Joy and amaranth in a graceful sheaf, A simple name alone, To the great world unknown, Is graven here, and with wild flowers rising round, Lean lovingly against the humble stone." But peace has come with its duties, its responsibilities, and its blessings The powder-begrimmed warrior of yesterday is the husbandman of to-day. Newer duties demand the attention and care of the veterans of fhe war-duties which they may not neglect. The war is over, and its issues are freely, fully accepted. In the roster of each regiment given below the facts relative to what became of each person enlisting, and all promotions, and reductions to ranks are given so far as known, and as fully as the most authentic documents will admit. No statements of this nature are made save on the authority of the official reports of the adjutant-general of the state of Iowa, and may hence be relied upon as eminently correct. Where no other statement is made it will be understood that the person was mustered out with his regiment. THE FOURTH INFANTRY. This regiment was organized with G. M. Dodge, of Council Bluffs, as colonel. Of the companies in this regiment company A was enrolled in Mills county, and ordered into quarters by the govenor of the state in August, 1861. It was mustered into the service of the United States by Captain Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., at Jefferson barracks, Missouri, August 15, 1861, under proclamation of the President of the United States, bearing date May 3, 1861. On August 24, the Fourth went to Rolla, Missouri, where it remained until January 22, 1862. From that date until the 14th of July, 1862, when it arrived at Helena, Arkansas, the regiment was almost continually on the march, forming a part of the army of the southwest. The first engagement was that of Pea Ridge,* March 6, 7 and 8, 1862, followed by that of Chickasaw Bayou on the 28th and 29th of December, 1862. On the 10th and 11th of January, 1863, the regiment was in the battle of Arkansas Post. After this last battle the Fourth returned to the front at Vicksburg, reaching Young's Point on January 22, 1863. The regiment lay at this point until April 2, when it was ordered to Greenville, a * The regiment acquitted itself bravely in this celebrated battle, standing a most terrific fire of grape, cannister, solid shot and shell, for more than three hours. So grand a stand did the gallant Fourth make that the general commanding said of it in his official report, "This regiment won immortal honors." It lost, in this battle, fully one-half of all actually engaged. point one hundred and and fifty miles up the Mississippi river, and thence it went to form a portion of the force engaged in the raid up the Deer creek valley. On May 2, the regiment started to participate in the active campaign against Vicksburg, arriving there on the 18th, having been delayed two days at Jackson to destroy the railroad. On July 4th, the regiment was again detailed to Jackson, arriving in time to participate in that hard fought battle. From July 29 to September 22, the Fourth lay in camp at Black river, fourteen miles in the rear of Vicksburg, when, on the date last named it embarked on a steamer for Memphis, Tennessee. From this point the regiment set out on the campaign to northern Georgia, marching by way of Corinth, Tuscumbia, Eastport and luka, to Chattanooga, which place it reached November 23d. Weary and travel worn as it was, it nevertheless was herocically brave in the battle of Lookout Mountain on the 24th, that of Missionary Ridge on the 25th, and again in the battle of Ringgold, on the 27th. On the third of the following month, December, the regiment went into camp at Bridgeport, Alabama, and thence to Woodville, remaining until February 26, when it started home on veteran furlough. In April, of the same year, 1864, the Fourth again started for the field, outfitting at Nashville, to engage in the campaign against Atlanta, Georgia. From that date on the campaign was one of continued fighting and weary marches. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment went with Sherman to the sea, thence to Washington through the Carolinas, and finally to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out July 24, 1865, and was paid, and disbanded at Davenport, Iowa. It is eminently proper that, the address of General Williamson to this regiment, many surviving members of which still reside in this county, should here be given. The address of General Williamson was as follows: Fellow Soldiers of the Fourth Iowa Infantry: Having received the appointment of Brigadier-General, and been assigned to duty in another quarter, my official connection with you has ceased. In taking leave of you, I deem it but right to briefly allude to our past association as soldiers. Four years ago we left our homes and loved ones to fight for the Union cause. Then we numbered one thousand men. We were undisciplined and knew nothing of war, but we did know that our country needed our services, and that was enough. Since then we have had more than three hundred added to our ranks. To-day our whole number is less than four hundred. Where are the one thousand of our missing companions? Most of them have fallen on the battle fields from Pea Ridge to Columbia. Some have been discharged on account of wounds received in battle; but the saddest thing of all remains to be told; some were starved to death in southern prison-pens. * * * You, the survivors of our glorious old regiment, will, I hope, very soon be permitted to go home and enter again upon the duties and assume the responsibilities of citizens of the Republic, and of yours, the young State of Iowa, for which you have helped to make so glorious a name during the war. It need not be said to men like you, who have fought on more than thirty different battle fields; who, under Curtis, "won immortal honors" at Pea Ridge, and made the memorable march through Missouri and Arkansas in midsummer, who were ordered by General Grant to place "first at Chickasaw Bayou" on your banners; who were under Sherman at "Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post;" who were under Grant through the entire cam paign of Vicksburg, including Jackson and Brandon; who marched from Vicksburg to Chattanooga under Sherman; who fought with Hooker above the clouds at Lookout Mountain* and were with him at Missionary Ridge and Ringgold; who were under Sherman through the entire Atlanta campaign, and participated in every battle; and who again, under their great leader, made the famous "march to the ocean," and thence to Washington, to be good citizens. Whatever may be said to the contrary, none can appreciate peace and civil government better than those who have so freely offered their lives in war to secure these blessings. In conclusion, I have only to add that I thank my lucky star that my fortunes as a soldier were cast with you, and I thank you for my "stars." May that kind Providence who has preserved and directed you through so many hardships and dangers, guide you in the path of honor and glory in the future as in the past. William R. English, Major, commissioned July 20, 1861, from captain company A. COMPANY A. Thos. H. Head, captain, commissioned September 14, 1861; promoted from first lieutenant; resigned March 5, 1862; Samuel R. Pike, captain, commissioned March 5, 1862; promoted from second lieutenant; Samuel Shields, first lieutenant; commissioned September 14, 1861; promoted from second lieutenant; George A. Henry, second lieutenant, commissioned March 5, 1862; promoted from first sergeant; wounded at Pea Ridge, March, 1862; Henry R. Blackman, first sergeant, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from fourth sergeant; Walter Corfield, second sergeant, enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged for disability October 3, 1861; Seth Tarr, third sergeant, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from first corporal; Abner B. Kearney, fourth sergeant, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from fifth sergeant; William Burnett, first corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from private; John M. Bannau, first corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from second corporal; wounded at Pea Ridge; John Creech, second corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from third corporal; John G. Eckles, third corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from sixth corporal; George W. Congleton, fourth corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from seventh corporal; Isaac O. Gibbons, fifth corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from private; died February 28, 1862; George V. *Probably no skirmish of the war has been so greatly misrepresented and exaggerated as that of Lookout Mountain. General Grant, a most competent judge, has said it was hardly worth mentioning; no southern history mentions it at all, as being too unimportant. In view of the facts in the case, one may well smile at the graphic. but wholly false account of Headley and Ridpath. R. E. C. Nichols, fifth corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from eighth corporal; William Thayer, seventh corporal, enlisted July 1, 1861; promoted from private. PRIVATES. Henry W. Armstrong, enlisted July 1, 1861; Jonathan Anthony, enlisted July 1, 1861; died at Rolla, Missouri, December 6, 1861; Robert W. Burns, enlisted July 1, 1861; Christopher Brandt, enlisted July 1, 1861; Edmund Bedell, enlisted July 1, 1861; Wm. Creech, July 1, 1861; died at Rolla, Missouri, January 13, 1861; Levi Crouch, enlisted July 1, 1861, Manuel H. Campbell, enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged for disability October 20, 1861; William R. Davis, enlisted July 9, 1861; discharged for disability December 21, 1861; Geo. W. Dolton, enlisted July 1, 1861; Francis M. Dolton, enlisted July 1, 1861; David W. Douglas, enlisted July 1, 1861; William Davis, enlisted July 9, 1861; discharged December 21, 1861; Josiah Eccleston, enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged March 16, 1862; Murat C. Ewans, enlisted July 1, 1861; J. R. Folden, enlisted July 1, 1861; Jacob Hutchins, enlisted July 1, 1861; Robert L. Hogins enlisted July 1, 1861; Andrew P. Hogins, enlisted July 1, 1861; died at Rolla, Missouri, January 14, 1862; Ammon Harmon, enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged for disability September 28, 1862; Alfred Miller, enlisted July 1, 1861; died at Rolla, October 10, 1861; George A. McCay, enlisted July 1, 1861; killed in battle at Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862; Geo. M. Miller, enlisted July 1, 1861; wounded at Pea Ridge; T. P. McReynolds, enlisted July 1, 1861; Timothy McReynolds, enlisted July 1, 1861; George V. Nichols, enlisted July 1, 1861; Morton M. Noah, enlisted July 1, 1861; Reuben R. Noah, enlisted July 1, 1861; Harrison Raines, enlisted July 1, 1861; Benjamin R. Raines, enlisted July 1, 1861; Jefferson D. Russell, enlisted July 1, 1861; died at Rolla, January 7, 1862; John Woodworth, enlisted July 1, 1861; Isaac Withrow, enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged for disability May 16, 1862; James Wolf, enlisted July 1, 1861; died at Batesville, Arkansas, June 21, 1862; Eli S. Wing, Jr., enlisted July 1, 1861; Joseph White, enlisted July 1, 1861; Charles Wilkenson, enlisted July 1, 1861; died at Pea Ridge, of wounds, March 9, 1862. Oscar T. Cady, enlisted November 20, 1862; Webster Gilbert, enlisted December 23, 1862; Wm. T. McCammon, enlisted March 18, 1862; James H. McDonald, enlisted November 28, 1862; Orville Rogers, enlisted December 3, 1862; Steven J. Smith, enlisted November 23, 1862; James I. Gibson, enlisted November 8, 1862. VETERAN RE-ENLISTMENTS, NINTH INFANTRY. COMPANY A. George A. Henry, captain, commissioned April 18, 1863; Lemuel Shields, first lieutenant, commissioned September 14, 1861; Henry R. Hackmar, second lieutenant, commissioned April 18, 1863; John M. Bannon, second sergeant, enlisted January 1, 1864; Christopher Brant, third corporal, enlisted January 1, 1864. PRIVATES. Henry W. Armstrong, enlisted January 1, 1864; Robt. W. Burns, enlisted January 1, 1864; Levi Couch, enlisted January 1, 1864; George W. Congleton, enlisted January 1, 1864; Francis M. Dolton, enlisted January 1, 1864; Murat C. Evans, enlisted January 1, 1864; James J. Gibson enlisted January 1, 1864; Robert L. Hodgins, enlisted January 1, 1864; Chas. H. Hopkins, enlisted January 1, 1864; Morton M. Noah, enlisted January 1, 1864; Reuben R. Noah, enlisted January 1, 1864. TENTH INFANTRY. * Wm. Everett, assistant surgeon, commissioner November 24, 1862. FIFTEENTH INFANTRY. The Fifth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry, was organized in Keokuk, March 19, 1862. Company F, of this regiment was organized in the counties of Mills and Fremont, the dates of enlistment extending from October 10, 1861, to February 22, 1862. The company was ordered into quarters by the governor of the state, October 10, 1861, and mustered into the service of the United States by Captain Charles C. Smith, U. S. A. at Keokuk, November 18, 1861, under proclamation of the President of the United State of July 23, 1861. It was stationed at Keokuk until March 19, 1862, when the regiment of which it formed a part, was ordered to St. Louis, from which time the fortunes of the regiment were common to company F. The regiment left St. Louis on the morning of April 1, 1862, and arrived at Pittsburg Landing on the morning of the 6th, and at once entered upon its first battle, at that place. The result was a loss of twenty-two killed, one hundred and fifty-six wounded, and eight wounded and missing. The mortality was somewhat increassd subsequently by the death of a number of the wounded soldiers. In May 1862, the regiment was assigned to the third brigade of the sixth division of the army of West Tennessee, and with that division went into camp near Corinth, Mississippi. On the 18th of September the regiment was in the battle of Iuka, after which it was ordered to garrison that place until the 30th, when it resumed its march to Corinth. In October, on the second day of the month, he regiment camped two miles west of Corinth, and early in the morning of the following day, the 3d, was formed in line of * There having been but one enlistment in this regiment, it is not deemed necessary to give any history of its operations at this time. For any information the reader may wish he is referred to page 235 of this volume. |