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 Volunteer Roster
TAKEN PRINCIPALLY FROM ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORTS
This roster of Civil War servicemen was transcribed from History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, Volume 1, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, pages 379-395, by Richard Harrison. It has been somewhat reorganized for presentation. Information with a blue background is not from the original document but has been submitted by researchers or family members.

First Infantry
Second Infantry
Second & Third
Consolidated Infantry
Third Infantry
Fifth Infantry
Sixth Infantry
Eighth Infantry
Ninth Infantry
Eleventh Infantry
Twelfth Infantry
Thirteenth Infantry
Fourteenth Infantry
Fourteenth Residual
Battery
Fifteenth Infantry
Sixteenth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
Eighteenth Infantry
Twentieth Infantry
Twenty-first Infantry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Twenty-sixth Infantry 		Twenty-seventh Infantry
Thirty-first Infantry
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Forty-first Infantry
Forty-fourth Infantry
Forty-sixth Infantry
First Cavalry
Second Cavalry
Fourth Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Sixth Cavalry
Seventh Cavalry
Eighth Cavalry
Ninth Cavalry
Third Battery
Light Artillery
Engineer Regiment
of the West
Other States
ABBREVIATIONS
Adjt
Art
Bat
Col
Capt
Corp
Comsy
com
cav
captd
disad
disd
e
hon. disd
inv
excd
inf.
I.V.I.
kld
Lient
Maj
m.o.
prmtd
prisr
Regt
re-e
resd
Sergt
trans
vet
V.R.C.
wd
 Adjutant
Artillery
Battle or Battalion
Colonel
Captain
Corporal
Comissary
commissioned
cavalry
captured
disabled
discharged
enlisted
honorably discharged
invalid
exchanged
infantry
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
killed
Lieutenant
Major
mustered out
promoted
prisoner
Regiment
re-enlisted
resigned
Sergeant
transferred
veteran
Veteran Reserve Corps
wounded

FORTY-FIRST INFANTRY
[NOTE.—This Company was transferred to Seventh Cavalry April 25, 1863.]

NAME
ENLISTED
DETAILS
NOTES
Company C
Capt.
Geo. H. Wolfe		com.
Oct. 13, 1861		  
Second Lieut
Anthony Courtright		com.
Oct. 13, 1861		  Age 41. Residence Oxford, nativity Ohio. Appointed Second Lieutenant Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Transferred to Company M, Seventh Cavalry, April 25, 1863. Promoted Captain Nov. 25, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Seventh Cavalry Reorganized. Buried at Mayflower Cemetery, Oxford Junction, Iowa Photo: Steve Hanken
Sergt.
S. G. Cunningham		Sept. 28, 1861  
Corp.
Samuel S. Wherry		Sept. 27, 1861  
Corp.
John B. Green		Sept. 26, 1861  
Brady, JosephSept. 28, 1861  
Clark, Jas.Sept. 28, 1861  
Carter, Wm.Sept. 28, 1861  
Ferguson, LutherSept. 26, 1861  
Forbes, PatrickSept. 26, 1861  
Graham, W.Oct. 7, 1861  
Green, John B.Sept. 26, 1861  
Holmes, Samuel B.Oct. 28, 1861died at Fort Randall, D.T 
Klise, John W.Sept. 28, 1861  
Langon, Wm. P.Sept. 26, 1881  
Ratean, JamesSept. 28, 1861  
Reamer, RalphOct. 1, 1861  
Robinson, D.Oct. 1, 1861  
Sellen, Joseph F.Oct. 2, 1861  
Smith, H. W.Sept. 27, 1861 See Company M, Seventh Cavalry
Swan, AverySept. 28, 1861  
Thurston, Wm. H,Sept. 26, 1861  
Wherry, M. M.Sept. 27, 1861  
Wherry, Samuel S.Sept. 27, 1861  
Welch, W. C.Sept. 26, 1861  
Yale, Geo. W.Sept. 26, 1861  

FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
[Note.—This regiment was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 15, 1864.]

NAME
ENLISTED
DETAILS
NOTES
Company A
Morey, Edwin S.May 3, 1864  
Metcalf, M. H.May 6, 1864  
Scroggs, John A.May 6, 1864  
Spaulding, J. L.May 6, 1864  
Thomas, Jas. R.May 14, 1864  
Company C
Capt.
Jas. W. McKean		com.vJune 1, 1864died at Memphis 
Sergt.
Samuel E. Hutton		April 30, 1864  
Sergt.
F. W. Houser		April 30, 1864  
Corp.
David Inches		April 30, 1864  
Barnes, H. J.May 7, 1864  
Brady, FreemanApril 30, 1864died at Memphis 
Calkins, F. M.April 30, 1864  
Dewey, Chas.March 18, 1864 Charles Dewey, residence Jones county, enlisted May 18, 1864 at Davenport, Iowa. Mustered out at Davenport September 15, 1864, expiration of service. Burial at Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa. Died in 1931. (Steve Hanken)
Foster, R. C.March 9, 1864  
Foust, Benj.April 30, 1864  
Glenn, R. R.April 30, 1864  
Himebaugh, H. H.May 14, 1864  
Horton, Erastus B.May 9, 1864  
Lovejoy, Owen D.May 6, 1864  
McVay, LeviMay 9, 1864  
Murphy, Chas. H.April 30, 1864  Age 18. Residence Jones County, nativity Indiana. Mustered June 1, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Buried at Scotch Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Jones County. Photo: Steve Hanken
McKean, C. B.April 30, 1864  
Monroe, C. A.May 1, 1864  
Richardson, FrankEnlisted May 16, 1864  Age 38. Residence Dubuque County, nativity Vermont. Mustered June 1, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Buried at Springville Cemetery, Linn County, Iowa Photo: Steve Hanken
Sutherland, D. W.May 3, 1864  
Company F
Beranek, JohnMay 21, 1861 Age 18. Residence Jones County. Nativity Bohemia. Enlisted May 21, 1864. Mustered June 1, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Buried at Mayflower Cemetery, Oxford Junction, Iowa. (Steve Hanken
Shedeck, JosephMay 21, 1864Mustered June 1, 1864 . Age 18. Residence Jackson County, nativity Europe. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Buried at Wyoming cemetery, Wyoming, Jones county, Iowa.Photo: Steve Hanken

FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY

NAME
ENLISTED
DETAILS
NOTES
Thurlow, L. C.May 30, 1864m.o. Sept. 23, 1864 
Coolsmith, Wm.May 30, 1864m.o. Sept. 23, 1864 
Klise, Chas. F.May 30, 1864m.o. Sept. 23, 1864 
Wiggins, Columbus D.May 6, 1864Mustered June 10, 1864Age 19. Residence Cedar County, nativity Ohio. Mustered out Sept. 23, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Buried at Wyoming Cemetery. Photo: Steve Hanken

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