3rd Iowa Cavalry Reenactors Inc.

As another memorial to these brave souls of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry
I have started another page. If you should have a photo of your
3rd Iowa Cavalry ancestor's headstone contact me below.
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Cyrus Bussey is buried in Arlington National Cemetery
Washington D.C.

                      




Col. John W. Noble
Is buried at St. Louis Missouri.

             





Marion Moses Gunter

3rd Iowa Cavalry Co. M
Bugler 1861 - 1865 (Veteran)
Buried in Southlawn Cemetery, Seymour, Iowa.

My great, great uncle. (John Gunter webmaster)

Leroy O'dell

Picture of the Tombstone of Leroy O'dell of 3rd Iowa,
Company B; photographs of the Civil War cemetery
at Riverside Park in Moline Illinois where he is interred.

LeRoy married after the war; all records say to "Mrs. Leroy O'Dell"  I sure would like to know her name.  They had a daughter, Pearl who married Charles Munson.  They had a son, "Jack" Lloyd Munson who married my grandmother.

They had one child, my mother, Shirley.

Cyla Allison

John C. Leach Headstone

I've attached the picture of John C. Leach's headstone.  He's buried
in the Troy Cemetery, in Davis County, Iowa with his second wife (my
great-grandmother) Lizzie Darnell Leach.  His first wife, Sarah
Carroll Leach is also buried in Troy.  Major John McCrary of
Company G, 3rd Iowa was John C.'s uncle-by-marriage.

Headstone sent to me from Kathi Harder

                                                                                         

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The Great Railroad Raid

I was able to go to Iowa City to the Historical Society of Iowa and do some more research. I found this article in the
Annals of Iowa. This is a very good story that includes the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Iowa Cavalry and their participation in raid. It is a two part article which relates the story of a Union raid on Confederate railroad supply lines in the late summer of 1863.
Although the Union failed to bring away the locomotives and rolling stock, they had struck the deteriorating rail system
of the Confederates a terrible blow. Between Winslow's and Phillips' raiders, they had destroyed 34 locomotives,
and 172 cars being passenger, box, and flat. The sources that Edwin C. Bearss used in putting the story together makes
for some very accountable reading for descendants and war buffs alike.

John Gunter webmaster.

ANNALS OF IOWA

The Great Railroad Raid

By Edwin C. Bearss
Washington, D.C.

The following is the first portion a two-part article which relates the story of a Union raid on Confederate railroad supply lines in the late summer of 1863. Iowa's 2d, 3d, and 4th Cavalries played a significant role in the action.
Part 2 of "The Great Railroad Raid" will appear in the winter issue of the Annals. Sources will be given at that time.

Part 1

    Following his return to Big Black River from Jackson, Miss., in late July 1863, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began looking for new ways to harass the battered Confederate forces in Mississippi. Meantime, reliable reports had reached the Union authorities at LaGrange, Tenn., that there were 60 locomotives and more than 350 cars at Water Valley. The same informants told the Union commander at LaGrange, Col. John K. Mizner, that the bridge across the Tallahatchie was standing and that the Mississippi Central Railroad between Grand Junction, Tenn., and Oxford, Miss., was passable. They informed the colonel that there were a number of breaks in the track between Oxford and Water Valley.

    When he relayed this intelligence to his immediate superior, Brig. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, Mizner asked permission to try to capture the rolling stock. To insure the success of the projected raid, Mizner asked Dodge to reinforce his cavalry striking force with 3,000 infantry and a regiment of engineers.

    Dodge on July 28 forwarded the correspondence regarding the rolling sock to the commander of the XVI Corps, Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, in Memphis. Dodge argued that it would be possible for him to send 2,000 cavalry to Water Valley and still have enough troopers left to protect the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The cavalry would be followed by infantry and engineers.

    Dodge believed that the Federals would have to act promptly. If Jackson had been evacuated by Sherman's army, Dodge reasoned, the Confederates would start moving the engines and cars south of the Yalobusha. Furthermore, if the Federals were to capture the rolling stock, they would have to strike secretly and swiftly, because it was reported that the Confederates had filled the cars with combustibles.

    Before giving Dodge the go ahead, Hurlbut decided to contact Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. hurlbut's communication reached Grant's Vicksburg headquarters on August 4. The energetic Grant decided to employ two raiding columns in an effort to bag this valuable prize.
    Writing Hurl but, Grant pointed out that the destruction of the railroads centering on Jackson by Sherman's forces would prevent the Southerners from transferring the badly needed engines and cars to other parts of the Confederacy. If the work involved in rebuilding the bridges on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad between Memphis and Grenada wouldn't be too great, Grant thought that it might be profitable for the Federals to send out a force charged with their reconstruction. When the bridges had been rebuilt, the rolling stock could be taken to Memphis.

    Grant informed Hurlbut that he would send a raiding column from Vicksburg to collect "all rolling-stock and take it as far north as the road is in running order." Hurlbut was to send troops from Memphis to meet the Vicksburg cavalry men and cover the working parties charged with rebuilding the bridges on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. The Memphis column was to move out "as early as possible."
    At the same time, Grant addressed a note to Sherman. Grant informed Sherman of the scheme which he had out lined to Hurlbut. Sherman was to cooperate in the under taking. A fast moving cavalry column ( about 1,000 strong) would leave the Vicksburg perimeter and march on Grenada.
    Acknowledging Grant's communication, Sherman suggested that a tin-clad and a transport loaded with supplies be sent to Yazoo City. While en route to Grenada, the cavalry men would rendezvous with the naval force and draw additional rations and forage. At Grenada, the troopers would burn the bridges across the Yalobusha, "so that the locomotives and cars can alone be taken northward."

    When Grant examined Sherman's communication, he was shocked to see the reference to the destruction of the Grenada bridges. Grant realized that if the bridges across the Yalobusha were burned as soon as the Vicksburg column reached Grenada, it would be impossible to transfer the rolling stock from the tracks of the Mississippi Central to the Mississippi and Tennessee. Cautioning Sherman against the premature destruction of the bridges, Grant pointed out that if the cavalry started within the next 48 to 72 hours, it would be soon enough.

    Replying to Grant's note, Sherman observed that he didn't plan for his cavalry to burn the Grenada bridges until all the engines and cars had been shuttled to the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. Sherman also informed Grant that he had alerted his cavalry to be ready to ride on short notice.
    Two days later, on the 6th, Grant addressed another message to Sherman regarding the projected railroad raid. Sherman was told to have his cavalry column ready to take the field on the 10th. All rolling stock found on the Mississippi Central ws to be collected and moved northward. The troopers were to push on until they encountered the Memphis bluecoats.

    Following receipt of this dispatch, Sherman issued a Special Order placing the hard-hitting Col. Edward F. Winslow in charge of the raiding force. Winslow's command was to consist of the 3d and 4th iowa, and the 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiments. Before leaving their camp on Big Black, the cavalry officers were to see that their men were provided with four days' rations.
    On August 8th Sherman forwarded a  detail set of instruction to Winslow. The colonel was to have his recently organized brigade ready to ride at daybreak on the 10th. The Union troopers were to head for the Benton road. On the other side of Mechanicsburg, the raiders were to turn off the Benton road and make for Yazoo City. they were to rendezvous at Yazoo City with a gunboat loaded with supplies. As soon as his men had rested and drawn provisions, Winslow was to proceed to Lexington. The raiders were to push eastward from Lexington and strike the Mississippi Central Railroad. Before advancing on Grenada, Winslow was to throw out scouting parties to make sure that the engines and rolling stock were still spotted on the section of the railroad north of the Yalobusha. If there were any trains south of Grenada, they were to be captured.

    At Grenada, Winslow could expect to meet the Union raiding column sent south by Hurlbut. Winslow was to communicate with this force. Between them, the Union officers were  "to use all possible efforts to get these cars and locomotives into Memphis."
    Sherman felt confident that the Memphis column would have already repaired the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. he therefore believed that Winslow would encounter no difficulty in running the captured trains into Memphis. In case the engineers and conductors refused to work for the Yankees, Winslow was authorized to "use force to compel them to work their engines and trains."

    Following the fall of Vicksburg and the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, the Washington government had changed its policy. For the time being efforts were to be made to conciliate the people of the South wherever they might come within reach of Union armies. Sherman accordingly directed Winslow to "carry money," since "it is now to the interest of our Government that all plundering and pillaging should cease." Union men and small farmers along the line of march were to be paid for their corn, bacon, beef, and vegetables. Large planters were to be given a receipt signed by either Winslow's chief quartermaster or commissary. Whenever one of his men's horses broke down, Winslow was authorized to confiscate a remount, exchange the broken down animal and give a certificate of the transaction fixing the difference in value.

    If on reaching Grenada, Winslow found the Memphis column strong enough to take care of the rolling stock, his brigade was to return to the Vicksburg area by way of Yazoo City. But, if there was any doubt, Winslow's troopers were to continue to Memphis, and return to Vicksburg by boat.
    Grant's letter of August 4th reached memphis on the 8th. Replying immediately, Hurlbut announced that a force would be sent down the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad to cooperate with the Vicksburg column. According to the latest information reaching Memphis, Hurlbut commented, the engines and cars were guarded by a small detachment of Confederates. These men were said to have orders to destroy the rolling stock at the first sign of a Union advance.

    Hurlbut was afraid that the cost of repairing the railroad would exceed the value of the stock. It was his opinion that the rolling stock would have to be destroyed. If, however, the engines and cars were still at Water Valley, Hurlbut continued, it would be less expensive to try to bring them to Grand Junction over the Mississippi Central.
    Two days later, news reached Hurlbut confirming that the locomotives and cars were still at Water Valley. According to the latest reports, the Confederate authorities were repairing the railroads in the Jackson area in an effort to remove the desperately needed rolling stock to other sections of the Confederacy. At this very moment, Hurlbut notified Grant, an expedition was being organized at LaGrange. This force would try to capture the trains, and, if practicable, escort them to Grand Junction. Hurlbut felt certain that the Rebels would destroy the rolling stock before the bluecoats could reach it.

    Hurlbut was confronted with problems in organizing a force strong enough to insure the operation's success. To protect the Memphis and Charleston Railroad against Rebel raiders, the Union officers had been compelled to disperse their cavalry. A concentration of the mounted units slated to participate in the "great railroad raid" would have to be effected. After studying his maps, Hurlbut decided to employ three columns. These units were to advance out of the Union bases at LaGrange, Collierville and Pocahontas. Pushing southward into north Mississippi, the columns were to rendezvous at Oxford, 18 miles north of Water Valley.

    On August 11th Hurlbut telegraphed Mizner: "You will dispatch as soon as practicable a force of cavalry and mounted infantry, not less than 1,000 men ... to proceed as rapidly as possible to the neighborhood of Water Valley." This force was to try to capture and bring in the rolling stock reportedly operating on the Mississippi Central Railroad. To operate the trains, the column would be accompanied by 50 men from Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West. IF the expedition were unable to bring out the engines and cars, they were to be destroyed, especially the wheels and trucks. Information had filtered through to Hurlbut that the Confederacy was having a difficult time manufacturing wheels and axles.

    The troopers from Mizner's command were to watch for Winslow's column, which had reportedly left the Vicksburg area on the 8th. so far as possible, the raiders were to refrain from wrecking havoc on anything  but the railroads; Hurlbut calculated that the Federals might need the crops of north Mississippi to supplement their commissary. On their return march, the Frederals were to bring in all able-bodied Negroes, who expressed a willingness to enlist in the Union army.
    In accordance with Hurlbut's directive, Mizner called for Maj. Datus E. Coon of the 2d Iowa Cavalry. Coon ws handed a copy of Hurlbut's telegram and told to have 200 picked men of his regiment ready to take the field at 5 a.m. on August 13th. After crossing Wolf River, Coon's column was to bear toward the southeast. If all went according to schedule, Coon troopers would rendezvous with a second column at Salem or Hickory Flats.

    Col. August Mersy, at Pocahontas, was alerted on August 11th to get the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry ready to take the field. Mersy on the morning of the 12th issued instructions for Lt. Col. Jesse J. Phillips to see that his men were issued six days' rations and were ready to take the field by noon. As so often happens in warfare, the troopers had drawn their rations and ammunition by the stipulated time only to find that there would be a delay. Phillips would have to wait for the 50 engineers who were to accompany the expedition. It was the afternoon of the 13th before all the engineers could be supplied with mules.

    It was starting to get dark on August 13th, when a courier rode up to Phillips' Pocahontas command post with a second message. Unfolding the scrap of paper, Phillips found that he was to move out immediately, taking the road to Ripley and Oxford. At Oxford, Phillips' regiment would rendezvous with Coon's Column.

    Just as "Boots and Saddles" sounded another staff officer come pounding up with a telegram which Mersy had just received from Mizner. Mizner wanted the Pocahontas Federals to know that Coon's command had moved out at daybreak. Consequently, Phillips' regiment was to bear well to the west so as to join Coon's column, "southwest of Salem or near Hickory Flats."

Coon's Iowans had marched from LaGrange as scheduled. At the crossing of the Wolf, coon was reinforced by 200 men of the 3d Michigan and 100 men of the 11th Illinois Cavalry. This gave the major a striking force of "500 well mounted men." From the Wolf, the column marched to Ripley, where Coon expected to rendezvous with Phillip's regiment. Although Coon didn't know it, Phillips' column was still at Pocahontas.

    After waiting several hours, Coon decided to push on. It was late in the afternoon when the head of the column reached the Tippah River, which recent rains had caused to boom. While the troopers were able to cross without too much difficulty, the wagons and ambulances posed a problem. To get them over the surging river, it was necessary to unload them and place the contents on a old scow which was found moored to the bank. Considerable time was lost by this operation. It was getting dark by the time the vehicles had been ferried over the stream and had been reloaded. The troopers spent the night of the 13th about two miles south of the ford.

     At daylight, the blueclads pushed on to Hickory Flats, where they arrived at 9 a.m. The inhabitants, when questioned by Coon, reported that nothing had been seen or heard of Phillips' column. Coon was puzzled, He wondered what could have happened to the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry. After discussing the situation with his officers, Coon determined to push on. Six hours later, the column rode up to Rocky Ford. Two hours were lost in getting the troopers and their supply wagons and ambulances across the Tallahatchie. Since time was becoming increasingly important, Coon determined to keep his men in the saddle until 7 p.m. The troopers spent the night of August 14 at Pegee's plantation, five miles southwest of Rocky Ford.

    Coon saw that reveille was sounded in time for the cavalrymen to make their toilet, east their breakfasts and be on their horses by daylight. At 10 a.m. the column entered Oxford.

   The "excessive heat" had exhausted the men and their mounts. Upon occupying the town. Coon called a halt. Except for the men detailed to raid the corn cribs in the area, the rest of the brigade was allowed to rest.

   Early in the afternoon, the outposts on the Rocky Ford road sighted an approaching column. The alarm was sounded. Within a few minutes, the newcomers identified themselves as Phillips' command.

   Darkness had enveloped the area on August 13, when the 330 troopers of the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry rode out of their Pocahonts encampment. Taking the Salem road, the blucoats forded Tippah River a Buck's Springs. After passing through Hickory Flats, where Phillips learned that Coon's column was 24 hours ahead of him, the mounted infantry struck for the Tallahatchie, which they crossed on the night of the 14th. As soon as the last man had forded the river, Phillips called a halt. The men and their mounts were allowed to take a well deserved break. Phillips was troubled by his failure to overtake Coon's column.

   At 4 a.m. on August 15, Phillips and his officers aroused the men. The march was resumed. As the troopers pushed on toward Oxford, scouts were sent out to see if they could locate Coon's troopers.

   Phillips and his officers found Coon anxiously awaiting their arrival. Until Coon showed him a copy of Hurlbut's August 11 wire to Mizner, Phillips had no idea of the "object of the expedition." Since he believed that the success of the raid depended on "rapidity of movement," Phillips announced that the combined force would strike immediately for Water Valley.

   The bugles sounded at 2 p.m. As soon as the officers had formed their units, the bluecoated horsemen rode out of Oxford, taking the Water Valley road. Having learned from Coon that another column was en route to join the raiders, Phillips called on early halt. Camp was established on the night of August 15, six miles south of Oxford.

   Lt. Col. Martin R. M. Wallace had been placed in command of the third column. According to the instructions received from Mizner, Wallace's command (picked men from the 3d, 4th, and 9th Illinois Calvary) was to leave Collierville on August 13. Wallace was to take the most direct route from his base camp to the Abbeville crossing of the Tallachatchie.

   Wallace lost no time in getting his command ready to ride. When the column took up the march, it numbered 720 hard riding cavalrymen. Besides several ambulances and a number of supply wagons, Wallace's force was accompanied by four 12-pounder mountain howitzers.

   From Collierville, the troopers marched to Byhalia. As the vanguard thundered into the village, a squad of Confederate horsemen leaped into their saddles and fled. Troopers from the 9th Illinois raced in pursuit. Like many of the Union cavalry officers in the west, Wallace dressed his scouts in citizen's garb. While this aided the Federals in getting information from unwary civilians, it had its handicaps. One of Wallace's uniformed troopers gunned down a scout from the 9th Illinois. The Rebels, having a good head start, escaped their pursuers.

   The brigade spent the night of August 13 camped on Withers' plantation. Before retiring, a number of the blueclads slipped out of camp and raided the nearby planters' orchards and gardens. Peaches, apples and watermelons were found in abundance. Wallace had his men on the road at daybreak. Co M, 4th Illinois was assigned the advance. Ten miles southeast of Byhalia, the Yankee vanguard sighted a Confederate patrol. Shots were exchanged. Seeing that they were badly outnumbered, the Rebels beat a hasty retreat. One blucoat was wounded in the clash.

   About a mile north of Cox's Corners, the Union advance surprised and captured a Confederate courier. When he searched the man. Capt. Joseph E. Hitt of  Co M 4th Illinois found a note from Rebel Capt. W. G. Middleton addressed to Maj. Alexander Chalmers. The message told of the march of Wallance's command.

   Passing through Waterford Wallace's troopers reached the Tallahatchie a nightfall. Since the recent rains had caused a marked rise in the rivers of north Mississippi, the Yankees had a difficult time crossing the Tallahatchie. It was 11 a.m. the next morning, the 15th, before the last man had reached the south bank. The march was resumed. At Oxford, Wallace learned that the units with whom his brigade was to rendezvous had ridden southward several hours before. Observing that the pace of the march was beginning to take its toll, Wallace halted his troopers late on the afternoon of the 15th at Buckner's plantation, two and one-half miles south of Oxford. A patrol was sent racing ahead to notify phillips and Coon that Wallace would join them in the morning.

   Since Wallace was his junior, Phillips would be in charge of the expedition. PHillips was shocked to discover that Wallace, prior to his departure from Collierville, had been giver no instructions beyond those entrusted to Coon.

   Shortly after daybreak on August 10, Winslow's cavalry officers had mustered and inspected their troopers. The 800 cavalrymen of the 3d and 4th Iowa, and the 5th Illinois swing onto their mounts. By 5 a.m. the column was under way.

   The officers and men who were left behind cheered and shouted encouragement to their comrades as they rode out of the cavalry encampment on Big Black River. After leaving the Flowers' plantation cantonment area, Winslow turned the head of his column into the Bridgeport road. Leaving the Bridgeport road at Tiffintown and following a farm road, the raiders headed for Neeley's plantation, where they entered the Benton road. Many of the cavalrymen were familiar with the Benton road. During the recent Vicksburg campaign, they had started up this road several times-- their object, the railroad bridge across the Big Black at Way's Bluff. Each time, the blueclads had been turned back by the Confederates.

   Since the brigade would be called on to make long, hard marches, Winslow had carefully culled his command before it left Flowers' plantation. Only the best conditioned men and horses were take. Most of the raiders were armed with hard-hitting Sharp's or Union carbines. A number of the men, however, were still equipped with "a variety of cavalry guns, inferior in range and poor in construction." The troopers who were armed with these sub-standard weapons swore that the had never been examined or tested by the War Department.

   In accordance with Sherman's instruction, the cavalrymen carried only four day's rations. Winslow expected to dray additional supplies from the nave a Yazoo City. Realizing that the success of the operation would depend on mobility, Winslow had seen that all excess gear was left on Big Black. Never was there "a lighter column. There was no train, not a wagon, not even an ambulance or a pack mule."

  To conserve the strength of the men and horses for the hard marches which he knew were in the offing. Winslow halted his brigade a 1 p.m. The cavalrymen camped on either side of the Benton road, eight miles southwest of Mechanicsburg, the blueclads turned into the Yazoo City road. Noon found the brigade a Roach's plantation, which was within nine miles of Yazoo City. Winslow decided against pushing on. Another early camp was made.

   When the head of the column entered Yazoo City a 8 a.m. on August 12, Winslow was shocked to see no sign of the Union Navy. Questioning the inhabitants, the colonel was disgusted to learn that a gunboat, several transports and a number of troops had been at Yazoo City. These troops, the people stated, had reboarded the steamboats at an early hour on the previous day. The gunboat and transports had then started down river. No one was able to tell Winslow whether or not the Navy planned an early return to Yazoo
City.

   This unexpected turn of events presented Winslow with a serious problem He had no rations for the men or forage for the horses. To make matters worse, the corn was not yet ready to be harvested. A march to Grenada and, perhaps, to Memphis would take the brigade into an area of which the colonel had little knowledge.

   Winslow called a staff meeting; all of the commissioned officers attended. After reading Sherman's letter of instructions to the group, Winslow requested their advice, Next, the colonel asked the officers to express themselves on the question, "whether to go forward or to return if no supplies should arrive." As was customary, the lowest ranking officer spoke first; he advised a return to their base. Each of the other officers in his turn recommended the same course of action. Winslow did not express an opinion at this time.

   As soon as he had dismissed his officers, Winslow called for his most experienced scout. The man was told to take a strong mule and ride down the Valley road. He was to see if he could contact the naval force which had left Yazoo City the previous morning. Whether he located the boats or not, the scout was admonished to be back a Yazoo City by 4 a.m. on the 14th. The scout went as far as Satartia and was back at Yazoo City by the designated hour. Reporting to Winslow, he stated that 'he had seen neither steamboat nor troops, but had learned that they had passed below Satartia, presumably on their return to Vicksburg."

   Despite his subordinates' opinion that the column ought to retrace its steps, Winslow decided to press on. Questioning the inhabitants, Winslow learned that a strong force of Confederate cavalry (Whitfield's Texas Brigade) was stationed at Canton. Winslow believed that if his brigade moved rapidly, it could steal a day's march on the Texans. Once his column had gained such a lead, the colonel felt that the Confederates would be unable to overtake it. Orders were issued for the regimental commanders to have their units ready to march at a moment's notice.

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The task of defending northwest Mississippi and the Mississippi Central Railroad had been given to Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers' under strenght command numbering about 1,700 effectives. To carry out his mission, Chalmers deployed the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion south of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The 2d Regiment Mississippi State Cavalry was posted at Senatobia, while Chalmers' main striking force, 682 strong, was massed at Panola. Two regiments of Mississippi State Cavalry were out arresting deserters and men who had fled their homes to avoid being conscripted. A battalion of cavalry, the 6th Mississippi, was camped near Carrollton.

   Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, having received several sharp notes from President Jefferson Davis on the subject, finally began formulating plans to transfer the rolling stock from the Mississippi Central to the Southern Railroad of Mississippi east of Jackson. Johnston accordingly issued orders for Chalmers to see that the bridges and trestles on the railroad north of Jackson which had been destroyed in late July by the Federals were repaired. To facilitate this work and in order to confer with Johnston, Chalmers left Grenada on August 11 for Canton and Morton. Pending Chalmers' return, Col. W. F. Slemons would be in charge of the Confederate troops in northwest Mississippi.

   When Chalmers reached Canton on the 12th, he found that Confederate Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson's cavalry division had recrossed the Pearl. Jackson and a large number of his men were in Canton. During the day news reached Canton the the Yankees-- Winslow's column-- had occupied Yazoo City. Slemons was notified of this possibly dangerous development. The commander of the 6th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion as Coila ws alerted to watch the Yazoo City Yankees closely, and to rush his organized companies to Vaughan's Station to guard stores.

   Two days later, on the 14th, Slemons began receiving alarming reports from his scouts in the area south of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Scout Givens had spotted Wallace's column as it thundered through Byhalia, the previous afternoon. Besides observing that the Yankees took the road to Wyatt, the scout had talked to several of the Federals. In addition to obtaining on accurate figure as to the strength of Wallace's column, Givens was able to report that the Federals had "eight ambulances, six wagons, with eight
days' rations, a number of spades, shovels, picks and axes, and one pontoon bridge.

   A second Confederate scout had sighted Coon's column as it struck southeastward from LaGrange toward Salem. Like Givens, this man was able to converse with several of the blucoats. When questioned, the Yanks said they were en route to Water Valley/

   Upon receipt of this intelligence, Slemons sent several staff officers galloping with orders for Cols. W. C. Falkner and John McGuirk to collect their commands and report to him. If at all possible, Falkner was to get his regiment of Mississippi State Cavalry in position to keep Coon's column from crossing the Tallachatchie.

   News reaching  Slemons' headquarters on August 15 was all bad. First, he learned that on the previous day the Yazoo City Yankees, Winslow's brigade, had started for Lexington and Grenada. The Confederate commander at Carrollton was urged to have his scouts shadow this force. In addition, he would try to harass the Federals' advance by destroying bridges and bushwhacking. McGuirk, who had concentrated his regiment at Spring Dale, had plenty of information, all discouraging, for Slemons.

   The first report Slemons received from McGurk was that Coon's column had forded the Tallahatchie on the previous evening and was striking for Oxford. Several hours later, Scout Carmen rode into camp and reported that the Rocky Ford column (Coon's) and the Abbeville column (Wallace's) had occupied Oxford.

   In view of these developments, Slemons issued marching orders to his command. The colonel, accompanied by his main striking force, left Panola for Grenada at 2 p.m. The next day, the 16th, Slemons' troopers rode into Grenada. There, the colonel was joined by McGuirk's regiment. Slemons was disappointed to discover that his other detached commands (the 6th and 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, Falkner's regiment, and the 2d Regiment Mississippi State Cavalry) were missing. All told, he had a force of just a little over 700 effectives with which to fend off the Yankee columns which were rapidly converging of Grenada from the north and the south.

   Slemons determined to use his under strength brigade to oppose the Federals who were driving down the Mississippi Central from Oxford, while Jackson's division handled the bluecoats who were pressing northward from Yazoo City.
 
 
Annals of Iowa

THE GREAT RAILROAD RAID

By Edwin C. Bearss
Washington, D.C.

Edwin C. Bearss received his B.S. degree from Georgetown University, Washington D.C. and his M.A. degree from
Indiana university, Bloomington. At present he is team leader of the 19th and 20th Centuries Team, assigned to the Division
of History, National Park Service.
Part I of "The Great Railroad Raid" appeared in the fall issue of the Annals.

PART II

    Sunrise on August 16th found the Federals in the saddle. The 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry took the lead as Phillips' and Coon's commands headed southward from the Oxford area. By 9 o'clock Wallace's vanguard had overtaken the rear of Coon's brigade.
    When he reached the Yocona River, Phillips was disappointed to find the water deep and swift. Large quantities of debris were being swept downstream by the booming river and would constitute an additional hazard. Five prisoners and a good but small ferryboat were captured by the Yankees. When questioned by Phillips, the prisoners remarked that a wagon train had been ferried across the river about one hour before. Phillips threw four companies across the river. Accompanied by these men, Phillips drove ahead. The "flyin column" thundered into Water Valley at 11 a.m. and capture the train.

    At the cry, "Yankees are coming!" the teamsters had reined up their teams, leaped off their vehicles, and fled. Inspecting the train, Phillips found that he had captured six heavily loaded six mule wagons. Three of the wagons were burned, and the mules turned over to the quartermasters to replace animals which had broken down on the raid. The remaining wagons and teams were assigned to three of the Union units.

    Phillips and the men of the "flying column" were disappointed at not finding any of the rolling stock on the Water Valley spur. When questioned by the bluecoats, the civilians remarked that the engines and cars had been moved southward toward Grenada. Although he would liked to have pushed on, Phillips decided he should remain a Water Valley pending the arrival of the rest of his command.

    While waiting to cross the Yocona, Wallace sent patrols to scour the countryside near the crossing. One of these groups bagged two Confederates belonging to the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion.

    An accident delayed the crossing of the Yocona by Wallace's brigade. The ferryboat, while taking across Wallace's prisoners, foundered. It took the Federals the better part of two hours to salvage the craft, consequently, the afternoon was almost spent before the last Yankee reached the south bank of the river. Pushing on, Wallace and his troopers rode into Water Valley at 5 p.m. Phillips told Wallace to take an hour's break to feed his horses and men.

    At 6 o'clock the bugles sounded. Phillips' and Coon's commands rode out of Water Valley via the Coffeeville road-- Coon's brigade had the lead. The officers and men fretted as billowing black clouds came rolling out of the southwest. Darkness soon enveloped the column. Rain began to beat down in torrents. One lightning flash followed another, there was a continual roll of thunder. Water was soon cascading down every ravine and hollow. "It would have been impossible for man or beast to have marched," Coon recalled, "but for the continual flash of lightning which kept us in the road a part of the time." Even so, a number of horsemen tumbled into water filled ditches. It was a source of amazement to the Major that none of his men was drowned.

    At midnight, the brigade reached the area north of Coffeeville, where a battle had taken place the previous December. Here, exasperated by his snail like progress, Coon called a halt, and decided to wait for the clouds to scatter, so that his column could benefit by the light from the moon and stars. After about an hour, it stopped raining and the clouds broke. "Boots and Saddles" sounded; the brigade pushed on. Before the troopers had ridden a mile, Phillips galloped up on a mud spattered horse. Since the various units of the expedition had become separated, Phillips had decided to call a halt. The advance, he told Coon, would be resumed in the morning.

    Before Wallace's troopers could finish feeding their mounts, the storm had commenced. Wallace, in view of the driving rain and the "pitch blackness of the night," decided that a march was "utterly out of the question." Orders were issued for the men to take shelter. It was daylight on August 17 before Wallace's brigade struck southward from Water Valley.

    The sun was peeping over the horizon as Coon's bluecoats swung back into their saddles. Followed closely by the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry, coon's brigade entered Coffeeville. Several Confederates were captured and disarmed by the vanguard. Phillips called a short halt. After discussing the situation with his officers, he determined to press on without waiting for Wallace's brigade. A staff officer was sent pounding northward to tell Wallace to quicken his pace.

    Two miles south of Coffeeville on the Grenada road, Coon's advance surprised and overran a Rebel outpost. An embarrassed greyclad who said he belonged to Col. Robert McCulloch's 2d Missouri Cavalry was taken prisoner. Four miles beyond, Coon, who was riding at the head of his brigade, sighted a slowly approaching locomotive. Coon ordered out a patrol. The troopers were to try to get between the engine and Grenada and block the track. The trainmen, however, spotted the Federals as they were approaching the right of way. They threw the engine into reverse. In a futile effort to prevent the escape of the locomotive, the patrol opened fire at it with their carbines as it roared past.

    Meanwhile, Coon's men had sighted a car. When searched, it was found to be loaded with railroad equipment. Coon conjectured that the locomotive had been sent to recover this car.

    Near a mile post reading "8 miles to Grenada," the Federals encountered a strong force of Confederates, estimated by Phillips to number about 600. As the Confederates pulled back, they skirmished with the Union advance. Six miles north of Grenada, the Federals overran a spur on which were parked six locomotives and 20 cars. The Union advance had been so rapid that the Confederates had been unable to remove or destroy this valuable rolling stock. Phillips left a guard, the 3d Illinois, with the engines and cars, with orders to start the fires under the boilers and run the trains into Grenada.

    Driving the Confederates before them, the Federal vanguard closed to within four miles of Grenada. Here, the officers were taken aback by the sight of dense clouds of black smoke rolling up from the trees near the river. It was apparent that Rebel demolition teams were already at work. Phillips ordered the pace quickened. The column thundered forward at a gallop. As they neared the Yalobusha, it was apparent to the Federals that the Southerners had fired the two railroad bridges.

    By this time, the Union advance was within 1,300 yards of the river, Confederate resistance stiffened. Coon shouted for two battalions to dismount. With carbines in hand, the rugged troopers deployed on the run a battalion of the 3d Michigan Cavalry to the right and a battalion of the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry to the left of the road. To guard against an ambush, Coon posted a company of "sabers" on each flank to reconnoiter the timber. Surging ahead on the double, the Federals hurled the Rebels back toward the Yalobusha.

    To try to check the onrushing Yankees, the cannoneers of the Quitman Light Artillery opened fire with a 6- and 10- pounder which they had unlimbered on the south side of the river. The shelling slowed, but failed to check, the bluecoats. Slemons took advantage of this respite to disengage his command. The Confederates crossed the river only moments before Coon's cheering bluecoats gained the north bank.

    At 2 p.m. Phillips was notified that Wallace's brigade was close a hand. Reports brought in by scouts indicated that the Rebels had massed most of their strength to cover the upper ferry. Three guns, one of them rifled, had been pinpointed. The Rebel guns were protected by an emplacement, while the supporting troops were sheltered by rifle pits. Orders were issued for the Federals to force their way across the Yalobusha. Coon's brigade was to attack the foe at the upper ferry; two of Wallace's mountain howitzers and three companies of the 9th Illinois Cavalry were to cooperate with Coon's column. While Coon demonstrated and kept the Rebels pinned down at the upper ferry, Wallace's brigade was to sweep to the right and effect a crossing at the ferry two miles below town.

   Covered by Coon's demonstration, Wallace's troopers beat their way through the woods. Just as Wallace's vanguard reached the bank of the river, a staff officer thundered up. The aide told Wallace he was to push into Grenada and destroy the rolling stock. When Wallace gave the word, the bugler sounded the charge. Wallace's troopers crossed the Yalobusha unopposed. As soon as the last of his men had gained the left bank, Wallace re-formed his column and closed in on Grenada from the west. Dashing into the town, Wallace's bluecoats surprised and disarmed about 600 butternuts.

    Phillips was pleased with the way the engagement was developing. Observing that the Rebels were abandoning their fortifications covering the upper ferry, Phillips called for Coon to take up the attack. A patrol from Coon's command had found a ferryboat moored to the north bank of the river. The boat was used to sneak across several dismounted companies. At the same time, one of Coon's mounted units moved forward. Covered by the fire of their comrades, the troopers drove their horses into the muddy Yalobusha. The crossing was effected with surprising ease. Slemons' Confederates evacuated Grenada and retired down the Mississippi Central Railroad.

    Two hundred men, led by Coon, entered Grenada at 3:30 p.m. Phillips realized that with the bridges destroyed it would be impossible to remove to Federal territory the vast amount of rolling stock in the Grenada yards. Orders were issued for Coon to organize demolition teams. These groups were to burn the railroad shops. Lieut. James H. Cardy of the 3d Michigan was told to count and report the number of engines and cars. Phillips now decided that there was no need to keep most of his command south of the Yalobusha. In accordance with instructions from the expedition commander, Wallace's troopers re-crossed the river and camped at Statham's Station. There, they were rejoined during the night by the 3d Illinois.

    Coon and his demolition men were amazed at the vast amount of rolling stock. The locomotives and cars were "so closely packed together as to make a small town of themselves."

    While a count was being made of the engines and cars, team of demolition experts set fire to the two depots, two machine shops and two large steam powered flour mills. Cardy, having completed his assignment, reported that the Federals had captured a tremendous amount of rolling stock in the Grenada yards-- 51 engines and about 500 cars of all kinds and descriptions: box, coaches, slippers, and flats. Ten of the flats were loaded with army wagons.

    Up to the time that his men had entered Grenada, Phillips had heard nothing of the whereabouts of Winslow's column. Phillips' uncertainty concerning the activity of Winslow's command increased. When questioned by the Federals, several of the inhabitants reported that the Yankees had captured a train at Durant and another at Vaiden. Other citizens said that shortly after the bluecoats had swept into Vaiden, Jackson's Rebel cavalry had recaptured the trains and scattered Winslow's  horsemen. Phillips didn't know which tale to believe. If Jackson had defeated Winslow, it wouldn't be long before the greyclads reached the Grenada area and reinforced Slemons. Phillips didn't feel that his command could cope with such a formidable Confederate force. Since the Yalobusha bridges had been burned, it would be impossible to run off the rolling stock. Orders were issued for Coon to begin destroying the locomotives and cars.

    While the demolition teams were setting fire to the rolling stock, another interesting report reached Phillips. A man told the colonel that a train of 100 wagons had left Grenada at West Point shortly before the Federals appeared. This train was said to be loaded with ordnance and commissary supplies. Phillips determined to pursue and capture the train in the morning.

    By sundown on August 17, Coon notified Phillips that his men had completed their work. One fun loving group fired up one of the locomotives. After releasing the throttle, the Federals leaped off, as the engine thundered southward. The ironhorse raced out of the yards, and traveled several miles before jumping the tracks. The fires set by the Federals roared through the yards. After raiding the corn cribs for forage, Coon's troopers re-crossed the Yalobusha and bivouacked.

    Winslow's vanguard entered Grenada at 9:30 p.m. Winslow, as senior officer, assumed charge of all the Union troops in the area.

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      At daybreak on August 14, Winslow's officers formed and mustered their troopers. Evacuating Yazoo City, the Federal horsemen took the Lexington road. Winslow realized that his command would be called on to make hard marches, consequently, he held down the pace. On the other hand, the colonel knew that he would have to get the jump on the Confederates. Winslow therefore kept his men in the saddle until well after dark. The bluecoats, after having made 30 miles, camped for the night on Harland, Creek, eight miles southwest of Lexington.

     Winslow's column was on the road early on the 15th. By 8 o'clock the Federals occupied Lexington, meeting no resistance beyond the sullen glances of the citizens. Before pushing on, Winslow called for the commander of the 3d Iowa, Maj. John W. Noble. The major and his command were to remain at Lexington to procure rations, while Winslow led the remainder of the brigade eastward toward the Mississippi Central Railroad. After obtaining the desired supplies, the 3d Iowa would rejoin the main column.

    Marching by way of Castilian Springs, the Union horsemen thundered into Durant at noon. Unfortunately for the Confederates, a southbound engine with a number of cars had just rumbled into the station. After a patrol had cut the telegraph, Winslow sent for Capt. John H. Peters of the 4th Iowa. Peters was placed in charge of the train.

    Meantime, Winslow had learned from several of the inhabitants that another southbound train (an engine and 10 cars) had recently passed through Durant en route to Canton. The informants announced that Confederate working parties had just finished rebuilding the railroad bridge over the Big Black at Way's Bluff. (This bridge had been burned by the 4th Iowa on July 18, during the brief occupation of Canton)

    Peters decided to try to overtake this Train. The captain ordered a large detachment aboard the captured train. Peters and several of his officers climbed into the cab on the  locomotive. At a word from Peters, the engineer put the train into motion. After having proceeded five miles, they were unable to see any signs of the first train. Peters had the engineer stop the locomotive. To check a pursuit by the Canton Confederates, Peters decided to destroy the bridge across Box Creek. A demolition team was organized and the railroad bridge burned. As soon as the bridge was burning fiercely, the blueclads re-boarded the cars. Peters ordered the engineer to throw his engine into reverse; the train returned to Durant.

    The 3d Iowa by this time had arrived from Lexington with several wagon loads of rations and forage. As soon as Noble and Peters had reported, Winslow again turned the brigade out. Peters' detachment would remain in charge of the captured train. Any additional locomotives and rolling stock encountered as the column pushed up the Mississippi Central toward Grenada would also be turned over to Peters.

    It was 6 p.m. on the 15th when the raiders rode out of Durant. The train with Peters' detachment kept pace with the column. A five-hour march brought the Unionist to West. Here, the Yankees discovered 12 engines and about 50 cars. These were turned over to Peters' command. To run the trains, it was necessary to call for volunteers from the brigade who had railroading experience. While the volunteers were being organized into crews, it started to rain. Many years afterward, one of the troopers recalled:
    To this day the men who were in that storm speak of it as a marvel in nature. The terrific, continuous crashing of thunder, the incessant, fearful flashing of lightning on all sides, the torrents of falling water, and the dense darkness in the intervals of blinding light exceeded anything they have ever known.

    Winslow had planned to march all night. The storm necessitated a change in plans. The order to halt went out and the troopers camped for the night on Jordan Creek.

    On the morning of the 16th, the captured rolling stock (now numbering 13 engines and 60 cars) was made up into trains. It was 5 p.m. before the last train had been manned and chugged out of the West yards. The need to detach personnel to man the trains created a problem. Whenever a cavalryman was assigned to one of the trains, it left a horse in the column to be cared for by one of his comrades. Before leaving West, Winslow had a demolition team destroy the bridge across Jordan Creek. In case the Federals were compelled to abandon the rolling stock, the colonel didn't want the Confederates to recover the engines and cars and run them into Canton.

    Since he had lost so much time as West, Winslow determined to make a night march. Darkness had blanketed the area when the head of the column entered Vaiden. Winslow directed Peters to take the trains to Winona, then the Federal horsemen pushed on. Meanwhile, a demolition team had set fire to the railroad bridge spanning Peachahala Creek.

    The raiders reached Winona at daybreak on the 17th. Winslow was distressed to discover that a Confederate patrol had burned the bridge across a small creek just north of town. Unless the Yankees rebuilt the structure, it would be impossible to take the captured trains into Grenada. In addition, Winslow's scouts, who had been questioning the townspeople, were told that there was a strong force of Confederates at Grenada.

    To make matters worse, the Yankees were unable to pick up any information regarding the Union column which was supposed to be pushing southward from the Tennessee border. Winslow realized that if the Confederates were able to hold Grenada, not only would he lose the captured trains, but his raiding column would be in deadly peril. Winslow decided to leave the rolling stock at Winona and press on to take Grenada. After occupying Grenada, and while awaiting the arrival of the cooperating column, he would send a detachment to repair the bridge across the creek north of Winona and bring up the trains.

    To hinder the Confederates' efforts to remove the rolling stock in case they reached it first, Winslow had his men wreck the bridges across two small tributaries of Hays Creek, south of Winona. As soon as Peters' troopers had rejoined their units, the march was resumed. Spearheaded by the 3d Iowa Cavalry, the Yankees occupied Duck Hill at 11 a.m., where they found four engines and 20 cars.

    Since many of the horses were badly jaded, Winslow purposely held down the pace of the march. A four-hour halt was made on Jackson Creek, while the troopers rested and fed their mounts. At 3 p.m. the column again moved off.

    Before proceeding very far, the 3d Iowa established contact with a Confederate patrol. These Confederates belonged to Slemons command. At the same time, Rebel partisans were sighted hovering on the flanks and rear of the brigade. This discouraged straggling, and the officers experienced little difficulty in keeping their men closed up.

    Skirmishing briskly with Slemons' patrols, the 3d Iowa pushed rapidly on. Many of the Union officers were disturbed to notice that when forced to give ground, the Southerners always retired up the Grenada road. The Federals began to wonder if perhaps the Confederates had concentrated a sufficient force to defend the town. If the Southerners could hold Grenada. the Yankees realized they would probably prevent the junction of the two Union columns. As the 3d Iowa approached Payne's plantation, five miles south of Grenada, these fears seemed justified. The blueclad scouts reported that the Rebels had massed a strong force behind Berry Creek. Suddenly, the greyclads abandoned their strong position and moved off toward the east.

    After the Confederates' withdrawal, the column pushed rapidly on. As they approached Grenada, the Federals observed several large fires. Entering the town, Winslow was hailed by Phillips.

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    After being briefed by Phillips, Winslow countermanded the orders to burn the rolling stock. Winslow wanted to wait until morning, when he would make a personal investigation into the possibility of repairing the Yalobusha bridges. Winslow's troopers were set to work putting out the fires. It was fortunate for the townspeople that Winslow arrived when he did, because the fires set by Coon's men were spreading rapidly. Already, tow blocks of private buildings had been burned. Making the transition from cavalrymen to fire fighters, Winslow's troopers prevented the spread of the "conflagration which threatened to destroy the town."

    Since both his and Phillips' commands were short of rations,  Winslow determined to remain at Grenada 24 hours to allow his commissary and quartermaster people to procure supplies. Except for the provost guard (the 3d Iowa Cavalry), the outposts, and the commissary detail, Winslow crossed his brigade to the north side of the Yalobusha early on the 18th.

    During the day, Winslow and his staff examined the bridges and the captured rolling stock. The colonel was disappointed to see that the bridges had been so badly damaged that it would take more time than he had to spare to repair them. A team was put to work tabulating the damage to the locomotives and cars in the Grenada yards. Since time was becoming critical, Winslow decided against putting the demolition teams back to work. He felt certain that Jackson's troopers would soon overtake them, and it was reported that Brig. Gen. Daniel Duggles had reached the Panola area from northeast Mississippi with a strong force of cavalry and was waiting to intercept the Federals as they marched for Memphis. Phillips protested that the Rebels would put many of these engines and cars back into operation, and with the rolling stock abandoned by Winslow's troopers at Winona soon have the means of shipping the great quantities of corn and wheat that had been grown in north Mississippi during the year. He argued that "these engines and cars will be of immense benefit to our enemies." Winslow, however, disagreed, and Phillips was overruled.

    Inside of 30 hours, the men and horses had caught their second wind; forage and food had been collected and issued to the units by the quartermaster people; while the demolition teams had completed their work. Long before daybreak on August 19, the buglers had sounded reveille and the men had been mustered and fed. The column moved out at 4:30 a.m. taking the Panola road; Wallace's brigade had the lead

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  The information reaching the Federals that the Texas Cavalry Brigade led by Brig. Gen. John W. Whitfield had been sent in pursuit of Winslow's column was correct. Winslow's troopers, however, were able to steal a march on the hard-riding Texans. Leaving Canton late on August 14, the Texans entered Durant the next night. There, they were drenched by the same storm that delayed Winslow's bluecoats at West, nine miles to the northeast. To escape the rain the officers dismissed their troopers. "to hunt shelter in the dark" as best they could. The Texans "had a great time getting into vacant houses, under sheds, awnings, in stables or any available place" that they might protect their ammunition from the elements.

    It was late the next morning, the 16th, before Whitfield resumed the chase. At Old Shongolo, near Vaiden, the ladies had learned that the Texans were coming. They accordingly "prepared a splendid picnic dinner" for them. Since time was all important, Whitfield refused to call a halt. Undaunted, the ladies took position by the side of the road with trays "loaded with chicken, ham, biscuit, cake, pies, and other tempting viands." As the mud-spattered Texans rode along, they helped themselves.

    Whitfield's troopers reached Winona on the 17th, where they recovered the 13 engines and 60 cars which the destruction of the bridge had compelled Winslow's bluecoats to abandon. After detailing a force to guard the rolling stock, Whitfield pushed on. the morning of the 18th, found the Texans camped at Duck Hill, 12 miles south of Grenada.

    By the 17th the situation had become so critical that Johnston was compelled to intervene. A telegram was sent to Ruggles, the Confederate commander in northeastern Mississippi. Ruggles was informed that the Yankees had crossed the Tallahatchie and were sweeping down the Mississippi Central toward Grenada. At the same time, another Federal column had advanced out of Yazoo City, reached Durant on the Mississippi Central and was driving northward toward a junction with the "first-named expedition."
    Ruggles was to "give all the aid" in his power to the Confederate forces opposing these Union thrusts. ( This is an excellent example of the difficulties the Civil War soldiers had with communications.) the information on which Johnston based his dispatch to Ruggles was 48 hours old.

    Johnston, on the preceding day, had made an administrative change that had long been needed in Mississippi. Stephen D. Lee (who had been declared exchanged following his capture at Vicksburg) was promoted to major general and named to command all Confederate cavalry in Mississippi. Formally assuming his new tasks, Lee issued orders at jackson on August 18.

    Lee and Johnston felt certain that the Federals, after destroying the rolling stock at Grenada, would strike for Columbus. Consequently, Lee made plans to frustrate such a thrust. Reaching Canton, Lee had Jackson recall Brig. Gen. George B. Cosby's brigade, which was watching the crossings of the Big Black east of Vicksburg. On the morning of the 21st, Lee rode out of Canton at the head of 1,300 rugged troopers. Lee directed his march toward Bankston.

    Before leaving Canton, Lee had issued orders for J. R. Chalmers (who in view of the crisis had rushed back to his command), Whitfield and Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson (Ferguson commanded Ruggles' cavalry) to rendezvous with him at Bankston.

    Meanwhile, Johnston had received a message from Chalmers. This dispatch had been sent on August 18 from a point 20 miles east of Grenada. Chalmers reported that on the evening of the 17th, Slemons' small command had been compelled to evacuate Grenada.
    Soon after leaving Canton, Lee received a dispatch from Chalmers at Bellefontaine reporting that the Federals had evacuated Grenada on the morning of the 19th and were retiring up the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad toward memphis. The first Confederates to re-enter Grenada reported most of the rolling-stock and one-fourth of the town burned. In view of this development, Lee telegraphed Ruggles to recall Ferguson, who had taken position at Okalona to guard against a Union thrust toward the Mobile and Ohio Railroad via Houston or Pontotoc. Chalmers was to reoccupy the positions abandoned by his command covering the line of the Tallahatchie. As soon as he reached Grenada from Bellefontaine, Chalmers' was to see that the telegraph line linking Grenada and Canton was repaired.

    A trooper in the 4th Iowa recalled that the march northward was "slower than it had been south of Grenada. The country was desolate. It had been harassed and swept  by hostile armies for more than a year. Along the principal roads it was as if one were following the path of a great fire."
 
    The Federals passed through Oakland during the day. After crossing the Yocona, Winslow called a halt and the column camped. Winslow, like most military commanders, rotated his lead unit. On the 20th, the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry had the advance. Although Phillips' men kept a sharp watch no armed Rebels were seen until the vanguard approached the Tallahatchie at Panola. It was feared by many of the officers that the Confederates would mass a strong force to dispute their crossing. Shots were exchanged with several partisans as the yankees prepared to cross. Badly outnumbered, the guerrillas withdrew. By 4:30 p.m. Winslow's rear guard had ferried the Tallahatchie. Pushing on, the Federals camped for the night on either side of the Memphis road, six miles north of the river.

    When the column moved out on the morning of August 21, Wallace's brigade was in the van. About a mile north of a Dr. Wallace's plantation, the advance guard came to a fork in the road. here, the command divided. Winslow's brigade continued up the Memphis road; Wallace's, Coon's, and Phillips' units turned into the Bucksnort road. Soon after the column had divided, Wallace, having been notified that provisions were getting short in his brigade, sent out foragers.

    Phillips' command spent the night at Bucksnort. Before morning, all of the foraging parties but one--Lieut. Leander L. Shattuck's had returned. On the 22nd the Federals pushed on to Wall Hill. Once again, the force divided. Wallace's brigade took the Byhalia road, Coon's and Phillips' the one to Holly Springs.
    Wallace drove his men hard. By nightfall they had returned to the Union lines--the 3d and 4th Illinois going into camp at Collierville and the 9th Illinois at Germantown. Shortly after reaching his base, Wallace received bad news. A bedraggled member of Shattuck's 15 man detachment was brought to his headquarters. The man explained that as the patrol was preparing to ford the Coldwater, it had been attacked by Confederate partisans and all the men but him had been killed or captured.

    Phillips' regiment and Coon's brigade rode together as far as Lamar. At that point Phillips directed Coon to return to his camp at La Grange. marching via Spring Hill and Saulsbury, Phillips and the troopers of his 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry entered Pocahontas at 9 a.m. on August 23, having been absent from their base for 10 days. Coon's troopers reached their La Grange camp about the same hour.
    Unlike the other commands, Winslow's ran into some excitement. As the column approached the Coldwater on the afternoon of the 21st, the scouts reported that Confederates were posted on the north bank of the river and prepared to dispute the crossing. Winslow called for Noble. With 75 picked men of the 3d Iowa, Noble was to make a demonstration to see if he could pin down the Rebels. At the same time, Maj. James Farnan of the 5th Illinois would take five companies (three form his regiment and two from the 3d Iowa) and ford the river one-half mile below the crossing to take the Rebels from the rear.

    Noble and Farnan moved to carry out Winslow's orders. Dismounting, Noble and his Iowans advanced and took cover in the fallen timber along the south bank of the Coldwater. Protected by the timber, the Iowans blazed away at the Rebels on the opposite side. Unfortunately for Winslow's plan, Farnan's men made a lot of noise as they forded the river, alerting the Confederates. Out numbered and not wishing to be trapped, the greyclads beat a hasty retreat. All this time, Rebel snipers who had infiltrated the woods south of the river were banging away at Winslow's rear guard. Since they were firing at extreme ranges, the Southerners, except for wounding several horses, did no damage.

    Following the Rebels' retreat, the bluecoats repaired the ferryboat which the foe had scuttled. Winslow lost not time in getting his brigade to the north side of the river. A detachment was sent in pursuit of the Confederates, but they had had too big a head start. The brigade camped the night of the 21st on high ground four miles north of the Coldwater. When he checked the rolls, Winslow learned that four of Noble's men had been wounded in the day's engagement.

    The next morning (August 22), the brigade resumed the march. Winslow purposely held down the pace. Long halts were made to rest the weary men and animals. Nightfall found the troopers camped on Crane Creek, four miles from Memphis. The next day the brigade entered Memphis having ridden 265 miles since leaving the Big Black, 13 days before.

    Grant was in Memphis when Winslow's column arrived. Winslow reported to him for orders, giving him a terse account of the great railroad raid. Grant was impressed, and directed that "the command return to Vicksburg by steamboats, with leave to 'take it easy'." On the evening of August 28 Winslow was notified that the transports were ready. The next morning, the brigade marched to the levee and embarked. All the transports except the madison tied up at Vicksburg on the last day of August. Before nightfall, the troopers were back in their camp at Flowers' plantation. The Madison, with several companies of the 4th Iowa aboard, had grounded; it was September 1 before her passengers rejoined their comrades on the Big Black.

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     The "Great Railroad Raid" had demonstrated that for the time being Union cavalry columns could go anywhere they wished in the section of Mississippi, west of the Pearl River. Although the converging columns were unable to communicate, the Federal officers had regulated their movements so that on almost every occasion they were able to rendezvous as scheduled. Of equal importance was the ability of the Union cavalry to carry out its mission and escape before the Confederates could organize an effective pursuit. The "Great Railroad Raid," along with Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's April sweep through Mississippi, proved that in the Mississippi Valley. Federal cavalry had reached a point in efficiency where it was equal, if not superior, to the Rebel horsemen. At approximately the same time in the East, the battle of Brandy Station and cavalry operations in the Gettysburg Campaign underscored this development.

    To cope with the situation in Mississippi, Johnston named Lee to command all Confederate cavalry in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. While this decision came too late to affect the success of the "Great Railroad Raid," it proved to be a wise move for the Confederates. With one man, rather than several, in charge of their mounted arms in the Mississippi theater of operations, the Rebels were better able to cope with future Union raids.

    Although the Federals had failed to bring away the locomotives and rolling stock, they had struck the deteriorating rail system of the Confederacy a terrible blow. Between them, Winslow's and Phillips' raiders had destroyed 34 locomotives and 172 cars (passenger, box, and flat). It might have been worse, however. The destruction of the bridge across the creek north of Winona compelled Winslow to abandon 13 engines and 59 cars at Winona. Four engines and 20 cars were left at Duck Hill. As a further blow against the Confederate economy, the Yankees arrested and brought 25 railroad engineers and mechanics to Memphis with them.

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War of the Rebellion, The: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Series I), Vol.XXIV, pt.3; Vol. XXX, pts, 1, 3, 4. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.

      
Iowa
Southern Border Brigade                           

Information comes from the CD Civil War and Iowa.

Contents include its history, line officers, and roster to the 4 brigades.

  

SOUTHERN BORDER BRIGADE
FIRST BATTALION

COMPANY "A"

Allen, James S. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Anthony, Isaac. Residence Croton, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered
Nov. 10, 1862.

Anthony, William. Residence Croton, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 17 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Batten, John. Residence Croton, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862

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Bishop, Samuel. Residence Belfast, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Black, H. M. Residence Keokuk, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. l7, l862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Bland, George W. Residence Croton, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 10, 1862.

Brown, Wells. Residence Keokuk, nativity Michigan. Appointed First Lieutenant Oct.
17, 1862. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862. Resigned

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Buchanan, Nathan. Residence Croton, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 10, 1862.

Butlin, William. Residence Croton, nativity England. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Carr, J. T. Residence Vincennes, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Chidester, Samuel D. Age 32. Residence Croton, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 17,
1862. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant Feb. 24, 1863.

Crocker, William F. Residence Croton, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Dolling, William W. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862, as First
Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Dorman, James. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Fannacohle, C. Residence Croton, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.
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Farris, James H. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 23, 1863. Mustered
March 23, 1863.

Farris, Joseph T. Age 28. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Appointed Captain Feb. 24,
1863.

Gardner, William. Residence Belfast, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Goben, J. B. Residence Keokuk, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Guytom, John. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862. Discharged Dec. 5, 1862. Enlisted in U. S. Volunteer Service

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Haisch, Lewis. Residence Keokuk, nativity Germany. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered
Nov. 10, 1862.

Hancock, J. W. Residence Belfast, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862

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Hansom, Reuben. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Hayse, Joshua. Residence Croton, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Hinkle, William. Residence Croton, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862

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Hough, Thomas. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Johnson, Christopher. Residence Belfast, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862,

Johnson, John G. Residence Belfast, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862

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Jones, Samuel E. Residence Keokuk, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Jorden, Francis. Residence Belfast. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862.
Kellogg, Newton. Residence Croton, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.
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Longeor, Anthony. Residence Belfast, nativity Germany. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862.
Mustered Nov., 10, 1862

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McPherson, O. H. Residence Belfast, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Mallucks (or Mattox), Edward. Residence Croton, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 17,
1862, as Bugler. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862. Reduced to ranks at his own request Feb. 24,
1863.

Miller, Daniel D. Residence Belfast nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. l,1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Miller, George. Residence Belfast, nativity Ohio Enlisted Oct. 1,1862. Mustered Oct. 17,
1862.

Paddock, Jonathan. Residence Vincennes, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Parker, James M. Residence Vincennes, nativity Illinois. Enlisted March 23, 1863.
Mustered March 29, 1863.

Parsons, Charles. Residence Croton, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862

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Pierce, S. T. Residence Keokuk, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Pugh, David I. Residence Keokuk. Enlisted April 1, 1863. Mustered April 1, 1863.
Puterbaugh, Daniel M. Residence Croton, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted March 15,
1863. Mustered March 15, 1863

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Raines, George W. Age 34. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862. Promoted Bugler Feb. 24, 1863.

Ruby, John G. Residence Croton, nativity Germany. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered
Nov. 10, 1862.

Rumbaugh, C. H. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862

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Sanders, John. Residence Croton, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.
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Sole, William. Residence Croton, nativity Prussia. Appointed Captain Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862. Dismissed Dec. 29, 1862

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Spurgeon, L. D. Residence Belfast, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Starr, Perley. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Swindler, G. Residence Croton, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct.
17, 1862.

Triplet, William. Residence Croton. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862.

Underwood, John. Residence Croton, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Wickersham, Thomas. Residence Croton, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.

Williams, Henry. Residence Croton, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

Wood, Samuel H. Residence Croton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.

COMPANY "B"

Armstrong, Charles C. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Bailey, George W. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Bateman, Mark W. Residence Farmington, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 11,
1862. Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Bell, Elias. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Blackledge, Enoch. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Blackledge, Harrison. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.
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Boner, Silas S. Residence Farmington, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed First Lieutenant
Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Burkheiser, Adam. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 11,
1862, As Bugler. Mustered Oct. 25, 1862

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Camblin, John L. Residence Van Buren County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862

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Cook, Luther C. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 25, 1862.

Curtis, Adolphus. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Curtis, Reuben B. Residence Farmington, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Dickey, Adam Lemon. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Dickey, John. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862

Dickey, Joseph. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Appointed Captain Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Dodson, Thomas C. Residence Keosauqua, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Gleckler, Charles. Residence Farmington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Good, George W. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Goodin, Asa. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 25, 1862

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Gwinnup, John. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862

Harness, Marshall. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862
Mustered Oct. 26, 1862

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Jenkins, George M. Residence Farmington, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 11
1862. Mustered Oct. 26, 1862.
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King, George. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862 Mustered
Oct. 25, 1862.

McHenry, Martin. Residence Vernon, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 26, 1862

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Manning, Charles C. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862, as
First Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 26, 1862

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Morse, Moses H. Residence Farmington, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Petitt, Isaiah. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 26, 1862.

Rhodes, George. Residence Farmington, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 25, 1862.

Roberts, William. Residence Farmington, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Ross, Abraham. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Schmidt, John P. Residence Farmington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Shreeve, Samuel K. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. 11, 1862. Mustered Oct. 25,
1862. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1862.

Simmons, David. Residence Vernon, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 26, 1862.

Sorge, Oscar. Residence Farmington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Spencer, John. Residence Vernon, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 25, 1862.

Steinmeyer, Frederich. Residence Farmington, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Stoddard, Anthony. Residence Farmington, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. l1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 26, 1862.

Tempelton, Hezekiah. Residence Van Buren County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11,
1862. Mustered Oct., 25, 1862.

VanAuken, Harrison. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862

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Wagoner, Gustavus. Residence Farmington, nativity Prussia. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 2, 1562

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Walker, Addison. Residence Farmington, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862

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White, Robert. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Indiana. Mustered Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Whitlock, Henry. Residence Farmington, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862

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Willbaum, Benjamin. Residence Farmington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Williamson, John. Residence Bonaparte, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

Wolf, George. Residence Vernon, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered Oct.
25, 1862.

Woolen, Josiah. Residence Mount Sterling, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11 1862.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1862.

COMPANY "A"

Avery, William C. Age 31. Residence Pulaski, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Dec. 29, 1862

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Baker, John C. Enlisted May, 1863. Mustered May, 1863.

Ballard, Samuel T. Age 33. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct. 1,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Barnhart, Emanuel S. Age 40. Residence Stiles, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Barton, Rosel. Age 30. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Barton, Thomas H. Age 39. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 27,
1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Promoted Bugler April 1, 1863.

Boughman, Christian. Age 37. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862

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Boyd, Alexander. Age 26. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, l 862.

Brenneman, Jeremiah C. Age 21. Residence Stiles, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Brice, William R. Age 39. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863

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Brown, Augustus W. Age 38. Residence Pulaski, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Brown, Clever H. Age 30. Residence Stiles, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Brown, Perry A. F. Age 35. Residence Stiles, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Brown, Samuel R. Age 43. Residence Pulaski, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Brown, William. Age 21. Residence Stiles, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Brumley, Isaac. Age 29. Residence Davis County. Enlisted March 30, 1863. Mustered
March 30, 1863.

Burton, Riley. Age 29. Residence Savannah, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March 30, 1863.
Mustered March 30, 1863

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Burton, Sylvester. Age 27. Residence Savannah, nativity Indiana. Enlisted April 27,
1863. Mustered April 27, 1863

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Busey, Samuel. Age 24. Residence Stiles, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863

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Cammack, John. Age 35. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Campbell, John W. Age 22. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Discharged Feb. 20, 1863. See Company C, Seventh Cavalry.
(Second enlistment.)

Cobb, James H. Age 44. Residence Bloomfield. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862, as Bugler
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Collins, Thomas F, Age 42. Residence Stiles, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Dec. 29, 1862

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Corrick, William C. Age 33. Residence Pulaski, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Coy, William. Age 44. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Davis, Charles C. Age 21. Residence Pulaski, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Davis, John F. Enlisted May, 1863. Mustered May, 1863

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Duffield, Thomas. Age 31. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Evans, Joseph V., Jr. Age 36. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863

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Evans, Joseph V., Sr. Enlisted May, 1863. Mustered May, 1863

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Foshee, Henry S. Age 42. Residence Stiles, nativity North Carolina. Enlisted Oct. 27,
1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Frady, Samuel M. Age 20. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Frank, Lewis. Age 40. Residence Stiles, nativity North Carolina. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Gibbons, Arthur D. Age 29. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Maryland. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Good, George W. Age 26. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Dec. 1862

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Goodwin, Joseph. Age 19. Residence Stiles, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Grinstead, Richard H. Age 39. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct.
1, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Hamilton, William I. Age 53. Residence Bloomfield, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Promoted First Sergeant April 1, 1863.

Hicks, Alfred B. Age 22. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Feb. 20, 1863. Re entered the service May,
1863

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Hill, Andrew J. Age 34. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March 30,
1863. Mustered March 30, 1863

.
Hiner, William H. Age 34. Residence Pulaski, nativity Kentucky. Appointed Lieutenant
Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862. Resigned March 24, 1863.

Hopkins, Eldridge I. Age 18. Residence Pulaski, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Hopkins, Milton. Age 19. Residence Pulaski, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Hopkins, William W. Age 39. Residence Pulaski, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Horn, Hosea B. Age 41. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Appointed Captain
Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 16, 1862. Resigned March 16, 1864.

Johnson, Richard. Age 33. Residence Savannah, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 30,
1863. Mustered March 30, 1863.

Johnson, William C. Age 34. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862 Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Kennedy, Robert. Age 44. Residence Pulaski. nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Kinney, Simon. Age 22. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Kirkpatrick, Thomas C. Age 36. Residence Bloomfield. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Dec. 29, 1862.

Lang, John. Age 42. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March 30, 1863.
Mustered March 30, 1863.

Latimer, John R. Age 22. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Lewis, Frank. Age 40. Residence Stiles, nativity North Carolina. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862

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Lock, Marshall. Age 23. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

McAchran, James D. Age 20. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted April
27, 1863. Mustered April 27, 1863.

McAchran, Thomas L. C. Age 22. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
Sept. 29, 1862, as First Sergeant. Mustered Oct. l7, 1862. Promoted Lieutenant March 25,
1863.

Mason, Robert. Age 51. Residence Bloomfield. Enlisted March 11, 1863. Mustered
March 11, 1863. Discharged for disability April 30, 1863.

Milligan, John W. Age 20. Residence Pulaski, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Monnet, William P. Age 35. Residence Stiles, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Monroe, Wesley S. Age 36. Residence Floris, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Discharged Feb. 20, 1863. See Company C, Seventh
Cavalry. ( Second enlistment. )

Morton, John. Age 38. Residence Stiles, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Dec. 29, l 862.

Myers, Thomas B. Age 18. Residence Pulaski, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Myers, William, G. Age l9. Residence Pulaski, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Nichols, Henry C. Age 28. Residence Davis County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Palmer, Philip. Age 45. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted March 11,
1863. Mustered March 11, 1863.

Penny, Samuel F. Age 20. Residence Stiles, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Penny, William H. Age 28. Residence Stiles, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Petefish, Albert. Age 20. Residence Stiles, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

.
Petefish, Jesse. Age 42. Residence Stiles, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 20, 1862

.
Pitman, Newton H. Age 22. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863

.
Plank, Amos S. Age 19. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

.
Plank, Jephtha I. Age 44. Residence Pulaski, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Plank, John H. Age 33. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

.
Prather, James S. Age 18. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1,
1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Pry, John H. Age 31. Residence Savannah, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Roberts, George. Age 22. Residence Bloomfield. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Oct.
20, 1862. Mustered out Dec. 29, 1862.

Roberts, James T. Age 20. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Rown, Jacob. Age 42. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Saunders, Columbus D. Age 18. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Scarborough, John W. Age 42. Residence Pulaski, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Scott, Levrett N. Age 40. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Connecticut. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Sharp, Joel H. Age 31. Residence Pulaski, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Sheaffer, Jacob R. Age 23. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Shelton, Elijah I. Age 30. Residence Pulaski, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Shelton, George F. Age 23. Residence Davis County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March
11, 1863. Mustered March 11, 1863.

Shelton, James E. Enlisted May, 1863. Mustered May, 1863.

Shelton, Jasper N. Age 24. Residence Pulaski, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

.
Smith, Albert. Age 22. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March 11,
1863. Mustered March 11, 1863

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Smith, Berryman. Age 39. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Smith, Chester. Age 26. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March 11,
1863. Mustered March 11, 1863

Smith, Eli. Age 37. Residence Drakesville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Smith, Jacob M. Age 21. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 30, 1863.
Mustered March 30, 1863.

Smith, John M. Age 42. Residence Pulaski, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

.
Spurrier, Alexander M. Age 27. Residence Pulaski, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862

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Stark, Josiah. Age 43. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Stark, William B. Age 28. Residence Davis County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 1,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Steckel, Amos. Age 29. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Steele, John. Age 35. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Steele, Samuel G. Age 33. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Stober, George W. Age 29. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Swalley, Benjamin F. Age 22. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Swartzendruver, Solomon. Age 22. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Varner, William. Age 27. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Wade, George I. Age 28. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862

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Wright, Henry. Age 42. Residence Stiles, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

Yates, William H. Age 24. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out March 23, 1863.

Yoast, Jacob W. Age 38. Residence Pulaski, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 27, 1862.

Young, James M. Age 19. Residence Bloomfield, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 29,
1862. Mustered Oct. 20, 1862.

COMPANY "B"

Albertson, John B. Age 19. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb.
3, 1863

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Albertson, Joseph C. Age 46. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Feb. 28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Anderson, James P. Age 40. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Anderson, John W. Age 19. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Anderson, Joseph. Age 18. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
Feb. 3, 1863. Mustered Feb. 3, 1863.

Baldwin William A. Age 32. Residence Appanoose County nativity Indiana. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Barrett, David S. Age 18. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 3,
1863. Mustered Feb. 3, 1863

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Barrett, James S. Age 45. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Bramhall, William. Age 51. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct.
12, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Britton, John R. Age 29. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Castor, William C. Age 26. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb.
28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863.

Colier, Simeon J. Age 38. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Feb.
25, 1863. Mustered Feb. 25, 1863

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Conger, Mark. Age 29. Residence Cincinnati, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Cooksey, Claiborn. Age 40. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Cooksey, Joseph. Age 37. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Cormican, James. Age 65. Residence Appanoose County, nativity New York. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Daily, William. Age 39. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Deahl, Emanuel. Age 38. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Feb. 28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Deahl, Daniel. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Feb. 28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Demoss, William. Age 36 Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Edwards, Daniel. Age 22. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Edwards, Louis. Age 23. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 7, 1862.

Eickleberry, James. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Feb. 3, 1863. Mustered Feb. 3, 1863.

Elam, Socrates. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct.
12, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Elledge, Harvey. Age 38. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct.
7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Ewing, Isaiah H. Age 30. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 28,
1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863. Discharged April 25, 1863.

Ewing, James. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862. Promoted First Sergeant April 13, 1863.

Findlay, Americus. Age 22. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Forster, Arthur. Age 30. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb.
9, 1863. Mustered Feb. 9, 1863

Forster, John. Age 18. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Feb. 9,
1863. Mustered Feb. 9, 1863

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Freeborn, John. Age 32. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Glasser, Jasper H. Age 18. Residence Livingston, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 25,
1863. Mustered Feb. 25, 1863

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Harris, Enoch. Age 42. Residence Appanoose County, nativity New Jersey. Enlisted
Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Harris, James. Age 52. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Feb.
25, 1863. Mustered Feb. 25, 1863

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Hays, John. Age 33. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Feb. 25,
1863. Mustered Feb. 25, 1863

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Heckathorn, Andrew. Age 31. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted April 18, 1863. Mustered April 18, 1863.

Hiffner, Augustus. Age 24. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Atlantic Ocean.
Enlisted Feb. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Highland, Peter. Age 25. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 18,
1862. Mustered Oct. l 8, 1862.

Horn, Isaiah. Age 39. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct.
18, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Horn, John. Age 24. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 18,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Howard, Salmon. Age 49. Residence Livingston, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 26,
1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Hutchison, Andrew J. Age 32. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
Feb. 3, 1863. Mustered Feb. 3, 1863.

Johnson, Alfred. Age 18. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 28,
1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Johnson, Wesley P. Age 23. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Feb. 28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Johnson, William P. Age 26. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Feb. 3, 1863. Mustered Feb. 23, 1863

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Klenkenbeard, Joseph. Age 23. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Iowa. Enlisted
Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Korn, Samuel. Age 47. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Lambert, La Count. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Langford, Thornton. Age 35. Residence Livingston, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Feb. 25,
1863. Mustered Feb. 25, 1863.

Larue, George. Age 40. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Feb.
28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863

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Lynch, William. Age 22. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

McClasky, Robert. Age 46. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Canada. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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McClasky, Thomas. Age 20. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Canada. Enlisted
Feb. 20, 1863. Mustered Feb. 20, 1863.

McColm, James. Age 32. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

McConnell, William. Age 33. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
Feb. 20, 1863. Mustered Feb. 20, 1863.

McFadden, Wilson. Age 38. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct.
7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Marlow, Eli. Age 47. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862. Discharged March 1, 1863.

Melson, Francis C. Age 18. Residence Livingston, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 25, 1863.
Mustered Feb. 25, 1863.

Monroe, Curtis. Age 26. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 20,
1863. Mustered Feb. 20, 1863.

Moore, Mansfield. Age 18. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Feb. 20, 1863. Mustered Feb. 20, 1863

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Morris, Joseph. Age 25. Residence Livingston, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Feb. 25, 1863.
Mustered Feb. 25, 1863

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Morrow, Robert. Age 25. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862. Discharged March 1, 1863.

Morrow, William. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Murray, Jesse E. Age 43. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Nelson, James. Age 20. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct.
18, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Nelson, James F. Age 18. Residence Livingston, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 25, 1863.
Mustered Feb. 25, 1863.

Oden, Thomas. Age 47. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 8,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Payne, John. Age 33. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Peckham, John D. Age 25. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct.
7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Points, Arthur. Age 27. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct.
18, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Purdom, Benjamin. Age 35. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct.
7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Ratchford, Alexander. Age 28. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862. Discharged March 1, 1863.

Skinner, Elisha D. Age 48. Residence Appanoose County, nativity New York.
Appointed Captain Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Skinner, Henry. Age 17. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Skipton, Elijah. Age 30. Residence Cincinnati, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 18, 1862

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Sleeth, Caleb. Age 39. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Oct. 18,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Smead, George M. Age 18. Residence Livingston, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Feb. 25,
1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863.

Stansberry, Grant S. Age 36. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Appointed
First Lieutenant Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Stephenson, William. Age 35. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Summers, Peter H. Age 39 Residence Appanoose County, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Feb. 28, 1863. Mustered Feb. 28, 1863.

Summers, Stockton. Age 28. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Missouri. Enlisted
Feb. 3, 1863. Mustered Feb. 3, 1863.

Walters, John. Age 18. Residence Appanoose County, nativity New York. Enlisted
April 13, 1863. Mustered April 13, 1863.

Wardlow, Robert. Age 35. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct.
18, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Williams, John. Age 26. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 18,
1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

Wilson, William M. C. Age 30. Residence Cincinnati, nativity North Carolina. Enlisted
Feb. 20, 1863. Mustered Feb. 20, 1863.

Wood, William A. Age 30. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
Feb. 3, 1863. Mustered Feb. 3, 1863.

Yarnall, Ithamer. Age 27. Residence Appanoose County, nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Oct.
7, 1862. Mustered Oct. 18, 1862.

COMPANY "C"

Angle, Nicholas. Age 25. Residence Livingston, nativity New York. Enlisted May 20,
1863. Mustered May 20, 1863.

Backus, George W. Age 43. Residence Ottumwa, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted April
9, 1863.

Barker, Leverett W. Age 28. Residence Eddyville, nativity New York. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Barnett, Lykings. Age 31. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Bitner, Cyrus C. Age 27. Residence Eddyville, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed First
Lieutenant April 9, 1863

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Chaney, Simeon. Age 29. Residence Eddyville, nativity Indiana. Enlisted April 9, 1863

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Chotten, Henry. Age l 9. Residence Eddyville, nativity England. Enlisted April 9, 1863

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Crawford, Amasa. Age 19. Residence Hibbsville, nativity Iowa Enlisted May 20, 1863.
Mustered May 20, 1863.

Crossin, Anderson. Age 30. Residence Eddyville, nativity Indiana. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Delashmutt, John. Age 28. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Dunlap, John C. Age 32. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Dunlap, William H. Age 37. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Elliott, Joseph M. Age 29. Residence Eddyville, nativity Maine. Enlisted April 9, 1863

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Fairchild, Abial. Age 32. Residence Eddyville, nativity Indiana. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Ferrill, Horman. Age 44. Residence Eddyville, nativity New York. Enlisted April 9,
1863

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Francis, Peter. Age 35. Residence Eddyville, nativity Virginia. Enlisted April 9, 1863

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Givin, David. Age 31. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
April 9, 1863.

Grass, John. Age 40. Residence Livingston, nativity Virginia. Enlisted May 20, 1863.
Mustered May 20, 1863.

Grubb, Zacharias. Age 31. Residence Eddyville, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Hall, Henry D. Age 32. Residence Eddyville, nativity New York. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Haydon, Harry E. Age 20. Residence Eddyville, nativity New York. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Heacock, Samuel P. Age 27. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863

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Heskitt, Isaac S. Age 23. Residence Eddyville, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Hoppkins, William. Age 27. Residence Eddyville, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted
April 9, 1863.

James, Daniel E. Age 29. Residence Eddyville, nativity Maine. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Jenkins, Solomon J. Age 30. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.
Kinkade, Christopher R. Age 31. Residence Eddyville, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
April 9, 1863

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Kull, Jacob. Age 28. Residence Eddyville, nativity Germany. Enlisted April 9, l863

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Lafferty, Thomas J. Age 35 Residence Eddyville, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted April
9, 1863, as Bugler.

Lapham, Malon. Age 18. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

McGavir, Edwin J. Age 32. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

McGavir, William J. Age 24. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9,
1863, as First Sergeant.

Maring, Joseph. Age 30. Residence Appanoose County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
May 20, 1863. Mustered May 20, 1863.

Mermutt, George U. Age 28. Residence Eddyville, nativity Maine. Enlisted April 9,
1863

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Nelson, John. Age 45. Residence Centerville, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted May 20,
1863. Mustered May 20, 1863

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Nicely, Samuel. Age 34. Residence Eddyville, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Otis, John M. Age 41. Residence Eddyville, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Perry, Joseph. Age 44. Residence Eddyville, nativity Main. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Petitt, Allen. Age 39. Residence Livingston, nativity New York. Enlisted May 20, 1863.

Phipps, James. Age 30. Residence Eddyville, nativity England. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Pike, Zebulon W. Age 37. Residence Eddyville, nativity Indiana. Enlisted May 20,
1863.

Shane, Thomas H. Age 35. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Shields, Isaac. Age 35. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ireland. Enlisted April 9, 1863

Slemmons, Benjamin. Age 37. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9,
1863

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Snow, Charles E. Age 33. Residence Eddyville, nativity New York. Appointed Captain
April 9, 1863. Resigned Aug. 19, 1863.

Solen, John. Age 20. Residence Eddyville, nativity Maine. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Spencer, Hiram G. W. Age 35. Residence Eddyville, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
April 9, ]863.

Stout, John. Age 40. Residence Eddyville, nativity New Jersey. Enlisted April 9, 1863

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Thompson, James R. Age 32. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April l 9,
1863

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Thompson, Samuel B. Age 21. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9,
1863

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Towglin, David W. Age 29. Residence Eddyville, nativity West Indies. Enlisted April 9,
1863

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Truax, Thomas J. Age 29. Residence Eddyville, nativity Virginia. Enlisted April 9,
1863

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Walton, Christopher. Age 45. Residence Eddyville, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
April 9, 1863.

Ware, John T. Age 32. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 9, 1863.

Wells, Benjamin. Age 23. Residence Centerville, nativity Indiana. Enlisted May 20,
1863. Mustered May 20, 1863

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Whalley, William C. Age 34. Residence Eddyville, nativity Alabama. Enlisted April 9,
1863.

Wright, Robert B. Age 40. Residence Eddyville, nativity Virginia. Enlisted April 9,
1863.