Official Report Of the Killed and Wounded of the Iowa Second Regiment in the Battle of Fort Donelson

FORT DONELSON, Tenn.,

Feb. 20, 1862.

EDITOR DAVENPORT GAZETTE – Sir:  By direction of Col. J. M. Tuttle, I herewith enclose an official report, as reported to headquarters of the killed and wounded of the Second Iowa Infantry Volunteers, in the action on the 15th inst., at this place.

ADJUSTANT’S CLERK.

The Following list shows the casualties of the Second Iowa Infantry Regiment, during the field operations in and about Fort Donelson, all of which occurred during the engagement of the 15th inst.

Major N. P. Chipman, severely wounded by a musket ball in the thigh.

Sergeant Major Brawner, slightly wounded.

Company A – Killed.
Private		Richard Hingham
Wounded.
Corporal	Eli Ramsey				severely
do	Henry H. Seiberlich				slightly
do	Thomas A. Stevenson				severely
Private	Seth Farr				probably fatal
do	James M. Patton				severely
do	D. H. Underhill				slightly
do	Douglas Allendorf				do
do	Geo. D Saylor				severely
do	Robert Hall				severely
do	James Quicksell				slightly
do	James Kerr				do
do	Samuel Evans				severely
do	J. J. Goodwin				slightly
do	W. W. K. Harper				do
do	John Traugher				severely
do	John Kipple				slightly
One killed and seventeen wounded.
COMPANY B - Killed
Corporal color guard				S. G Page
Private				William Guthrie
Wounded
1st Lieutenant	John G. Huntington				severely
Corporal	R. M. Lytle				slightly
Private	J. P. Scott				severely
do	A. W. Scott				do
do	G. W. Scott				do
do	G. Rosenburgh				slightly
do	A. Drawker				do
do	George Parkinson				do
do	A. H. Clark				do
do	J. H. Tracy				do
do	A. Stimmetz				do
do	S. Todd				do
do	O. E. Dike				do
do	S. H. Spencer				do
do	J. Bartchi				do
do	J. Wilson				do
do	George Mennig				do
do	John McCrelliss				do
do	W. A Nichols				do
do	G. H. Howe				do
do	H. H. Port				do
do	E. M. Manning				severely
do	John Linden				slightly
do	J. Murphy				do
do	Thomas Morrow				do
do	James Buckwalter				do
do	William Moller				do
Two killed and twenty-eight wounded.
COMPANY C – Killed.
Captain				J. S. Slaymaker
Private				G. W. Howell
do				C. H. Lenhart
do				Joseph Meyers
do				Ed. Peterson
Wounded
1st Lieut.	W. F. Holmes				severely
2d do	Alfred Bing				slightly
1st Sergeant	G. F. Hall				do
2nd do	H. C. McNeil				do
4th do (color sergt.)	H. E. Doolittle				severely
Corporal	W. M. Campbell				severely
do	W. P. Wade				do
do	J. C. Urie				do
Private	J. G. Greenwalt				do
do	G. A. Smith				slightly
do	Edward Corcoran				do
do	F. W. Caspar				do
do	W. H. Roystore				severely
do	W. H. Magill				do
do	Joseph Hunter				do
do	Charles Flewry				slightly
do	Wm. McLain				do
do	A. J. Ross				do
do	J. W. Morrison				severely
do	G. A. Bell				slightly
do	W. C. Hecker				do
do	A. F. Gore				do
do	Fred Herbert				do
do	Wm. Dtummond				do
Five killed and twenty-four wounded
COMPANY D – Killed.
Sergeant			Nathan W. Doty
Private			G. Weeks
Wounded.
1st Lieut.	Edgar T. Ensign				severely wounded
2nd Lieut	Geo. L. Godfrey				slightly wounded
Corporal	William Ragan				severely wounded
Private	Wm. H. Brenton				do
do	Casper S. Brady				do
do	Theodor G. Cree				do
do	John M. Combs				do
do	Peter Dreher				slightly wounded
do	Ricardo Debelle				do
do	Joseph S. Hayden				mortally wounded
do	Henry Lawrence				severely wounded
do	Jno. Nagle				do
do	Andrew Slatten				do
do	Robert Patric				do
do	Thomas Ward				slightly wounded
do	John Z. Williams				severely wounded
do	David G. Yant				do
do	Wm. L. Cady				do
do	P. G. Noel				do
do	Joseph Cooper				do
do	John Gardiner				do
Two killed and twenty-one wounded.
COMPANY E – Wounded.
First Sergeant	Wilmer				slightly
Corporal	Robinson (color guard,)				severely
do	G. W. Moorehouse				slightly
Private	Wm. Sage				severely
do	Reuben Coop				slightly
do	G. W. Hill				do
do	Saml. Dougerty				do
do	Robert Stam				do
do	Robert ready				do
Nine wounded.
COMPANY F – Killed.
2d Lieut.			W. C. Harper
4th Sergeant			George W. Morse
Private			Wilson S. Crooks
do			Franklin G. Metz
do			Geo. B. Shriver
do			Wesley W. Vinson
Wounded.
Corporal	Samuel Huffman				slightly
do	James Shrawyer				severely
Private	Finley M. Armstrong				slightly
do	Alonzo Bradford				do
do	Charles S. Coyer				severely
do	J. H. Duffield				do
do	H. D. Duffield				do
do	James Carr				slightly
do	Edwin Goddard				slightly
do	M. C. Hawk				fatally; (since died.)
do	John S Marriott				slightly
do	John Morrow				do
do	Geo. B. Smith				do
do	Andrew Shriver				fatally; (since died.)
do	Franklin B. Wilson				fatally
do	William W. Walker				slightly
Six killed and sixteen wounded.
COMPANY G – Killed.
Sergeant			John Dunn
Private			J. M. Duckworth
do			Andrew Patterson
do			Joseph Neidy
do			Joseph N. Rhodes
do			William H. Drake
Wounded.
1st Lieut.	J. B. Weaver				slightly
1st Sergt.	P. Q. Stoner				severely
Corpl.	John N. Jones				do
do	Gabriel Johnson				do
do	H. D. St. John				slightly
do	John A. De Muthe				do
Private	John W. Pirtle				severely
do	Samuel Fontz				do
do	George Wert				do
do	John Patterson				do
do	James H. Stevens				do
do	Hiram S. Sloan				do
do	Elijah Kinniek				do
do	John W. Hurless				slightly
do	H. H. Jones				do
do	Thomas Colliver				do
do	Wm. Buchanan				do
do	Clinton McMickle				do
do	Ephraim Farrington				do
do	John D. Scott				do
do	Elisha Wallace				do
do	Leander Jeffreys				do
Two killed and twelve wounded
COMPANY H – Killed.
Corporal			Samuel A. Meally
Wounded.
Corporal	Henry E Weaver (color guard)				severely
Private	Andrew M. Easton				severely
do	Sabastian Shoffeur				mortally
do	George B. Farley				slightly
do	Wesley Compton				do
do	W. A. Teaford				do
One killed and six wounded.
COMPANY I – Killed.
1st Sergt.			W. L. Jarney
Private			Edward Banks
Wounded.
Corpl.	Henry Churchill (color guard)				severely
do	William Granger				slightly
Private	Thomas Paine				severely
do	James H. Danner				do
do	Donald McKeen				do
do	Richard Parsons				do
do	Ferdnand Rupart				do
do	Jerome Volley				do
do	Hiram A. Simery				slightly
do	W. F. Harrison				do
do	Gottlieb Shendel				do
do	George Cook				do
Six killed and twenty-two wounded.
COMPANY K - Killed
Captain			C. C. Cloutman
Corporal			James Berkey
Private			James Blake
do			Wm. T. Kirkpatrick
do			John Hampton
do			Wm. H. B. Whitney
do			Joseph H. Phillips (Brass Band.)
Wounded.
Sergeant	Benjamin S. Hammitt				severely
do	G. M. Cook				slightly
Corporal	S. S. Sherer				severely
private	E. G. Vaughan				do
do	David Cook				do
do	James West				do
do	A. S. Thompson				do
do	Thomas Gallagher				do
do	W. H. Goodall				slightly
do	David Sergent				do
do	T. D. Holmes				do
Seven killed and eleven wounded.

During the action I received a slight wound in the wrist from a musket ball, which struck the hilt of my sword and wrenched it from my hand; also a severe injury by a fall from a log, which was knocked from under my feet by a cannon ball. – A number of others received slight injuries, which have not been reported.  Seven of the wounded have since died of their wounds, making the loss of my command, which consisted, rank and file of six hundred and thirty men, forty one killed and one hundred and fifty-seven wounded.

Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,

J. [M]. TUTTLE,

Colonel 2d Iowa Infantry

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 28, 1862, p. 2