Mancil C. Goodrell

Mancil C. Goodrell. — Born in Ohio. Entered the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer, January 29, 1862; served in the Army of the Tennessee, under General Grant, at the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862; siege of Corinth, Mississippi; battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862; battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; campaign through Central Mississippi; siege and capture of Vicksburg; capture of Jackson, Mississippi; Meridian Expedition, under General Sherman; reenlisted as a veteran volunteer, January 30, 1864; served in the army of the Tennessee, under General Sherman, during the Atlanta campaign, and in the battles of July 21, 22, and 28, in front of Atlanta; capture of Atlanta and Jonesborough, Georgia; pursuit of Hood through Georgia and Alabama; from thence with General Sherman on the march to the sea, and through the Carolinas. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 9, 1865; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1865-6; frigate "Franklin." European Squadron, 1866-8; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1869-72. Commissioned First Lieutenant, 1870; steamer "Frolic," S. A. Station, 1872-3 ; iron-clad "Roanoke," N. A. S., 1874; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1875-8; training-ship "Saratoga," 1878-81; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C., 1881; "Swatara," 1882-5; Panama Expedition, April and May, 1885; Marine Barracks, Annapolis, 1885-6; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, N. H., 1887. Promoted Captain, July 16, 1886; Marine Barracks, Norfolk, 1888-9; "Pensacola," 1889-90.

SOURCE: Lewis Randolph Hamersly, The Records Of Living Officers Of The U.S. Navy And Marine Corps, 4th Edition, 1890, p. 387