ROCK ISLAND MEN IN THE IOWA CALVARY

 

SECOND IOWA CAVALRY

Company A

Marshal H. Dillon, Drury; e. Aug. , 1863

Jesse W. Brewer, Rock Island; e. Aug. 8, 1862; accidentally killed himself at Iuka, Miss.

Samuel B. Fox, Illinois City; e. Aug. 1, 1861; m. o. Oct. 3, 1864

Jesse Hayes, Rock Island; e. Aug. 4, 1863; killed at Tallahatchie, Miss., Aug. 9, 1864, grave 305 in National cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.;

Amasa Kinnan, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 1, 1861; pro. 5th, 4th and 18t sergt, and 2nd lieut, and m. o. Sept 19, 1865 .

Company B

John D. Burgh, Rock Island ; e. July 30,1861 ; captured at Farmington , May 9, 1862 , paroled exchange May 30, 1862 , deserted July, 1862.

 

Company C

Andrew J. Abbott, Canoe Creek; John M. Frazier, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; in. o. corp., Oct. 3, 1864

Edwin H. Hobart, Port Byron; e. Aug. 14, 1861, reduced to ranks from corp., July 1, 1862.

Company E

Ferdinand Dorfler, Moline; e. Aug. 16, 1861; m. o. Sept. 19, 1865, as corp.

Charles Eckhardt, Rock Island; e. Aug. 16, 1861; m. o. Oct. 3, 1864, Davenport, la.

John F. Felchner, Moline; e. Sept. 10. 1861; m. o. Sept. 19, 1865

veteran; Gustave Frederichs, Moline; e. Aug. 16, 1861; m. o. Sept. 19, 1865, veteran

August Grants, Moline; e. Sept 2, 1861; m. o. Sept. 19, 1865, veteran, pro. reg. com. sergt.

Jonathan Melvin, Moline; e. Aug. 16, 1861; died of disease, June 10, at Burr Oak, Michigan

Peter Mumm, Moline; e. Sept. 2, 1861 veteran, corp., m. o. Sept. 19,1865

Charles Reese, Moline; e. Sept. 2, 1861; 3d sergt., m. o. Sept. 19, 1865

John Schroeder, Moline; e. Aug. 23, 1861; m. o. June 17, 1865

Christopher Scherchel, Hampton; e. Sept 4, 1861; dis. disa.; Jan. 1, 1862

Michael Schmidt, Hampton; e. Sept. 5, 1861; pro. farrier, m. o. Oct. 3, 1864

George Steller, Hampton ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; reduced to ranks from saddler.

Company I

David E. Ziegler, Coe township; e. Aug. 4, 1861; veteran, corp., m. o. Sept 19, 1865, at Selma, Ala.

Charles F. Ziegler, Coe township; e. Aug. 4, 1861; same as above

Nehemiah R. Ziegler, Coe township; e. Sept. 2, 1864; m. o. June 17, 1865, at East Port, Miss.

Company G

Thaddeus O. Chase, Moline; e. Aug. 18, 1862; re-en, as veteran March 28, 1864, m. o. Sept 19, 1865, was also in Mexican war.

SIXTH IOWA CAVALRY

Company B

William Conaway, Rock Island; e. Sept 5, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1865

John Johns, Rock Island; e. Dec. 1, 1862; bugler, m. o. Oet 17, 1865

William Teague, Rock Island; e. Sept 5, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City

Walter E. Truax, Rock Island; e. Sept. 5, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17,1865, Sioux City

SEVENTH IOWA CAVALRY

Company A

Philo B. McNall, Rock Island ; e. July 16, 1861; dis. March 10, 1863 .

Company B

Aaron Howser, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 8, 1864 ; tr. to Co. A, 8th Inf., and B, 48th Inf.

Company F

Robert McFarland, Rock Island ; e. Dec. 12, 1863 ; deserted June 15, 1864 .

Company G

William A. Aggart, Rock Island; e. Sept 9, 1864; dis. July 26, 1865

William G. Burrows, Rock Island; e. Sept. 8,1864; dis. July 26, 1865

Edward R. Harris, Rock Island; e. Sept 9, 1864; dis. July 26, 1865.

EIGHTH IOWA VOLUNTEERS

Company K

Nicholas Blair, Drury; e. Sept. 3, 1863 , dis.

NINTH IOWA CAVALRY

Company A

Jacob Burkett, Drury.

Company L

Homer Crandall, Canoe Creek

James Ducruberg, Buffalo Prairie

Hiram Burger, Buffalo Prairie

Alfred Burger, Buffalo Prairie

Ernest Kramer, Zuma.

 

 

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