Captain Warren
Beckwith, Mt. Pleasant. Enl. Sep. 21, 1861; prom. Adjt. 1st Batt.
Dec. 25, 1861; ceased to act (apparently not mustered out) on discontinuance of
battalion organization in Sep., 1862; served as "Acting Adjt." of the
regt. July to Oct., 1862, and as "Acting Qrmr." from Oct. 1862, to
March, 1863. Com. Capt. of C to date Jan. 1, 1863, and mustered in as Capt. May
20, 1863. Remained with the Co. upon Vet. reenlistment, and served in the field
to the end of the war. Mustered out with the Co. Wounded in action Nov. 8,
1862, Marianna, Ark. Aide-de-camp on staff of Gen. William Vandever, commanding
brigade, July and Aug., 1862. In command of the cavalry of the Provost-Guard at
Memphis, Tenn., from Aug. 1 to Dec. 20, 1864; of an expedition to Bankston,
Miss., in Grierson's raid from Memphis to Vicksburg, Dec. 1864; and of the 4th
Iowa Cav. detachment on expedition to Lake St. Francis, Ark., from Memphis,
Tenn., early in Dec., 1864. Sometimes in command of 2d Batt.
Source: William Forse Scott, Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865, p.
60
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