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CIVIL WAR HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY The First Battery was organized in August, 1861, and mustered out at Davenport July 1, 1865. Its first service was at the battle of Pea Ridge, March 24, 1862; fired the first shot and suffered deverly; thence in June, joined Hovey's raid in an unsuccessful attempt to take
Arkansas Post ; thence in December, with Steele's brigade took part in the fight at Chickasaw Bayou; thence back to Arkansas Post, and were in at its capture; thence to the battle of Jackson; thence to the seige at Vicksburg; thence to the second capture of Jackson; back to Vicksburg ; thence to Tascumbia, having a five day fight on the way at Cherokee Station ; thence to Chattanooga, and on the morning of November 25 opened fire at Lookout Mountain, receiving special commendation for its work from General Hooker. Here it had worn its guns out, and got new 10-pounder Parrotts. Thence the battery moved to Alabama. It was in many of the hardest fought battles of the war, yet never lost a splinter nor a strap; but escaped several times accomplished by sheer desperation. Polk County was represented in this battery as follows:
Henry H. Griffiths, Captain, from Company E, Fourth Infantry; mustered out August 17, 1864. PRIVATES: Skivinki, Edward, September 1, 1861; wounded at Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862 ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS: Allen, Charles, December 18, 1863; wounded at Vicksburg, August 18, 1864. Allen, Fletcher, December 18, 1863 Crabtree, George W., January 5. Callender, John D., December 23; killed at Atlanta, August 23, 1864. Coffeen, Henry, January 4, 1864. Callender, Wm. H., January 4, 1864; died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 10, 1864. Crockerham, Joseph F., January 1. Dyer, John, January 2, 1864. Elliott, thomas, January 4, 1864; discharged May 9, 1865. Fox, Franklin, January 4, 1864. Fenwick, James E., January 4, 1864. Gregg, James C., December 26, 1863. Hawkins, Thomas L., january 3, 1864. Howard, John, January 1, 1864. Hobb, Joshua, December 30, 1863. Henderson, James M., January 4, 1864. Hoake, Hermon C., January 4, 1864. Hyatt, Elmer, December 25, 1863. Hainmon, William W., January 5, 1864. Howard, George, january 5, 1864; died at Woodville, Alabamma, February 22, 1864. James, Elisha R., January 4, 1863. Jones, Wm. R., January 30, 1863; died at Davenport, Iowa, February 18, 1863. Kurtz, Gotlieb, January 4, 1864. Kirby, Charles, January 4, 1864. Kesler, William, January 4, 1864. Loughran, Edmond, January 2, 1864. Leggett, John W., January 4, 1864. Marrs, John W., December 26, 1863; wounded; date and place unknown. Mack, Talbert, S., December 29, 1863. Madison, Bartie M., December 28, 1863. McMichael, William, December 23, 1863; killed at Atlanta, July 20, 1864. Myerkoff, Herman T., December 29, 1863. McKelorge, Hugh, january 4. Murphy, James, january 4, 1864. Nagle, Webster, December 31, 1863. Parker, Madison, January 4, 1864. Payne, James P., January 4, 1864. Stutsman, Solomon, January 4, 1864. Simmonds, Wm. V., December 26, 1863. Stemper, William H., January 4, 1864. Titus, Selah H., January 2, 1864. Thacker, Fielding T., January 4, 1864. Terro, Henry, January 1, 1864. West, Thomas C., December 23, 1863. Wright, William H., December 29, 1863 Baker, Lewis P., March 12, 1864 Bishard, John F., March 11, 1864 Curran, James R., January 26, 1864 Cooper, Charles B., March 8, 1864 Harmison, Andrew, August 20, 1864 Reeder, Wm. H., March 21, 1864 Reeder, Robert F., March 21, 1864, died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, January 22, 1865 Scott, Andrew, August 20, 1864 Young, John, January 26, 1864 SECOND BATTERY: Reynolds, Lewis, First Sergeant; enlisted August 11. Burke, John, Third Corporal, August 1. Foley, Thomas, Artificer, August 1. Buttolp, Jno. R., August 1. Buttolp, Romuluous, August 1; died at St. Louis, December 2, 1861. Cluie, Squire G., August 1. Davis, Oliver P., August 1; promoted to Second Corporal July 21, 1862. Ingram, Joseph, August 1. Sunsteim, Wm., August 1; discharged October 16, 1862. Stobaugh, Samuel, August 1. Whittaker, Deacon J., August 1. Additional Enlistments: Bowman, Thaomas, enlisted September 5, 1864. Burke, James S., September 5, 1864. Campbell, Wilson M., August 14, 1864. Coburn, Francis, August 29, 1864. Gilman, Milan A., Marcch 21, 1864. Groves, Eli, august 29, 1864. Hines, Peter, February 25, 1864. Jones, James M., March 30, 1864. Jones, John, February 19, 1864; died at Davenport, Iowa, April 17, 1864. Johnson, Joel, February 19, 1864 Kurtz, John, September 5, 1864: died at Selma, Alabama, July 7, 1865. Lee, H. Peter, February 19, 1864: died at Memphis, March 25, 1865. Reed, Samuel, February 19, 1864. Runs, Andrew J., August 20, 1864. Stephenson, Geo. R., March 30, 1862. Simmons, Baily R., September 3, 1864. Bliler, Franklin F., November 10, 1862. Donk, Wm., October 1, 1862. Nelson, James, October 17, 1862. Crowe, Jno. F., September 25, 1862 Daxey, Charles P., October 17, 1862. Roberts, Abel W., October 1, 1862. Webber, Jno. T., September 20, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS CAVALRY REGIMENTS: FIRST:
Ranslow, George P., Company G; enlisted August 26, 1862; discharged November 30, 1864. McClelland, John B., Company M; enlisted September 1, 1861; died November 18, 1862, at St. Louis. McGuire, William, Company unknown; enlisted December 9, 1863. Burson, Clement, Company D; enlisted February 4, 1864. Keffer, Jacob, enlisted September 20, 1864; Company unknown. Scoggs, James, R., enlisted September 24, 1864; Company unknown. Madison, Stewart, enlisted March 10, 1864; Company unknown. Weak, James a., enlisted September 24, 1864; Company unknown. FOURTH: Puriton, Lewis A., Company I; enlisted December 26, 1863. SIXTH: Garrett, James M., Private, Company B; enlisted November 15, 1862. Stickney, Galusha A., Private, Company F; enlisted September 15, 1862. Jones, John W., Private, Company H; enlisted October 2, 1862. Brady, Edward, Private, Company M; enlisted October 27, 1862. DODGE'S BRIGADE BAND: Curl, Edmond N. enlisted October 16, 1862. RECAPITULATION: The capital of the state may well be proud of her war record. Her soldiers were the bravest of the brave, abundantly evidenced by the rapidity of promotion. She was represented in thirty-five regimental organizations and furnished over twelve hundred men to the army, largely in excess of her quota. The number of commissioned officers was as follows: Brigadier Generals, 3; Colonels, 5; Lieutenant Colonels, 6; Majors, 10; Surgeons, 7; Adjutants, 6; Quartemasters, 3; Capatins, 40; First Lieutenants, 56; Second Lieutenants, 43. FIELD AND STAFF: INFANTRY REGIMENTS; Noe W. Mills, Colonel, Second Infantry. Marcellus M. Crocker, Colonel, Second Infantry. Noe W. Mills, Lieutenant Colonel, Second Infantry. Marcellus M. Crocker, Lieutenant Colonel, Second Infantry. Marcellus M. Crocker, Major, Second Infantry. George L. Godfrey, Adjutant, Second Infantry. Edward L. Marsh, Sergeant Major, Second Infantry. Samuel H. Lunt, Sergeant Major, Second Infantry. (Lost one name here on the copy machine.) Chas. H. Rawson, Surgeon, Fifth Infantry. Nathaniel McCalla, Major, Tenth Infantry. John C. Bennett, Major, Tenth Infantry. Wm. P. Davis, Surgeon, Tenth Infantry. J.O. Skinner, Assistant Surgeon, Tenth Infantry. Wm. J. Hanger, Drum-Major, Tenth Infantry. John E. Smith, Fife-Major, Tenth Infantry. Wm. M. Purdy, Chief Musician, Tenth Infantry. Chas. Fox, First Musician, Tenth Infantry. Samuel Noble, Second Musician, Tenth Infantry. Adam C. Bausman, Third Musician, Tenth Infantry. John W. Warner, Third Musician, Tenth Infantry. Edward J. McGorrisk, Surgeon, Ninth Infantry. James A. Williamson, Colonel, Fourth Infantry. James A. Williamson, Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth Infantry. Alex Shaw, Assistant Surgeon, Fourth Infantry. David Beach, Assistant Surgeon, Fourth Infantry. James A. Williamson, Adjutant, Fourth Infantry. John E. Sells, Adjutant, Fourth Infantry. Marcellus M. Crocker, colonel, Thirteenth Infantry. James H. Flynt, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Fifteenth Infantry. Louis Boudinot, Hospital Steward, Fifteenth Infantry. Edward J. McGorrisk, Assistant Surgeon, Seventeenth Infantry. William Ragan, Major, Eighteenth Infantry. Charles J. Clark, Lieutenant Colonel, Twenty-third Infantry. Charles J. Clark, Major, Twenty-third Infantry. Leonard B. Houston, Major, Twenty-third Infantry. W.H. Ward, Assistant Surgeon, Twenty-third Infantry. Matthew C. Brown, Adjutant, Twenty-third Infantry. Robert W. Cross, Quartermaster, Twenty-third Infantry. William Merrill, Quartermaster, Twenty-third Infantry. Arthur J. Barton, Chaplain, Twenty-third Infantry. Charles S. Hepburn, Hospital Steward, Twenty-third Infantry. James R. Crawshaw, Fife-Major, Twenty-third Infantry. Charles H. Sharman, Adjutant, Thirty-third Infantry. Francis M. Slusser, Chaplain, Thirty-third Infantry. John S. Davis, Hospital Steward, Thirty-fourth Infantry. Joseph M. Griffiths, Colonel, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Joseph M. Griffiths, Lieutenant Colonel, Thirty-ninth Infantry. George C. Tichenor, Adjutant, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Josiah Hopkins, Major, Forty-fourth Infantry. George J. North, major, Forty-seventh Infantry. James P. roach, Chaplain, Forty-seventh Infantry. CAVALRY REGIMENTS:
P.H. Van Slyck, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Third Cavalry. Joseph E. Jewett, Major, Fopurth Cavalry. Charles Graham, Second Battalion, Saddler-Sergeant, Fourth Cavalry. Orren F. Mitchell, Commissary-Sergeant, Eight Cavalry. Edgar T. Ensign, Major, Ninth Cavalry. CAPTAINS: INFANTRY REGIMENTS:
Marcellus M. Crocker, Company D. Second Infantry. Noe W. Mills, Company D, Second Infantry. Edgar T. Ensign, Company D, Second Infantry. Nathaniel McCalla, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Samuel J. Dangler, United States Veterans (?) Henry H. Griffiths, Company E, Fourth Infantry. Wilmer S. Simmons, Company E, Fourth Infantry. Nathaniel McCalls, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Ebenezer E. Howe, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Robert Lusby, Company K, Tenth Infantry. Julien Bausman, Company K, Tenth Infantry. William Rahn, Company K, Tenth Infantry. Wilson T. Smith, Company R, Fifteenth Infantry. Adolphus G. Studor, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. Christopher E. Lanstrum, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. William H. Goodrell, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. William H. Hoxie, Company B, Seventeenth Infantry. John H. Browne, Company F, Seventeenth Infantry. John H. Looby, Company G, Eighteenth Infantry. Leonard B. Houston, Company A, Twenty-third Infantry. Theodore G. Cree, Company A, Twenty-third Infantry. Charles J. Clark, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Joel M. Walker, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. James C. Gregg, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. John A. T. Hull, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. Benjamin Jennings, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. Robert W. Cross, Company G, Twenty-third Infantry. John H. Dykeman, company B, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Andrew T. Blodgett, Company B, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Augusta Yerger, company I, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Robert C. Hunter, Company I, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Josiah Hopkins, company H, Forty-fourth Infantry. David J. Pattee, Company F, Forty-seventh Infantry. Adroniram J. Merritt, Company K, Engineer Regiment of the West. CAVALRY REGIMENTS: George C. Graves, Company D, Second Cavalry. Francis M. Griffith, company D, Second Cavalry. William H. Hoxie, Company M, Eighth Cavalry. Henry Moreland, company M, Eighth Cavalry. LIGHT ARTILLERY Henry H. Griffith, First Battery. Melville C. Wright, Third Battery. FIRST LIEUTENANTS: Norton L. Dykeman, Company D, Second Infantry. Samuel H. Lunt, Company D, Second Infantry. Edgar T. Ensign, Company D, Second Infantry. Geo. L. Godfrey, Company D, Second Infantry. Edward L. Marsh, Company D, Second Infantry. Wm. L. Davis (veteran), Company D, Second Infantry. Chas. J. Clark, Company A, Tenth Infantry. John G. Hanna, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Hezekiah Van dorn, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Ebenezer E. Howe, Company A, Tenth Infantry. William G. Swim, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Wilmer S. Simmons, Company E, Fourth Infantry. John E. Sells, Company E, Fourth Infantry. Sheldon C. Treat, Company E, Fourth Infantry. Emerson S. Bramholl, Company E, Fourth Infantry. George M. Bentley, Company B, Tenth Infantry. Steel Kenworthy, Company B, Tenth Infantry. Julian Bausman, Company K, Tenth Infantry. William Rhan, company K, Tenth Infantry. William C. Baylies, Company K, Tenth Infantry. Adolphus G. Studor, Company B, Tenth Infantry. Christopher E. Lanstrum, Company B, Tenth Infantry. David King, Company B, Tenth Infantry. William H. Goodrell, Company F, Fifteenth Infantry. John H. Browne, Company F, Seventeenth Infantry. John A. Fullerson, Company K, Seventeenth Infantry. William Ragan, Company I, Eighteenth Infantry. Charles M. Concon, Company I, Eighteenth Infantry. Joel M. Walker, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Stephen Waterbury, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Matthew C. Brown, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Henry Crabtree, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. John A. T. Hull, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. Benjamin Jennings, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. Lyle A. Garrett, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. William E. Houston, Company E, Twenty-third Infantry. William Merrill, company E, Twenty-third Infantry. Charles H. Sharman, Company G, Twenty-third Infantry. Andrew T. Blodgett. Company B, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Franklin R. Thurber, Company B, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Augustus Yerger, Company I, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Robert C. Hunter, Company I, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Erastus Scott, Company I, Thirty-ninth Infantry. William Van Dorn, Company H, Forty-fourth Infantry. Weldon England, Company F, Forty-seventh Infantry. CAVALRY REGIMENTS: Gustavus Wasburn, Company D, Second Cavalry. Samuel J. Dangler, Company D, Second Cavalry. Franklin Deford, Company A, Seventh Cavalry. Henry Moreland, Company M, Eighth Cavalry. LIGHT ARTILLERY: Selah H. Titus, First Battery. John Burk, Second Battery. SECOND LIEUTENANTS: INFANTRY REGIMENTS: Noe W. Mills, Company D, Second Infantry. Edgar T. Ensign, Company D, Second Infantry. George L. Godfrey, Company D, Second Infantry. Edward L. Marsh, Company D, Second Infantry. John Lynde, Company D, Second Infantry. Augustus R. Robinson, Second U.S. Volunteers. Josiah Hopkins, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Wm. P. Meekins, Company A, Tenth Infantry. Issac Whicher, Company E, Fourth Infantry. Sheldon C. Treat. Company E, Fourth Infantry. Richard W. Ross, Company E, Fourth Infantry. Felix T. Gandy, Company, Fourth Infantry. Joshiah Hopkins, Company A, Fourth Infantry. William P. Meekins, Company A, fourth Infantry. Jonathan J. Wright, Company B, Fourth Infantry. John H. Watson, Company F, Thirteenth Infantry. Chris. E. Lanstrum Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. Reese Wilkins, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. John S. Green, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. David King, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. Robert Lyon, Company B, Fifteenth Infantry. Samuel T. Reese, Company B, Seventeenth Infantry. John H. Browne, Company F, Seventeenth Infantry. John H. Looby, Company G, Eighteenth Infantry. Charles M. Condon, Company I, Eighteenth Infantry. Theodore Cree, Company A, Twenty-third Infantry. Stephen A. Waterbury, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Chauncey A. Williams, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Francis Weitman, Company B, Twenty-third Infantry. Benjamin Jennings, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. William H. Downs, Company C, Twenty-third Infantry. William E. Houston, Company E, Twenty-third Infantry. Charles H. Sharman, Company G, Twenty-third Infantry. Robert C. Hunter, Company I, Thirty-ninth Infantry. William Van Dorn, Company H, Forty-fourth Infantry. Josiah M. Vale, Company F, Forty-seventh Infantry. CAVALRY REGIMENTS: Joseph E. Jewett, Company D, Second Cavalry. Samuel Noel, Company D, Second Cavalry. Daniel Hall, Company D, Second Cavalry. Francis M Griffith, Company D, Second Cavalry. Eli Keeler, Company M, Eighth Cavalry. The above text was copied from a Xerox copy of the HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY [IOWA} that I found in the Davenport, Iowa, Public Library, pages 595 through 601. In transcribing this I didn't try to conform to the format of the original, however the content is the same. This and other histories that I found there were so old and brittle that the pages were prone to crumble as you opened the books. I added the underscoring and the bold type to the above for my own benefit. Contributed by:
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