“Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Residing in Iowa” is one of many interesting books in the Heartland Museum’s library.
The volume published in 1886 lists the names of the war veteran, the state where they served, their regiment, their rank, and what city in Iowa they were living in.
Included in this book are the following: the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Black Hawk War, the Florida War, the Seminole War, and the Indian War. Given its publication year, the Civil War veterans is the bulk of the book. Of interest – Washington is listed as “Washington Territory” and North and South Dakota were simply “Dakota”.
In reviewing the book, the following were found living in Wright County. For a full list, visit the Heartland Museum.
76,242 Iowa men (from a total population of 674,913 in 1860) served in the military during the Civil War. Of these, 13,001 died because of wounds or disease, with two-thirds of the deaths caused by disease. Additionally, 8,500 Iowa men were wounded. While the number of Iowans who served might seem small compared to those from more populated eastern and southern states, Iowa had the highest percentage of its male population aged 15 to 40, serving in the military of any state, north or south.
GOLDFIELD
Corporal C. D. Field, 13th Cavalry, Company C, Illinois, Goldfield
Private Serono Bridge, 15th Calvary, Company G, Illinois
Private Wesley Belknap, 11th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Private Isaac Smith, 33rd Infantry, Company H, Illinois
Private E.E. Gould, 74th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Corporal William Mosley, 75th Infantry, Company A, Illinois
Lieutenant Austin Junkins, 98th Infantry, Company B, Illinois
Private James Braden, 112th Infantry, Company A, Illinois
Sergeant C. E. Agard, 142nd Infantry, Company C, Illinois
Private Edward Brown, 1st Cavalry, Company D, Iowa
Private W. V. Polmateer, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Private William H. Slate, 6th Cavalry, Company H, Iowa
Private David C. Myers, 11th Infantry, Company B, Iowa
Private John Snyder, 32nd Infantry Company F, Iowa
Private A.A. Taft, 44th Infantry Company C, Iowa
Private S. C. Farmer, 48th Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private Isaac Smith, First Artillery, Company A, Missouri
Corporal W. P. Allyn, 21st Infantry, Company F, Missouri
Private James H. McCurry, 121st Infantry, Company F, New York
Private D. M. Burnett, 151st Infantry, Company G, New York
Corporal Milo Plumley, 6th Cavalry, Company E, Ohio
Quartermaster S. M. Huyck, 14th Infantry, Ohio
Private Walter M. Sawin, 189th Infantry, Company B, Ohio
Captain S. M. Huyck, 27th Infantry Company I, United States
Corporal B. F. Smith, 1st Cavalry, Company B, Wisconsin
Private Frank Hartsock, 33rd Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
DOWS
Sergeant Elias Delong, 1st Infantry, Company G, Colorado
Private D. H. Filmore, 8th Cavalry, Company A, Illinois
Private A. B. Wallace, 8th Cavalry Company A, Illinois
Private H. G. Wilson, 8th Cavalry, Company K, Illinois
Private G. Oberton, 42nd infantry, Company G, Illinois
Private T. M. Armstrong, 45th Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Private A. R. Woods, Second Cavalry, Company A, Indiana
Private L. R. Fobes, 6th Cavalry, Company H, Iowa
Private J. R. McElhiney, 3rd Infantry, Company I, Iowa
Sergeant K. Kellogg, 12th Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private Ezra Kramer, 16th Infantry, Company C, Iowa
Private James M. Rice, 22nd Infantry, Company B, Iowa
Private Thomas McDermet, 12th Cavalry, Company B, New York
Private Charles H. Selleck, 6th Heavy Artillery, Company F, New York
Private William Davis, 16th Heaby Artillery, Company B, New York
Major S J. Mendell, 35th Infantry, New York
Private John Spavin, 189th Infantry, Company K, New York
Private B. R. Heath, 102nd Infantry, Company D, Pennsylvania
Private Rufus G. Whipple, 1st Battery, Wisconsin
Private John Morgan, 10th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private Thomas Oleson, 20th Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private Claus Erickson, 22nd Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private John H. Johnson, 22nd Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private Oley Kittleson, 22nd Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private Henry Graber, 25th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Sergeant D. M. Inman, 29th Infantry, Company F, Wisconsin
Private Ole Anderson, 31st Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
D. H. Pepper, 33rd Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin
Private Paul Anderson, 34th Infantry, Company B, Wisconsin
Corporal T. P. Joslin, 38th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private William Whipple, 38th Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin
Private Fred Gade, 45th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private Eric L. Iverson, 46th Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Private P. W. Lewis, 46th Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Private Knud Nelson, 46th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private Oley Christopherson, 47th Infantry, Company K, Wisconsin
CLARION
Private Berry C Baker, Third Cavalry, Company D, Illinois
Private S. P. Huntington,9th Cavalry, Company G, Illinois
Private William H. Countryman, 12 Cavalry, Company A, Illinois
Private John Penfield, 15th Cavalry, Company D, Illinois
Private John Smith, 15 Cavalry, Company K, Illinois
Sergeant A. S. Fox, 34th Infantry Company F, Illinois
Second Lieutenant Peter Brown, 35th Infantry, Company F, Illinois
Private A. H. Thompson, 52nd Infantry, Company C, Illinois
Private Horace Fountaine, 74th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Private William A. Nelson, 74th Infantry Company F, Illinois
Private John Pearl, 74th Infantry, Company F, Illinois
Sergeant Isaac Yocum, 75th Infantry, Company E, Illinois
Corporal James R. Summers, 106th Infantry, Company E, Illinois
Sergeant S. H. Piatt, 107th Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Private D. N. Yarnell, 45th Infantry, Company F, Indiana
Private S. C. King, 99th Infantry, Company C, Indiana
Bugler W. W. Gates, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Wagoner James Gray, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Sergeant F. A. Harris, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Private Charles Castle, 6th Cavalry, Company B, Iowa
Private A. B. Collins, 7th Cavalry, Company K, Iowa
Bugler W.C. Morton, 7th Cavalry, Company K, Iowa
Musician Jas. R. Lockwood, 3rd Infantry, Company E, Iowa
Corporal John Kent, 12 Infantry, Company G, Iowa
Private Joshua Meeker, 14th Infantry, Company B, Iowa
Private A. J. Lamb, 24th Infantry, Company E, Iowa
Sergeant George G. Rundall, 26th Infantry, Company I, Iowa
Private Simeon Overacker, 32nd Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private H. G. McBride, 33rd Infantry, Company C, Iowa
Private Franklin E. Lord, 1st Artillery, Company M, Michigan
Private Orris Fox, 8th Infantry, Company A, Minnesota
Sergeant Joseph Stella, 56th Infantry, Company H, New York
Private John R. Rolph, 112th Infantry, Company G, New York
Private William Dawson, 15th Infantry Company E, Ohio
Corporal E. C. Blackburn, 19th Infantry, Company C, Ohio
Private A. S. Bailey, 35th Infantry, Company D, Ohio
Corporal Jermiah Riker, 55th Infantry, Company H, Ohio
Private Marion Dunwoody, 118th Infantry, Company C, Ohio
Private S. F. Hartman, 13th Infantry, Company I, Pennsylvania
Private George Adams, 46th Infantry, Company F, Pennsylvania
Private Lyman B. Turner, 51st Infantry, Company K, Pennsylvania
Captain Philo S. Morton, 100th Infantry, Company C, Pennsylvania
Private Alson D. Page, 15th Infantry, Company B, Vermont
Corporal I. H. King, 1st Infantry, Company C, West Virginia
Sergeant George H. Hardy, 5th Infantry Company D, Wisconsin
Hospital Steward B. P. Entriken, 8th Infantry, Wisconsin
Private Henry Alder, 13th Infantry, Company K, Wisconsin
Captain William F. Gibbs, 16th Infantry, Company D, Wisconsin
Private N. O. Coldren, 22nd Infantry, Company K, Wisconsin
Private J. O. Butler, 23rd Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private Frank L. Dow, 23rd Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Sergeant L. P. Armstrong, 13th Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin
Private Andrew R. Ladd, 30th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private Elijah J Culver, 44th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private Thomas Wallace, 46th Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private John D. Denison, 51st Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
