This is one of the books in our library. This volume lists the name of the war veteran, the
state where they served, their regiment, their rank and what city in Iowa they were living
in at that time.
Included in this book are the following: the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Black
Hawk War, the Florida War, the Seminole War, and the Indian War. Given its publication
year, the Civil War veterans is the bulk of the book. Of interest – Washington is listed as
“Washington Territory” and North and South Dakota were simply “Dakota”. We also
have a paper written by the Draheims from Clarion, that gives a breakdown of how the
civil war started. While there is much information in these, we note that Abraham
Lincoln, the first Republican president, was inaugurated in March, 1861. Less, than a
month later, April 14, 1861, the War Between the States began.
“ 76,242 Iowa men (out of a total population of 674,913 in 1860) served in the military.
13,001 died of wounds or disease (two-thirds of whom were of the latter). 8,500 Iowa
men were wounded. Though the total number of Iowans who served in the military during
the Civil War seems small compared to the more heavily populated eastern and southern
states, no other state, north or south, had a higher percentage of its male population
between the ages of 15 and 40 serve in the military during the course of the war.”
Wikipedia statistics. If you have an ancestor who served in the Civil War, there are
various veterans groups dedicated to keeping these memories alive. In honor of our
ancestors who served in this war, here is a list of those in the book who were living in
Wright Co. at the time. (Any misspellings are the editor's fault!)
BELMOND
Sergeant Frank Christie, First Cavalry Company A, Connecticut
Lieutenant S. N. Hinman, First Cavalry Company C, Connecticut
Private W.H. Parsons, Third Cavalry Company A, Illinois
Private James M. Pierce, Seventh Cavalry Company C, Illinois
First Lt. Corydon J Boughton, Eight Cavalry Company D, Illinois
Private Thomas Edwards, Eight Cavalry, Company L, Illinois
Second Lt. S. D. Martin, Eighth Cavalry Company D, Illinois
First Lt. John Brewsaw, 28th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Private Austin Andrews, 71st Infantry, Company I, Illinois
Private William Shoemaker, 92nd Infantry, Company B, Illinois
Private William Sabin, 96th Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Corporal Joshua Leonard, 2nd Cavalry, Company M, Iowa
Private John S. Pritchard, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Private J. M. Waltz, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Private August Brandis, 6th Cavalry, Company L, Iowa
Private Fred Luick, Second Infantry, Company C, Iowa
Private N. M. Wolcott, 4th Infantry, Company K, Iowa
Sgt. D. L. Cuppett, 9th Infantry, Company G, Iowa
Chaplain J D Sands, 19th Infantry, Iowa
Corporal John P. Beyers, 27th Infantry, Company D, Iowa
Private John Digman, 27th Infantry, Company H, Iowa
Private J. W. Logan, 27th Infantry, Company H, Iowa
Sergeant W. J. Smith, 6th Infantry, Company D, Michigan
Private A.P. Lord, 19th Infantry, Company C, Michigan
Private William Kame, 25th Infantry, Company G, Michigan
Private D. N. Moon, 8th Cavalry, Company C, New York
Private Henry Donaldson, 20th Cavalry, Company B, New York
Private Phillip Eighmy, 56th Infantry, Company H, New York
Private John Henn, 87th Infantry, Company D, Pennsylvania
Colonel T. B. Kaufmann, 290th Infantry, Pennsylvania
Private William Finn, 5th Artillery, Company D, United States
Corporal Levi Metcalf, 5th Artillery, Company L, United States
Private George W. Crane, 5th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private William Culver, Sixth Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Private Charles Rock, 10th Infantry, Company B, Wisconsin
Private Arne Arueson, 15th Infantry, Company D, Wisconsin
Private G. A. Thompson, 2nd Regiment Infantry; Mexican War
“GHOST TOWNS”
Sgt. Elijah Thomas, 92nd Infantry, Company F, Illinois; Bruce
Private John Wilson, First Calvary Company M, Iowa: Thrall
Private Charles Parks, 7th Calvary Company G, Iowa; Thrall
Private L. A. Heupner, 48th Infantry Company D, Iowa; Thrall
Private George B. Albee, Second Calvary, Company E, Wisconsin, Thrall
Private J F. Carson, 8th Infantry Company I, Iowa; Florence
There are soldiers listed in Moscow and Waterman, but there are other towns in Iowa with that name,so cannot say for sure they lived in Wright Co.
GALT
Private William P. Champlin, 95th Infantry Company I, Illinois; Galtville
Private H.H. Oberton, 113th Infantry Company G, Illinois, Galtville
Private Solomon Smith, 18th Infantry Company G United States, Galtville
Private Merritt Tubbs, 1st Cavalry Company F, Wisconsin, Galtville
Private C.C. Boyington, 13th Infantry, Company H, Wisconsin, Galtville
Private John Delano, 14th Infantry Company G, Wisconsin, Galtville
ROWAN
Private Alfred Utter, 21st Infantry, Company C, Iowa, Rowan
Private A.M. Jones, 23rd Infantry Company C, Iowa, Rowan
Corporal J. F. Kent, 33rd Infantry, Company A, Iowa, Rowan
Corporal J.W. Hill, 36th Infantry, Company E, Iowa, Rowan
Private S. T. Fisk, 1st Cavalry Company M, New York, Rowan
Corporal R. A. Holt, 37th Infantry, Company F, Wisconsin, Rowan
John Harrington, Landsman vessel “Germantown” Mexican War, Rowan
WOOLSTOCK
Sergeant B. F. McDanels, 5th Infantry Company A, California, Woolstock
Corporal Ephraim Robbins, 14th Infantry Company H, Illinois, Woolstock
Private Francis Dingman, 27th Infantry Company I, Illinois, Woolstock
Corporal George Johnson, 48th Infantry Company D, Illinois, Woolstock
Sergeant James Renne, 53rd Infantry, Company A, Illinois, Woolstock
Private Thomas Mathews, 112th Infantry Company A, Illinois, Woolstock
Leutinent James D. Smith, 155th Infantry, Company B, Illinois, Woolstock
Private George Palmer, 11th Infantry Company F, Indiana, Woolstock
Private Amos Tuttle, 26th Infantry Company H, Iowa, Woolstock
Private A.J. Frakes, 32nd Infantry, Company K, Iowa, Woolstock
Private Nelson G. Olmstead, 32nd Infantry, Company A, Iowa, Woolstock
Private Emanuel Walling, 44th Infantry, Company G, Iowa, Woolstock
Private J. W. Messenger, 19th Battery, Ohio, Woolstock
Private Philip E. Ward, 98th Infantry, Company I, Ohio, Woolstock
Sergeant John Lillibridge, 83rd Infantry, Company A, Pennsylvania, Woolstock
Private William Spangler, Firs Cavalry, Company A, Wisconsin, Woolstock
Private Henry Adams, 9th Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin, Woolstock
Private A France, tenth Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin, Woolstock
Private A France, 37th Infantry, Company B, Wisconsin, Woolstock
Private Davis Hart, 2nd Regiment infantry, Company F, Mexican War, Woolstock
GOLDFIELD
Corporal C. D. Field, 13th Cavalry, Company C, Illinois, Goldfield
Private Serono Bridge, 15th Calvary, Company G, Illinois
Private Wesley Belknap, 11th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Private Isaac Smith, 33rd Infantry, Company H, Illinois
Private E.E. Gould, 74th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Corporal William Mosley, 75th Infantry, Company A, Illinois
Lieutenant Austin Junkins, 98th Infantry, Company B, Illinois
Private James Braden, 112th Infantry, Company A, Illinois
Sergeant C. E. Agard, 142nd Infantry, Company C, Illinois
Private W. V. Polmateer, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Private William H. Slate, 6th Cavalry, Company H, Iowa
Private David C. Myers, 11th Infantry, Company B, Iowa
Private John Snyder, 32nd Infantry Company F, Iowa
Private A.A. Taft, 44th Infantry Company C, Iowa
Private S. C. Farmer, 48th Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private Isaac Smith, First Artillery, Company A, Missouri
Corporal W. P. Allyn, 21st Infantry, Company F, Missouri
Private James H. McCurry, 121st Infantry, Company F, New York
Private D. M. Burnett, 151st Infantry, Company G, New York
Corporal Milo Plumley, 6th Cavalry, Company E, Ohio
Quartermaster S. M. Huyck, 14th Infantry, Ohio
Private Walter M. Sawin, 189th Infantry, Company B, Ohio
Captain S. M. Huyck, 27th Infantry Company I, United States
Corporal B. F. Smith, 1st Cavalry, Company B, Wisconsin
Private Frank Hartsock, 33rd Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
DOWS
Sergeant Elias Delong, 1st Infantry, Company G, Colorado
Private D. H. Filmore, 8th Cavalry, Company A, Illinois
Private A. B. Wallace, 8th Cavalry Company A, Illinois
Private H. G. Wilson, 8th Cavalry, Company K, Illinois
Private G. Oberton, 42nd infantry, Company G, Illinois
Private T. M. Armstrong, 45th Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Private A. R. Woods, Second Cavalry, Company A, Indiana
Private L. R. Fobes, 6th Cavalry, Company H, Iowa
Private J. R. McElhiney, 3rd Infantry, Company I, Iowa
Sergeant K. Kellogg, 12th Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private Ezra Kramer, 16th Infantry, Company C, Iowa
Private James M. Rice, 22nd Infantry, Company B, Iowa
Private Thomas McDermet, 12th Cavalry, Company B, New York
Private Charles H. Selleck, 6th Heavy Artillery, Company F, New York
Private William Davis, 16th Heaby Artillery, Company B, New York
Major S J. Mendell, 35th Infantry, New York
Private John Spavin, 189th Infantry, Company K, New York
Private B. R. Heath, 102nd Infantry, Company D, Pennsylvania
Private Rufus G. Whipple, 1st Battery, Wisconsin
Private John Morgan, 10th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private Thomas Oleson, 20th Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private Claus Erickson, 22nd Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private John H. Johnson, 22nd Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private Oley Kittleson, 22nd Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private Henry Graber, 25th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Sergeant D. M. Inman, 29th Infantry, Company F, Wisconsin
Private Ole Anderson, 31st Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
D. H. Pepper, 33rd Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin
Private Paul Anderson, 34th Infantry, Company B, Wisconsin
Corporal T. P. Joslin, 38th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private William Whipple, 38th Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin
Private Fred Gade, 45th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private Eric L. Iverson, 46th Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Private P. W. Lewis, 46th Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Private Knud Nelson, 46th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private Oley Christopherson, 47th Infantry, Company K, Wisconsin
EAGLE GROVE
Private W. H. McVicker, 32nd Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Private R. Sniffin, 83rd Infantry, Company A, Illinois
Private A. L. McCusland, 92nd Infantry, Company G, Illinois
Private J. B. Whitley, 92nd Infantry, Company H, Illinois
Private E. J. Davis, 99th Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Private Maurice J. Fitz, 95th Infantry, Company B, Illinois
Private Alden Davis, 147th Infantry, Company I, Illinois
Private W. J. Carder, 53rd Infantry, Company E, Indiana
Private Nelson Slaiken (Slaikeu) 1st Calvary, Company G, Iowa
Private William Cooper, 6th Cavalry, Company H, Iowa
Private W. A. Abbe, 9th Infantry, Company K, Iowa
Private R. Bellingham, 13th Infantry, Company G, Iowa
Private C. H. Griffith, 32nd Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private D. G. Miller, 32nd Infantry, Company C, Iowa
Quartermaster Sergeant W. H. Gray, 7th Infantry, Minnesota
Private R. W. Shook, 9th Infantry Company C, Minnesota
Private James Sheriff, 11th Infantry Company K, Minnesota
Private David Morgan, 6th Heavy Artillery, Company A, New York
Private Joseph Morgan, 6th Heavy Artillery, Company A, New York
Private W. R. Miller, 125th Infantry, Company C, New York
Captain G. Z. Lyman, 142nd Infantry, Company A, New York
Private Oscar A. Schoonover, 50th Engineers, Company M, New York
Corporal E. H. Rogers, 42nd Infantry, Company A, Ohio
Private Anderson Oliver, 96th Infantry, Company E, Ohio
Private Sherman Northrup, 136th Infantry Company I, Pennsylvania
Private E. F. Griffith, 213th Infantry, Company B, Pennsylvania
Private L. A. Taylor, 64th Artillery, Company B, United States
Private B. W. Hilton, 17th Infantry, Company B, Vermont
Private George W. Trude, 8th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private W. V. Moore, 6th Infantry, Company H, Wisconsin
Private Newton Mickelson, 49th Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private John Jenkins, 4th Infantry, Mexican War
CLARION
Private Berry C Baker, Third Cavalry, Company D, Illinois
Private S. P. Huntington,9th Cavalry, Company G, Illinois
Private William H. Countryman, 12 Cavalry, Company A, Illinois
Private John Penfield, 15th Cavalry, Company D, Illinois
Private John Smith, 15 Cavalry, Company K, Illinois
Sergeant A. S. Fox, 34th Infantry Company F, Illinois
Second Lieutenant Peter Brown, 35th Infantry, Company F, Illinois
Private A. H. Thompson, 52nd Infantry, Company C, Illinois
Private Horace Fountaine, 74th Infantry, Company K, Illinois
Private William A. Nelson, 74th Infantry Company F, Illinois
Private John Pearl, 74th Infantry, Company F, Illinois
Sergeant Isaac Yocum, 75th Infantry, Company E, Illinois
Corporal James R. Summers, 106th Infantry, Company E, Illinois
Sergeant S. H. Piatt, 107th Infantry, Company D, Illinois
Private D. N. Yarnell, 45th Infantry, Company F, Indiana
Private S. C. King, 99th Infantry, Company C, Indiana
Bugler W. W. Gates, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Wagoner James Gray, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Sergeant F. A. Harris, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, Iowa
Private Charles Castle, 6th Cavalry, Company B, Iowa
Private A. B. Collins, 7th Cavalry, Company K, Iowa
Bugler W.C. Morton, 7th Cavalry, Company K, Iowa
Musician Jas. R. Lockwood, 3rd Infantry, Company E, Iowa
Corporal John Kent, 12 Infantry, Company G, Iowa
Private Joshua Meeker, 14th Infantry, Company B, Iowa
Private A. J. Lamb, 24th Infantry, Company E, Iowa
Sergeant George G. Rundall, 26th Infantry, Company I, Iowa
Private Simeon Overacker, 32nd Infantry, Company A, Iowa
Private H. G. McBride, 33rd Infantry, Company C, Iowa
Private Franklin E. Lord, 1st Artillery, Company M, Michigan
Private Orris Fox, 8th Infantry, Company A, Minnesota
Sergeant Joseph Stella, 56th Infantry, Company H, New York
Private John R. Rolph, 112th Infantry, Company G, New York
Private William Dawson, 15th Infantry Company E, Ohio
Corporal E. C. Blackburn, 19th Infantry, Company C, Ohio
Private A. S. Bailey, 35th Infantry, Company D, Ohio
Corporal Jermiah Riker, 55th Infantry, Company H, Ohio
Private Marion Dunwoody, 118th Infantry, Company C, Ohio
Private S. F. Hartman, 13th Infantry, Company I, Pennsylvania
Private George Adams, 46th Infantry, Company F, Pennsylvania
Private Lyman B. Turner, 51st Infantry, Company K, Pennsylvania
Captain Philo S. Morton, 100th Infantry, Company C, Pennsylvania
Private Alson D. Page, 15th Infantry, Company B, Vermont
Corporal I. H. King, 1st Infantry, Company C, West Virginia
Sergeant George H. Hardy, 5th Infantry Company D, Wisconsin
Hospital Steward B. P. Entriken, 8th Infantry, Wisconsin
Private Henry Alder, 13th Infantry, Company K, Wisconsin
Captain William F. Gibbs, 16th Infantry, Company D, Wisconsin
Private N. O. Coldren, 22nd Infantry, Company K, Wisconsin
Private J. O. Butler, 23rd Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private Frank L. Dow, 23rd Infantry, Company A, Wisconsin
Sergeant L. P. Armstrong, 13th Infantry, Company C, Wisconsin
Private Andrew R. Ladd, 30th Infantry, Company E, Wisconsin
Private Elijah J Culver, 44th Infantry, Company I, Wisconsin
Private Thomas Wallace, 46th Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin
Private John D. Denison, 51st Infantry, Company G, Wisconsin