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Date: 12 Apr 2006 02:34:37 -0000


Polk County IA Archives History - Books .....Polk County In The War - 47th Iowa Infantry 1898
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Book Title: Annals Of Polk County, Iowa And City Of Des Moines

FORTY-SEVENTH. (ONE HUNDRED DAYS.)

This regiment was one of the ten tendered by the Government to the War
Department, under the call for 85,000 men, for aid to General Sherman in his
campaign of 1864. The offer was accepted, and at the close of the term of 100
days, President Lincoln, in a special manner, returned thanks to the regiment
for the efficient service rendered in the brilliant victories over Hood and
Johnston in Georgia. The regiment was mustered into the United States service
June 4, 1864.

Polk county was represented in Companies A, F, H and I.

COMPANY A.

Laudaker, Josephus, enlisted May 24, 1864.

COMPANY F. Mustered in June 4, 1864.

David J. Pattee, captain.
Welden England, first lieutenant.
Josiah M. Vale, second lieutenant.
Edward A. Lewis, first sergeant.
Samuel S. Etheridge, second sergeant.
Hiram Smith, third sergeant.
Lionel Foster, fourth sergeant.
Charles F. Whitney, first corporal.
William. H. Turner, second corporal.
Ripley N. Baylies, third corporal.
Leander Bolton, fifth corporal.
Horace B. Baker, sixth corporal.
Charles T. P. Bass, seventh corporal.
Alvin J. McCrary, eighth corporal.
Welcome C. Geer, musician.

PRIVATES.

Barlow, James M.
Blair, John G.
Blodgett, Charles W.
Bolton, Homer.
Bolton, Lewis E.
Brooks, Benjamin A.
Brown, Leonard.
Bryan, Samuel H.
Chenoweth, Simon M.
Couch, Josephus.
Crow, Edward.
Crow, William M.
Dailey, James J.
Day, Edwin W.
Evans, Ira T.
Fagan, Ezra B.
Flemming, Edwin S.
Frazier, George S.
Gaston, William H.
Hague, Joseph.
Holliday, Solomon B.
Hunter, David J.
Hyland, Edmund.
Jeffries, Charles W.
Johnson, Arthur W.
Jones, George W.
Jones, James W.
Kimmons, John.
Koozer, Daniel.
Little, George M.
Martin, David.
Mattern, Miles D., died at Helena August 27, 1864.
Mitchell, Henry S.
Mitchell, Wm. B.
Mott, David B.
Morgan, Frank P.
McCain, George D.
McConnell, Benjamin I.
McConnell, Oscar.
McDonald, Michael.
McCurdy, John L., died at Helena, Arkansas, August 1, 1864.
McDowell, John B.
Nicholas, John W.
Peet, Edward W.
Peet, Henry J.
Rollins, Millard F., died at Helena, Arkansas, July 16, 1864.
Robinson, Lorenzo L.
Rutherford, John.
Sampson, William C.
Searbrough, Martin.
Shaw, Thomas.
Sleckman, John.
Smith, William H. M.
Smith, William H.
Smith, Scott
Stone, George T.
Tarbell, Edward.
Ward, William H.
Weeks, A. W. C.
Wilshire, John.
Wright, Michael.

COMPANY H.

McCarthy, Felix, enlisted May 16, 1864.

COMPANY I.

Low, Madison, enlisted August 23.
Mason, Oscar B., enlisted August 23.
Stone, George, enlisted August 24.


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ANNALS OF POLK COUNTY, IOWA,
AND
CITY OF DES MOINES
BY WILL PORTER.

"And this volume, dedicated to its people, sets forth in attractive style all
the facts and incidents that go to make up the history of which all citizens are
justly proud."
—Major Hoyt Sherman.

GEO. A. MILLLER PRINTING COMPANY,
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS,
DES MOINES, IOWA,
1898.

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