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Fifteenth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

Term of service three years.

Mustered into service of the United States at Keokuk, Iowa, Feb 22, 1862, by Capt. Charles C. Smith and Lieut. C. J. Ball, United States Army.

Mustered out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

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


FIELD AND STAFF.

Hugh T. Reid. Age 50. Residence Keokuk, nativity Indiana. Appointed Colonel Nov. 1, 1861. Mustered Feb. 22, 1862. Wounded in neck April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted Brigadier General March 13, 1863.

William Dewey. Age 50. Residence Sidney, nativity Massachusetts. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 6, 1861. Appointed Colonel of Twenty-third Infantry Aug. 1, 1862. Resigned to accept commission Aug. 28, 1862. See Field and Staff, Twenty-third Infantry.

William W. Belknap. Age 32. Residence Keokuk, nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 7, 1861. Appointed Major Nov. 7, 1861. Mustered Dec. 7, 1861. Wounded slightly in shoulder April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 1, 1862; Colonel April 22, 1863; Brigadier General Aug. 17, 1864; Brevet Major General of Volunteers March 13, 1865.

George Pomutz. Age 35. Residence New Buda, nativity Hungary. Appointed Adjutant Dec. 23, 1861. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Wounded in thigh severely April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted Major April 22, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 18, 1864. Mustered out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

John M. Hedrick. Age 31. Residence Ottumwa, nativity Indiana. Appointed Quartermaster Dec. 23, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant of company D. See company D.

William H. Barnham. Residence West Point. Appointed Surgeon Nov. 2, 1861. Not mustered into United States service by order of General Halleck.

Samuel R. Davis. Age 35. Residence Atchinson, Kan., nativity Ohio. Appointed Surgeon Feb. 22, 1862. Mustered Feb. 22, 1862. Promoted Assistant Surgeon in Regular Army Feb. 19, 1863. Resigned March 1, 1863.

John C. Johnson. Residence Keokuk County. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Feb. 18, 1865.

William Gibbon. Age 29. Residence Chariton, nativity Iowa. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Nov. 2, 1861. Mustered Nov. 30, 1861. Promoted Surgeon Dec. 1, 1863. Mustered out Dec. 22, 1864, expiration of term of service.

William W. Nelson. Age 37. Residence Utica, nativity Ohio. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered Sept. 14, 1862. Mustered out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

William W. Estabrook. Age 34. Residence Clinton, nativity New Brunswick. Appointed Chaplain Dec. 2, 1861. Mustered Feb. 22, 1862. Resigned April 2, 1863. See Field and Staff, Forty-fifth Infantry.



NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

Rufus H. Eldredge. Age 23. Residence Knoxvllle, nativity Ohio. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant Nov. 21, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant of company K February 1, 1862. See company K.

Robert W. Cross. Age 21. Residence Des Moines, nativity Indiana. Appointed Commissary Sergeant Nov. 4, 1861. Mustered Nov. 9, 1861. Promoted Quartermaster of Twenty-third Infantry. See Twenty-third Infantry.

Jesse P. Penniman. Age 22. Residence Lyons, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861. Appointed Sergeant Major Dec. 1, 1861, from Second Sergeant of company A. Mustered Dec. 16, 1861. Promoted Second Lieutenant of company A Feb. 20, 1862. See company A.

Henry T. Felgar. Age 23. Residence West Point, nativity Ohio. Appointed Hospital Steward Nov. 15, 1861, from private of company E. Mustered Dec. 1, 1861. Died of congestive chills Feb. 20, 1862, Keokuk, Iowa. See company E.

Nathan A. Leonard. Age 43. Residence Oskaloosa, nativity Vermont. Appointed Drum Major March 15, 1862, from company B. Mustered Oct. 20, 1861. Discharged for disability July 11, 1862, Corinth, Miss. See company B.

Henry Metz. Age 19. Residence Knoxville, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Fife Major Oct. 24, 1861, from Fifer of company G. Mustered Oct. 30, 1861. Promoted Drum Major July 11, 1862. Mustered out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky. See company G.


LINE OFFICERS.

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


COMPANY “A”

Josiah W. Kittle, Captain.
Mortimer A. Higley, First Lieutenant
William M. Swanson, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “B”

Wilson T. Smith, Captain.
Adolphus G. Studer, First Lieutenant
Christian E. Lanstrum, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “C”

James A. Seevers, Captain.
John D. Shannon, First Lieutenant.
Ebenezer E. Herbert, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY “D”

Gregg A. Madison, Captain.
John M. Hedrick, First Lieutenant.
Charles M. I. Reynolds, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “E”

Richard W. Hutchcraft, Captain.
John P. Gregg, First Lieutenant.
Hugh G. Brown Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “F”

Edwin C. Blackmar, Captain.
James G. Day, First Lieutenant.
Philip H. Good, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “G”

William T. Cunningham, Captain.
Romulus L. Hanks, First Lieutenant.
Hezekiah Fisk, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “H”

Daniel B. Clark, Captain.
Stephen W. King, First Lieutenant.
John A. Danielson, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “I”

Lloyd D. Simpson, Captain.
James M. Reid, First. Lieutenant.
Robert W. Hamilton, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY “K”

John M. Hedrick, Captain.
Rufus H. Eldredge, First Lieutenant.
Edwin Davis, Second Lieutenant.

SOURCE: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers During the War of the Rebellion, Volume 2, p.895-7

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