McArthur, Henry C. — Born in Circleville, Ohio, August 27, 1839; mustered into Company E, Fifteenth Iowa Volunteers, October 14, 1861; promoted fourth, second, and first sergeants. Company K, and first lieutenant, Company H; wounded in battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862; also July 21, 1864. while charging the enemy's works in front of Atlanta; detailed aid-de-camp to General Belknap January 6, 1865; brevetted captain and major, United States Volunteers, for "gallant and meritorious conduct;" mustered out July 24, 1865; appointed United States assessor, Internal Revenue, at Memphis, Mo., March, 1870; United States surveyor of customs at Lincoln, Nebr., February, 1889; captain, United States guard, and assistant custodian at Government Building, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., April, 1901; laborer in the Department of State November 1, 1901; assigned to duty in connection with Department's exhibit at Charleston Exposition December 1, 1901; assistant messenger July 1, 1902; assigned to duty in connection with the Department's exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Mo., April 3, 1904; assigned to duty in connection with Department's exhibit at Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland, Oreg., April 11, 1905; clerk at $900 July 2, 1906; at $1,000 March 4, 1907; assigned to duty in connection with the Department's exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle, Wash., March 31, 1909.
SOURCE: United States Department of State, Register Of The Department Of State, September 20, 1911, p. 83
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