Veteranized in the Second consolidated regiment. In 1861, unless otherwise noted.

Taylor, Sanford, October 18; died at
Memphis July 23, 1862.

Williams, Geo. M., August 28, 1862; died March 17, 1863, at St. Louis.

EIGHTH INFANTRY.

The Eighth infantry was organized during the summer of 1861, rendezvoused at Davenport, moved to St. Louis in September, where it remained two weeks, received its equipment and moved to Syracuse, where it was stationed for three months engaged in scouting and pursuing Price in his retreat through Arkansas. It returned to Sedalia, in November, and went into winter quarters. In March following, it went by steamer to Pittsburg Landing, arriving just before the battle of Shiloh, in which it was engaged and was its first battle. It was commanded by Colonel Geddes, its first colonel, Frederick Steele, having been promoted to brigadier-general. In this battle the regiment, with the Second, Seventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth Iowa regiments on its right, held an important position, the Eighth being the connecting link between the divisons of Wallace and Pentiss to defend a battery placed in front of them. The struggle to capture this battery by the enemy was desperate, and the Eighth lost heavily in stubbornly and successfully defending, losing nearly two hundred in killed and wounded. Colonel Geddes was severely wounded in the leg; Major Anderson was severely wounded in the head, thus imposing increased labor upon Lieutenant-colonel Ferguson, who received special mention for his gallantry. His reckless exposure of his person to the enemy evidenced his prowess and bravery. After maintaining their position from early in the morning until after four o'clock, Prentiss' line gave away, on the left of the regiment, and fled to the Landing, when, there being no opposition in front, the enemy swept around to the rear of the Eighth and thus effected its capture about six o'clock in the evening, together with a greater portion of the Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa and Fifty-eighth Illinois. Companies I, C and H of the Eighth, partially escaped capture, and were subsequently attached to the Union brigade, which fought in the advance of Corinth with the second division. The Eighth was the last to leave the advance line of the Union army at Shiloh on that terrible Sunday battle. It could have retreated and saved itself from capture, but its motto was to obey orders, and it was left alone to defend itself and the battery before it for an hour after its supporting column had fled in terror from the field. From this date the paths of companies E, H and I diverged. The history of companies H and I is that of the Union brigade. The troops captured, were sent to Corinth, thence to Memphis, Mobile and Montgomery, where they were placed in cotton-sheds and treated badly for six weeks, when they were moved to Macon, Georgia, and were worse treated, being shot down without provocation for three months, when they were taken to Libby prison and there exchanged, when they were permitted to come home on furlongh, and in December the regiment was re-organized, and in the spring of 1863 joined Grant's army at Milliken's Bend, being assigned to third brigade, third division, Fifteenth army corps, which it accompained in all its tedious marches through Mississippi. It did not go with the army to Chattanooga, but remained at Vicksburg until winter, when it re-enlisted as veterans, came home on furlough, and returning, was ordered to Memphis, where it remained on provost duty nearly a year. It was while there, in August, Forest made his dash into the city. It was at the capture of Spanish Fort,

in the seige of Mobile, the regiment most distinguished itself on the eighth of April, 1865. It was the only regiment that engaged the enemy inside of his work. It captured three stand of colors, five pieces of artillery and four hundred and fifty prisoners, seven of whom were commissioned officers. For its gallantry on this occasion it was permitted to inscribe "Spanish Fort" on its banner. The regiment remained in the vicinity of Mobile until the spring of 1866, when, April 20, they were inustered out at Selma, Alabama, and those not otherwise accounted for mustered out then. Marion county was represented in companies E, H and I, and on the staff; to wit.,

Lemuel Kinkead, sixth corporal;
wounded at Shiloh; discharged
Augustus B. Stanfield, seventh cor-
January 29, 1864.
David W. Rea, eighth corporal;
poral.
+George Fort, musician.
captured at Shiloh.
Wm. Jacob, musician.

PRIVATES.

Allen, Harlan, wounded and cap-
tured at Shiloh; transferred March
15, 1864 to invalid corps.
Andrews, Thomas R., died of small-
pox at Sedalia, Missouri, Decem-
ber 31, 1861.

Bacon, William, captured at Shiloh;
wounded at Spanish Fort.
Brewer, Albert, wounded at Shiloh;
veteranized as corporal.

Banta, Benj. F., wounded at Shiloh; veteranized as corporal. Boughman, Francis M., wounded at Shiloh; died of wounds April 15, 1862.

Clark, Jesse W., wounded at Corinth;
captured at Jackson, Mississippi,
July 10, 1862.

Curtis, Henry G., captured at Shiloh.
Conwell, Joseph, killed at Shiloh.

Croy, David, wounded at Corinth,
discharged March 1, 1866.

Coats, Josiah G., discharged April 26, 1862.

Catrell, Andrew J., discharged January 13, 1862.

*Enlisted August 13, 1861. unless otherwise stated. Veteranized January 1, 1864.

476

Cloe, Philip A., died September 6, | Newman, David, wounded at Cor-
1863, at Sedalia, Missouri.
Druse, Stephen L.

Deem, Melvin H., wounded at Shiloh

and Corinth.

Ferguson, John C., promoted to major September 23, 1861; to lieutenant-colonel February 7,

1862.

Fowler, Zebina H., wounded at Shiloh.

Garton, William.

Henderson, Robert A., captured at
Shiloh.

Hughes, Thomas, wounded and cap-
tured at Shiloh; died in rebel pri-
son at Macon, Georgia, August 5,
1862.

Inman, Abel.

Jessup, Solomon P., captured at
Shiloh; wounded at Spanish Fort.
Lawhead, William, captured at Shi-
loh; died in rebel prison at Macon,
Georgia, October 7, 1862.
Long, Nicholas M., died September

2, 1862, at Danville, Mississippi.
Lemmon, Henry R., captured at
Black River Bridge, Mississippi,
August 18, 1863.

Marsh, Cyrus, died March 18, 1862,
at Sedalia, Missouri.
McMillan, John, captured at Shiloh.
Mark, Edward H.
Mark, Peter H.
Mitchell, John E.

McNeil, Israel, died November 16,
1861, near Sedalia, Missouri.
May, Henry B., captured at Shiloh.
May, Alexander S., captured at Shi-
loh; wounded at Pleasant Hill,
Louisiana, April 9, 1864; died
May 5, 1864, at New Orleans.
McFarling, Wm. M., wounded at
Shiloh and Corinth.
Mitchell, Alfred.

Neeley, Joseph.
Neeley, Daniel..

Neeley, Henry, discharged August

10, 1862.

Newman, Isaiah E., wounded at

Shiloh.

Veteranized January 1, 1864.

inth.
+Nutter, Thomas.

Nicholson, James A., killed by reb-
els at Independence, Missouri,
Neill, Wm. H., captured at Shiloh;
January 17, 1862.
captured at Jackson, Mississippi,
Patterson, James, killed at Shiloh.
July 10, 1863.
Pettit, Nathaniel.

Pershall, James R., captured at Shi-
loh.

+Parker, John H., captured at ShiPetty, John, captured at Shiloh; disloh. charged December 8, 1862. Parker, Lawton B., captured at Shiloh; died July 9, 1863, at VicksRalph, Albert C., captured at Shiburg. Richardson, William. loh.

Reed, John, captured at Shiloh; promoted to sergeant; thence to Roebuck, Wm., wounded and capfirst lieutenant March 3, 1865. tured at Shiloh.

Rigg, Newton P., died at Sedalia,
Missouri, January 7, 1862.
Scott, Lewis, died June 29, 1862, at
Keokuk.

Sweezy, Samuel S., discharged Feb-
ruary 16, 1862.
Shoey, Joshua, discharged February
23, 1862.

Starr, Vanness, died at Sedalia, Mis-
Sherwood, Francis H.
souri, December 12, 1861.
Seley, Ernest, captured at Shiloh.
Thompson, Charles B., captured at
Vanderley, John, wounded at Cor-
Corinth.

inth; discharged January 8, 1863. Vinyard, Thos. J., discharged February 15, 1862.

Woodward, T. J., killed at Shiloh.
Vanderkolk, Thos., killed at Shiloh.

Warren, J. Lewis, wounded at Cor-
Wolfe, Wm. H., wounded at Shiloh.
inth.