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Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Together with 
Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations 1861-1866: 
Vol. 2
9th- Regiments-Infantry. 
Published by authority of the General Assembly, under the direction of Brig. Gen. Wm. 
H. Thrift, Adjutant General. Des Moines; Emory H. English, State Printer, E. D. Chassell, 
State Binder; 1908


		HISTORICAL SKETCH
	
	SIXTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

	The organization of the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry began when the first company was 
ordered into quarters by Governor Kirkwood, September 17, 1861.  the designated rendezvous was 
Camp McClellan, Davenport, Iowa, and there seven companies of the regiment were mustered into 
the service of the United States on dates ranging from December 10, 1861, to March 12, 1862, by 
Captain Alexander Chambers and S. A. Wainwright, of the United States Army.  of the remaining 
three companies., the records show that Company F was mustered in at Keokuk, Iowa, in February;  
companies I and K, at Benton Barracks, near St. Louis, March 24, 1862, by Captain chambers.  It 
will thus be seen that it was more than six months from the date on which the first company was 
ordered into quarters before the organization of the regiment was completed.

	The files of reports and returns in the office of the Adjutant General of Iowa contain 
several papers relating to an incipient militia organization called the "German Regiment," from 
which it appears that John P. Koch had been commissioned as Colonel, and authorized to raise a 
regiment bearing that designation.  It also appears that but two companies, with an aggregate 
strength of 151 men, were recruited for that regiment when its organization was abandoned and 
the two companies were merged into the Sixteenth Regiment.  On Page 22 of the report of the 
Adjutant General of Iowa--1861-2--appears the roster of the Field and Staff of the German 
Regiment then forming, but including only the names of John P. Koch, Colonel, and Charles 
Altman Adjutant.  the next and last reference to this organization is found on Page 12, Vol, I, 
of the Adjutant General's report  for 1862, in which he says:  "Since my last report the 
Sixteenth Iowa Infantry and the German ) Iowa Regiment have been consolidated, and the regiment 
is known as the Sixteenth Iowa Infantry."  there were a large number of volunteer organizations 
from the different states which were given distinctive names, some prior to and others after 
being mustered into the service of the United States.  On Page 30 of a volume compiled under 
the direction of the Adjutant General at Washington, published in 1885, entitled, "Synonyms of 
Organizations in the Volunteer Service of the United States." the following statement appears 
under the caption "Iowa";  "German Regiment Sixteenth Infantry (Part)."  The name is thus 
officially and historically identified with the regiment, although the designation could have 
no significance as applied to it completed organization.

	It should be kept in mind that Iowa was then a young State, that the greater part of its 
territory was but sparsely populated, and that it had already sent into the field fourteen 
regiments of Infantry, five regiments of Cavalry and three batteries of Artillery.  It was not, 
therefore, and indication of lack of patriotism that the call for two more regiments of 
Infantry--coming at the same time--was not as promptly responded to as the first and second 
calls had been.  it will be seen, by comparing the subjoined roster with those of the earlier 
regiments, that the average age of the officers and men was much greater.  This plainly 
indicates a larger proportion of married men, whose duty to their families had restrained them 
from enlisting until the necessity for their making the sacrifice became imperative.  Moreover, 
when these men volunteered their services, many battles had been fought, the great magnitude of 
the rebellion was realized and the dangers and hardships of a long and terrible war confronted 
them.  They had given the consideration to the question of duty to their country;  were not 
carried away by enthusiasm, but their action was deliberate, and their subsequent conduct 
demonstrated that they were equal to all emergencies.

	The regiment left Davenport March 20, 1862, was conveyed by steamer to St. Louis and 
marched thence to Benton Barracks, where it went into quarters, was furnished with arms, 
ammunition and filed equipage, and, without having the opportunity for drill and instruction 
except to the most limited extent, was hurried to the front.  It had the food fortune, however, 
of having a commander who was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point 
and a thoroughly trained soldier.  He was a Captain in the Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry in 
the Regular Army at the time he was appointed Colonel of the Sixteenth Iowa by 
governor Kirkwood, and had been acting as Mustering Officer for Iowa Troops since the 
commencement of the war.  The regiment was thus better fitted for immediate active service in 
the field than it would have been under a commander without military training or experience.  
On the 1st of April Colonel Chambers was ordered to embark his regiment and proceed to 
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., and, upon arriving there, to report to General Grant.

	On the morning of April 4, 1862, the regiment arrived at Pittsburg Landing.  the great 
battle of Shiloh had begun, and the roar of the conflict at the front was heard as the regiment 
was leaving the boat.  Here the men loaded their guns for the first time.  Wounded men and some 
panic-stricken stragglers began to arrive from the firing line, with tales of disaster to the 
Union troops, indicating that the rebel forces were superior in numbers and were victorious on 
3every part of the field.  This was a hard experience for these men who had but a few days 
before, left their homes in Iowa, and was a severe test to their courage and discipline, even 
before they were ordered forward to meet the enemy.  The order soon came, and the regiment 
marched promptly to the front under the leadership of their gallant Colonel, to the aid of the 
troops who were being hard pressed by the enemy.  The official report of Colonel Chambers shows 
the heroic conduct of his regiment in that great conflict, and the compiler of this historical 
sketch regrets that the limitation of space which he is compelled to observe will not permit 
the reproduction of the report in full.  The following extracts, however, give the main 
features of the report, omitting details:

	From 9:30 to 10:20 A. M., the time occupied in reaching the battlefield, we met more men 
returning of all arms, than belonged to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Regiments, but I must say, 
for the credit of the State of Iowa, not one of her quota did I meet.  On crossing an open 
field, beyond which was the position of the rebels, two of m command were wounded.  My regiment 
was formed on the right of this field in rear of a fence.  I ordered the men to lie down, when 
the greater part of the enemy's fire passed harmlessly over us.  I had, however, several 
wounded here.  From this position the regiment was ordered forward to the edge of timber, 
within close range of the enemy, as many of my men were wounded at the same time by both ball 
and buckshot.  For Nearly or quite an hour the regiment held its ground against a much larger 
force of the enemy, supported by artillery, when it was compelled to give way before the 
destructive fire, or be captured.  Word came down the line that a retreat has beed ordered.  At 
this our whole line gave way and became mixed up with other regiments.  My regiment was rallied 
by Lieut, Col. A. H. Sanders to the number of about 300 and was posted in rear of a battery 
during the remainder of the day and night, during which time those who had become mixed with 
other regiments returned and reformed with those under the Lieutenant Colonel, I having been 
wounded in the hip joint, which was very painful and rendered me quite lame.  The next day the 
regiment held the same position in rear of the battery during the fight.

	With a few exceptions the officers and men behaved with judgment and gallantry.  The 
field officers were particularly cool under a destructive fire and rendered great assistance.  
the horses of all the field and staff officers were killed or wounded, evidently showing an 
intention on the part of the enemy to pick off the most prominent officers.  Captains Ruehl and 
Zettler, both gallant men, were killed or mortally wounded, and First Lieut. F. M. Doyle, a 
brave and efficient officer, was also killed.  The loss during Sunday's fight was two officers 
and sixteen non-commissioned officers and privates killed, and nine officers and ninety-four 
non-commissioned officers and privates wounded, and fifteen non-c0mmissioned officers and 
privates missing.

The experience gained by the regiment in this great battle was invaluable.  In the numerous 
battles in which it was subsequently engaged it had the advantage of the training and drill 
which it had not received before the battle of Shiloh, but it was never afterwards placed in a 
position in which the bravery and fortitude of the officers and men received a more thorough 
test.  It was favorable the common experience of all soldiers that their first battle, no 
matter how favorable the conditions under which it was fought, was the severest test to their 
courage.  At Shiloh the conditions under which the Sixteenth Iowa, went into action were most 
unfavorable.  The impression its men received, the moment they left the boat and formed in line 
of battle, was that the enemy was successful on every part of the battlefield; and this 
impression was sustained as they marched to the front and met large numbers of wounded being 
taken to the rear, also many demoralized and panic-stricken soldiers who had not been wounded 
but had deserted their regiments in the face of the enemy and sought safety in flight.  the 
fact that the men of this new and untried regiment did not become infected with the feeling of 
panic, but marched steadily forward and went into that hell of battle with the coolness of 
veterans, fought until the only alternative retreat or surrender, and afterwards rallied to 
their colors and rendered important service until the close of the battle, entitles them to a 
place in the front rank as heroic soldiers.  In its subsequent history the record made at 
Shiloh was fully maintained but, in the judgment of the compiler, never surpassed.

	After the battle the regiment was ordered to move toward Corinth, the strongly fortified 
position to which the rebel army had retreated.  General Grant's army cautiously advanced, 
constructing earth-works at regular intervals along its front, thus guarding against another 
possible attack by the enemy and preparing for the siege of the rebel stronghold.  On the 27th 
of April the organization of a brigade, consisting of the Eleventh Thirteenth, M. M. Crocker, 
of the Thirteenth Iowa, became its commander.  this organization was maintained until the close 
of the war and as known throughout the army as  "Crocker's Iowa Brigade"; although, after 
Colonel Crocker was promoted to Brigadier General, it had many different commanders, most if 
not all of whom were, or had been officers of some one of the its regiments.  The history of 
the Sixteenth Iowa is, therefore, closely interwoven with that of the brigade to which frequent 
reference will be made in giving the outlines of the further service of the regiment.

	During the siege of Corinth the regiment, with its brigade, performed  arduous and 
important service and contributed its full share to bring about the evacuation of that 
stronghold, just as General Grant had determined to order an assault upon the fortifications.   
The evacuation tool place during the night of May 30, 1862,  The regiment now went into camp 
near Corinth, where it remained until July 28th, at which time it marched, with its brigade, to 
Bolivar, Tenn., where it was engaged in watching the movements of the enemy, erecting 
fortifications and guarding against threatened attack by the enemy.  A considerable rebel force 
remained in the vicinity of Bolivar for several weeks but, as was later shown, not with the 
intention of attacking the Union troops stationed there, but to draw away from Corinth enough 
Unions troops to make it possible for the rebels to recapture that important post.  When the 
real purpose of the enemy was discovered, the regiment with its brigade was ordered to return 
to Corinth.  Upon its arrival there it was ordered to march toward Iuka and watch the movements 
of the enemy.

	On the 19th of September, 1962, the brigade was in close proximity to the enemy.  the 
Sixteenth Regiment was ordered forward late in the evening of that day, while the other 
regiments of Crocker's brigade were held in reserve.  The part taken by the regiment in the 
battle which ensued is shown in the official report of Lieut, Col. A H. Sanders, who, after 
Colonel chambers had been severely wounded, assumed command of the regiment.

			             HEADQUARTER SIXTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY,
									   Sept. 21, 1862.

	Sir,--I have the honor to report the part taken by the Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, in your 
brigade, in the battle on the evening of the 19th instant, one and one-half miles south of 
Iuka, Mississippi.

	The regiment, under  command of Col. A Chambers, was placed in position about 5:30 P. M. 
in rear of the Eleventh Ohio Battery, the left of the regiment extending across the road from 
which it had filed into position.  Immediately after the regiment was formed in line a charge 
of grape and shell from a battery of the enemy cut down six or seven men, including an officer, 
when the men were ordered to lie down.  In this position but few or none were injured by the 
repeated discharges of canister and ball from the rebel battery.  In probably half an hour from 
forming in line, the enemy made a charge of infantry on the battery.  Our fire was reserved 
till the last moment in the center of the regiment, for fear of killing those manning the 
battery or the horses of the same, and in the two right companies, till a regiment which was 
lapping them was withdrawn; but when the enemy's lines were plainly or partially in sight 
(which, owing to the trees and thick underbrush, was not till they were very close) Colonel 
Chambers ordered the men to rise and fire, which order was instantly obeyed, for a time 
stopping the enemy's advance, but they again charged.  the attack was evidently by a very heavy 
force and with the object f capturing the battery.  Our men stood their ground manfully, and I 
am not aware that a single officer or man failed in any part of his duty.  They were finally 
beaten back by the overwhelming force of the enemy, the center, in the rear of the left section 
of the battery, retiring first but warmly contending with the enemy till they were almost in 
our ranks.   The Left, holding a comparatively safe position, did not retire till they 
were fired Into by one of our own regiments in the rear.  The entire right companies, although 
under a remarkable heavy fire, held their position longest and experienced the heaviest loss.  
Company A, Captain smith, was the last to leave the field, and for a time held its ground 
alone, the regiment on its right having at an early hour been compelled to retire, and the 
remaining companies of its own regiment retiring at a later hour.

	Where all the officers did so well it seems scarcely fair to particularize the conduct or 
bearing of one from the other, yet I deem it my official duty to notice the fact that Captain 
Smith exhibited in this action bravery and gallant conduct for which he cannot receive too much 
praise.  He brought out of the battle scarcely half the men he took into it, and the same may 
be said of company F, Captain Fraser.  The remaining portion of the regiment was immediately 
after reformed by myself and took a position near the battle field, it then being nearly dark, 
and soon after, while changing to another position, was directed to rest on the right of an 
Ohio regiment, formed  along the Iuka road, where it remained during the night.  I regret to 
report the severe wounding of Colonel Chambers by gunshot wounds in the shoulder and neck, 
toward the close of the action.  He was taken prisoner at the time of receiving the wounds, but 
was left by the enemy in the hospital at Iuka.

	I have the honor to inclose herewith a list of the killed, wounded and missing of the 
sixteenth Iowa Infantry at the late action near Iuka, as complete as it can be made at this 
time, summing up, killed 14, wounded 48, missing 14.  The regiment went into the battle with 
about 350 men, exclusive of details made to take care of the wounded.

					Very respectfully your obedient servant,

								Add H. SANDERS.

						Lieut. Col. Comd'g Sixteenth Iowa Infantry.

	COLONEL SANBORN,

		Comd'g First Brigade, third Div., Army of the Mississippi.

	The regiment had again contributed its full share to the defeat of a superior force of 
the enemy in this hard fought battle.  Its loss was even greater than at Shiloh, in proportion 
to the number engaged.  Soon after the battle if Iuka the regiment returned, with its brigade, 
to Corinth and, on the 3d and 4th of October, participated in the battles which were fought 
there.  Major William Purcell, who commanded the regiment after Lieutenant Colonel Sanders had 
been compelled to retire on account of his severe wounds, wrote an admirable official report of 
the conduct of his regiment during both days of the battle.  After describing the positions 
occupied by the regiment prior to that in which it was attacked by the enemy, he says:

In this position we remained until the Second Brigade fell back, and, the batteries with the 
Eleventh and Thirteenth Iowa being ordered to the rear to form a line oblique to the one then 
held by us, we remained in position to cover this movement, and were under the immediate 
command of Colonel Crocker when the enemy drove in our skirmishers and charged furiously up the 
hill upon which the Fifteenth and Sixteenth were posted.  This charge was repulsed, and after 
holding the enemy in check and severely punishing him, were ordered to fall back upon the new 
line.  The movements of the batteries and of the rest of the brigade having there until ordered 
to retire with the batteries to the inner fortifications.  During the fight this day Lieutenant 
Colonel Sanders was severely wounded in the thigh and had his horse shot in several places, but 
retained command until the regiment was ordered to the inner line of fortifications, when he 
retired to have his wounds dressed, and the command devolved upon me.

	On the morning of the 4th the Sixteenth retained its position in support of the Fifth 
Ohio Battery, throwing forward, under cover of temporary breastworks, Company A, under command 
of Captain Smith, to engage the enemy's sharpshooters.  While in support of the battery three 
of our men were wounded by the sharpshooters of the enemy.  Permit me to say while at this 
point, that the officers and men are entitled to great credit, and their superior officers and 
their State may well be proud of them.  They did	their whole duty in the engagement on 
Friday.  I noticed with pleasure the courage and bravery displayed by the Color Sergeant, 
Samuel Duffin, Company F.  He stood waving the colors and encouraging the men both by actons 
and words.  He was the last to leave the field, and bore the colors away with him while the 
missiles of death flew thick and fast around him.  The Color Corporals, McElhany, of Company E, 
H. B. Eighmey, of company H, and J. Kuhn, of company C, also deserve mention for their gallant 
conduct.

	For the third time the regiment had met the enemy in a hard fought engagement and 
acquitted itself with honor.  Its losses in battle and on the skirmish line now aggregated 250.  
It had also lost a large number by death from disease and by discharge for disability, and yet 
it had been only six months in active service in the field.  Its subsequent splendid record 
cannot be adequately described without exceeding the space allotted to this sketch.  The 
compiler will endeavor, however, to cover as fully as possible the principal battles and 
movements in which the regiment participated, including only the most important details.

	The regiment now remained in camp for nearly a month.  On November 2d the brigade was 
ordered to march to Grand Junction, and, arriving there November 5th, joined the army which was 
to engage in the movement against Vicksburg.  November 28th the march to the South began, the 
Third Brigade of the Sixth Division of Hamilton's Corps (Crocker's Iowa Brigade) being assigned 
to the advance.  The Sixteenth Iowa, with its brigade, bore its full share of the great 
hardships of that winter campaign,, which proved a failure on account of the great hardships of 
the brilliant exploit of the enemy's cavalry in getting in the rear of General Grant's army and 
capturing the immense depot of supplies which had been accumulated at Holly Springs, Miss.  
This compelled the abandonment of the expedition and the retreat of the army.  During this 
retreat the troops suffered greatly from the cold and from lack of sufficient food.  The 
regiment, with its brigade and division, reached Memphis early in January, 1863, and on January 
18th again started for Vicksburg, this time on transports down the Mississippi river.  Landing 
at Milliken's Bend, the troops went into camp.  From this point, detachments from the Sixteenth 
and other regiments of the Iowa Brigade were sent out for the purpose of watching the movements 
of the enemy, and were engaged in some skirmishing in which slight losses were incurred.

	On the 20th of January, 1863, the regiment, with its brigade and division, was assigned 
to the Seventeenth Army Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson, Brigadier General 
McArthur being retained in command of the division, and Colonel Crocker, of the brigade.  On 
February 8th the brigade and division were conveyed to Lake Providence, and there began the 
arduous undertaking of connecting the Lake with the Mississippi river by cutting a canal.  This 
work was steadily prosecuted, and completed on the 16th of March, 1863.  While at Lake 
Providence the regiment and brigade were inspected by Inspector General Wm. E. Strong of the 
Seventeenth corps, who paid a very high compliment to Colonel Crocker for the splendid 
condition and perfect drill of his brigade.

	April 21, 1863, the brigade left Lake Providence and, from that time until the surrender 
of Vicksburg, was actively engaged in the arduous operations which culminated in that most 
important event.  About the time these operations began.  Col. M. M. Crocker was promoted to 
Brigadier General and assigned to the command of the Seventh Division of the Seventeenth Army 
Corps.  It was with deep regret that the officers and men of the brigade witnessed the 
departure of this accomplished officer.  They fully appreciated the fact that it was on account 
of his rigid enforcement of discipline, and his ability as an instructor, that the brigade had 
reached such a high state of efficiency and had gained such an excellent reputation throughout 
the army.  Colonel Hall, of the Eleventh Iowa, succeeded to the command of the brigade during 
the remainder of the Vicksburg campaign.  Colonel Chambers, of the sixteenth Iowa, was still 
absent on account of the wounds he received at Iuka, and Lieutenant Colonel Sanders, although 
not fully recovered from the wound he received at Corinth, was-during the greater part of the 
campaign-in command of the regiment and wrote the official report, in which he describes in 
detail the movements of his regiment and the different positions occupied by it, from May 16 to 
July 4, 1863.

	The service of all four of the regiments of the Iowa Brigade during this period was 
practically of the same character.  The compiler may, therefore, summarize in the same words he 
used with reference to the Thirteenth  Iowa, as equally applicable to the Sixteenth and to 
every regiment of the brigade:

	"During the entire campaign, which ended with the surrender of Vicksburg, the Sixteenth 
Iowa with its brigade performed most arduous and important service.  It was moved from point to 
point, was part of the time with the army of observation, in the rear of the lines of troops 
engaged in the siege, watching the rebel force under Genera Johnston, who was constantly 
threatening an attack for the purpose of raising the siege, and part of the time with the 
investing forces in the intrenchments, assisting in the prosecution of the siege, but 
everywhere doing its full duty and sustaining its well won reputation for bravery and 
efficiency,"

At the time of the surrender, the regiment was skirmishing with the enemy on Black River, in 
the rear of Vicksburg.  The following quotation is made from the brief outline of the movements 
and operations of the regiment, furnished to the Adjutant General of Iowa by Maj. J. F. 
Conyngham:

	Had a sharp engagement with the enemy July 4, 1863, part of the regiment having crossed 
the river and driven the enemy from his position on the opposite bank, July 12th was ordered to 
re-enforce General Sherman at Jackson and bring up an ammunition train.  Johnston having 
evacuated Jackson, the army returned to Vicksburg July 28th; camped near Vicksburg till the 6th 
of August.  The regiment was engaged in the march to Monroe, La.  Returning to Vicksburg 
remained in camp till the 3d day of February, 1864; when we started on the Meridian campaign.  
After a march across the entire State of Mississippi, returned to Vicksburg, March 4, 1864.  
Left Vicksburg March 17th on veteran furlough.  The regiment again started from Davenport Iowa, 
May 3d; arrived at Clifton, Tenn., about the middle of May; marched to Huntsville, Ala.; 
arrived at the latter place May 22d; marched to Decatur, Ala., thence across the mountains to 
Rome, Ga., where arrived on the 5th of June.  Starting again the next morning, joined the main 
army under Sherman near Ackworth on the 10th; arrived in front of Kenesaw Mountain on the 11th; 
had a sharp engagement with the enemy June 15th; part of the regiment was engaged in the attack 
on Kenesaw Mountain June 27th, meeting with heavy loss.  The regiment was under the enemy's 
fire from June 14th to July 2d; moved from left to right of our line, meeting the enemy again 
July 4th; had another sharp engagement, driving the enemy.  On the 5th, we again had the 
advance, driving the enemy from his fortified position and across Nick-a-jack Creek; were under 
fire of the enemy until the 16th day of July, when the rebels were compelled to cross the 
Chattahoochee river, and pushed on to Atlanta.  Was engaged in the battles of July 20th, 21st 
and 22d, meeting with heavy losses in killed, wounded and prisoners, reducing the regiment to 
less than 100 men present for duty; engaged in the battle of July 28th.  Continued to take an 
active part in pushing forward our lines of investment till Aug. 26th, when the siege was 
raised, the army marching for the vicinity of Jonesboro, where the regiment was again under 
fire; was in the pursuit to Lovejoy's Station, returned to Atlanta, remained till September 
1st, when active movements were again commenced by the transfer of Hood's rebel army to the 
north of the city.  After engaging in the pursuit of the enemy towards Dalton and through Snake 
Creek Gap, thence to Gaylesville, Ala., returned to Atlanta.  Our regiment being again 
increased to 450 men present for duty, by the exchange of prisoners in the month of September 
and the assignment of drafted men,, we started from Atlanta, November 15th, marched to 
Savannah, before which place we arrived December 10th, after much hard marching and 
skirmishing, and drove the enemy behind his fortifications.  At Savannah our regiment was the 
first to seize the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, and, under the direction of Brigadier 
General Belknap, commenced destroying the same.  Was engaged in the siege till the evacuation 
of the city.  Marched to the suburbs of the city and went into camp on the 21st, where we 
remained, getting ready for the next campaign.

	After a review of the entire army by General Sherman, we were put in motion Jan. 6, 1865, 
for Beaufort, S. C.  Marched against Pocotaligo Jan. 15th, our corps (the Seventeenth) driving 
the enemy out of his strongly fortified position.  Remained near Pocotaligo until the 28th, 
when the new campaign commenced.  Marching to Rivers Bridge, on the Salkehatchie, met the enemy 
strongly fortified.  At this point the Salkehatchie forms an almost impenetrable swamp about 
two miles wie, which was waded by the Fourth Division, Seventeenth Army Corps (of which the 
Sixteenth formed a part) on the 3d day of February, 1865; and the enemy was driven from his 
position.  Continuing the march, driving the enemy before us. Capturing every place which he 
attempted to hold, and after encountering many hardships, privations and dangers, arrived at 
Goldsboro, N. C., on the 23d day of March, 1865.  Remaining at Goldsboro until the 10th day of 
April, the regiment was again on the march in search of the enemy.  Pushing forward, the 
command entered Raleigh on the 16th, and camped there until the 2d of May.  The war being 
brought to a close, the command marched for Washington, where it took part in the grand review 
May 24th, left Washington June 7th and arrived at Louisville June 12th.

	The record from which the foregoing quotation is made embraced the entire period of 
service of the regiment, but only that portion of it commencing July 4, 1863, has been quoted 
for the reason that the compiler of this sketch found it necessary, in preparing the earlier 
history of the regiment, to refer to official reports and oter data, going more fully into the 
details of its operations than the closely condensed record given by Major Conyngham.  At 
Goldsboro, N. C., under date March 25, 1865, Captain Conyngham (subsequently commissioned 
Major,) in an official report addressed to Brig. Gen. N. B. Baker, Adjutant General of Iowa, 
says:

 	I have the honor to submit the following as a brief outline of the movements of the 
Sixteenth Iowa Infantry Veteran Volunteers, during the sieges of Atlanta and Savannah, the 
campaigns through Georgia and Carolinas, commencing on the 23d day of July, 1864, and ending on 
the 23d day of March, 1865.  I embrace the above dates, not that I was in command of the 
regiment during the entire period, but because there has been no report made to your office 
during the time stated, and as I am the only officer, now in the service, of those who have 
commanded during the period.  

	This report, while giving a more detailed account of the movements of the regiment for 
the time indicated, refers mainly to the events already briefly described.  In the desperately 
fought battle before Atlanta, July 22, 1864, after completely exhausting its ammunition, and 
being entirely surrounded by the enemy, the regiment with its gallant, commander, Lieut. Col. 
A. H. Sanders, surrendered as prisoners of war.  Upon his return from captivity, Lieutenant 
Colonel Sanders made a detailed report for Adjutant General Baker; Capt. C. W. Williams also 
submitted a report of the battle, with a list of the killed, wounded and missing, and Oliver 
Anson, Sergeant Major of the regiment, gave an account of the experience, while in prison, of 
those who were captured.  The length of these reports precludes their reproduction in full, but 
the compiler has chosen the following extracts from then, to show how splendidly the Sixteenth 
Iowa maintained its well-won reputation as a fighting regiment in this tremendous conflict 
before Atlanta.  Lieutenant Colonel Sanders' report is, in part, as follow:

	Sir,--I have the honor to report the action of the Sixteenth Iowa Veteran Infantry in the 
battle before Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, resulting in the capture of nearly all of said 
regiment and myself.

	On the morning of July 21st, my regiment charged on the rebel batteries, and, after a 
desperate assault lost sixty-five men.  The regiment was complimented by General McPherson for 
its daring bravery.  General McPherson's last words to me, the day he was killed, were:  "The 
old Sixteenth shall be remembered."  On the afternoon of the 21st, the old Iowa brigade was 
removed to the extreme left flank of Sherman's army, about two miles from Atlanta.  The 
Sixteenth Iowa formed a line at right angles with the main line of the army.  Immediately on 
the right of the Sixteenth's works, the Eleventh Iowa established themselves in rifle pits; on 
a road running between the Eleventh and Sixteenth Iowa's works were planted two Napoleon guns 
of the Second Illinois battery protected by heavy works.  On the left of the Sixteenth, and a 
little to the rear, the Fifteenth Iowa had rifle pits.  About a hundred yards to the rear of 
the Sixteenth, the Thirteenth Iowa had breastworks.  During the night of the 21st, each 
regiment of the brigade built substantial rifle pits along the line that I have designated, and 
each cleared a space of fifty yards in front of its works.  Still the heavy underbrush 
concealed the works of the different regiments from each other's view.

	On the 22d were under arms at daylight, but no enemy appeared.  The afternoon before, 
immediately on our arrival, I had thrown out two companies (B and G) several hundred yards in 
front, to act as pickets and skirmishers.  About noon on the 22d I received an order from 
General Smith, in person, to have my regiment ready to fall in at a minute's notice, and that 
he expected me to hold those works to the last, as the safety of the division might depend upon 
the delay we could occasion the enemy at that point.  This was the last order I received that 
day from any commanding officer.  About 1:30 o'clock P.M., our skirmishers in front commenced a 
brisk firing.  I immediately formed the regiment in the intrenchments, and soon after the 
skirmishers were driven in upon us.  I again sent them out, but a strong line of the enemy 
forced them back.   Lieutenant Powers, commanding the battery, opened fire on the advancing 
enemy, but I requested it stopped until the enemy should get nearer.  I ordered my men not to 
fire a gun until they received my command, no matter how close the enemy came.  The rebel line 
advanced steadily to the charge, and I permitted them to approach to the open space of fifty 
yards in front of my works, when, cautioning the men to aim well and fire low, I ordered the 
rear rank to fire, and then the front rank.  The response was a terrific and deadly volley from 
on rank, followed immediately by another, and then a continuous rapid firing, fast as eager and 
experienced soldiers could load and discharge their guns.  The results of our fire was 
terrible; the enemy's line seemed to crumble to the earth, for even those not killed or wounded 
fell to the ground for protection.  Lieutenant Powell's battery here did excellent execution.  
Another heavy line of the enemy advanced, and were repulsed in the same terrible manner.

	More splendid firing, or more effectual in its results, was never witnessed in the army.  
The Second and Eighth Arkansas regiments, with two Texas companies, got into a position in our 
front, in which they could not advance, and dared not attempt to retire, but hugged the ground 
close, suffering a terrible fire.  While thus lying down, they raised the white flag.  I 
ordered the firing to cease, and these regiment threw down their guns and hurried over to our 
works as prisoners.  We had at this time double the number of prisoners we had men in ranks.  A 
part of these men were sent to the rear, but before the remainder could be secured the enemy 
had taken the Thirteenth's works immediately in our rear, and commenced a heavy firing into our 
ranks.

	The report then describes the desperate situation in which the regiment was placed; how 
the fight was continued against tremendous odds until it became evident that the other 
regiments of the brigade had been outflanked and compelled to abandon their works, when, all 
hope of receiving re-inforcements beinn abandoned, the brave officers and men of the sixteenth 
Iowa reluctantly surrendered themselves as prisoners of war.  At the conclusion of his report 
Lieutenant Colonel Sanders shows the utter hopelessness of the situation, and that he would not 
have been justified in urging his brave men to further resistance.  He says:

	At the time of our surrender we were entirely out of ammunition, the rebels having been 
so long in our rear that supplies were prevented from reaching us.  Why were left alone, an 
isolated regiment, surrounded and helpless, while the other regiments around us were ordered 
from their works, as I suppose they were, I cannot realize,  if the sacrifice of this noble 
regiment was intended to give the army in our rear time to rally, then it was well, and the 
sacrifice was nobly made of a band of as brave and faithful men as any who fought upon the 
field that day.  They could not be taken from the front, and only surrendered when further 
resistance would have been suicide.

	I should have stated in its proper place, that while firing heaviest, and guns so heated 
that they could scarcely be handled, we were re-enforced by companies D and K, of the 
Thirteenth Iowa, commanded by Captain Pope and Lieutenant Rice.  Captain Pope informed me that 
they were ordered to our assistance, fearing our ammunition as well as men must soon be 
exhausted.  I assigned these companies places along the trenches, and they went into the work 
like veterans, fought nobly to the last, and surrendered with us.

	That the order to withdraw from their works was given to the two flanking regiments of 
the Iowa Brigade is shown by the following extract from the report of Gen. Giles A. Smith, who 
commanded the Fourth Division:

	I ordered Colonel Hall to withdraw his to flank regiments which this movement enveloped, 
and to move them by the right flank around the front or east side of my main line of works, 
having already directed the men occupying that line to take the same position and drive back 
the enemy, now already pressing their rear.  This movement was promptly executed, and 
successful except in the case of the Sixteenth Iowa, occupying the extreme left, which was 
completely surrounded, and over two hundred and thirty men captured.

	That the order failed to reach Colonel Sanders was no doubt owing to the fact that the 
staff officer, to whom it was intrusted, found himself cut off by the enemy and was thus 
prevented from delivering it.  Capt. C. W. Williams of the Sixteenth Iowa also wrote a report 
of the part taken by his regiment in the battle of July 22d, in which he say, in part:

	The other regiments of the brigade did all that could be done under the circumstances to 
arrest the calamity to this regiment, but it will be remembered that they were attacked by a 
large force upon the left flank, and were compelled to change front under a severe cross fire 
of the enemy, so that the best they could do was to take care of themselves.  It is proper to 
add, that a detail for fatigue duty had been made from the regiment just previous to the 
attack, consisting of three commissioned officers, viz:  Captain Williams, and Lieutenants 
Conynghan and Weingartner, and eight en-listed men, all of whom were absent from the regiments, 
and did not rejoin it, having nearly a mile to travel.  The detail was posted upon the left of 
the third Division, and materially aided in the final repulse of the enemy, all doing their 
duty nobly.  Some twenty-five of them were killed, wounded and missing, most of them before 
they gained the works, as they were exposed to a cross fire of the enemy's artillery during the 
interval of leaving their works and gaining our main line, as well as to direct a fire of 
musketry.  I append to this report a list of the killed, wounded and missing, on the 22d inst.: 
also a complete list of casualties in the regiment from June 14th to August 8th, inclusive, 
making an aggregate of 369 killed, wounded and missing.

	Sergeant Major Oliver Anson, in a communication addressed to General Baker relative to 
the capture of the officers and men of the Sixteenth and their treatment while prisoners of 
war, says, in part:  We were taken to Macon, and there the enlisted men were seperated from the 
officers, and taken to Andersonville, six miles farther south.  The enlisted men of the 
regiment captured numbered 225.  The men are suffered to lie out in the open air without any 
shelter whatever, and many of them are in a manner naked.  They do not get enough to eat, and 
what they do eat is not fit to eat.  It is killing the men faster than the army.  When I went 
into the prison on the 285h of July, there were over 33,000 prisoners, and on the 7th of 
September, the issuing clerk told me they issued to 29,553, and since the 28th they had 
captured the Eighth Iowa Cavalry and some of the fifth, and a large number from McCook and 
Stoneman, besides making captures from Sherman's army, and yet the number ran down in spite of 
them.

	The compiler has endeavored to compress within the limits of this brief sketch the main 
outlines of the history of this splendid military organization, and to give some of the details 
of its most important achievements.  In the subjoined roster will be found the record of 
personal service of every soldier who at any time belonged to the regiment, condensed into a 
paragraph opposite his name.  The transcript of these rosters has been carefully made from the 
official records of the office of the Adjutant General of the State of Iowa.  In addition to 
official sources, surviving officers of the regiment have been asked to correct errors and 
omission and to complete records, but only to a limited extent has it been found possible to 
secure such information.

	The commonwealth of Iowa has fulfilled a high duty in providing for the preservation of 
the history of her brave sons who went forth to battle for the unity of the States, and for the 
perpetuation of a Government which has proved such an inestimable blessing, not only to the 
loyal and patriotic men who so nobly fought to save it but, also, to those misguided men who 
fought so desperately to destroy it.

		SUMMERARY OF CASUALTIES.

Total Enrollment						1,411
Killed								     62
Wounded							   211
Died of wounds						     35
Died of disease						   220
Discharged for wounds, disease and other causes	   224
Captured							   271
Tranferred							     29
Buried in National Cemeteries				   141	

SIXTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
		Term of service three years.

	Mustered into service of the United States by Captains Alexander chambers and S. A. 
Wainwright, on dates reanging from De. 10, 1861, to March 12, 1862, at Davenport, Iowa.  
Mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 19, 1865.

D. C. McNeil.  Residence DeWitt.  Appointed Assistant Surgeon Aug. 19, 1862.  Mustered Aug. 30, 
1852.  Resigned April 25, 1865, Milliken's Bend, La.


NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

Oliver P. Wharton.  Age 31.  Residence wheatland, nativity Ohio.  Appointed Sergeant Major Feb. 
15, 1862, from Sergeant of company f.  Mustered Feb. 25, 1962.  Returned to company.  
Discharged to accept promotion as Hospital Steward in United States Army Nov. 5, 1863.

John Berry.  Age. 36.  Residence Camanche, nativity egland.  Appointed Drum Major Nov. 3, 1862, 
from company A.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1862.  Discharged April 9, 1963.

Robert L. Rickey.  Age 30.  Residence Camanche, nativity new York.  Appointed Fif Major Oct. 3, 
1861, from Company A.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged June 6, 1862.

COMPANY "A"
Allsbrow, John.  Age 31.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Nov. 3, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Died of pneumonia June 15, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.

Atchison, John N.  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Dec. 22, 1863.  Mustered 
Jan. 8, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta Ga.  Mustered out June 7, 1865, 
Clinton, Iowa

Atchison, Oliver C.  Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. w, 1864.  Mustered 
Jan. 2, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 7, 1865, 
Clinton, Iowa.

Balentine, James.  Age 24.  Residence Camanche, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861, as 
Eighth Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Died of rheumatism July 2, 1862, Corinth, Miss. 
Buried in Union National Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.  Section A, grave 177.

Batcheler, Adna.  Age 22.  Residence Clinton County, nativity Vermont.  Enlisted May 2, 1864.  
Mustered May 4, 1864.  Wounded slightly in shoulder July 20, 1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  
Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Beatty, Fenlan.  (Veteran.)  Age 27.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 
17, 1861, as third Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Promoted Fourth Sergeant Oct. 19, 1862.  
Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Promoted Third Sergeant.  Killed in action July 
22, 1864, Nick-a-jack creek, Ga.

Beatty, Joseph H.	Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Nov. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1961.  Taken prisoner Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Paroled.  Promoted Drummer 
March 7, 1963.  Mustered out Jan. 4, 1965, Savannah, Ga., expiration of term of service.

Berry, John.  Age 36.  Residence Camanche, nativity England.  Enlisted Nov. 3, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10 1861.  Promoted Drum major April 22m 1862.  Discharged April 9, 1863.

Bird, Cornelius.  Age 17.  Residence Clinton county, nativity England.  Enlisted Feb. 8, 1864.  
Mustered Feb. 24, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Blakely, Lafayette.  Age 28.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Dec. 16, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 16, 1861.  Discharged for disability Feb. 13, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.  Re-entered 
service Dec. 23, 1863.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Blakely, Lyman.  Age 34.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged May 6, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

BLAKELY, William.  (Veteran.)  Age 24.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Nov. 
3, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10. 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in 
action July 22, 1964, near Atlanta, Ga.  Returned Sept. 22, 1964.  Wounded severely in left arm 
July 20, 1864.  Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Bowman, Joseph C.  (Veteran.) Age 24.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted 
Oct. 3, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10 1861.  Promoted Fourth Corporal Nov. 19, 1862;  Third Corporal 
Jan. 17, 1864.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action and taken 
prisoner July 22, 1964, Atlanta, Ga.  Promoted Second Corporal Jan. 1, 1865;  First Corporal 
May 31, 1865;  Fifth Sergeant June 1, 1965;  Third Sergeant June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 
19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Brattstream, Nells N.  Age 30.  Residence Lyons, nativity Sweden.  Enlisted Jan. 1, 1864.  
Mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "C".
Babbington, Edward.  Age 19.  Residence Clinton county, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Jan. 22, 
1864.  Mustered Feb. 2, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Blanchard, Peter.  (Veteran.)  Age 28.  Residence Round Grove, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Feb. 
13, 1862.  Mustered Feb. 13, 1862.  Wounded April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Promoted third 
Corporal Nov. 15, 1862;  Second Corporal July 1, 1863.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered Feb. 14, 
1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Brainard, Alfred F.  Age 19.  Residence Clinton County, nativity Canada  Enlisted Jan. 22, 
1864.  Mustered Feb. 2, 1964.  Mustered out July 19, 1865. Louisville, Ky.

Brown, Henry P.  Age 18.  Residence Clinton, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Jan. 25, 1864.  
Mustered Jan. 25, 1864.  Wounded in right knee slightly June 27, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.  
Wounded in left knee June 30, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.  Wounded in bowels slightly July 21, 
1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  Mustered out June 22, 1865.

COMPANY "E"

Brice, Theophilus L.  Age 16.  Residence Lyons, nativity Louisiana.  Enlisted Dec. 29, 1863.  
Mustered Jan. 5, 1864.  Promoted Musician.  Mustered out July 18, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Burrows, John. (Veteran.)  Age 21.  Residence DeWitt, nativity Pennsylavania.  Enlisted Jan. 
29, 1862, as Third corporal.  Mustered Feb. 3, 1862.  Promoted First Sergeant.  Re-enlisted and 
re-mustered Jan. 29m 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Barse, William.  Age 22.  Residence DeWitt, nativity New York.  Enlisted Dec. 13, 1861.  
Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Left the regiment sick April 1, 1862.  Dropped from the roll as a 
deserter June 26, 1861.

Bonner, Milton.  (Veteran.)  Age 25.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Indiana.  Enlisted Jan. 3, 
1862.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action 
July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1975. Louisville, Ky.

Bonner, Solomon.  Age 21.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Indiana.  Enlisted Dec. 21, 1861, as 
Sixth Corporal.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Promoted first Corporal Nov. 19, 1862.  Re-enlisted 
and re0mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in Action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta, 
Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "I"
Baumgartle, William.  Age 19.  Residence Clinton, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Feb. 3, 1862.  
Mustered March 24, 1862.  Died of diarrhoea June 3, 1862, Corinth, Miss.

COMPANY "A"
Confare, William.  Age 20.  Residence Elk River, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 17. 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Died of diarrhoea June 19, 1862, Monterey, Tenn.  Buried in 
Shiloh National Cemetery, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Section D, grave 25.

Conly, Michael.  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Michigan.  Enlisted Dec. 7, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Discharged for disability Oct. 28, 1862.

Cull, Philip J.  (Veteran.)  Age 26.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. 23, 1862.  
Mustered Jan. 23, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered July 11, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Cullen, John.  (Veteran.)  Age 28. Residence Camanche, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Nov. 9, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Killed in action 
July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.

Cummings, John.  Age 21.  Residence Lyons, nativity New Hampshire.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Curran, John.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Mustered out July 
19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "C"
Crabb, Washington.  Age 31,  Residence Clinton County, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. 22, 1864.  
Mustered Feb. 2, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Cusick, Michael.  Age 30.  Residence DeWitt, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Dec. 16, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 16, 1861.  In prison May 7, 1864, at Cairo, Ill.  No later record found.

COMPANY "F"
Caldwell, Stephen S.  Age 18.  Residence Welton, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Jan. 3, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 28, 1862.  Left regiment, wounded April 8, 1862.  Dropped from rolls as deserter 
June 26, 1862.

Canian, Edward.  Age 26.  Residence Clinton, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted March 7, 1862.  
Mustered March 7, 1862.  Died of pneumonia March 18, 1862, Camp McClellan, Davenport, Iowa.  
Buried in national Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.

Coon George.  Age.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Illinois.  Enlisted Feb. 1, 1862.  Mustered 
Feb. 14, 1862.  Missing in Action and captured July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out June 
26, 1865, Clinton, Iowa

Corey, Leander W.  (Veteran.)  Age 19.  Residence Massillon, nativity Illinois.  Enlisted Dec. 
21, 1861, as Eighth corporal.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Promoted fourth Sergeant Nov. 18, 1862.  
Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action and captured July 22, 1864, 
Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out June 13, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.

COMPANY "H"
Coltenbaugh, Martin.  (Veteran.)  Age 22.  Residence New York, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Jan. 
1, 1862.  Mustered Jan. 18, 1862.  Wounded in leg Oct. 3, 1862, Corinth, Miss.  Re-enlisted and 
re-mustered Jan. 4, 1865.  Promoted Eighth Corporal Jan. 18, 1865;  Seventh Corporal.  Mustered 
out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "A'
Darling, Charles A.  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Feb. 10, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 27, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Wounded in left hip July 
9, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

  Dawes. Frederrick.  (Veteran.)  Age 19.  Residence Camanche, nativity Russia.  Enlisted Oct. 
3, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Taken prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Missing in 
action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Promoted 
Seventh corporal;  Sixth Corporal June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 1965, Louisville, Ky.

Day, George N.  Age 18.  Residence Camanche, nativity Iowa.  Enlisted Dec. 9, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Discharged Aug. 19, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Derstrick, Rodolphus C.  Age 24.  Residence Camanche, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Dec. 11, 1863.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability July 5, 1962, Corinth, Miss.

Doty, Calvin.  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Dec. 15, 1863.  
Mustered Dec. 23, 1863.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Drake, Virgil.  Age 23.  Residence Lyons, nativity Maine.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Oct. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability March 10, 1863.

COMPANY "D"
Dormann, christian.  Age 22.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861.  
Mustered Nov. 2, 1861.  Missing in action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  
Exchange and returned Sept. 22, 1864.  Mustered out Nov. 13, 1864, Chattanogga, Tenn., 
expiration of term of service.

COMPANY "C"
Davidson, William P.  Age 18.  Residence Clinton County, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. 22, 
1864.  Mustered Feb. 2, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "F"
Dauber, William.  Age 35.  Residence Wheatland, nativity England.  Enlisted Dec. 22, 1861.  
Mustered Jan. 28, 1962.  Died of disease Sept. 10, 1862, Bolivar, Tenn.

Dutcher, Austin.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Iowa.  Enlisted Jan. 28, 1862.  
Mustered June 30, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Killed by Guerrillas, 
Dec. 3, 1864, Georgia.

COMPANY "A"

East, William.  Age 21.  Residence Lyons, nativity England.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 15, 1861.  Died of dysentery April 25, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Buried in Shiloh National 
Cemetery, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.  Section G, grave 98.

Eighmy, John.  Age 20.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, as 
Fourth Corporal.  Mustered Oct. 10. 1861.  Died June 9, 1862, Monterey, Tenn.

Else, Charles B.  (Veteran.)  Age 23.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted 
Oct. 3, 1861, as Secon Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Promoted Second Sergeant Oct. 19, 
1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Promoted First Sergeant June a, 1865;  
First Lieutenant June 2, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Else, William H.  (Veteran.)  Age 26.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted 
Oct. 3, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 15, 1861.  Promoted Fourth corporal Jan. 17, 1864.  Re-enlisted 
and re-mustered Marcy 11, 1864.  Promoted Third Corporal Jan. 1, 1865;  Second Corporal May 31, 
1865;  First corporal June 1, 1865;  Fourth Sergeant June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Farbsworth, Hial A.  (Veteran.)  Age 22.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 
3, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10m 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustard March 16, 1864.  Promoted Eighth 
Corporal June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.  See company A, Eighth 
Infantry.

Foy, John D.  Age w6.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861, as 
Musician.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability Oct. 31, 1862, Louisville, Ky.

Fuller, Albert D. (Veteran.)  Age 24.  Residence Camanche, nativity Michigan.  Enlisted Nov. 
19, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10. 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864,  Missing in 
action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Fuller, Horace W.  (Veteran.)  Age 20.  Residence Camanche, nativity Michigan.  Enlisted Oct. 
3, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in 
action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Promoted Sixth Corporal Jan. 1, 1865;  Fifth Corporal May 
31, 1865;  Fourth Corporal June 1, 1865;  Third Corporal June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "C"

Frederick, John Q. A.  Age 22.  Residence Clinton, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Dec. 28, 1863.  
Mustered Dec. 28, 1863.  Mustered Dec. 28, 1863.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  
Died in Andersonville Prison Sept. 5, 1864.  Buried in National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga., 
Grave 7878.

COMPANY "F"

French, Orlo.  Age 29.  Residence Wheatland, nativity New York.  Enlisted Jan. 3, 1862.  
Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Discharged for disability July 19, 1862, Corinth, Miss.

COMPANY "A"

Gehrts, John.  Age 23.  Residence Lyons, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability March 5, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa.

Getty, Jesse H.  Age 18.  Residence Clinton county, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted April 30, 
1864.  Mustered May 2, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1964, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 
19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Giese, Henry.  Age 1.  Residence Camanche, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Died on hospital steamer "Empress" June 16, 1862.

Goddard, Gardner.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Camanche, nativity Maine.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action 
July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Promoted Eighth Corporal Jan. 1, 1865;  Seventh corporal May 1, 
1865;  Sixth corporal June 1, 1865;  fifth corporal June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Gorden, Alexander.  Age 23.  Residence Lyons, nativity Indiana.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Discharged for disability Jan. 
26, 1863, Davenport, Iowa.

Grant. Edward B. (Veteran.)  Age.  Residence Lyons, nativity Illinois.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Greenlee, John.  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Feb. 23, 1864.  
Mustered March 4, 1861.  Mustered out July 18, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Griffith, George.  Age 21.  Residence Lyons, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 19, 1961.  Discharged for disability Oct. 18, 1862, Quincy, Ill.

COMPANY "F"

Gardner, Elias.  Age 24.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Jan. 17, 1862.  
Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Discharged Jan. 31, 1863.

Gire, Joseph.  Age 23.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Feb. 15, 1862.  Mustered 
Feb. 15, 1862.  Mustered out March 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky., expiration of term of service.

Glines, George W.  Age 27.  Residence Wheatland, nativity New Hampshire.  Enlisted Dec. 20, 
1861, as Third Corporal.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Deserted July 28, 1862, near Bolivar, Tenn.

Green John.  (Veteran.)  Age,  Residence Massilon, nativity Illinois.  Enlisted Dec. 15, 1861.  
Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action July 
22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Mustered out June 13, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.

Green, Norman.  (Veteran.)  Age 21.  Residence Massilon, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Feb. 4, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 11, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action July 
22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out June 13, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.

Gunning, Thomas.  Age 33.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Feb. 10, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 11, 1861.  Wounded April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Discharged for disability Oct. 
16, 1862.

COMPANY "G"

Garretty, Edward.  Age 21.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.  
Mustered Sept. 30, 1862.  Died March 29, 1865. Blair's Landing, S. C.

COMPANY "A"
Harkness, William.  Age 24.  Residence Lyons, nativity Scotland.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Died of lung fever July 3, 1862, Corinth, Miss.  Buried in National 
Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.  Section A, grave 178.

Harris, James.  Age 24.  Residence Lyons, nativity England.  Enlisted Dec. 18, 1863.  Mustered 
Dec. 31, 1863.  Promoted Drummer.  Wounded in ankle and hip July 21, 1864.  Atlanta, Ga.  
Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Hhogle, Sanford.  Age 19.  Residence Clinton county, nativity New York.  Enlisted Jan. 29, 
1864.  Mustered Feb. 9. 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Horn, Henry.  Age 22.  Residence Camanche, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss. Died of wounds Sept. 29, 1862, Jackson, 
Tenn.

Hoyt, William H.  Age 36.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Appointed first Lieutenant 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, Ga.  
Promoted Captain Feb. 19, 1865.  Mustered out March 1, 1865, expiration of term of service.

Hughson, Clement J.  (Veteran.)  Age 24.  Residence Lyons, nativity New York.  Enlisted Nov. 
18, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11m 1864.  Mustered out 
July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "B"
Humke, Carl.  Age 20.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861.  Mustered 
Nov. 2, 1861.  Promoted Fifth corporal Jan. 18, 1863;  Fourth corporal July 12, 1863;  Third 
Corporal May 9, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Discharged, expiration of 
term of service.

COMPANY "C"
Holt, Alexander.  Age 24.  Residence Clinton county, nativity Kentucky,  Enlisted Jan. 22, 
1964.  Mustered Feb. 2, 1864.  Missing in action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  
Mustered out June 2, 1965, Clinton, Iowa.

COMPANY "F"
Harrington, James.  Age 32.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Feb. 1, 1962.  
Mustered Feb. 11, 1862.  Drowned by falling overboard from steamer on the Mississippi river en 
route to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.

Heavner, Josiah.  Age 28.  Residence Wheatland, nativity New York.  Appointed First Lieutenant 
Jan. 28, 1862.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Promoted Captain Nov. 19, 1862.  Mustered Jan. 28, 
1862.  Promoted Captain Nov. 19, 1862.  Died of smallpox Jan. 11, 1863, Lafayette, Tenn.  
Buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.  Section 2, grave 380.

COMPANY "F"
Hemming, John C.  Age 22.  Residence Massillon, nativity Michigan.  Enlisted Feb. 4, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 11, 1862.  Promoted Fifth Corporal Nov. 19, 1862;  Fourth corporal Feb. 8, 1863.  
Taken prisoner July 22, 1864.  Died while a prisoner Oct. 22, 1864, Millen, Ga.  Buried in 
National Cemetery, Millen, Ga.  Grave 136.

COMPANY "F"

Irish, Austin J.  Age 21.  Residence Massillon, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Feb.
4, 1862.  Mustered Feb. 11, 1862.  Missing in action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta, 
Ga.  Died of chronic diarrhoea Nov. 13, 1864.

COMPANY "A"
Johnson, Oliver.  Age 22.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability Sept. 12, 1862, Bolivar, Tenn.

Juhl, George.  Age 21.  Residence Lyons, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Killed in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.

COMPANY "B"
Jahn, Henry.  Age 23.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861.  Mustered 
Nov. 2, 1861.  Missing in action and taken prisonerJuly 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Discharged May 
3, 1865.

COMPANY "A"
Kelly, Joseph C.  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, as fourth 
Sergeant.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Wounded in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Right arm 
amputated.  Discharged Aug. 26, 1862.

Kelly, Richard B.  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Killed in action Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.

Kindred, Andrew J.  Age 22.  Residence Camanche, nativity Tennessee.  Enlisted Jan. 5, 1864.  
Mustered Jan. 9, 1864.  Wounded in head slightly July 20, 1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  Missing 
in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "F"
Kelso, William.  Age 24.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. 17, 1862 as Fifth 
corporal.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Discharged for disability Sept. 12, 1862.

COMPANY "A"
Lawrence, Isaac V.  Age 35.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861 as 
fifth Sergeant.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded in arm Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  
Discharged for disability June 1, 1863.

Lee, Harry W.  Age 36.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861 as First 
Sergeant.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Promoted Second Lieutenant Sept. 4, 1862.  Mustered out May 
27, 1865, expiration of term of service.

Lepper, Jacob J.  Age 18.  Residence DeWitt, nativity Iowa.  Enlisted Dec. 4, 1863.  Mustered 
Dec. 11, 1863.  Wounded in both legs severely July 20, 1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  Mustered 
out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Lucas, Robert.  Age 22.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Dec. 23, 1863.  
Mustered Dec. 23, 1863.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "B"
Landwehr, Victor.  Age 32.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Nov. 14, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 11,  1861.  Died of fever Sept. 2, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.  Buried in National 
Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.  Section 1, grave 397.

COMPANY "A"
McAfee, Denis.  Age 26.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Jan. 18, 1862.  Mustered 
Jan. 18, 1862.  Discharged for disability July 8, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

McNeal, Lafayette.  Age 23.  Residence Camanche, nativity Maine.  Enlisted Nov. 19,  1861.  
Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Deserted Oct. 13, 1862, Corinth, Miss.

COMPANY "C"
McNeal, Lafayette.  Age 23.  Residence Camanche, nativity Maine.  Enlisted Nov. 19, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Deserted Oct. 13 1862, Corinth, Miss

COMPANY "C"
McClure, Zachariah L.  Age 18.  Residence Charlotte, nativity Indiana.  Enlisted Jan. 22, 1864.  
Mustered Feb. 2, 1864.  Died Sept. 8, 1864, Andersonville, Ga.  Buried in Matopma; Cemetery, 
Andersonville, Ga.  Grave 8120.

McCune, Robert.  Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity New York.  Enlisted Dec. 29, 1863.  
Mustered Jan. 9, 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "F"
McGowan, Michael.  Age 40.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Jan. 14, 1862.  
Mustered Jan. 25, 1862.  Killed in action Sept. 18, 1862, Iuka, Miss.

McKellar, Daniel.  Age 22.  Residence Wheatland, nativity West Canada.  Enlisted Dec. 25, 1861, 
as third Sergeant.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Discharged March 18, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa.

COMPANY "A"
Madden, Martin D.  Age 24.  Residence Lyons, nativity Wisconsin.  Appointed Second Lieutenant 
Dec. 19, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Resigned for disability Sept. 3, 1862.

Manahan, Humphrey.  (Veteran.)  Age 22.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Nov. 20, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded in thigh Sept. 18, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Re-enlisted and 
re-mustered March 11m 1864.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Manning, Edward T.  Age 20.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability July 5, 1862, Corinth, Miss

Miles, Daniel.  Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Died May 16, 1862, in general Hospital, Hamburg, Tenn.

Miller, George.  Age 18.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Wounded in hand Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss. Discharged for disability 
Nov. 18, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Miller, Jonathan L.  (Veteran.)  Age 20.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted 
Oct. 3, 1861, as Fifth Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 
11, 1864.  Wounded in abdomen July 22, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.  Promoted Fourth Sergeant 
Sept. 1, 1863.  Missing in action and taken prisoner July 22, 1974, Atlanta, Ga.  Promoted 
Third Sergeant Aug. 21, 1864; Sergeant Major.  Promoted First Lieutenant of company F July 4, 
1865.

Minneke, Henry.  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Missouri.  Enlisted Dec. 5, 1963.  Mustered 
Dec. 23, 1863.  Died Jan. 1, 1865.  Buried in National Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.  Section F, 
grave 264.

Mumford, Arthur J.  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Nov. 21, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  See company G.

COMPANY "C"
Mullen, Samuel.  (Veteran.)  Age 32.  Residence DeWitt, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Dec. 21, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 21, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864.  Died of wounds June 
29, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.  Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.  Section A, grave 
882.

Murphy, Thomas.  Age 28.  Residence DeWitt, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Dec. 23, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 23, 1861.  Discharged for disability Sept. 32, 1862, Corinth, Miss.

Myers, David.  Age 22. Residence DeWitt, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Dec. 16, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 
16, 1861.  Discharged June 29, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

COMPANY "F"

Mackinson, William.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Missouri.  Enlisted Jan. 
28, 1862.  Mustered Jan. 30, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in 
action and captured July 22m 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.

Miller, Jonathan L.  Age 20.  Residence Camanche, nativity Pennsylvania.  Appointed First 
Lieutenant from Sergeant Major; not mustered.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, as Sergeant Major.  
See. company A.

Miller Peter.  Age 23.  Residence Lyons, nativity Michigan.  Appointed Second Lieutenant Feb. 
28, 1862.  Mustered Feb. 28, 1862.  Promoted first Lieutenant Nov. 19, 1862;  Captain Jan. 12, 
1863.  Missing in action and wounded in left hand July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Promoted Major 
June 27, 1865; Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Murphy, Michael.  (Veteran.).  Age 47.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Feb. 12, 
1862.  Mustered Feb. 15, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Discharged for 
disability July 19, 1865, Keokuk, Iowa.

COMPANY "G"
Mumford, Arthur J.  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Nov. 21, 1961, 
as Musician.  Mustered March 12, 1862.  Discharged for disability July 8, 1962,  Corinth, Miss.  
See company A.

COMPANY "A"
Osborn, Napoleon P.  Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity Iowa.  Enlisted Nov. 13, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Died June 27, 1862, Newburgh, Ind.

COMPANY "F"
O'Hara, Martin.  (Veteran.)  Age 24.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada East.  Enlisted Jan. 22, 
1862, as Fourth Sergeant.  Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Promoted first Sergeant Nov. 19, 1862.  Re-
enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  
Promoted First Lieutenant June 12, 1865; Captain July 4, 1865.  Mustered out July 18, 1965, 
Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "A"
Peak, Charles.  Age 27.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861, as 
Seventh Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Taken prisoner Sept. 19. 1862, Iuka, Miss.  
Promoted Third Corporal.  Discharged for disability Feb. 26, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Phillips, Nelson.  Age 17.  Residence Clinton County, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Feb. 23, 1864.  
Mustered March 13, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Pierce, Charles N.  (Veteran.)  Age 26.  Residence Camanche, nativity New Jersey.  Enlisted 
Oct. 3, 1861, as Third Sergeant.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Promoted First Sergeant Jan. 30, 
1863.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Wounded severely in thigh July 20, 1864, 
Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  Promoted First Lieutenant Feb. 19, 1865;  Captain June 2, 1865.  
Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "C"
Peth. Joseph.  Age 18.  Residence Clinton, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Dec. 27, 1863.  
Mustered Dec. 27, 1863.  Died April 19, 1864, Davenport, Iowa.

COMPANY "A"
Rickey, Robert J.  Age 30.  Residence Camanche, nativity New York.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861, as 
Drummer.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Promoted fife Major April 22, 1862.  Discharged Jan. 6, 
1862.  See Field and Staff.

Rickwell, James.  Age 22.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Nov. 13, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Discharged for disability Oct. 28, 1862, Jackson, Tenn.

Root, Reuben.  Age 33.  Residence Camanche, nativity Iowa.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 19, 1861.  Killed in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.

Royalty, Daniel B.  (Veteran.)  Age 25.  Residence Lyons, nativity Kentucky.  Enlisted March 5, 
1862.  Mustered March 5, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 15, 1864.   Mustered out July 
19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "F" 

Rimmer, William.  Age 28.  Residence Lyons, nativity England.  Enlisted Feb. 13, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 15, 1862.  Wounded slightly April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Deserted on march from 
Corinth, Miss., to Bolivar, Tenn.

Robinson, Thomas.  Age 29.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. 21, 1862, as Seventh 
Corporal.  Mustered Jan. 30, 1862.  Discharged for disability Aug. 21. 1862.

COMPANY "A"
Sendt, John	Age 34.  Residence Camanche, nativity Holstein.  Enlisted Nov. 14, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability Aug. 16, 1862.

Shambaugh, Jacob.  Age 25.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, as 
Second Sergeant.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Killed in action Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.

Smaller, John B.  (Veteran.)  Age 20.  Residence Camanche, nativity Bohemia.  Enlisted Oct. 3, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Promoted third Corporal Oct. 19, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-
mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 
1865, Louisville, Ky.

Smith, Alfred.  (Veteran.)  Age 35.  Residence Elk River, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 15, 1864.  Mustered out July 
19, 1865. Louisville, Ky.

Smith, Benjamin.  Age 27.  Residence Elk River, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Died of dysentery May 2, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Buried in Shiloh 
National Cemetery, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.  Section C, grave 31.

Smith, Charles.  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity New York.  Enlisted Dec. 5, 1863.  Mustered 
Dec. 23, 1863.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, 
Louisville Ky.

Smith, James.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Nov. 21. 1961.  
Mustered Dec. 19, 1751.  Wounded Sept. 18, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 
11, 1864.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, 
Louisville, Ky.

Smith, John Henry.  Age 36.  Residence Lyons, nativity New York.  Appointed Captain Oct. 17, 
1861.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Missing in action July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Returned Nov. 
29, 1864.  Promoted Major Feb. 18, 1865; Lieutenant Colonel May 11, 1865.  Resigned June 21, 
1865.

Snow, Daniel E.  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Vermont.  Enlisted Nov. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged July 31, 1862, Corinth, Miss.  See company A, Sixth Cavalry.

Snow, Moses H.  Age 22.  Residence Clinton County, nativity Vermont.  Enlisted Jan. 1, 1864.  
Mustered Feb. 9, 1864.  Mustered out May 22, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Spre, Alonzo.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10 1861.  Wounded Sept. 18, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 
11, 1864.  Promoted Fifth Corporal Jan. 1, 1865; fourth corporal May 31, 1865; Third corporal 
June 1, 1865; Second Corporal June 23, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Spre, Smith.  (Veteran.)  Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity Canada.  Enlisted Jan. 28, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 27, 1862.  Taken prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted Eighth Corporal 
Jan. 30, 1863; fourth Corporal; commissary Sergeant Sept. 22, 1863.  Re-enlisted and re-
mustered March 11, 1864.  Promoted Second Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1865; Quartermaster June 2, 1865.  
Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville Ky.

Stallcop, James H. W.  (Veteran.)  Age 19.  Residence Lyons, nativity Indiana.  Enlisted Nov. 
21, 1861, as Sixth Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Taken prisoner and paroled Sept. 18 
1862, Iuka, Miss.  Promoted First Corporal; Fifth Sergeant Jan. 17, 1864.  Re-enlisted and re-
mustered March 11, 1864.  Wounded in left side July 1, 1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga.  Promoted 
Fourth Sergeant Aug. 31, 1864; Third Sergeant May 31, 1865; Second Sergeant June 1, 1865; First 
Sergeant June 23, 1865; Second Lieutenant July 5, 1865.  Mustered out July 19, 1865, 
Louisville, Ky.
 
Switzer, David M.  Age 33.  Residency Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Severely wounded; leg amputated April 7, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  
Discharged for disability July 6, 1862, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "B"
Silvester, Fritz August.  Age 37.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Oct. 6, 
2861.  Mustered Nov. 2, 1861.  Taken prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Missing in action 
and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Mustered out Dec. 30, 1864, expiration of term 
of service.

COMPANY "C"
Starr, Cornelius.  Age 35.  Residence Clinton, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Dec. 25, 1863.  
Mustered Dec. 25, 1863.  Mustered out May 31, 1865, Camp Dennison, Ohio.

COMPANY "F"
Shoemaker, William.  (Veteran.)  Age 19.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Iowa.  Enlisted Dec. 
19, 1861.  Mustered Jan. 29, 1862.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Mustered out 
July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "A"
Thompson, William.  Age 39.  Residence Lyons, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Jan. 4, 1864.  Mustered 
Jan. 18, 1864.  Died April 19, 1864, Lyons, Iowa.

Troop (or Throop), James S.  (Veteran.)  Age 18.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  
Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Taken prisoner Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  
Promoted Fifth Corporal Jan. 17, 1864.  Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 11, 1864.  Missing in 
action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.  Promoted Fourth Corporal Jan. 1, 1865; 
third Corporal May 23, 1865; Second Corporal June 1, 1865; First Corporal June 22, 1865.  
Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY "A"
Wakefield, Gilbert.  Age 20.  Residence Lyons, nativity Vermont.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Killed in action Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.

Wakefield, Ray.  Age 22.  Residence Lyons, nativity Vermont.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861.  Mustered 
Dec. 10, 1861.  Discharged for disability Dec. 24, 1862, Olive Springs, Miss.

Wilson, William C.  Age 25.  Residence Camanche, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Oct. 18, 1861.  
Mustered Dec. 10, 1861.  Promoted Second Lieutenant in company I March 24, 1862.

Winters, John.  Age 33.  Residence Lyons, nativity Pennsylvania.  Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, as 
First Corporal.  Mustered Dec. 19, 1861.  Died June 13, 1862, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.

COMPANY "B"
Wilke, William.  Age 32.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Germany.  Enlisted Nov. 21, 1862.  
Mustered Nov. 21, 1862.  Missing in action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, Atlanta. Ga.  
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 28, 1865.  Mustered out Aug. 13, 1865, Springfield, 
Ill.

COMPANY "F"

Welsh, William c.  Age 33.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland.  Enlisted Jan. 2, 1862.  
Mustered Jan. 28, 1862.  Wounded slightly Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss.  Transferred to Invalid 
Corps Nov. 29, 1863.  Mustered out May 9, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wharton, Oliver P.  Age 31.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Ohio.  Enlisted Feb, 14m 1862, as 
Fifth Sergeant.  Mustered Feb. 25, 1862.  Promoted Sergeant Major March 24, 1862.  Reduced to 
ranks.  Discharged for promotion as Hospital Steward in United States Army Nov. 15, 1863.  See 
Field and Staff.

Whitman, Harvey E.  Age 27.  Residence Lyons, nativity New York.  Enlisted Feb. 15, 1862, as 
Fourth Corporal.  Mustered Feb. 15, 1862.  Killed in action Sept. 18, 1862, Iuka, Miss.

Wilcox, Edward.  Age 18.  Residence Wheatland, nativity Illinois.  Enlisted Feb. 1, 1862.  
Mustered Feb. 11, 1862.  Wounded slightly April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.  Wounded Sept. 13, 1862, 
Iuka, Miss,  Discharged for disability Jan. 21, 1863.

COMPANY "I"

Wilson, William c.  Age 25.  Residence Camanche, nativity Ohio.  Appointed Second Lieutenant 
from company Am March 24, 1862.  Died of disease May 23, 1862, Corinth, Miss.

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