Home / Civil War Genealogy / Iowa / 32nd Iowa Infantry
32nd Iowa Infantry
Company Unknown
Albert Henry Bridgman - Sergeant
No comments
Contact Name: Leland Bridgman
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/8/2008

Company A
John M. Airy - Private
No comments
Contact Name: R. Dean Airy
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 12/14/2008

Company A
Joseph P. Airy - 2nd Lieutenant
No comments
Contact Name: R. Dean Airy
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 12/14/2008

Company A
John McFarland - Private
Mustered in on Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out on June 8, 1865 at Montgomery, AL. Compiled Service Records indicates him present with Company A from November 1864 to June 1865. During that time the 32nd Iowa Infantry was at the Battle of Nashville and Siege at Ft. Blakely.
Contact Name: Ryan Fuller
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/13/2015

Company A
Joseph McFarland - Private
Mustered in on Aug 13, 1862 at Dubuque, IA for 3 years of service. Mustered out on Aug. 24, 1865 at Clinton, IA. Received a gunshot wound to his left leg at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, LA on April 9, 1864.
Contact Name: Ryan Fuller
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/13/2015

Company A
Samuel McFarland - Private
Mustered in on March 24, 1864. Transferred to Company E, 8th Iowa Infantry on July 28, 1865.
Contact Name: Ryan Fuller
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/22/2015

Company A
Artemus C. Packard - 4th Sergeant
Artemus joined with several of his brothers and one cousin in 1862 and served throughout the war.
Contact Name: George W. Claxton
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 5/31/2010

Company B
William Corydon Hawks - Private
Mustered out to 8th Regiment in July 1865. Died in November 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama and was buried there. All Union soldiers remains were eventually transferred to the National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. http://www.montgomeryhistorical.org/ConfederatePrison.html
Contact Name: Sharon
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/21/2016

Company B
Ahiel or Abiel PierceRank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Mary Brendel
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/27/2016

Company C
William Prouty - Corporal
Was killed 6-6-64 at the battle of Lake Chicot, Arkansas.

Enlisted at age 28, born in new york, on 8-21-62. Promoted 12-21-63 to Corporal.
Contact Name: Shawn Verdine
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/30/2007

Company C
Freeman T Whipple - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 12 August 1862 at the age of 20.
Mustered in Company C, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 13 September 1862.
Died of disease on 5 July 1864 at Memphis, TN.
Buried at Memphis National Cemetery.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/5/2010

Company D
James W. Webster - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 29 Feb 1864 in Company D, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 11 Apr 1864. Died Company D, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 10 Jul 1864 at Memphis, TN. A GAR marker is placed next to his mothers headstone in Linwood Cemetery in Boone, Iowa uncertain if this marks his burial place.
Contact Name: Robert Mitchell
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 11/26/2009

Company E
Henry Billheimer - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Nancy Regan
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/28/2007

Company E
Ovid Hare - 3rd Sergeant
Ovid Hare, 3rd Sergt, Co. E, 32nd IA Inf., enlisted 15 Aug 1862, age 32, New Hartford, IA.
Contact Name: Terry R. Todd
Contact Email: Show Email
Contact Homepage: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/d/Terry-R-Todd/index.html
Date Added: 6/2/2013

Company E
Hanson H. Harlan - Private
Hanson H. Harlan was a Private in Company E, 32nd Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He mustered into service on August 15, 1862. At that time his residence was given as Hardin County, Iowa and his age was given as 33 years old.

He was mustered out of the army on August 24, 1865 at Clinton, IA.

On December 30, 1872 Narcissa applied for both a Widow’s Pension and a Minor Child Pension. Both were granted.
Contact Name: Ed Wynn
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/16/2008

Company E
Robert Lockerby Olmstead - Private
Robert L. Olmstead, enlisted 20 Aug 1862, Co. E, 32 IA Inf. Pvt, age 33, died of wounds at Pleasant Hill, LA on 20 Apr 1864.
Contact Name: Terry R. Todd
Contact Email: Show Email
Contact Homepage: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/d/Terry-R-Todd/index.html
Date Added: 6/2/2013

Company E
John C SumnerRank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Valerie Dratter
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/12/2016

Company F
Samuel M. WoodwardRank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Pat Engebretson
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 8/10/2005

Company F
Samuel M Woodward - Sergeant
Enlisted as a Private on 15 August 1862 at the age of 32
Enlisted in Company F, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 30 August 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal 8th Class on 11 July 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal 7th Class on 22 October 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal 5th Class on 01 July 1864
Promoted to Full Corporal 3rd Class on 02 December 1864
Promoted to Full Corporal 2nd Class on 15 May 1865
Promoted to Full Sergeant 4th Class on 13 July 1865
Mustered out Company F, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 August 1865 in Clinton, IA.
Contact Name: Fred Rose
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/20/2009

Company G
Wilber C. Closson - 4th Corporal
Last name has a few different spellings. Clawson, Clauson, Clossen.
Contact Name: Jared Mlaker
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 4/17/2005

Company H
Charles Bullis - Private
Rank: Private. Son of James B. and Fidelia May (Button) Bullis. Uncle to Ira, [James] Matthew and [Robert] Harrison McCord through sister Harriet.
Contact Name: Neil Ferguson
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/26/2012

Company H
German Bullis - Private
Rank: Private. Son of James B. and Fidelia May (Button) Bullis. Uncle to Ira, [James] Matthew and [Robert] Harrison McCord through sister Harriet.
Contact Name: Neil Ferguson
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/26/2012

Company H
Ebenezer Caldwell - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Linda Colton
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 4/2/2008

Company H
Cyrus Davis - 1st Corporal
No comments
Contact Name: Pam Hartmann
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/8/2009

Company H
Ira A. McCord - Private
Rank: Private. Son of Calvin Burr and Harriet (Bullis) McCord. KIA 9 Apr 1864 at the battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana. His remains were returned to Waterloo, Iowa for burial.
Contact Name: Neil Ferguson
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/26/2012

Company H
Leonard C. Smith - Private
Leonard C. Smith was born and reared in Weakley Co. TN.
Dec 5, 1863: Enlisted in the Union Army at Island # 10, New Madrid, MO.
Dec 30, 1863: Enrolled in Co H, 32nd Iowa Infantry. His company commander was Captain Rufus S. Benson
April, 1864: Suffered heatstroke during march at Alexander, LA.
Aug 19th-Nov 17th, 1864: Hospitilized for jaundice at Washington General Hospital, Memphis, TN.
Jan 12th-Jun 18th, 1865: Hospitalized for diarrhea at 15th General Hospital, Nashville, TN.
Jul 26th, 1865: Transfered to Co. K, 8th Iowa Infantry.
Apr 20th, 1866: Mustered out of service at Selma, Alabama.
After Civil War Service moved to Clay Co. AR with his wife and children.
Contact Name: Jerry A. Smith
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/13/2006

Company H
Joseph M. Ward - Corporal
Joseph was killed in the Battle of Pleasant Hill
Contact Name: Keri Cotton
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/28/2008

Company I
John McKitrick - Private
Lived in Humboldt County, Iowa. Enlisted on January 4, 1864 and was discharged for disability, June 21, 1865, in Montgomery, Alabama. He is buried in Union Cemetery, Humboldt, Iowa.
Contact Name: Tom Shaw
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/5/2017

Company K
Jacob Burger - Sergeant
No comments
Contact Name: Travis Krause
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 5/27/2012

Company K
Jacob Burger - Sergeant
Jacob received permission to resign from the 32nd and take a commission as 2LT in the 63rd US Colored Infantry. He commanded Companies K and then B. Though he was white, his name is enshrined on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC.
Contact Name: Keith Winkelman
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 7/31/2004

Company K
Jonas Duea - 1st Sergeant
Jonas enlisted at age 37 on Aug 12, 1862 as a Corporal and was eventually promoted to 1st sergeant on March 5 1865. He had prior military service with the Swedish army before coming to the United States.
Contact Name: Terry Duea
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/6/2011

Company K
Adolphus Prouty - Private
Says he was a 'Drummer'
Contact Name: Shawn Verdine
Contact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/30/2007

An error has occurred. This application may no longer respond until reloaded. Reload 🗙