, private, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted March 30, 1864; discharged August 7, 1865. Orlin E. Jones, private, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted August 18, 1861; killed June 20, 1863. John W. Montgomery, corporal, Company E, Third Iowa Infantry, enlisted May 21, 1861; wounded April 6, 1862; discharged June 17, 1864. William M. Nelson, private, Company D, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, enlisted August 13, 1862; discharged August 10, 1865. Charles H. Norton, corporal, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted August 18, 1861; discharged August 30, 1864. Robert A. Oliphant, corporal, Company B, Eourth Iowa Infantry, enlisted July 10, 1861; discharged August 30, 1864. James A. Robinson, private, Company D, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, enlisted August 15, 1862; discharged August 10, 1865. W. Scott Rice, sergeant, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted August 26, 1861; discharged August 7, 1865. Harry D. Shelley, sergeant, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted August 26, 1861; discharged April 3, 1863. James Smith, private, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, enlisted August 8, 1862; discharged July 26, 1868. John F. Smith. William E. Smith, bugler, Company L, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, enlisted October 7, 1861; discharged August 8, 1865. William F. E. Smith, private, Company D, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, enlisted February 13, 1863; discharged May 17, 1866. George R. Stephenson, private, Second Iowa Battery, enlisted March 30, 1864; discharged August 7, 1865. Charles Van Gorder, captain, Company B, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, enlisted August 22, 1862; wounded October 5, 1864; discharged June 5, 1865. Nathaniel Wiggin, drafted. John M. Wilcox, private, Company D, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, enlisted April 10, 1864; discharged May 17, 1866. Of these soldiers, three were killed, two wounded, two died of disease and one deserted. John Crane, Richard Gault and James A. Poage were drafted and furnished substitutes. |
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 164-165. |
