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CHAPTER X.

AUDUBON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. (CONT'D)

From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews

"MUSTER ROLL.

"Of the Mounted Infantry Company of Audubon County, organized under Chapter 84, Laws of the Regular Session of Tenth General Assembly of the

State of Iowa.

"We, the undersigned do hereby acknowledge to have entered the service of the State of Iowa, as provided in the afore-mentioned law and hereby subject ourselves to all the rules, regulations, provisions and disciplen as therein set forth, and all rules and regulations which may be hereafter promulgated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Militia of Iowa.

Name.	Rank.	Age.	Postoffice.	Residence.	Nativity.
Horatio P. Smith	Captain	31	Oakfield	Oakfield	Ohio.
Xerxes Knox	First lieutenant	30	Exira	Exira	Ohio.
John T. Jenkins	Second lieutenant	25	Oakfield	Oakfield	Kentucky.
Charles H. Norton	First sergeant	27	Oakfield	Oakfield	New York.
Dawson Glasgow	Second sergeant	40	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Kentucky.
Benjamin F. Jenkins	Third sergeant	27	Oakfield	Oakfield	Kentucky.
George H. Simmons	First corporal	22	Exira	Exira	England.
Andrew J. Linn	Second corporal	30	Exira	Exira	Ohio.
Howard J. Green	Third corporal	33	Exira	Exira	New York.
Andrew Leffingwell	Fourth corporal	37	Exira	Exira	Massachusetts.
Anderson, Lesanthers	Private	18	Exira	Exira	Ohio.
Bateham, Vincent	Private	22	Exira	Exira	Indiana.
Barlow, Darius	Private	33	Exira	Exira	New York.
Bartlett, Washington	Private	43	Oakfield	Oakfield	Virginia.
Blackmar, James	Private	27	Exira	Exira	New York.
Bush, John D.	Private	36	Exira	Exira	Massachusette.
Davidson, Levi B.	Private	37	Oakfield	Oakfield	Ohio.
Deeds, Cornelius W.	Private	27	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Ohio.
Dodge, Boynton G.	Private	35	Exira	Exira	New Hampshire.
Donnel, John M.	Private	38	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Ohio.
Donnel, James N.	Private	34	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Ohio.
Edgerton, David	Private	37	Exira	Exira	Indiana.
Frost, Martin	Private	41	Oakfield	Oakfield	Ohio.
Frost, Carlos E.	Private	37	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Ohio.
Goodale, Almon	Private	36	Oakfield	Oakfield	Ohio.
Hardy, Andrew N.	Private	44	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	New York.
Hallock, Richard S.	Private	32	Oakfield	Oakfield	Illinois.
Hallock, John A.	Private	29	Exira	Exira	Illinois.
Hallock, Isaac P.	Private	26	Oakfield	Oakfield	Illinois.
Heath, Mark	Private	41	Oakfield	Oakfield	Ohio.
Hyatt, William	Private	18	Oakfield	Oakfield	Kentucky.
Lewis, Richard M.	Private	43	Oakfield	Oakfield	Indiana.
Montgomery, Joel	Private	18	Exira	Exira	Illinois.
Norton, John	Private	27	Oakfield	Oakfield	New York.
Pearl, Wallace E.	Private	35	Oakfield	Oakfield	New York.
Pearl, Joshua A.	Private	34	Oakfield	Oakfield	New York.
Porter, Joseph	Private	36	Oakfield	Oakfield	Canada.
Sharp, George W.	Private	34	Exira	Exira	Kentucky.
Tingle, John	Private	18	Oakfield	Oakfield	Iowa.
Tyler, Oliver P.	Private	25	Exira	Exira	England.
Wilcox, Whitman	Private	40	Exira	Exira	Pennsylvania.
Wiggin, Nathaniel	Private	28	Exira	Exira	New York.
Walker, William	Private	30	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Ohio.

Men over age who have joined the company, and if furnished arms will do as good service as they can:

Bush, Lyman	Private	50	Exira	Exira	Massachusette.
Beck, Hiram M.	Private	55	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Ohio.
Frost, J. Lyman	Private	70	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Connecticut.
Hallock, Isaac, Sr.	Private	62	Oakfield	Oakfield	New York.
Lynn, John, Sr.	Private	50	Exira	Exira	Ohio.
Montgomery, Levi B.	Private	55	Exira	Exira	Ohio.
Norton, William C.	Private	50	Oakfield	Oakfield	New York.
Wilson, James	Private	48	Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Kentucky.

Capt. Horatio P. Smith, sworn in, November 19, 1864.

First Lieut. Xerxes Knox, sworn in, December 17, 1864.

Second Lieut. John T. Jenkins, sworn in, December 3, 1864.

It further appears from the records of the adjutant-general of Iowa that another company of militia was attempted to be organized in Audubon county about November 8, 1864.

"MUSTER ROLL.

"Of Audubon County Riflemen, Organized in the County of Audubon under Chapter 84, Laws of the Regular Session of Tenth General Assembly of the State of Iowa.

"We the undersigned, do hereby acknowledge to have entered the service of the State of Iowa, as provided in the afore-mentioned law, and hereby subject ourselves to all the rules, regulations, and discipline as therein set forth, and all rules and regulations which may be hereafter promulgated by the commander-in-chief of the militia of Iowa.

Name.	Rank.	Age.	Postoffice.	Residence.	Nativity.
B. F. Thomas	Captain	22	Hamlin's Grove	Audubon Township	Ohio.
John S. Wright	First lieutenant	21	Hamlin's Grove	Audubon Township	Indiana.
Isaac Thomas	Second lieutenant	27	Hamlin's Grove	Audubon Township	Ohio.
John Crane	First sergeant	30	Exira	Exira	Ohio.
James Poage	Second sergeant		Hamlin's Grove	Hamlin's Grove	Illinois.
Isaac V. D. Lewis	Third sergeant	33	Hamlin's Grove	Audubon Township	Indiana.
Richard Gault	Fourth sergeant	31	Exira	Exira	Pennsylvania.
William P. Hamlin	First corporal	42	Exira	Exira	Kentucky.
Amherst Heath	Second corporal	39	Oakfield	Oakfield
John M. Donnel	Third corporal	34		Audubon	Kentucky.
Peoria I. Whitted	Fourth corporal	35	Exira	Exira	New York.
Samuel G. Haywood	Fifth corporal	33	Hamlin's Grove	Audubon	Ohio.
Beers, Bradley	Private	40
Ballard, O. R.	Private	25	Oakfield
Birge, James	Private	25
Brainard, A. I.	Private	38
Bartlett, Washington	Private	43
Blackmer, J. M.	Private
Beers, David B.	Private	25
Barlow, Darius	Private	33
Bush, John D.	Private	36
Calder, George H.	Private	36
Carley, Lehman	Private	39
Carpenter, William	Private	32
Dodge, Boynton G.	Private	34
Davidson. L. B.	Private	41
Eagan, Samuel	Private	22
Edgerton, David	Private	36
Early, Leonard	Private	44
Eagan, James	Private	28
Frost, Martin	Private	41
Frost, Carlos E.	Private	37
Green, Howard J.	Private	36
Goodale, Almond	Private	36
Herrick, Edson	Private	44
Herrick, Urbane	Private	40
Herrick, J. D.	Private
Hubbard, Julius M.	Private	33
Hiatt, William H.	Private
Heath, Mark	Private	40
Howlett, Samuel, Jr.	Private	20
Howlett, Samuel, Sr.	Private	30
Heath, A.	Private	39
Houston, A. B.	Private	40
Hallock, Isaac P., Jr.	Private	24
Hallock, John A.	Private	28
Hardy, Andrew M.	Private	44
Howlett, James	Private	40
Jenkins, Benjamin F.	Private	26
Johnson, Samuel	Private	29
Jones, Giles N.	Private	33
Jenkins, Isaac H.	Private	21
Jardine, Walter J.	Private	19
Lewis, Richard M.	Private	42
Leffingwell, A. J.	Private
Lewis, Thomas S.	Private	37
Milliman, Bryant	Private	36
Mullinger. William R.	Private	32
Norton, John C.	Private
Poage, George T.	Private
Parmley, Richard F.	Private	23
Pullam, R. F.	Private	33
Pearl, E. W.	Private	35
Pearl, Joshua A.	Private	33
Paige, J. A	Private	21
Scharff, Michael	Private	27
Sharp, George W.	Private	34
Smith, Oliver	Private	30
Ward, Chauncey E.	Private	30
Wiggins, Nathaniel	Private	38
Walker, William	Private	30

The names of this roll show that all the officers of Captain Thomas's company, except one, and fifty of the privates were Democrats, some of them emphatic anti-war men. It appears that the commissions of the officers were sent by the adjutant-general to J. Lyman Frost, the then postmaster at Hamlin's Grove, a rigid Republican, to act as mustering officer, and to deliver them to the company officers-elect upon taking their proper oaths of office; but that he declined to muster them or to deliver the commissions, presumably because he knew many members of the company to be anti-war men, and of questionable loyalty or patriotism to the country.

Captain Thomas, who is now living, says that his commission was not delivered to him, but was found on the prairie, having evidently been thrown away. And he further says that arms were not issued to his men, as it was considered dangerous to do so, fearing that the men would fight among themselves, as the excitement was intense between the Union and anti-war men. He wrote recently that he was nominated for captain by John A. Hallock, and further says that one of the members of his company waylaid for John A. Hallock in the Big Grove, but failed to meet him. "Some things I would scarcely dare to write. It will take generations to blot out the evil that was sown in those days. When the draft was riot, ------- started for 'Uncle Natty's' by night to organize against it, but got lost in the darkness and returned. One night I had a dream that my company were rebels, dressed in butternut uniforms,--so I resigned." It has been stated that arms and ammunition were sent to the county and were secreted in the chamber of the house of Howard J. Green, to be used by the Union men if necessary; but this is doubtful.

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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 168-170.

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CHAPTER X.

AUDUBON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. (CONT'D)

From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915) by H. F. Andrews

"MUSTER ROLL.

State of Iowa.

"MUSTER ROLL.

Audubon County
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From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews