This Co. left this place on Wednesday Sept. 23d for quarters
at Des Moines, and with them went the prayers and well wishes of many a sad
heart. We are personally acquainted with
the officers and most of the privates that belong to this company, and it is
not enough to say of them that they will render a good account of themselves
hereafter. The officers are gentlemen,
have souls, and are proud of their men.
The privates, so far as we are acquainted with them, are high minded
patriots, moral, and many of them pious.
The resolution passed by the company since they left us
(which may be seen in Mr. Starbuck’s letter in another column) will be a source
of satisfaction to their many relations and friends at home, as well as the
assurance which I received while paying them a hasty visit on Tuesday last,
that the privates all love their officers.
This is as it should be, and as we hope it will continue to be. We can have no better evidence than this that
they will succeed in whatever they undertake.
God be with them, is the prayer of every human heart.
Below are the names of the officers as furnished me with
then left. Mr. Oldham (Formerly Editor
of the “Courier,”) is now Sergt.
Major.
I have not learned who takes his place as 2d Sergt. But think
it is David Johnson, who was next below him in office.
COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS:
Captain,
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L. D. Bennett
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1st Lieutenant,
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Wm. T. Mathews
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2nd Lieutenant,
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C. Carter
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NONCOMMISSIONED
OFFICERS:
1st Sergeant,
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G. L. Pike
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2d Sergeant,
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T. R. Oldham
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[3d Sergeant]
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david johnson
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[4th Sergeant]
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j. l. millard
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[5th Sergeant]
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able chaCe
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[6th Sergeant]
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thomas trent
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[1stCorporal]
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[j]ames denny
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[2d Corporal]
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[ROBER]t Hamilton
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[3d Corporal]
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[REUBE]n harper
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[4th Corporal]
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[LEVI
ga]rdner
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[5th Corporal]
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[cHARLES b]lack
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[Editors Note:
This page of the Union Sentinel was torn from the middle of the left side
diagonally to the lower right side. Therefore items appearing within
brackets have been reconstructed using the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
Database along with the Roster And
Records Of Iowa Soldiers In The War Of The Rebellion, Volume 4. There are some minor inconsistencies between
this article, the Soldiers and Sailors Data Base and the Roster. What appears above is as I believe what
appeared in The Union Sentinel. The Roster
lists Levi Gardner as the 3rd Corporal, Charles Black the 4th Corporal and
Reuben Harper the 5th Corporal. I have
numbered them in the order they were given as logically they would not have
been listed in a random fashion.]
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola,
Iowa, Saturday, October 18, 1862, p. 2
