1st. Battery Light Artillery Civil War Records for Iowa 1861
FERRIS, DYER, EDWARDS, ELLIOTT, ELTING, ENGART, ERVIN, EVERETT, FENWICK, FERO, FESS
Posted By: Mary Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/22/2002 at 10:45:52
U.S. Military History Research Collection
Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of The Rebellion of the Civil War.
Page 1706 Roster Iowa Volunteers
1861-1865Page 1163 Iowa Regional Histories.
Organized at Burlington, Iowa August 14, 1861.
Mustered out July 05, 1865 from Davenport, Iowa.
Battery lost during service 10 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 50 Enlisted men from disease. Total 61.Sherman Z. Ferris age 19. Resident of Wapello County Iowa, nativity of New York, enlisted Oct. 10, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 10, 1864. Mustered out July 05, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
John Dyer age 34, resident of Polk County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Jan. 02, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 02, 1864. Ptomoted Artificer March 01, 1864. Mustered out July 05, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
Davis Edwards age 18, resident of Page County, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Jan. 02, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 02, 1864. Mustered out July 05, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
George Edwards age 19, resident of Henderson, Ill, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 17, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 17, 1861. Discharged for disibility May 09, 1863 Keokuk, Iowa.
Thomas Elliott age 44, resident of Des Moines, Ia, nativity Maryland. Enlisted Jan. 04, 1864. Mustered Jan. 22, 1864. Discharged for Disibility May 09, 1865, Nashville, Tenn.
James Elting age 19, resident of Burlington, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 17, 1861. Mustered Aug. 17, 1861. Promoted Eleventh Corporal June 03, 1862; Seventh Sergeant July 01, 1862; Sixth Sergeant Aug. 01, 1862; Fifth Sergeant July 01, 1862, Fourth Sergeant Sept. 01, 1863; Third Sergeant Feb. 13, 1864; Second Sergeant July 22, 1864, Mustered out Aug. 17, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of terms of service.
David D. Engart age 25. Resident Agency, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, as Musician. Mustered Aug. 17, 1861. Died of disease April 09, 1862, Cassville, Mo.
Alfred M. Ervin age 21. Resident of Warren County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Dec. 22, 1863. Mustered Jan. 22, 1864. Mustered out July 05, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
Thomas (Veteran) Everett age 18. Resident of Mt. Pleasant, Ia, nativity England. Enlisted Sept. 01, 1861. Mustered Sept. 11, 1861. Re-Enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 29, 1864. Promoted Fifth Corporal Aug. 18, 1864; Fourth Corporal Oct. 01, 1864; Sixth Sergeant Nov. 01, 1864; Third Sergeant Nov. 20, 1864. Mustered out July 05, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
James E. Fenwick age 18. Resident of Des Moines, nativity Indianna. Enlisted Jan. 04, 1864. Mustered Jan. 04, 1864. Mustered out July 05, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
Henry Fero age 36. Resident of Des Moines, nativity New York. Enlisted Jan. 01, 1864. Mustered Jan. 22, 1864. Died of disease July 05, 1864 Georgia.
Louis Fess age 32. Resident of Muscatine County, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered Feb. 22, 1864. Died of disease Sept. 02, 1864 Marietta Georgia. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia. Section G.; grave 1059.
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