Civil War RecruitsCivil War RecruitsSource: from reprint of "Clarke County Historical & Biographical Record", Lewis Pub., Chicago, 1886. p.227+
Clarke Guards
In 1861 there was no railroad in the county, but the news of the fall of Sumter was but two or three days in spreading everywhere among the people. Iowa was only required to send one regiment and the governor had so many offers that Clarke County was not asked to furnish troops immediately. In May, 1861, however, a militia company was raised with great enthusiasm, Samuel P. Glenn, being Captain, to be ready to offer its services on the first intimation that they would be accepted. The company was known as the Clarke County Guards, and drilled every Saturday, for a number of weeks. On the first of July, orders were received from Des Moines, to assemble and report at Burlington, for organization and assignment. On the 4th a grand celebration was held at Osceola and the company was organized for service.
Company B, Sixth Infantry
Previous to this, and because it was supposed the company was too large for all to be received, a number of the volunteers went to Chariton, Lucas County, where they were received as a part of Company B, Sixth Infantry. These were:
| Sgt Edwin F. Alden | Crp. David S. Sigler | Crp. John H. Keplinger |
| Crp. William C. Fitch | Crp. George B. Brown | Musician, Addison J. Skelly |
PRIVATES
| Green C. Adkins | Jesse L. Adkins | Miles Atwater | Otis Burbank |
| William L. Brown | William H. Brandon | Charles J. Cheny | James S. Cain |
| Newton J. Gordon | Edwin R. Godfrey | Charles H. Griggs | Charles H. Harvey |
| James H. Hess | Valentine Harland | Lemuel G. Knott | Elijah J. Kent |
| Alonzo Ketchum | Zarah M. Lanning | Jacob L. Miler | Andrew Miller |
| Kellogg Poisell | Lewis B. Ridgeway | Orisn S. Rarick | John M. Sayer |
| James E. Thomas |
These were mustered into the service no sooner than the full company from Clarke County, which became Company F, Sixth Infantry. This band of patriots set out with teams July 9, for Eddyville, Wapello Conty, whence they proceeded by rail to Burlington, arriving on the evening of the 11th. They were mustered into the service of the United States, July 17, by Lieutenant Alexander Chambers, U.S.A. This being the first company from Clarke County their names are considered worthy of record in ths place.
| Capt. Samuel P. Glenn | 1st Lt. Calvin Minton | 2nd Lt. John T. Grimes |
Sergeants
| Abraham C. Rarick | Elihu Gardner | Edwin R. Kennedy |
| Jerry Rhodes | George W. Hess |
Corporals
| John Diehl | John W. Kling | Zephaniah F. Delany | Jackson Wiggins |
| Moses T. Johnson | Nathaniel Thrasher | Francis M. Kyte | Andrew Byers |
Musicians - Samuel Early & George Gutches
Wagoner - Henry C. Stewart
Privates
| Samuel Applegate | Colman Barber | Ira A. Bare | Joseph N. Ballou |
| Robert Buell | Robert Balis | George Babington | Edward Chambers |
| Thomas Carson | Andrew B. Dilley | Isaac Day | Charles Daho |
| Homer Dodd | Abraham Ford | Elim Ford | James Fouch |
| Thomas P. Gray | William J. Hamilton | Benjamin H. Hilling | Samuel Hindman |
| Bladen A. Harrison | Jeremiah Hanks | John M. Hunter | Samuel Hart |
| Jonathan L. Hagerty | Caleb Jeffers | Thomas H. Kirkpatrick | Edwin R. Kennedy |
| George W. Lamb | Grundy Lock | William J. Love | James Mitchell |
| James Mardis | David McBride | William S. Moore | Charles W. Miller |
| James T.R. McCully | Oren S. Medcalf | Austin May | David McFarland |
| D.F.M. Musselman | Thomas A. Nelson | Hervey D. Owen | Harrison Owen |
| William Pagett | Alfred G. Romine | Adam C. Rarick | William H. Stewart |
| Abram T. Stark | Peter P. Shuck | John G. Scoville | David Shearer |
| Abner W. Sharp | Alexander Stewart | Henry Terry | Clark Tripp |
| Aaron Vanscoy | Oliver P. Wilson | Vashni Webster | William J. Wilson |
| Hugh West | John P. Willeby | James H. Weaver | Joseph Weinneger |
| Henry C. Zink |