Company Unknown
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 20 February 1864 at the age of 34.
Mustered in Company U, 1st Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 10 March 1864.
Died of Yellow Fever on 3 August 1864.
Buried at Little Rock National Cemetery.
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1st Iowa Cavalry
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Company Unknown
Lieutenant
I have Van Beeks bible with a lead ball in the pages, also a tin type of him in uniform.He was attached to the 7th army corps.of the Tenn. Col.Danl Anderson and captain Thomas Jones were his superiors.He served as comander of the Mc Farland post 20 dept. of Iowa after the war.George was permoted to corporal 3 16 63 to Sgt.11 63 and to second Lt. in April 1865 all for brave and meritorious service.
Company C
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company D
Private
Have enlistment papers.
Company D
Quarter Master
THis is inaccurate but not sure how to delete
Company D
Corporal
He was promoted to Corporal for meritorius conduct at the battle of Prairie de Ann, Arkansas.
Company I
Private
Died of scurvy while home from Civil War hospital, 29 October 1864.
Company L
Rank unknown
Mr. Lawyer enlisted August 10, 1861, at Anamosa, in what became Co. L, 1st Iowa Cav., and died Nov. 14, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas
Company L
Private
Stephen H. Pierce: 3rd Great Grandfather of Trent Johnson
Rank: Private
Company “K” & “L” 1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Enlisted: June 13, 1861 Dubuque, Iowa
Major Engagements: Battle of Prairie Grove
Wounded: August 2, 1862 at Clear Creek, Missouri
Discharged: November 28, 1863 Little Rock, Arkansas (SCD)
Born: 1835 Muskingum County, Ohio
Died: December 30, 1864 Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa (Tuberculosis)
Buried: Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
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