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21st Iowa Volunteer Infantry - Register of Field and Staff


Colonel.......Samuel Merrill.......

Appointed August 1, 1862. Hartville, Port Gibson, Champion’s Hill. Severely wounded at Black River Bridge. Resigned on account of wounds June 21, 1864

Liieut.Colonel..Cornelius W. Dunlap..

Appointed August 2, 1862. Wounded at Hartville and at Port Gibson. Killed in the assault of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.

Lieut.Colonel..Salue G. Van Anda...

Appointed May 23, 1863, from Major. Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

Major.............Salue G. Van Anda...

Appointed August 2, 1862, Port Gibson, Champion’s Hill, Black River Bridge. Siege of Vicksburg; slightly wounded in the assault. Promoted to Lieut. Colonel.

Major..............William D. Crooke...

Appointed May 26, 1863, from Captain of Co. B (see company record). Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson. Resigned January 27, 1865.

Adjutant..........Horace Poole........

Appointed September 2, 1862. (Served in 1st Iowa Infantry.) Detached on staff duty Vicksburg campaign. Promoted to Captain and A. A. G., May 17, 1864,

 

 

 

 

 

Adjutant.....George Crooke.......

Appointed May 4, 1864. (Served as private in Co. B.) Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

 

Quartermaster Charles R. Morse....

Appointed August 16, 1862, (Served in 1st Iowa Infantry.) Resigned September 23, 1863

Quartermaster.John S. Platt.........

Appointed October 12, 1863, from private in Co. E ( see company record). Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

Surgeon......William A. Hyde.....

Appointed August 20, 1862, Resigned November 20, 1862,

Surgeon......William L. Orr.......

Appointed December 2, 1862, from Assistant Surgeon 3rd Iowa Cavalry. Vicksburg campaign and siege. Resigned October 29, 1864,

Surgeon......Dwight W. Chase.....

Appointed November 16, 1864, Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Resigned May 30, 1865

1st Asst.Surg:Lucius Benham........

Appointed August 26, 1862, Hartville, Vicksburg campaign and siege. Resigned July 26, 1863,

1st Asst.Surg"Hiram H. Hunt........

Appointed May 4, 1863, from Hospital Steward 27th Iowa Infantry. Sieges of Vicksburg, Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

2d Asst. Surg".Richard A. Barnes....

Appointed August 27, 1862, Resigned March 17, 1863,

Chaplain.....Samuel P. Sloan......

Appointed September 1, 1862. Resigned January 5, 1863.

Chaplain.....Lorenzo Bolles.......

Appointed January 6, 1863, from private of Co. K (see company record). Vicksburg campaign and siege. Resigned July 16, 1863.

Chaplain.....James Hill...........

Appointed August 4, 1863. Served as 1st Lient. Co. I (see company record). Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

 

Sergt.Major..William P. Dickinson.

Appointed September 9, 1862, from private of Co. H. Port Gibson, Champion’s Hills, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, severely wounded in the assault. Discharged on account of wounds, November 10, 1863.

Sergt.Major..John Dubois.........

Appointed June 1, 1863, from Sergeant of Co. H (see company record). Sieges of Vicksburg, Jackson, Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

 

Q.M.Sergeant.Judson G. Hamilton...

Appointed September 9, 1862, from private of Co. A. Vicksburg campaign. Reduced to ranks at his own request, August 31, 1864.

Q.M.Sergeant..Linus P. McKinney....

Appointed September 1, 1864, from private of Co. G (see company record). On detached service at capture of Fort Gaines, Ala. Reduced to ranks at his own request, February 4, 1865.

Q.M.Sergeant.Austin E. Cook.......

Appointed February 4, 1865, from 1st Sergeant of Co. K (see company record). Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely, Mobile. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

Com’sry Sergt.E. H. Townsend.......

Appointed September 9, 1862, from private of Co. F. Never joined as C. S. Reduced to ranks November 1, 1862.

Com’sry Sergt.Jeffrey A. Parker...

Appointed November 1, 1862, from private of Co. I. On duty Vicksburg and Mobile campaigns and sieges. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

Hosp’l Stew’d.Edwin A. Duncan.....

Appointed September 9, 1862, from private of Co. C. Discharged for promotion, November 3, 1862.

Hosp’l Stew’d.Rufus L. Grosvenor...

Appointed November 6, 1862, from private of Co. A. On duty Vicksburg, and Mobile campaigns and sieges. Mustered out June 10, 1865.

 

 

Hosp’l Stew’d.Rufus L. Grosvenor...

Appointed November 6, 1862, from private of Co. A. On duty Vicksburg and Mobile Campaigns and sieges. Mustered out June 10, 1865,

Prin.Music’nxWilliam Matson......

Appointed September 9, 1862, from Musician of Co. A. On duty Vicksburg and Mobile campaigns and sieges. Mustered out June 10, 1865.

Prin.Music’n.Isaac S. Large.........

Appointed Principal Musician September 9, 1862, from Musician of Co. A. On Duty Vicksburg and Mobile campaigns and sieges. Mustered out June 26, 1865.

 

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