Captain, Company B, 39th Iowa Infantry
Born in Wisconsin, he was just 22 years & resided in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa when he was appointed First Lieutenant in Company B of the 39th Iowa Infantry on August 6, 1862. He was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Herron, near Davenport, Iowa on November 24, 1862 by Captain H. B. Hendershott of the Regular Army.
On July 4th, 1863, while in camp near Corinth, Mississippi, a few of the boys of the 39th Iowa Infantry “concluded to have a little dance, and some went to sweeping the earth, while others went after the girls. Of the latter were Lieut’s. Marshal and Blodgett, who were on the road for a couple of fair damsels, when out stepped about a dozen guerrillas, and called to them to halt. - Their horses wheeled, the rebels fired, and Lt. Marshal fell dead, pierced by four bullets.” Lieutenant Blodgett escaped and brought the news to camp but before the men of the 39th could arrive at the scene of the incident the Rebels had already taken the Leiutenant Marshall’s boots, money and revolver.
Lieutenant Blodgett was promoted to Captian on August 7, 1864 and shorly thereafter was killed in action at Allatoona, Georgia October 5, 1864. Blodgett was one of the best line officers which the State of Iowa Sent into the field. His untimely death caused a profound sensantion at Des Moines where his remains were taken and buried inWoodlawn Cemtery more than a year after his heroic death.
Sources: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; Letter from T. A. Trent, published in The Union Sentinel, 25 July 1863; Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion,Vol. 5, p. 939, 956; Lurton Dunham Ingersoll, Iowa and the Rebellion, p. 724
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Letter from T. A. Trent – July 25, 1863
Collin Marshall
Born in Wisconsin, he was just 22 years & resided in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa when he was appointed First Lieutenant in Company B of the 39th Iowa Infantry on August 6, 1862. He was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Herron, near Davenport, Iowa on November 24, 1862 by Captain H. B. Hendershott of the Regular Army.
On July 4th, 1863, while in camp near Corinth, Mississippi, a few of the boys of the 39th Iowa Infantry “concluded to have a little dance, and some went to sweeping the earth, while others went after the girls. Of the latter were Lieut’s. Marshal and Blodgett, who were on the road for a couple of fair damsels, when out stepped about a dozen guerrillas, and called to them to halt. - Their horses wheeled, the rebels fired, and Lt. Marshal fell dead, pierced by four bullets.” Lieutenant Blodgett escaped and brought the news to camp but before the men of the 39th could arrive at the scene of the incident the Rebels had already taken the Leiutenant Marshall’s boots, money and revolver.
Lieutenant Blodgett was promoted to Captian on August 7, 1864 and shorly thereafter was killed in action at Allatoona, Georgia October 5, 1864. Blodgett was one of the best line officers which the State of Iowa Sent into the field. His untimely death caused a profound sensantion at Des Moines where his remains were taken and buried inWoodlawn Cemtery more than a year after his heroic death.
Sources: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; Letter from T. A. Trent, published in The Union Sentinel, 25 July 1863; Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion,Vol. 5, p. 939, 956; Lurton Dunham Ingersoll, Iowa and the Rebellion, p. 724
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Letter from T. A. Trent – July 25, 1863
Collin Marshall
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