Field and Staff of the 37th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

37th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

in the WAR of the REBELLION

"The GREYBEARD REGIMENT"

FIELD and STAFF OFFICERS

Roster of Field, Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Staff Officers at
muster in of organization, together with subsequent appointments from civil life.

George W. Kincaid
Age 50. Residence Muscatine, nativity Ohio. Appointed Colonel Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

George B. West
Age 63. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel from Company F, Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Lyman Allen
Age 54. Residence Iowa City, nativity New York. Appointed Major Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

David H. Goodno
Age 52. Residence Muscatine, nativity New York. Promoted Adjutant from Company B, Nov. 4, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Prentice Ransom
Age 55. Residence Iowa City, nativity New York. Appointed Quartermaster Nov. 4, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

John W. Finley
Residence Dubuque. Appointed Surgeon Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered Jan. 23, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

George S. DeWitt
Residence Colesburg. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Jan. 2, 1863. Mustered Jan. 16, 1863. Resigned Feb. 17, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Edward Dorn
Residence Dubuque. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Feb. 18, 1863. Mustered March 7, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davport, Iowa.

Samuel C. Haynes
Age 36. Residence Bradford, nativity Vermont. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Jan. 2, 1863. Mustered Jan. 22, 1863. Resigned March 14, 1863.

Joseph Orr
Age 55. Residence Mount Pleasant, nativity Ohio. Appointed Assistant Surgeon March 15, 1863. Mustered March 18, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

James H. White
Age 48. Residence Mount Pleasant, nativity Ohio. Appointed Chaplain Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 21, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF
Stephen B. Shellady
Age 61. Residence Monroe, nativity Kentucky. Appointed Sergeant Major Nov. 8, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant of Company C, Jan. 3, 1863.

Charles S. Kincaid
Age 19. Residence Muscatine. Appointed Commissary Sergeant Nov. 3. 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Discharged for promotion in Second Arkansas Cavalry Aug. 14, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

John C. Corielle
Age 48. Residence Dubuque, nativity New Jersey. Appointed Commissary Sergeant Nov. 12. 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Promoted Sergeant Major Feb. 1, 1863; First Lieutenant of Company A, Nov. 7, 1863.

William J. Bledsoe
Age 47. Residence Henry County, nativity Tennessee. Appointed Hospital Steward Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Discharged for disability March 11, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

George Bennett
Age 57. Residence Dubuque. nativity Vermont. Promoted Drum Major from Drummer of Company F, July 16, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Aaron Barnes
Age 46. Residence Anamosa, nativity Massachusetts. Promoted Fife Major from Fifer of Company F, July 16, 1863. Discharged for disability April 11, 1865.

Rachel Fulton
Appointed Matron of Post Hospital, Gallipolis, Ohio, March 14, 1865, and served as such until May 15, 1865, when the detachment moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. No final record found.

LINE OFFICERS
Names of company officers at muster in of their companies.
Service record given opposite their names in the alphabetical roster following.

COMPANY "A"
John Hogendobler, Captain
Elihu Stedman, First Lieutenant
Julius C. Hubbard, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "B"
James G. Wells, Captain
Samuel Tarr, First Lieutenant
Robert Mills, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "C"
Ezekel A. M. Swasey, Captain
Joel Hall, First Lieutenant
Reid L. Barnum, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "D"
Josiah W. McCaddon, Captain
Chesley S. Jennis, First Lieutenant
John W. Barnes, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "E"
Resen Banks, Captain
Edward Gerard, First Lieutenant
Edwin Davis, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "F"
Osmond Bailey, Captain
George W. Cummins. First Lieutenant
Hezekiah Young, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "G"
Joel Stover, Captain
Henry C. Markham, First Lieutenant
Henry Swan, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "H"
William Henshaw, Captain
John W. Millspaugh, First Lieutenant
John V. Myers, Second Lieutenant
Thomas E. Belknap, Second Lieutenant

COMPANY "I"
Caleb Lamb, Captain
Ezra Havens, First Lieutenant

COMPANY "K"
James G. Crane, Captain
Thomas G. Daniells, First Lieutenant
John J. Duncan, Second Lieutenant

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