Saturday, March 17, 2012

List of Killed and Wounded in the 14th Regiment Iowa Infantry, at the battle of Fort Donelson, February 13th, 14th and 15th, 1862

REGIMENTAL STAFF

Killed – Seargent Major S. H. Smith, shot through the head


COMPANY D

Killed – None.

Wounded – Second Lieut. Wm Gordon, slight wound on hip from piece of a shell, Privates Augustus Morti, slight wound on head; Stephen Joy, slight wound in the knee; Watson Long, slight wound in side.


COMPANY F

Killed -  None

Wounded – Sergt Eli Coddington, left arm, badly shattered and amputated,  Privates, Edward Edgar, hand, slight, James Coughnour, hand slight.


COMPANY G

Killed – Private Thomas Snelling

Wounded – Privates James Fox, shoulder, slight, Charles Ford, spent ball, in stomach – slight, First Lieut. George Pemberton, spent ball, in breast, slight.


COMPANY H

Killed – None

Wounded – Sergt Jacob L Wright, shot thro’ the hand, slight, Privates, Benj L. Gowing, in foot, slight, Erhardt Burke, in wrist, slight, Lewis C Clothier, hand slight, David Patterson, spent ball in the ankle, slight, Burtis M Gurd, wrist, slight, Mather Neely, in head, recovering rapidly, Geo. Harris, leg; Dan’l B Widell, shoulder.


COMPANY I

Killed – Color Corporal Willard Hall, shot in the head

Wounded – Privates Henry C Boyer, shot in cheek, slight, Grannison Reeder, in side by piece of shell


COMPANY K

Killed – None

Wounded – Privates, William Lenty, grape shot in back of head, mortally, Hopkins Smith, spent ball in shoulder, slight


RECAPITULATION

Killed – Staff, one , Corporal, one, Privates, one

Wounded – Lieutenants, one, Sergeants, two, Privates, nineteen


– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 1, 1862, p. 1

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