The Iowa Civil War Site Iowa During the Civil War

 

Roster of Field, Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Staff Officers (At muster-in of organization, together subsequent appointments from civil life)
 
 
 
• James I. Gilbert. Age 33. Residence Lansing, nativity Kentucky.  Appointed Colonel Aug. 10 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Wounded slightly April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Promoted Brigadier General Feb. 9, 1865; Brevet Major Major General March 26, 1865.
 
•  Jed Lake. Age 32. Residence Independence, nativity New York. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 11 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Promoted Colonel June 26, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
 
• George W. Howard. Age 35. Residence Bradford, nativity Maine. Appointed Major Aug. 10, 1862. Mustered Oct. 3,1862. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel June 26, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
 
• Charles A. Comstock. Age 44. Residence Lansing, Nativity New York. . Appointed Adjutant Sept. 16, 1862. mustered Oct 3, 1862.     Resigned April 24, 1863.
 
• Oliver P. Shiras. Age 29. Residence Dubuque, nativity Pennsylvania. Commissioned First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Aug. 10, 1862 . Detailed  for staff duty by order of General Pope, Sept. 22 1862, and served as Aide on Staff of General F. J. Herron until December 1863.

• Solon Langworthy. Age 47. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Appointed Quartermaster Sept.16, 1862. Mustered Oct 3, 1862   Resigned Dec. 28,1863.

• John E. Sanborn. Age 28. Residence Epworth, nativity New Hampshire.  Appointed Surgeon Sept. 16 1862. Mustered Oct. 3 1862. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton Iowa.
 
• Albert Boomer, Age 35.  Residence Delhi, nativity Connecticut.  Appointed Assistant Surgeon Sept. 16, 1862. not mustered.  Resigned Aug. 22, 1864.
 
• David C. Hastings.  Age 32.  Residence Quasqueton, nativity Connecticut.  Appointed Assistant Surgeon Sept. 16, 1862.  Mustered Oct. 3, 1862.  Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
 
• Daniel N. Bordwell.  Age 34.  Residence Lansing, nativity new York.  Appointed Chaplain Oct. 3, 1862.  Mustered Oct. 3, 1862.  Resigned Aug. 25, 1864.
 
• Frederick F. Kiner.  Age 28.  Residence Mount Pleasant, nativity Pennsylvania.  Appointed Chaplain Dec. 31, 1864.  Mustered Jan. 21, 1865.  Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.  See Company I, Fourteenth Infantry.
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Non-Commissioned Staff  

• Philander J. Harrington.  Age 28.  Residence Lansing, nativity New York.  Promoted Sergeant Major from Company B. Oct. 3, 1862.  Promoted Adjutant April 25, 1863.  Discharged for promotion as Captain of Fourth Arkansas Colored Infantry, March 10, 1864.
 
• Oto Brodtbeck.  Age 20.  residence Dubuque, nativity Switzerland.   Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant from Company B. Oct. 3, 1862.  Discharged for disabilty Feb 8, 1865, Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis, Mo).
 
• James P. McKinney.  Age 24.  Residence Fort Atkinson, nativity Ohio.  Promoted Commissary Sergeant from Company E.  Oct 3, 1862.  Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
 
• Hiram H. Hunt.  Age 39.  Residence Independence, nativity Maryland. Promoted Hospital Steward from Company H.  Oct 3, 1862.  Discharged for promotion as Assistant Surgeon of Twenty-first Infantry.  May 4, 1863.
 
• Ralph I. Knight.  Age 34.  Residence Farmersburgh, nativity Vermont.  Promoted Drum Major from Drummer of Compay E, March 1, 1863.  Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
 
• Darius C. Mather.  Age 30.  Residence Postville, nativity Ohio.  Promoted Fife Major from Fifer of Company E., Aug. 29, 1862.  Died of disease March 30, 1864, Vicksburg, Miss.
 
 
Iowa Roster and Records of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion. 1908-11. Volume 3-4.  Brookhaven Press La Crosse, WI.
 
 
 

27TH IOWA COMPANY ROSTERS

   
 
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Elaine Johnson
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