458

SEVENTH INFANTRY.

     The Seventh Regiment was organized and mustered in [in] July, 1861, at Burlington. Washington county was represented in companies A, E, H, I and K. The disaster at Bull Run had just thrown the Union-loving people into dismay, and troops were much needed. The regiment was hurried to the field and made its first halt at Ironton, about one hundred miles south of St. Louis, where it was drilled in the manual of arms, Thence it moved to Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Cairo, and in November were ordered to "sail in" at Belmont, November 7th, where the men fought like devils, and suffered severely as the result of their impetuosity. From Belmont it returned to Benton Barracks, where, after two months, it joined in the attack on Fort Henry. February 12, 1862, it joined the expedition against Ft. Donelson, and was actively engaged in the reduction of that stronghold. It was quartered in the fort nearly a month, when it moved to Pittsburg Landing, and assisted in winning the glory awarded to the" Iowa Brigade" at Shiloh. It next joined the seige of Corinth, and after the fall of that city, and the pursuit of the rebels to Boonville, it returned to Corinth, and passed the winter in camp. While at Corinth, it was ordered to Iuka, September 15th, for strategic purpose, and was not in the battle of the 19th. It returned to Corinth, and in the memorable battles on the 3d and 4th of October it was actively engaged and lost heavily, its casualties being 123. In October the regiment marched with Gen. Dodge to Pulaski. In December the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and came forth on furlough, and on the expiration of which it returned to the front with the Second Iowa, via Prospect, Elkton and Huntsville. In April, 1864, it joined the Atlanta campaign, and at Costanaula river, May 15, it distinguished itself by its determined charges against a whole brigade of the enemy, driving them from the field. After the Atlanta campaign, it joined the campaign through the Carolinas. From Rome it marched to Savannah, thence through the Carolinas to Goldsboro, arriving March, 24, 1865, where it was encamped when the Confederacy collapsed, It then matched to Raleigh, and with the victorious army formed a part of the "grand review" at Washington; thence moved to Louisville, where it was mustered out, July 12, 1865. The casualties of the regiment were:
     Officers--Killed, 4; died, 6; wounded; 23; resigned, 37; dismissed, 3, Total, 73.
     Privates-Killed, 94; died, 172; discharged, 288; wounded, 331. Total, 885.
     Staff Officers - -John Ashton, assistant-surgeon, enlisted August 19, 1862.

COMPANY A.

S. A. Wilson, second sergeant; enlisted July 21, 1861; wounded at Belmont, November 7, 1861; discharged December 24.
Evans, Charles, enlisted from company H, August 28, 1861; discharged March 15, 1862, for disability.

459

COMPANY E.

McConnihey, enlisted July 28, 1861; transferred to company I, as J. T. McConnahey.
Temple, John C., enlisted July 298, 1861; transferred to company H August 1, 1861.

COMPANY H.*

Benjamin Crabb, captain; wounded at Belmont; resigned August 13, 1862.
Wm. P. Crawford, first lieutenant; resigned June 7, 1862.
Granville G. Bennett, second lieutenant; resigned March 12, 1862.
James B. Hope, first sergeant; wounded at Belmont; promoted second lieutenant March     13, 1862; thence to first lieutenant June 8, 1862; thence to captain November 11,         1862; wounded at Corinth; resigned April 3, 1863.
James H. Lewis, second sergeant; discharged April 3, 1862, for disability.
Robert N. Graham, third sergeant; wounded at Donelson February 15, 1862; promoted to first sergeant; thence to second lieutenant November 11, 1862; thence to first lieutenant April 4, 1863; veternaized December 30, 1864; resigned September 18,    1864.
Patrick H. Dayton, fourth sergeant; discharged July 21, 1862.
Thomas L. Mongomery, fifth sergeant; wounded at Donelson, February 15, 1862; promoted second lieutenant November 11, 1862; thence to captain April 4, 1863; veteranized December 30, 1863; wounded at Lay's Ferry, Georgia, May 15, 1864;      resigned August 6, 1864.
John M. Glasgow, first corporal; discharged December 28, 1861.
Peter R. Dick, second corporal.
Leander O. Dawson, third corporal; promoted to first sergeant; discharged July 20, 1862.
Andrew J. Shephard, fourth corporal; wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861, and at Corinth October 4, 1862.
William S. Riggs, fifth corporal; discharged September 3, 1861, for disability.
Alexander D. Reed, sixth corporal; wounded at Belmont; discharged December 26, 1861.
Melville M. Stone, seventh corporal; discharged April 28, 1862, for disability.
William A. Boyd, eighth corporal; veteranized J all nary 1, 1864.
Wm. W. Baninger, musician; discharged September 14, 1864, for disability.

PRIVATES.

Abbey, Joseph A., wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; died November 9, of wounds received at Cairo, Illinois.
Austin, Wm. P.; wounded at Belmont; discharged April 28, 1862, for di'3ability. .
Andrews, Hugh, killed at Corinth, October 4, 1862.
Austin, Lewis, killed at Belmont November 7, 1861.
Arnold, Wade C., wounded at Belmont; died of wounds at Cairo, Illinois.
Brius, John O., wounded at Belmont.
Bush, Cyrus T., wounded at Belmont.
Beatly, Swayne.
Black, Samuel L.
Bloom, Charles, killed at Belmont. Bailey, Wesley A.
Crowner, Michael.
Crowner, Samuel C.. enlisted August 18, 1862; died January 20, 1865, at Sarvisville, Kentucky.
Clark, J. K., wounded at Belmont; veteranized January 1, 1864.
______

*Date of enlistment of the company is not reported. It was mustered in July 24, 1861.

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Clouse, John D,. discharged November 1862, for disability.
Carlyle, W m. H. Carr, Joseph, wounded at Donelson February 15, 1862.
Dean, Israel A., veteranized, January 1, 1864.
Elliott, James F., wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864; captured November 25, 1864.
Evans, Charles, Jr., transferred to company A, August 28, 1862.
Edmundson, Wm. W., wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; killed at Corinth October 3,1862.
Ellsworth, Samuel S., discharged October 2, 1862, for disability.
Ferrel, Theophilus, wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; at Ft. Donelson February 18, 1862; at Corinth October 4, 1862; discharged March 23, 1863, for disability.
Fuller, Burton; wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862.
Gordon, Matthew, discharged November 1, 1862, for disability.
Gladwin, Philip, killed at Belmont November 7, 1861.
Greey, Wallace E., captured at Belmont; veteranized January 4, 1864.
Gilson, Alfred, promoted Sixth corporal September 28, 1861; captured at Belmont November 7, 1861; discharged January 20, 1863, for disability.
Gray, Abner S.
Gilleland, Henry C., veteranized January 1, 1864; wounded at Lay's Ferry May 15, 1864.
Glasgow, Robert S., promoted to corporal; wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; died of wounds at Columbus, Kentucky, November 8, 1861.
Japne, Edward P., wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; discharged for wounds April 1. 1861.
Kinsey, Henry S., wounded at Belmont; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Kinsey, Benj. L., wounded at Belmont; veteranized January 1, 1864. .
Logan, Samuel M., promoted first corporal Febrnsry 1, 1862; wounded at Corinth October 1862; promoted sergeant; veteranized January 1, 1864; wounded at Lays Ferry, Ga., May 15, 1864.
Logan, George A., killed at Belmont, November 1, 1861.
Lamb, Wm. R., discharged January 13, 1862, for disability.
Larimer, David H., wounded at Belmont; discharged November 7, 1862, for disability.
Lowe, Gilbert, veteranized January 1, 1864.
Moore, John, veteranized January1, 1864. .
McConnell, John To, died April 16, 1862, at Paducah, Kentucky.
McLaughlin, John V., discharged A pri125, 1862, for disability.
McDowell, John L., killed at Belmont November 7, 1861.
McKay, George S., wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; at Lay's Ferry, Ga., August 15, 1864; veteranized January 1, 1861.
Mann, Thomas A.
Moorman, James E., wounded at Corinth, October 4, 1862; discharged May 21, 1863.
Moorman, Andrew S., wounded at Corinth October, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Matthew, John S. W., captured at Corinth October 4, 1862; died December 14, 1862, at Jefferson Barracks, Mississippi.
McConahey, John F. M., joined from company E.
Nelson, James C.
Perriton, John S., wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; discharged March 7, 1862.
Phillips, Wm., veteranized January 1,1864.
Rickey, Samuel M., promoted fifth corporal February 1, 1862; wounded at Corinth October 4; died October 12, 1862.

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Rickey, Leander, promoted corporal; wounded at Belmont and Corinth; transferred to invalid corps September 30, 1863.
Rickey, Charles.
Robinson, James D., discharged April 3, 1862.
Smith, Wm. S., died at St. Louis November 5, 1861.
Shields, James, wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; transferred to sixty-seventh, first battalion, invalid corps, September 30, 1863.
Smith, George, discharged September 3, 1861, for disability.
Shaw, Ambrose, killed at Belmont.
Sims, Charles M.
Troup, David C., veteranized January 1, 1864.
Tausey, James D., discharged May 4, 1b61, for disability.
Tansey, Stewart R., discharged April 23, 1862.
Tenant, George, wounded at Belmont November 7; 1861; at' Corinth October 4, 1862; died of wounds October 19,
Temple, John C.., transferred from company E; killed at Belmont.
Vincent, Thomas P., wounded at Belmont; died November 19, 1861, of wounds at Mound City, Illinois.
Van Atta, John A., wounded at Donelson February 15, 1862; discharged for wounds August 4, 1862.
Woods; Wm. L., promoted fifth corporaJ September 5, 1861; wounded at Belmont, November 7, 1861; died of wounds at Mound City, December 29,1861.
Werts, Isaac, discharged October 4, 1864.
Wells, George W., killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Young-, Robert S., captured at Belmont November 7, 1861.

ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.

Austin, Wi1liam R., enlisted August 7, 1861: wounded at Belmont; discharged April 23, 1862.
Batterson, John, enlisted August 25, 1862.
Calhoun, Samuel S., enlisted August 25, 1862.
Gardner, Matthew W. ,enlisted _____; discharged March 10, 1862.
Glider, George, enlisted March 13, 1862, from company F.
Hadley, Geo. W., enlisted August 16,1861.
Hoag, Geo. W., enlisted August 13, 1861; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died of wounds at Savannah, Tenn., April 20, 1862.
Ireland, Nathan M., enlisted June 1, 1862; veteranized January 1,1864.
Jacobs, Josiah B., enlisted December l0, 1861.
Kensing, August, enlisted March 13, 1862,.from company F.
Perkins, John, enlisted August 7, 1861; kil1ed at Belmont November 7,1861.
Phillips, Jeremiah, enlisted September 12, 1862; died March 7,1863, at Corinth.
Ralston, Anderson, enlisted August 25, 1862; died September 25,1864, at Rome, Ga.
Ray, Wm. H., enlisted August 13, 1861; .discharged November 18, 1861, for disability.
Robertson, Wm. H., enlisted August 18, 1862.
Robinson, Thos. 0., enlisted June 1, 1862; veteranized June 1,1864.
Sowash, Wm. N., enlisted August 19, 1862.

COMPANY H.

VETERANS.*

Thomas L. Montgomery, captain; resigned August 6, 1864.

*Re-enlisted January 1, 1864, unless otherwise stated.

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Robert N. Graham, first lieutenant; resigned September 1864. .
Henry S. Kinsey, sergeant; promoted first lieutenant Sept. 19, 1864.
Samuel M. Logan, sergeant; wounded at Lay's Ferry, Ga., May. 15, 1864.

PRIVATES.

Arnold. Stephen S., enlisted January 28. 1864.
Clark, Jeptha K. (H.), wounded at Belmont.
Dean, Israel A.
Elliott, James F.
Gilliland, Henry C., wounded at Lay's Ferry, Ga., May 15, 1864. Gregg, Franklin, enlisted February 26, 1864.
Holmes, John, enlisted February, 8, 1864; reported also J. Holmes.
Holmes [Holems], Alexander M., died at Keokuk, August 26,1864; enlisted February 8, 1864.
Harre, Jacob, enlisted Feb. 23, 1864.
Ireland, Nathan M.
Kinsey, Benj. L., wounded at Belmont.
Lowe. Gilbert.
McConahey, John T.
Moorman, .Andrew S,
Moore, Wm., enlisted Feb. 13, 1864.
Moore, John.
Phillips, William.
Rickey, Charles D.
Robinson, Thos: C.
Troup, David C.

COMPANY I.*

Abbey, Joseph.
Rundleman, Thos.
Temple, John C.

COMPANY K.^†

James E. McIntyre, fifth sergeant;
promoted to musician October 21, 1861.
Otho. Benser, fourth corporal; promoted to first corporal February 25, 1862; to second sergeant September 2, 1862; veteranized December 23. 1863, as first sergeant; promoted first lieutenant August 9, 1864.

PRIVATES.

Atwood, John A.
Atwood, Thos. B., discharged March 22, 1862, for disability.
Brigs, Charles E.
Bosworth, H. L., discharged May 6, 1862, for disability.
Frame, William, discharged October 29, 1861, for disability.
Heseltine, Cutler F., veteranized December 22, 1863.
Hall, John W., discharged October 14, 1862, for disability.
Haverly, Alfred T., veteranized December 26, 1863.
Mendenhall, Asa, veteranized December 22, 1863.
McKain, Job R, discharged October 15,1862, for disability; re-enlisted February 4, 1864.
Snow, John F., discharged October 28, 1861, for minority.
Trine, John, promoted to fourth corporal September 1, 1862

ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.

Badger, Emmerson J., enlisted August 2, 1861; discharged September 5, 1862, for disability.
Hesseltine, Walter O., enlisted August 19, 1861; discharged September 15, 1862, for disability.
Miller, Isaiah, enlisted July 30, 1861.

*Enlisted August 11, 1861
^†Enlisted July 11, 1861, unless otherwise stated.

463

EIGHTH INFANTRY.

     The Eighth Infantry was organized during the summer of 1861, and rendezvoused at Camp McClellan, Davenport. It was sent to Benton Barracks in September and equipped for the field. Its first service was in the raid after Price, down through Missouri, and after chasing him into Arkansas, it returned and went into winter quarters at Sedalia. The following March it moved to Pittsburg Landing, arriving a few days before the battle of Shiloh. On that memorable Sunday, April 6th, it was with the Iowa brigade placed in an exposed p03ition, and after holding it for several hours the Eighth was surrounded and captured, at six o'clock in the evening. Its loss that day in killed and wounded were near two hundred, The regiment was marched to Corinth, thence south via Memphis and Mobile to Montgomery, Ala., where it was imprisoned in some cotton sheds, where ill treated, it was kept six weeks and then moved to Macon, Ga., where worse treatment was inflicted, men being shot down like dogs without provocation. There it was kept three months; when it was sent to Libby. Prison where the men were exchanged. A furlough was given, the men came home, the regiment was reorganized in December, 1862, and wintered at Benton Barracks. The following spring it joined Grant's forces at Vicksburg, in his first movement: thence crossed into Mississippi, and skirmished about, taking an active part in the first siege of Jackson, when it went into rifle pits in the rear of Vicksburg for thirty days, and in the assault of the 23d of May lost heavily. At Black river, July 1, 1863, the second siege of Jackson, July 16, and at Brandon, July 17, it was actively engaged and met with some loss. In the fall of' 1863 it returned to Memphis where it remained on post duty nearly a year. In the fall of 1864 it joined the forces at around Mobile, and from March 27th to April 8, 1865, was several times engaged in the assaults on Spanish Fort. For its bravery and pluck in the final assault the regiment was allowed to inscribe on its banner, "First at Spanish Fort." The regiment made the final charge, and was the only one that engaged the enemy inside the fort. It remained in that vicinity until mustered out at Selma, Ala., April 26, 1866. The casualties of the regiment were:
Officers-Killed,3; died, 5; discharged, 4; wounded, 14; resigned, 30;
dismissed, 2. total,57. Captured 12.
Privates-Killed;50; died, 182; discharged, 308; wounded, 214; missing, 8. Total, 161.Captured, 382.
Washington county was represented in companies C and I and on the staff and field officers, to-wit:.
William B. Bell, lieutenant-colonel; commissioned June 24, 1863; breveted colonel U. S. V., March 26, 1865.
Samuel D. Cook surgeon; promoted from assistant-surgeon, August 28, 1864.
Samuel E. Rankin adjutant; .commissioned Nov. 28, 1861; commissioned major July, 1. 1865.
George W. Marsden, adjutant; commissioned Jan. 11, 1865;. veteranized as sergeant-major Jan. 1, 1864.
Samuel R. Parker, quartermaster-sergeant; commissioned Jan. 1,1864.

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COMPANY C.

Wm. B. Bell, captain; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862: promoted to. lieutenant-colonel June 24,1863; to colonel by brevet March 26, 1865
Samuel E. Rankin, first lieutenant; promoted adjutant November 28, 1861; to captain June 23, 1863; to major July 1, 1865,
Alfred A. Rodman, second-lieutenant; resigned April 2, 1863, for disability.
Edward B. Plumb, first sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant February 1, 1862; resigned June 23, 1862.
Joseph A. Boyer, second sergeant; promoted second lieutenant September 12, 1862; wounded at Memphis, Tenn., August 21,1864; mustered, out September 28, 1861.
Samuel T. Crawford, third sergeant; captured at Shiloh, Apri12, 1862; at Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1862, at Bolton, Miss., July 24. 1863.
James G. Hight, fourth sergeant; wounded and captured at Shiloh. April 2,1862; died of wounds October 22,1862.
George, W. Marsden, fifth sergeant; promoted to first sergeant; captured at Shiloh April 6. 1862; promoted to first lieutenant August 23, 1863, thence to sergeant-major; veteranized January 1, 1864, thence to captain January 11,1865, thence to adjutant January 11, 1865.
William Curris, first corporal; wounded at Memphis, August 21. 1864; veteranized January 1, 1864
Samuel R. Mather, Second corporal; discharged at Corinth, May 20, 1862, for disability.
Daniel. J. Palmer, third corporal; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; discharged, September 6, 1862.
Robert M. Kilgore, fourth corporal; captured April 6, 1862 at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1864.
John A. Duke, fifth corporal; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died of starvation in rebel prison. at Macon October 5, 1862.
Robert S. Young; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died of starvation in rebel prison at Macon, Ga., October 21, 1862.
Abraham Critser, seventh-corporal; discharged April 26, 1862, for disability.
Christopher Harper, eighth-corporal; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862.

PRIVATES.

Boyd, John H.. discharged April 26, 1862, far disability.
Bailey, Caldwell, died at Sedalia, Mo., December 29, 1861. Reported also. "Burley."
Braden, David, discharged June 14. 1862; for disability. Braden, Geo. W., captured at Shiloh.
Bosworth,. Hezekiah P., captured at Shiloh; veteranized. January 1, 1864. s
Boyer, Jacob F., captured at Shiloh.
Bailey, Hereford, captured at Shiloh.
Burton, Levi, captured at Shiloh.
Bailey, Jonathan E., discharged April, 1862, for disability.
Carris., Elwood. died February. 28, 1862, at Sedalia, Mo..
Crawford, James R., discharged April 26, 1862, for disability.
Calvert, Aaron M, discharged March 13, 1862, for disability.
Clancy, Michael, wounded and captured at Shiloh.
Craven, Andrew F., discharged February 2, 1862, for disability.
Carl, Jerry H., captured at Shiloh; veteranized January 1,1864.
Dawson, John P., captured at Shiloh; veteranized January 1,1864; wounded at Memphis August 21, 1804.

* Enlisted August 10, 1861, unless otherwise stated.

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Tilton, Leander, captured at Shiloh.
Vansleat, Martin, captured at Shiloh; discharged September 7, 1863, for disability; died September 9, 1863.
Young, John B., discharged at Corinth, June 27, 1862.
Young, James, B. killed at Shiloh.

ADDITIONAL.

Carris, Seth D., enlisted August 20, 1862.
Campbell, Robert J., enlisted Au- gust 18, 1862; discharged September 7, 1863, for disability.
Cook, Samuel S., enlisted August 18, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Grooves, John E., re-enlisted February 4, 1864.
Hall, Randolph N., enlisted October 15, 1861; missing at Memphis, August 21, 1865; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Harding, Wm H., enlisted March 28, 1864.
Reid, H. M., enlisted-----------; captured at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1864.

Shaw, John, enlisted August 30, 1862.
Watson, Robert, enlisted--, 1862; died May 23, 1864, at Davenport.

COMPANY D.

Elliott, Wm. A., enlisted December 1, 1864.

COMPANY F.
Embree, George W.. enlisted August 10, 1861; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Kritey, Josephus, enlisted November 30, 1864.

COMPANY G.

Rose, James A., enlisted November 10, 1864.

COMPANY I.

Dawson, George F., second lieutenant, from company O; enlisted August 10; wounded at Corinth; dismissed February 1, 1863.
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