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The other important battles in which the Twenty-ninth was engaged were those of Arkansas Post and Spanish Fort. Throughout all the service which the regiment saw it maintained the character given it in the report of the commanding office. It was mustered out at New Orleans, August 15, 1865.

TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY.

David F. Eatkins, assistant surgeon, commissioned September 16, 1862.

COMPANY A.

Caldwell, Stuart S., private, enlisted February 19, 1862.

COMPANY B.

Marquis L. Andrews, captain, commissioned December 1, 1861; Lewis M. Deupser, first lieutenant, commissioned December 1, 1862; Edward T. Sheldon, second lieutenant, commissioned December 1, 1862; Charles F. Little, first sergeant, enlisted August 9, 1862; Isaac M. Warren, second sergeant, enlisted August 15, 1862; Andrew J. Van Eaton, third sergeant, enlisted August 12, 1862; Fielding J. McClintoc, fourth sergeant, enlisted August 14, 1862; Benton P. Taylor, fifth sergeant, enlisted August, 1862; George A. Davies, first corporal, enlisted August 13, 1862; Jesse Stranathan, second corporal, enlisted August 14, 1862; John M. Johnson, third corporal, enlisted August 13, 1862; Thomas M. Britt, fourth corporal, enlisted August 3, 1862; Wm. Stranathan, fifth corporal, enlisted August 14, 1862; John T. Dupree, sixth corporal, enlisted August 9, 1862; John H. McClelland, seventh corporal, enlisted August 22, 1862; Samuel C. Chessley, eighth corporal, enlisted August 9, 1862.

PRIVATES.

John L. Allison, enlisted August 13, 1862; James Anthony, enlisted August 13, 1862; Albert Anson, enlisted August 7, 1862; Jefferson H. Alley, enlisted August 13, 1862; James Babcock, enlisted August 9, 1862; Solomon J. Babcock, enlisted August 12, 1862; Green B. Berryman, enlisted August 12, 1862; Wm. R. Barnes, enlisted August 16, 1862; Ephriam H. Birchard, enlisted August 12, 1862; Josephus V. Carnes, enlisted August 12, 1862; Wm. N. Carr, enlisted August 12, 1862; James H. Cattron, enlisted August 16, 1862; George G. Chambers, enlisted August 14, 1862; Milton P. Chambers, enlisted August 14, 1862; Jacob Cotherman, enlisted August 9, 1862; Nathan T. Davis, enlisted August 12, 1862; Thomas G. Davis, enlisted August 14, 1862; John A. Davis, enlisted enlisted August 12, 1862; Wash. M. Dickens, enlisted August 14, 1862; James Douglas, enlisted August 11, 1862; Henry L. Donner, enlisted August 13, 1862; Moses T. Deupree, enlisted August 5, 1862; Franklin F. Ellsworth, enlisted August 11, 1862; Jesse Endicott, enlisted August 18, 1862; Warren K. Follett, enlisted August 13, 1862; Phillip A. Gayer,

enlisted August 13, 1862; Charles Hamaker, enlisted August 16, 1862; John A. Hewins, enlisted August 16, 1862; Hadley J. Hobson, enlisted August 12, 1862; Isaac Hollister, enlisted August 16, 1862; Luke Hymon, enlisted August 14, 1862; Harvey Kempton, enlisted August 15, 1862; Geo. Knouff, enlisted August 4, 1862; Wm. M. Latta, enlisted August 9, 1862; Chris. Lookerbill, enlisted August 13, 1862; Harvey Meadows, enlisted August 5, 1862; Nath. W. Meadows, enlisted August 5, 1862; James A. Meadows, enlisted August 9, 1862, died at Helena, January 29, 1863; Henry S. Miller, enlisted August 15, 1862; Jos. M. Miller, enlisted August 15, 1862; Isaac Mullen, enlisted August 11, 1862; Geo. W. Newman, enlisted August 16, 1862; Henry H. Nelson, enlisted August 8, 1862; Francis E. Nichols, enlisted August 4, 1862; Jesse M. Noah, enlisted August 9, 1862; Emery W. Pitzer, enlisted August 16, 1862; Jason Powell, enlisted August 10, 1862; Luard K. Reed, enlisted August 21, 1862; Abraham Roberts, enlisted August 9, 1862; Samuel Savage, enlisted August 19, 1862; John Sloneton, enlisted August 9, 1862; Robert Story, enlisted August 9, 1862; Nathaniel H. Stone, enlisted August 9, 1862; Oliver W. Stroud, enlisted August 15, 1862; John H. Suits, enlisted August 13, 1862; Jas. Tarpenning, enlisted August 18, 1862; Garry Treat, enlisted August 23, 1862; Charles F. Wells, enlisted August 16, 1862; Henry L. West, enlisted August 12, 1862; Ira S. Wilson, enlisted August 11, 1862; William Wilson, enlisted August 12, 1862; Thomas Wiles Jr., enlisted August 12, 1862; Robert H. Williams, enlisted August 12, 1862; Arthur O. Williams, enlisted August 12, 1862; William A. White, enlisted August 14, 1862; William H. Wood, enlisted August 16,

1862.

ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.

Sylvester Cary, enlisted December 26, 1863; Miles M. Harris, enlisted December 6, 1863; Benjamin F. Ham, enlisted December 29, 1863; Don Carlos Hoyt, enlisted December 26, 1863; Samuel Pursell, enlisted December 26, 1863; Melvin H. Byers, enlisted January 5, 1864; John C. Briggs, enlisted February 12, 1864; Leroy R. F. Brill, enlisted March 30, 1864; Stephen R. Carter, enlisted March 24, 1864; John Carter, enlisted March 30, 1864; William E. Dupree, enlisted January 5, 1864; William T. Green, enlisted December 24, 1863; Newton B. Pitzer, enlisted January 2, 1864; Lewis Sherman, enlisted January 18, 1864; Oliver Stroud, enlisted December 28, 1863.

COMPANY K.

Appler R. Wright, captain, commissioned December 1, 1862; John S. Miller, first sergeant, enlisted August 13, 1862; Oscar F. Wilson, fourth corporal, enlisted August 12, 1862; Charles M. Dawson, seventh corporal, enlisted August 15, 1862.

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Moses Banister, enlisted October 1, 1862; Pleasant E. Bogart, enlisted October 20, 1862; John A. Boswell, enlisted August 16, 1862; Josiah Enochs, enlisted October 25, 1862; David Evans, enlisted August 11, 1862; George W. Foster, enlisted August 22, 1862; Reuben W. Gilliland, enlisted August 10, 1862; William Hall, enlisted August 23, 1862; James P. Haynie, enlisted August 9, 1862; Nelson Homewood, enlisted August 15, 1862; Elijah Jenkins, enlisted August 12, 1862; William Jones, enlisted August 12, 1862; Henry L. Leroy, enlisted October 24, 1892; John F. Lambert, enlisted August 10, 1862; John McCulley, enlisted October 24, 1862; George Marion, enlisted August 15, 1862; William Metcalf, enlisted October 20, 1862; Benjamin J. Meadows, enlisted February 2, 1865; Francis Parker, enlisted December 3, 1862; James L. Pickett, enlisted October 27, 1862; Horace A. Smith, enlisted October 20, 1862; William Teague, enlisted August 12, 1862; Charles L. Webster, enlisted August 12, 1862; Henry H. Woodrow, enlisted October 24, 1862.

ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.

Alfred B. Bonner, enlisted February 3, 1864; John R. Bishop, enlisted January 16, 1864; James Conoran, enlisted December 23, 1863; Charles Reynolds, enlisted January 16, 1864.

RECRUITS WHOSE COMPANIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S

OFFICE.

Thomas Clark, enlisted December 8, 1863; Levi Kilgore, enlisted December 20, 1863; William Lovit, enlisted December 3, 1863; Lereno Lyman, enlisted September 17, 1863; Newton B. Pitzer, enlisted January 2, 1864; Oliver Stroud, enlisted December 28, 1863.

FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.

This regiment was enlisted to serve for the term of one hundred days. The men in it from Mills county formed part of company K, which was enrolled in Lucas county, under proclamation of the governor of the state, for one hundred day's service, dated April 25, 1864. The company was ordered into quarters May 25, 1864; and was mustered into the United States service at camp McClellan, Davenport, by Captain Alexander Chambers, U. S. A., June 10, 1864. On the 14th of June the regiment was despatched to Cairo, Illinois, arriving on the following day, and on the 17th started to report to General Washburne, at Memphis, Tennessee. June 27, the regiment was ordered to Collinsville, Tennessee, to garrison that post, and to protect the railroad property in that vicinity. The command returned to Memphis on the 1st of September, and on the tenth were ordered to Cairo, arriving at that place on the 14th. September 16th, found the regiment at Davenport, at which place it was mustered out and paid off September 23, 1864, having seen no service it battle whatever.

ROSTER.

COMPANY A.

PRIVATES.

John R. Blair, enlisted May 8, 1864; George Bannan, enlisted May 8, 1864; Timothy W. Coolidge, enlisted May 11, 1864; John C. Gingry, enlisted May 18, 1864; Wm. R. Long, enlisted May 20, 1864; Edward P. Madison, enlisted May 15, 1864; Robert B. Windham, enlisted May 18, 1864.

FOURTH CAVALRY.

Of this regiment company A. was raised in Mills and Fremont counties, for the greater part. It was ordered into quarters by the governor, August 26, 1861, and was mustered into the service of the United States by Captain Alexander Chambers, U. S. A., at Mt. Pleasant, November 23, 1861, two hundred and sixty miles from place of enrollment. The regiment was mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, August 8, 1865. The reader is referred to pages 245-246, of this volume, for the engagements participated in by this regiment, in every one of which the men acquitted themselves bravely. In Colonel Winslow's history of the regiment for 1864, occurs the following:

"The cavalry of our armies have during the past year engraven on the pages of history a record as glorious as that of the dragoons of Murat and Ney, and our gallant troopers can point to the campaigns in Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri, for results as magnificent and complete as were ever accomplished by any arm of the service.

"The Fourth Iowa cavalry has been continually on the move since the first of May, and has materially aided in the success of all the movements with which it has been connected. Though distant from the two great military centers, Richmond and Atlanta, our labors and dangers have not been great or positive, and every one connected with the regiment has good reason for being satisfied with our conduct, and with the result of our many expeditions. Four expeditions against Forrest and one against Price, bear testimony to the fatigues endured, the dangers encountered, the defeats shared, the victories won. Participating in nearly all the marches and present at every engagement of my regiment to the 24th of October last, I am thoroughly conversant with all that these brave soldiers have undergone and accomplished, yet I confess myself utterly incompetent to give them the credit which they have so nobly earned. Unlike infantry commands, where losses are sustained on certain days or in particular battles far apart, cavalry regiments seldom meet with heavy losses at any one time, but every day records the death, wounding or capture of the trooper, in some one of the innumerable skirmishes or scouts in which,

as the 'eyes of the army', cavalry are engaged. While the infantry soldier has his seasons of inactivity and rest, the trooper has no day nor hour which he can call his own, but is aroused at all times and at any moment by the sound of the bugle, calling him to mount and move to the front. How often does he curse the credulity of his commanding officers, when he finds that his long ride has been fruitless of results. Very few appreciate what the cavalry soldier endures or accomplishes for his country, hence I have written the above few words in his behalf."

The gallant Colonel here pays a well deserved tribute to the noble men of the fourth cavalry. They did deserve all he has said of them and

more.

ROSTER.
COMPANY A.

Daniel B. Baker, farrier, enlisted September 3, 1861.

PRIVATES.

David Armstrong, enlisted September 4, 1861; William Dean, enlisted September 4, 1861; William H. Good, enlisted September 4, 1861; William H. Stringfield, enlisted September 4, 1861, promoted to fifth corporal; George W. Van Doran, enlisted September 4, 1861; Aaron L. Van Dorn, enlisted September 4, 1861; William S. Hunt, enlisted December 23, 1861, transferred from company G, February 5, 1862.

FIFTH CAVALRY.

Of this regiment, Mills county men were in companies B and C. The greater number were in company B, which was enrolled in Douglass county, Nebraska, and ordered into quarters by the governor of that territory, and mustered into the service of the United States at Omaha, by Lieutenant J. N. H. Patrick, September 21, 1861, under a proclamation of the President of the United States, bearing date of July 23, 1861. In company C, which was enrolled in Douglass county, Nebraska Territory, and mustered into the service September 19, and October 3, 1861, there were but three enlistments from this county.

This regiment was originally known as the "Curtis Horse,” and commenced its organization at Benton barracks, near St. Louis, Missouri, December 20, 1861, pursuant to special order number 70, St. Louis. The month of January, 1862, was passed in organizing, drilling, arming, and equipping the regiment for the field, under the direction of Colonel Lowe. On February 8, 1862, the regiment left Benton barracks under orders, for Fort Henry, Tennessee, at which point it arrived February 11th. The regiment was baptized into real war at the battle of Paris, March 11, 1862. On March 27th; it was added to the army of the Tennessee, remaining until August 29, a lapse of five months. On the 25th of June, 1862. the regiment of Curtis Horse was assigned to the state of Iowa, and

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