Preface

The first part of this history is now ready for the public.  It has been written under the greatest difficulties.  The regiment has been on the march almost constantly for the past seven months, and that, too, without tents or other shelter, so that we have been unable to work except in fair weather.

It is not presumed there are no errors in this work; they are unavoidable, for our records principally have been stored in Memphis, Tenn., for nearly one year.

It would be impossible to enter fully into all the details of incidents of the regiment; these would make a large and interesting volume, which space and time here will not permit.  It is intended to give only a general outline of the operations of the whole regiment without regard to individuals.

James I. Gilbert
Colonel 27th Iowa.

Holly Springs, Miss, Aug. 12, 1864

The history of the 27th Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers is replete with the noble actions of its members, and incidents of strife in which they have played active and honorable parts.  Its organization was consummated in the fall of 1862.  It was mustered into service at Camp Franklin, Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 3d, 1862, by Capt. George S. Pierce, 19th U.S. Infantry.  It then numbered 952 enlisted men.  Its roster was as follows:

James I. Gilbert, Colonel, commissioned Aug. 10, 1862; Jed Lake, Lt. Colonel, commissioned Sept. 4, 1862; George W. Howard, Major, commissioned August 10, 1862, Charles A. Comstock, Adjutant, commissioned Sept. 16, 1862, Solon M. Langworthy, Regimental Quartermaster, commissioned Sept. 16, 1862, John E. Sanborn, Surgeon, commissioned Sept. 16, 1862, Albert Boomer, Asst. Surgeon commissioned Sept. 16, 1862; David C. Hastings, Asst. Surgeon, commissioned Sept. 16, 1862, Daniel N. Bordwell, Chaplain, commissioned Sept. 21, 1862.

Amos M. Haslip, Capt. Co. A; Jedediah W. Granger, 1st Lieut. Co. A; James A. Lyons, 2d Lieut. Co. A.  Samuel W. Hemenway , Captain Co. B; Theodore Groezinger, 1st Lieut. Co. B; Samuel O. Smith, 2d Lieut. Co B; Joseph D. Noble, Capt. Co. C; Henry F. Sill, 1st Lieut. Co. C: Herman C. Hemenway, 2d Lieut Co C; Daniel E. Meyer, Capt. Co D; Silas Garber, 1st Lieut Co D;. John Andrick, 2d Lieut, Co D; Thomas G. Drips, Capt. Co E; T. Allen Olmstead, 1st Lieut, Co E; Samuel Benjamin, 2d Lieut, Co E; William W. Bickford Capt. Co. F; Joseph M. Holbrook, 1st Lieut, Co. F; William N. Boynton, 2d Lieut, Co F; Charles A. Slocum, Capt. Co G; Albert C. Rupe, 1st Lieut, Co. G. Edward A. Reiniger, 2d Lieut, Co. G.: Jacob M. Miller, Capt. Co H; Otis Whitney, 1st Lieut, Co H; Willliam G. Donnan, 2d Lieut, Co H; George R. Miller, Capt. Co I; Edwin A. Sherburn, 1st Lieut Co I; John E. Peck, 2d Lieut Co I: Charlges T. Granger, Capt. Co K: Frank A. Brush, 1st Lieut. Co KP.  Samuel  M. Elliot, 2d Lieut Co. K.

The company officers’ commissions were all dated October 3d 1862. 

The companies were recruited as follows:  A and B, Alamakee County; C, Buchanan; D, Clayton; E, Clayton and Alamakee; F, Delaware; G, Chickasaw and Floyd; H, Buchanan; I, Clayton and Alamakee; K, Mitchell.

The opportunities of the regiment for drill and discipline before entering upon active duty, were not the best.

As early as October 11, 1862, they moved on transports to St. Paul, Minn; reported to Maj. Gen. John Pope, then in command of the Department of the North West, by whom they were ordered at once to proceed to Fort Snelling, Minn., and encamp temporarily.

The regiment remained three or four days in camp one mile west of the Fort, when Col. Gilbert received orders from Gen. Pope to move with six companies of the regiment to Mille Lacs, Minnesota, one hundred and twenty-five miles northwest of St. Paul, to superintend the payment of friendly Indians in that section.  Companies A, F, C, E, G, and B were selected, and moved on the 17th of October, under command of Col. Gilbert.  Companies D, I, H, and K remained at the Fort under command of Major Howard.

A few days subsequently, Lieut. Peck, Co. I, and twenty enlisted men, were detailed as escort for Gen. Roberts, who was to superintend the payment to be made by Major Thompson.  The expedition was both pleasant and successful.  The weather was fine, the roads were good, and the health of the command generally good.  The measles had made its appearance in the regiment while we were at Camp Franklin, Dubuque, Iowa, and a number of the men coming down with that disease while on the march were unable to move.  These were left in the wilderness, above Princeton, with good nurses, and all so left, were, on our return found doing well; better than those who had suffered from the same disease in hospital.  Such as were unable to stand the fatigue and exposure incident to such a march, were left on the return, at Princeton, St. Francis, and Anoka, with attendants.

Our transportation was abundant, and many who otherwise would have fallen by the wayside, were picked up and brought safely through on wagons, as they were lightened by the issue of rations.  On the 4th November, the expedition on its return reached Fort Snelling, Minn.

Companies D, I. H, and K, under command of Major George W. Howard, had been ordered away, and had moved by transports direct to Cairo, Ills.  Gen. Pope ordered the command down the river.  We moved by transports to Prairie du Chien, Wis, thence by cars via Madison, Wis. And Chicago, Ill. To Cairo, Ill., where we were rejoined by the detachment under Major Howard.  Our stay in Cairo was brief, only long enough to procure an outfit for an expedition southward.

On the 20th of November, we moved aboard the Emerald for Memphis, Tenn., with orders to report on our way down at Columbus, KY.  Remained at Memphis about one week, when we moved as a part of the army under Major General W. T. Sherman, to meet the rebel army, which was strongly entrenched at the  Tallahatchie river, below Waterford, Miss., on the M.C. R. R. under Gen. Sterling Price.  Gen. Grant, in the meantime was moving down the M.C. R. R. with his base of supplies temporarily at Holly Springs, Miss.

The enemy became apprised of Gen. Sherman’s flank movement, and beat a hasty retreat from the formidable fortifications at the Tallahatchie.  The force under Gen. Sherman now rested at Hurricane Creek, Miss.  Gen. Sherman here bade farewell to the command.

The regiment was then ordered to Waterford, Miss, thence to Tallahatchie river, where it first commenced its work as railroad guards.

The large Union army was principally below Waterford, extending to Oxford, Miss.  We had fortified along the road between Waterford and the Tallahatchie, and were in constant expectation of cavalry dash by the enemy, but saw no enemy until Dec. 20, 1862, when a small band of mounted men, calling themselves “Peach Creek Rangers” made a dash on  our hospital, then in the residence of Dr. Jones, three miles north of the Tallahatchie river.  They captured eleven men, double-quicked them about fifteen miles and paroled them.  These all returned to camp the next day.  Immediately on the attack, Col. Gilbert formed his regiment to meet any movement of the enemy.  No enemy appearing, a small mounted party started in pursuit of the Rangers, but failed to overtake them.

By this time, the enemy, under Van Dorn had captured and burned Holly Springs.  Six companies of the regiment moved, with other forces, with all haste to Holly Springs, where they arrived Dec. 21st, and found the place evacuated by the enemy.  The remainder of the regiment moved to Holly Springs Dec. 22, 1862.  Dec. 25th, we marched to the Tallahatchie river where we remained  until Dec. 30th, when nine companies of the regiment moved by cars to Jackson, Tenn. and reported to Col. M. K. Lawler, commanding post.  Co. G, Capt. C. A. Slocum, was detailed as guards for our train, and marched, under command of Major Howard to Jackson, Tenn.

On the 31st December, the regiment, save Co. G, was ordered to proceed with two brigades, designed as re-enforcements for Gen. Sullivan, then operating against the rebel Gen. Forrest, near Lexington, Tenn.  We moved rapidly until midnight, when we lay down without tents or shelter, and bade farewell to 1862.

Loss in 1862 – Enlisted men, 69.
 
 

Time rolls on and brings with it morn of 1863.  The record of 1862 is written.

Disease has thinned our ranks.  Sixty-nine men have wasted away, under the exposure and privation incident to soldier’s life, while nearly two hundred are now lying in hospitals in seven different States of the Union; and the regiment yet maintains a noble organization.

Long before the morning sun illumes the sky, the 27th Iowa Infantry is ready near Lexington, to meet the foe.  As part of the re-enforcements for Gen. Sullivan, it marched rapidly, and on that day met our forces which had met and routed Forrest, killing and capturing a large number of his men.  The Union victory was complete, but Gen. Forrest had escaped in the direction of Clifton, Tenn.  Col. Lawler, commanding, moved rapidly forward, designing to capture a part of his force before it could cross the Tennessee river.  When we arrived at Clifton, the enemy was safely over.  Our force then returned via Bethal (?) Tenn., to Jackson, Tenn., where we were rejoined by Co. G.

The regiment remained at Jackson, Tenn., on duty as provost guards, train guards and picket guards until June 2d., 1863.  During these six month, short marches for various purposes were made into the country, sometimes by companies, and sometimes by detail from all the companies.  None of these, however, were of noteworthy importance here, save one to Corinth, Miss.

The regiment, with a force of considerable magnitude, moved by cars to Corinth, Miss., for the purpose evidently of hold the place, while the troops which had been encamped there should make the successful raid to Tuscumbia, Alabama, under Gen. Dodge.  On this expedition, the regiment made its quarters at Corinth some twenty days, a small part, only, leaving once as train-guard Burnsville, Miss.  February 3d, five companies were ordered to Henderson Station as railroad guards, where they remained until February 28th, when they returned to the regiment at Jackson, Tenn.  May 6th, the companies were placed for guard duty on the road from Corinth, Miss. To Memphis, Tenn., via Jackson, Tenn.  C and G at Toon’s Station, B and H at Medon Station, K at Butler’s Bridge, E at River Bridge, A, F, D and I near Mont Pinson.

When Jackson, Tenn., was evacuated, in the early part of June, the regiment moved by cars to Grand Junction, thence to La Grange, from which point it marched June 6th to Moscow, where it again began duty as guards for the M & C. R. R.  It remained at Moscow, Tenn., doing its duty well, never surprised or driven in by the enemy, but in several instances putting to flight the prowling bands of guerrillas that infest that country.

Lieut. Col. Jed Lake had been detailed as commandant of the post at La Grange, Tenn., June 6th.   July 19th, Col. Gilbert assumed command of the 3d brigade, 3 division, 16h army corps, with headquarters at La Grange, Tenn., when the command of the regiment devolved upon Major Howard.

August 15th, Col. James M. True, 62d Illinois Infantry, returned from leave of absence and assumed command of the brigade.

August 20th, we marched from Moscow, Tenn. for Memphis.

Our next expedition was to Arkansas.  On the 24th of August, our brigade detached from all other force, moved by transports to Helena, Ark., thence by march via Clarendon, on White River to Brownsville, where we joined the Army of Arkansas under Maj. Gen. Fred. Steele.  Moved with Gen. Steele’s army, and on the 10th of September, 1863, assisted in the capture of Little Rock, capital of Arkansas.  Of our brigade, only the battery was engaged, the infantry being held as a reserve.  We sustained no loss.

October 12th, Gol. Gilbert assumed command of the brigade, and Lieut. Co.. Lake of the regiment.  Our duty, which was chiefly picket, was light at Little Rock.  Our brigade was disorganized, the 50th Indiana being sent to Lewisburg.

We remained at Little Rock until November 15th, when we moved by cars to Duvall’s Bluff, on White River, leaving the 62d Illinois at Little Rock.  At Duvall’s Bluff we embarked on transports, moved down White river, and up the Mississippi to Memphis, Tenn., where we reported to Major Gen. S. A. Hurlbut, commanding 16th army corps.

The regiment was ordered into camp in a pleasant grove south of the city of Memphis, and did picket duty the remainder of the year 1863.

Casualties – Accidental deaths – At Cairo, Ill, 2

Died of Disease – At Jackson, Tenn., 29; La Grange, Tenn., 1; Moscow, Tenn., 8; Brownsville, Ark., 2; Little Rock, Ark., 6; Memphis, Tenn., 14; Cairo, Ill., 2, St. Louis, Mo, 2.  Total died 64.

Deserters – From Keokuk, Iowa, 1; Dubuque, Iowa, 1; St. Paul, Minn., 1; Waterford, Miss, 1.  Total, 4.

Three 1st Lieutenants have been promoted to Captains.  Eleven subalterns have been promoted.  Four Captains and four subalterns have resigned.  One subaltern has been dismissed from the service.  Four recruits have been taken up on our rolls.  One hundred and eight have been discharged for disability.  Sixteen transfers have been given.  Eight have been tried by general court-martial, and nine by regimental court-martial.

The regiment now numbers twenty-two commissioned officers, and four hundred and eight-six enlisted men present.

It numbers present and absent, commissioned officers, 36; enlisted men, 689.  Aggregate, 725.
 
 

The first morning of 1864 finds us quietly encamped in the beautiful groves of Memphis, Tenn.  Fifteen months of the rough life of a soldier have told fearfully upon our ranks.  Nine of the thirty-six of those who came out as commissioned officers have resigned.  Two hundred and sixty-one of those who came out as enlisted men are no longer to be found upon our rolls as such, and the hour of battle have never yet come.  With trembling, we look forward to the bloody battlefields of 1864.

The regiment continued to do picket duty at Memphis until January 24th.  Jan. 28th, we moved by transports with a large fleet down the river with orders to report at Vicksburg, Miss.  Arrived at Vicksburg, January 30th, where we remained until Feb. 3d, when we marched with the large army under General Sherman, in the 2d brigade, 3d division, 15th Army Corps, for Meridian, Miss.  The expedition was thoroughly successful, even more—it was a continued triumph.  Returned to Vicksburg, Miss., March 4th 1864.

March 10th, moved by transports from Vicksburg, Miss, with the army under Brig. Gen. A. J. Smith on the Red River expedition.  Reached Simsport, on Atchafalya river, March 12th.  March 13th debarked, and marched up Bayou Glaize.  Reached and assisted in the capture of Fort De Russey, La, March 14.

The fort was a formidable one, and was surrendered by the enemy when a bold and wild charge was made by the 2d brigade, 3d division, 16th Army Corps.
 
 

General Smith lost no time, but ordered his troops to embark at once, and moved rapidly to Alexandria, LA, which place was speedily evacuated by Gen. Dick Taylor, on Smith’s approach.

Gen. Banks’ forces, consisting of the 13th and 19th corps of infantry, together with a large cavalry force, had moved from Franklin, and reached Alexandria, soon after it was occupied by Gen. Smith.  When the army of Gen. Banks, which had made a long and tedious march had rested, an advance was ordered.  Gen. Smith’s forces marched to Cotile Landing where they arrived March 27th.  At Cotile Landing, Gen. Smith’s forces embarked April 2d and reached Grand Ecore, April 4th.  Gen. Banks army was marching rapidly up the road, and had already occupied Natchitoches, four miles from Grand Ecore, LA.   Here all the forces were prepared for a march across the country, and the transports and gun-boats were ordered up the river with an infantry force aboard under Brig. Gen Kilby Smith.

As early as the 5th, Gen. Banks’ army commenced moving out on the road to Shreveport, and on the 7th the forces under Gen. Smith moved.  When Gen. Banks was repulsed at Mansfield, the forces under Gen. Smith were pushed rapidly forward, reaching Pleasant Hill, LA, on the evening of the 9th.  It soon became known that Gen. Banks’ defeat was serious, and fears were entertained by some for the safety of the army.

For a more complete history I insert here my official report of the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9th. 
 
 
 

Early on the morning of the 10th, before our sick and wounded soldiers could be cared for, Gen. Banks ordered a retreat to Grand Ecore, which was conducted well.  Our transports and gunboats, then up the river, were relieved by a force which marched up the east side of the river, under Gen. Smith.  Preparations were immediately made for the evacuation of Grand Ecore, and on the 20th, the army fell back to Natchitoches.  The enemy followed closely in our rear, and at Clouterville attacked the forces of the 17th corps, but were driven back after a sharp fight.

When Alexandria, LA, was reached on our return, our entire fleet of gunboats was above the falls, and it became impossible to run the heaviest ones over.  While Gen. Banks was constructing a dam whereby he might save the fleet, our regiment and brigade were below the town, near Gov. Moore’s  plantation, almost constantly engaged in skirmishing and fighting.  On the 13th of May, Alexandria was evacuated, and the retreat successfully conducted down Red River.  Our regiment bore no active part in the continual skirmishing during the retreat.  At Marksville, where the enemy appeared in our front, we were under fire for a short time, but suffered no loss.

At the battle of Old Oaks, or Yellow Bayou, LA, May 18th our loss was small considering the sharp fire of the enemy.  I append official report:
 
 
 

When the fight had ended, the enemy beat a hasty retreat, and the next day, May 19th, was the first for more than thirty consecutive days, with one or two exceptions, that the roar of artillery was not heard.  The regiment moved with the army at once to the mouth of Red River, when the forces under Gen. Smith embarked for Vicksburg, Miss., which place they reached May 24.

There we remained until June 4th, when we moved by transports for Memphis, tenn.  Debarked June 5th, and dislodged the enemy June 6th from his position Ditch Bayou, on Old River Lake, in Chicot County, Arkansas.  Major Howard’s official report is here appended:
 
 

When the enemy was routed, the command moved rapidly to Lake Village and encamped for the night, and thence, June 7th, to Columbia, Ark., where they embarked and moved for Memphis, Tenn, arriving there June 10th.

The regiment remained in camp at Memphis until the 24th of June, when moved by cars to Moscow, Tenn., thence by march to La Grange, Tenn., where it marched, with the army under Major Gen. A. J. Smith, on the epxiedition to Tupelo, Miss., during which it was engaged in the battle of Tupelo, July 14, and the engagement at Old Town Creek, Miss, June 15th;  official reports which are hereunto set.
 
 
 

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On our return we reached LaGrange Tenn, July 21st and Memphis Tenn., July 23.  Our gain and loss for the first and second quarters of 1864 are as follows:
 
 

In addition to this long list, it will be seen, by consulting Capt. Haslip's official report of the last two fights, that one more has been killed in action and twenty six more wounded.  This brief history of one year and nine months shows a gain of one hundred and seventy-three, and a loss of three hundred and twenty nine. 

We now have an aggregate of eight hundred, thirty-five of whom are commissioned officers, and seven hundred and sixty-five enlisted men.  Our gain is good, but what a loss!.  Those who have died of disease or have been discharged have gone while struggling to perform the duties of good soldiers, and those who have fallen on the field in deadly combat have shown themselves patriots whose names an approving world will remember with gratitude in the nations's properous career.

In conclusion, I but hope that when the second part of this history shall be written, it will be found that we have done our duty to the last; equally as uncomplainingly, as bravely, and as well as we have thus far; and that our efforts united with those of other Union soldiers in arms, will have been successful in bringing final and lasting peace.

Head-Quarters 27th Reg’t Iowa Infantry
Independence, Iowa, October 25, 1865

Part second of the history of this regiment is now ready for publication.  It gives an account of the doings of the regiment from the 4th day of August 1864, to the 8th day of August, 1865, when the regiment was mustered out and discharged by reason of the great rebellion of 1861 having been subdued.  It contains a history of the pursuit of the rebel army under Gen. Price through Missouri, in October and November, 1864; the siege of Nashville, Tenn., by the rebels under Hood, with the battles of Nashville, fought on t he 15th and 16thk and the subsequent pursuit of Hood’s army across the Tennessee river; the operations against Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, Ala, which caused the surrender of Mobile; and the campaign against Montgomery, Ala, under Major Gen. A. J. Smith, which proved to be the last of the war.

No attempt has been made to perpetuate the bravery and meritorious conduct of individuals in writing this sketch.  It would require a large volume for that purpose.  But it is believed that the part taken by the regiment as an organization, in the battles of the last year of the war, has been correctly though concisely stated.

Jed Lake, Lt. Col. Com’d’g Reg’t.

Aug. 4th, regiment moved by cars to Holly Springs, Miss, where we remained until Aug. 17, when we marched to Waterford, Miss, and thence, Aug 19 to Tallahatchie river.  Aug. 21st marched with the army under Major-General A. J. Smith.  Reached Oxford, Miss, the 22d, when the army retreated, arriving at the Tallahatchie the 23d, Holly Springs, Miss, the 26th, and Memphis, Tenn. the 29th.

Left Memphis, Tenn., the 5th by  steamer Belle Memphis for Cairo, Ill, where we arrived the 7th.  Left Cairo the 14th by steamer Sioux City; reached Jefferson Barracks, MO, the 16th, where we remained until the 25th; when we moved by cars to Mineral Point, MO.  Returned to Jefferson Barracks the 29th instant.

On the 2d marched from Jefferson Barracks, MO, with the army under Major General A. J. Smith, in pursuit of the rebel army under General Sterling Price.  Moved rapidly through Kirkwood, Grey’s Summit, Jefferson City, Sedalla, Lexington, and Independence, striking the Kansas line near Santa Fe.  Returned via Harrisonville, reaching Pleasant Hill, Mo., the 30th inst.

Marched from Pleasant Hill, Oct 31, on our return from pursuit of rebel army under General Sterling Price.   Moved via Lexington, Glasgow and St. Charles, arriving at St. Louis, Nov. 18.  Moved by transports, 25th; with the army under Major General A. J. Smith, for Cairo, Ill; thence up the Ohio to Smithland, Ky; thence up Cumberland river en route for Nashville, Tenn.

Debarked at Nashville, Tenn, the 1st.  Marched three miles south of the city, where we were placed  on the left of the forces under Major General A. J. Smith, in the advance line of battle in front of the rebel army under General Hood;  remained until Dec. 15th, when we advanced with the entire army under General Thomas.  In the battles of the 15th and 16th, no loss occurred on the15th.  Twelve wounded on the 16th.  17th marched in pursuit of the enemy.  Reach Pulaski, Tenn., the 28th, and Lawrenceburg, Tenn., the 30th.

The following official report is annexed:
 
 

Marched  the 1st for Clifton, Tenn., where we arrived the 2d; 4th embarked on steamer Havana at Clifton, Tenn., for Eastport, Miss., where we arrived the 5th, debarked and encamped at Eastport the 7th; 9th made reconnaissance to Iuka, Miss., returning the same day.

Remained in camp at Eastport, Miss, until the 9th, when we embarked on steamer Tarrascon; reached Cairo, Ill, the 11th; Vicksburg, Miss, the 14th; and New Orleans, LA, the 21st.  Debarked 21st and encamped at Chalmette, near New Orleans.

Embarked on steamship Empire City at New Orleans, LA, the 7th, for Dauphin Island, Ala, where we arrived the 8th;  remained at Dauphin Island until 20th, when we embarked on steamer Starlight; debarked same day at Donnellys Landing, Ala., where we remained until 25th, where we marched with 13th and 16th A. C. arriving at Sibley’s Mills, near Mobile, Ala, the 26th.

Marched from Sibley’s Mills, Ala, 3d to the siege of Blakely.  Engaged in siege of Blakely 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, and on the evening of the 9th participated in the charge of that place, three men wounded; 10th occupied Ft. Blakely with 2d brigade, 2d division, 16th A. C.; 13th marched in direction of Montgomery Ala, arriving at Greenville, Ala, the 22d, and at Montgomery the 27th.  Major Howard’s official report of the siege and capture of Blakely is hereunto set:
 
 

Regiment remained in camp near the city of Montgomery, Ala, during the entire month, doing light picket duty and exercising daily in drill.

Continued light guard duty in camp two miles from Montgomery, until the 24th inst., when we moved camp four miles from Montgomery, where we did light guard and heavy fatigue police duty the remainder of the month.

On the 14th July, 122 recruits whose terms of service expire subsequent to Oct. 1st, 1865, were transferred from the 27th Iowa Infantry to the 12th Iowa Infantry.  On the 15th of July, the regiment received orders from head-quarters 16th A. C., to proceed to Vicksburg, Miss, and there report to the commanding officer for muster-out and discharge.  We moved aboard the R. B. Taney and steamed down the Alabama River to Selma, where we debarked and took cars for Demopolis.  Arriving at Demopolis, we embarked on steamer and ran five miles down the Tombigbee, where we debarked and took cars for Jackson, Mississippi, and Meridian.  The railroad not being in running order from Jackson to Big Black, Mississippi, the regiment made the march without delay and took cars at Black River bridge for Vicksburg, Miss.  At Vicksburg we were ordered to St. Louis, Mo.  Embarked at once on steamer Commonwealth.  On arrival at St. Louis we were ordered to report to Colonel Duncan, Chief Mustering Officer for Iowa, at Davenport.  At arrival at Davenport we were ordered to Clinton, where we arrived on the 3d of August, 1865.  The necessary papers for the muster-out and discharge were at once prepared, and on the 7th of August the companies were mustered out and discharged, and the field and staff on the 8th.  All officers and men were promptly paid by Major Bailey.

The following was the roster at muster-out:
 

The regiment has marched during its term of service over three thousand miles, and has traveled by steamboat and railroad over ten thousand miles.  Our first campaign was made to Mille Lacs, Minn, Octo. 13th 1862, to attend the payment of the Chippwa Indians; our last was the capture of Mobile, and the march thence to Montgomery, Ala., where we arrived April 27th, 1865.