FIRST REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Term of service three months.

Mustered into service of the United States at Keokuk, Iowa,
May 14, 1861, by Lieutenant Alexander Chambers, U S. A.

Mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21, 1861, by Captain
Albert Tracy, Tenth United States Infantry.

Roster of Field, Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Staff Officers at muster in of organization, together with subsequent appointments from civil life.


FIELD AND STAFF.

John Francis Bates. Residence Dubuque. Appointed Colonel. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861.

William H. Merritt. Residence Cedar Rapids. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861.

Asbury B. Porter. Age 53. Residence Mount Pleasant, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Major. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See Field and Staff, Fourth Cavalry.

George W. Waldron. Age 35. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Appointed Adjutant May 13, 1861. Mustered May 14, 1861. Wounded by rifle ball in leg below knee, Aug. 10, 1861, Wilson's Creek, Mo. See company I, First Infantry, also Field and Staff, Fourth Cavalry.

Theodore Guelich. Age 31. Residence Davenport. Appointed Quartermaster April 25, 1861. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See company D, Forty-eighth Infantry.

William H. White. Residence Iowa City. Appointed Surgeon. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See Field and Staff, Twenty-second Infantry.

Hugo Reichenbach. Appointed Assistant Surgeon. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861.

I. K. Fuller. Residence Dubuque. Appointed Chaplain. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

Charles E. Compton. Age 24. Nativity New Jersey. Appointed Sergeant Major April 18, 1861. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See company A; also company I, Eleventh Infantry.

William W. Hughes. Age 30. Residence Iowa City, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant April 18, 1861. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See company B; also company A, Twenty-second Infantry.

Samuel Holmes. Age 21. Nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Hospital Steward April 18, 1861. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See company A; also company B, Thirty-fifth Infantry.

Thomas M. Cummins. Age 22. Nativity Ohio. Appointed Drum Major April 18, 1861. Mustered May 14, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See company A of this regiment.

Henry M. Kilmartin. Appointed Fife Major. Mustered May 24, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861. See company E of this regiment.


LINE OFFICERS.

Names of company officers at muster in of their companies. Service record given opposite their names in the alphabetical roster following.

COMPANY "A"

Markoe Cummins, Captain.
Benjamin Beach, 1st Lieutenant.
George A. Satterlee, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY ''B"

Bradley Mahanna, Captain.
Harvey Graham, 1st Lieutenant.
Andrew Jackson Rians, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY "C"

Alexander L. Mason, Captain.
William Pursell, 1st Lieutenant.
William F. Davis, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY "D"

Charles L. Matthies, Captain.
Mathias Keller, 1st Lieutenant.
Joseph Enderle, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY"E"

George F. Streaper, Captain.
John C. Abercrombie, 1st Lieutenant.
George W. Peirson, 2nd Lieutenant.

COMPANY "F"

Samuel M. Wise, Captain.
George A. Stone, 1st Lieutenant.
Simeon F. Roderick, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY "G"

Augustus Wentz, Captain.
Theodore Guelich, 1st Lieutenant.
Johannes Ahlefeldt, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY "H"

Frederick Gottschalk, Captain.
Jacob Duttle, 1st Lieutenant.
Joseph Giger, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY "I"

Frank J. Herron, Captain.
William H. Clark, 1st Lieutenant.
George W. Waldron, 2nd Lieutenant.


COMPANY "K"

Thomas Z. Cook, Captain.
John C. Marvin, 1st Lieutenant.
George W. Stinson, 2nd Lieutenant.

SOURCE: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers During the War of the Rebellion, Vol. 1, p. 9-11