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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
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

SIXTH CAVALRY
[NOTE.-This regiment was mustered out at Sioux City. Nov. 17, 1865.]

NAME

ENLISTED

DETAILS

NOTES
Company A
Hamilton, ClarkOct. 13, 1862  
Hunter, HiramOct. 24, 1862  
Parsons, Jno.Dec. 30, 1862  
Scriven, Jas. W.Oct 4, 1862  
Wentworth, LorenzoDec. 30, 1862  
Company B
Bugh, JohnJan. 1, 1863disd. Feb. 24, 1865 
Herron, JonathanOct. 13, 1863  
Company H
Morgan, Jos.Nov. 5, 1862  
Company I
Q.M.S.
Jos. 0. Reynolds
Nov. 19, 1862disd. Oct. 6, 1864 
Company K
Com. Sergt.
Peter Reeger
Sept. 12, 1862  
Sergt.
M. W. Jefferies
Sept. 12, 1862  Jefferies, Milton W. Age 20. Residence Fairview, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 22, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa. Buried at Marshalltown Veterans Home Cemetery. Photo: Steve Hanken
Sergt.
Alvin R. Byerly
Sept. 12, 1862  
Sergt.
Darius S. Hinman
Sept. 12, 1862  
Corp.
Wm. Alspaugh
Sept. 12, 1862  
Brookhouse, A. H.Sept. 12, 1862disd. Oct 23, 1863, disab 
Beeks, Wm. J.Sept. 12, 1862  Age 38. Residence Anamosa, nativity Indiana. Mustered Nov. 22, 1862. Promoted Sixth Sergeant April 23, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa. Buried at Riverside cemetery, Spencer, Clay county, Iowa. Photo: Steve Hanken
Coe, Jno. D.Sept. 12, 1862  
Chapper, Jno.Oct. 23, 1862  
Luce, IsraelSept. 12, 1862  
Myers, Sam'lSept. 12, 1862  
Mann, Jno.Oct. 22, 1862kld. White Stone Hill, D.T. 
Mershon, Lewis C.Sept. 12, 1862  
Shoop, CalvinSept. 12, 1862  
Shults, Jno. H.Sept. 12, 1862  
Sampson, DanielOct. 21, 1862  
Company M
Musician
Henry, Jno.
Dec. 27, 1862  Age 27. Residence Hanover, Ill., nativity Ireland. Mustered Dec. 27, 1862. Promoted Bugler. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa. Buried at Olin Cemetery, Olin, Jones county, Iowa. Photo: Steve Hanken
Company Unknown
Edwards, Jno.Oct. 1, 1864  
Tubbs, Wm.Oct. 1, 1864 Burial at Riverside cemetery, Spencer Iowa (military tombstone, no dates). (Steve Hanken)

SEVENTH CAVALRY
[Note.—This portion of the regiment was mustered out at Sioux City, June 22, 1866.]

NAME

ENLISTED

DETAILS

NOTES
Company F
Ronan, JohnOct. 4, 1864 Age 18. Residence Black Hawk County, nativity Ireland. Mustered Oct. 4, 1864. Transferred to Company F, Seventh Cavalry Reorganized. Photo: Steve Hanken
Company K
Shover, Jno.Sept. 30, 1861vet. Feb. 29, 1864 Age 23. Residence Monticello, nativity Pennsylvania. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Transferred to Company K, Seventh Cavalry Reorganized. Buried, at Oakwood cemetery. Photo: Steve Hanken
Company M
Capt.
Geo. H. Wolfe
com.
Oct. 25, 1861
m.o. Oct. 31, 1864, term exp 
Capt.
Anthony Courtright
com. 2d lieut.
Oct. 25, 1861
prmtd. capt. Nov. 25, 1864See 41st Infantry, Company C
First Lieut.
L. G. Cunningham
as coms'y sergt.
Sept. 28, 1861
prmtd. 1st lieut. Nov. 25, 1864 
Sergt.
Samuel S. Wherry
Sept. 27, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Corp.
Joseph Brady
Sept. 28, 1861  Age 23. Residence Jones County, nativity Penns. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 29, 1864. Prom. 7th Corp. Dec. 30, 1864; 5th Corp. Feb. 4, 1865. Trans to 7th Cav. reorgananized. Buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa, Iowa. Photo: Steve Hanken
Corp.
John B.Greer
Sept. 26, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Corp.
David Robinson
Oct. 1, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Farrier
Wm. F. Angstead
Oct. 15, 1861  
Brady, Wm.May 4, 1861  
Carter, Wm.Sept. 28, 1861vet. Feb. 28. 1864 
Clarks Jas.Sept. 28, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864, disd. Feb. 1, 1866, disab 
Ferguson, Luther vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Ferguson, Chas.May 6, 1864  
Graham, WatsonOct. 24, 1861  
Klise, J. W.Sept. 28, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Langan, Wm. P.Sept. 26, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864, disd. Feb. 7, 1866, disab 
Ratican, JamesSept. 28, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Reamer, RalphSept. 26, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 (Veteran.) Age 27. Residence Jones County, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Seventh Cavalry Reorganized. Buried at Dayton Valley Cemetery, Cedar County. Photo: Steve Hanken
Seller, Joseph F.Oct. 2, 1861vet. Feb. 28, lS64 
Smith, H. W.Sept. 27, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 Smith, Harrison W. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Jones County, nativity Michigan. Enlisted Sept. 27, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 186l. Mustered out June 22, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa. Buried at Dayton Valley Cemetery, Cedar County. Photo: Steve Hanken
Swan, AverySept. 28, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Turkle, Geo.Sept. 27, 1861  
Thurston, Wm. H.Sept. 26, 1861  
Wherry, W. M.Sept. 27, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 
Welch, W. C.Sept. 26, 1861vet. March 31, 1864, 
Weeks, D.May 6, 1863  
Yule, Gee. W.Sept. 26, 1861vet. Feb. 28, 1864 

EIGHTH CAVALRY
[Note.—This regiment was mustered out at Macon, Ga., Aug. 13, 1865.]

NAME

ENLISTED

DETAILS

NOTES
Company G
Wagoner
Isaac Ackerman
Aug. 1, 1863  Also spelled "Ackarman." Age 36. Residence Anamosa, born December 29, 1827 Chenango Co., NY. Mustered Aug. 1, 1863. Reduced to ranks at his own request April 1, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1865. Macon, Ga. Died May 10, 1898Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Iowa. Photo: Steve Hanken
Atkins, Robt.Aug. 7, 1863disd. Dec. 18, 1863, disab 
Caffee, Thos.Aug. 8, 1863 Enlisted at Fairview, Thomas Jefferson Caffee. Burial at Graceland cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa, 1847-1910. (Steve Hanken)
Goudy, John S.Aug. 1, 1863  
Leaper, John S.Aug. 1, 1863  
Leaper, John W.Aug. 8, 1863  Age 21. Residence Fairview, nativity Illinois. Mustered Aug. 8, 1863. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1865, Macon. Ga. Buried at Norwich Cemetery, Jones county, Iowa. Photo: Steve Hanken
McMillan, Jas. S.Aug. 1, 1863  
Company L
Corp.
Wm. Fuller
Aug. 5, 1863captd. at Newnan, Ga 
Bodenhiffer, George W.Aug. 19, 1863captd. at Newnan, Ga 
Bentley, WilliamAug. 15, 1863  
Fuller, Samuel H.Aug. 7, 1863  
Hawley, F. D.Aug. 12, 1863wd. at Campbellville, Tenn 
Kinney, Thos. J.Aug. 26, 1863  
McQueen, AdamAug. 5, 1863died at Evansville, Ind Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, In. Photo: Steve Kweskin
Miller, AlonzoAug. 1, 1863died at Keokuk Age 40. Residence Monticello, nativity Connecticut. Mustered Aug. 1, 1863. Died of disease Dec. 11, 1864, Keokuk, Iowa. Buried at Keokuk National Cemetery. Photo: Steve Hanken
Wade, Wm.July 31, 1863died at Chattanooga 
Company Unknown
Munson, JohnNov. 23, 1864  
Smith, HenryNov. 23, 1864  
Wedley, John F.Nov. 23, 1864  

NINTH CAVALRY
[Note.—This regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Feb. 3, 1866.]

NAME

ENLISTED

DETAILS

NOTES
Company K
Capt.
Jeremiah Lockwood
com.
Nov. 30, 1863
resd.
April 30, 1864
 
Trumpeter
John G. Crouse
Sept. 22, 1863  
Wagoner
Silas Kenney
Oct. 1, 1863  Silas is buried at Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa Photo: Steve Hanken
Crook, Wm. C. H.Sept. 10, 1863died at St. Louis 
Mann, Benj. F.Oct. 1, 1863  
Sennot, Chas. P.Sept. 29. 1863  
Company Unknown
Warden, Geo.Oct. 19, 1864  

THIRD BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY

NAME

ENLISTED

DETAILS

NOTES
Dodge, Frederick D. vet. March 21, 1864, m.o. Oct. 3. 1865 
Waudick, Thos. vet. Dec. 22, 1863, m.o. Oct. 3, 1865 
Waddick, Wm. vet. Dec. 22, 1863, m.o. Oct. 3, 1865 Age 19. Residence Castle Grove, nativity New fork. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered Sept. 26, 1861. Promoted Twelfth Corporal July 22, 1863, Tenth Corporal Aug. 23, 1863 Re-enlisted and re-mustered Dec. 22, 1863. Promoted Fifth Corporal May 1, 1864; Fourth Corporal Nov. 28, 1864; Third Corporal Dec. 23, 1864; Seventh Sergeant Feb. 21, 1865. Mustered out Oct. 23, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. Buried at Immaculate Conception Church, Castle Grove Twp. Jones county, Iowa. Photo: Steve Hanken

ENGINEER REGIMENT OF THE WEST

NAME

ENLISTED

DETAILS

NOTES
Artificer
J. P. Davis
Sept. 21, 1861  
Artificer
Andrew J. Norton
Sept. 21, 1861  

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