Privates. James A. Marling, enlisted Sept. 13, 1863; Cyvetons Nichols, enlisted Sept. 18, 1863. Company F.-Edward Overfelt, 3d corporal, enlisted Sept. 30, 1863. FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.-HUNDRED DAY SERVICE. Field and Staff.-Thomas Calver, sergeant-major, enlisted May 6, 1864. Company D.-Charles E. Borland, captain, commissioded June 1, 1864; Charles J. Hutchinson, musician, enlisted May 13, 1864. Privates. Samuel E. Allen, enlisted May 19, 1864; Samuel M. Bowman, enlisted May 6, 1864; J. V. Boone, enlisted May 6, 1864; J. P. Bushnell, enlisted May 18, 1864; Andrew L. Clyde, enlisted May 4, 1864; Channing C. Davis, enlisted May 20, 1864; James M. Hartley, enlisted May 3, 1864; James O. Hawkins, enlisted May 18, 1864; Benj. M. Hemmingway, enlisted May 13, 1864; Mallery R. Jackson, enlisted May 18, 1864; Eugene A. Lee, enlisted May 6, 1864; Wm. H. Livermore, enlisted May 19, 1864; Wm. P. Leonard, enlisted May 6, 1864; Arthur McDowel, enlisted May 16, 1864; Wm. C. Wentz, enlisted May 26, 1864. Company K.-James H. C. Wilson, 2d lieutenant, commissioned June 1, 1862. FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.-HUNDRED DAY SERVICE. Company 1.-Horace B. Mathews, private, enlisted May 12, 1864. FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY. Field and Staff.-John Williams, lieutenant colonel, enlisted May 7, 1864; Enoch Hoffman, chaplain, enlisted June 6, 1864, resigned July 14, 1864. Company G.-Benj. Owen, captain, commissioned June 4, 1864; Lewis W. Talbott, first lieutenant, commissioned June 4, 1864; Joseph M. Douglass, second lieutenant, commissioned June 4, 1864; Joseph S. Lodge, first sergeant, enlisted May 11, 1864; John M. Seydel, second sergeant, enlisted March 7, 1864; Thomas Crozier, second corporal, enlisted May 10, 1864, promoted to first corporal June 29, 1864; John Jordan, third corporal, enlisted May 9, 1864, promoted to second corporal June 29, 1864; James Leicester, fourth corporal, enlisted May 11, 1864, promoted to third corporal June 29, 1864; Arthur Thompson, fifth corporal, enlisted May 13, 1864, promoted to fourth corporal June 29, 1864; James A. Waldron, sixth corporal, enlisted May 7, 1864, fifth corporal, June 29, 1864; Thomas Harbert, seventh corporal, enlisted May 16, 1864, sixth corporal, June 29, 1864; Perry S. Lake, eighth corporal, enlisted May 11, 1864, seventh corporal June 29, 1864; Theodore Fry, eighth corporal, enlisted as private May 10, 1864, promoted June 29, 1864; Addison Wilson, musician, enlisted May 6, 1864. Privates.-Andrew J. Armstrong, enlisted May 12, 1864; Wm. Albright, enlisted May 7, 1864; Patrick Boyle, enlisted May 18, 1864; John Beneish, enlisted May 16, 1864; Stephen Cisney, enlisted May 7, 1864; John M. Craig, enlisted May 20, 1864; Lewis E. Chamberlain, enlisted May 7, 1864; Calvin Curtis, enlisted May 7, 1864; Franklin H. Davis, enlisted May 20, 1864; Upton B. Edwards, enlisted May 6, 1864; David W. M. Green, enlisted May 7, 1864; Stephen B. Gordon, enlisted May 7, 1864; Henry Gearkee, enlisted May 21, 1864; John Gutshall, enlisted May 14, 1864, died at Helena, Ark., July7, 1864; Brodas Haynes, enlisted May 23, 1864; Geo. R. Housel, enlisted May 19, 1864; Wm. A. Henry, enlisted May 19, 1864; John M. House, enlisted May 6, 1864; Frank Henik, enlisted May 9, 1864; Joel W. Hevern, enlisted May 16, 1864; John Kirsher, enlisted May 14, 1864; Joseph Krepwood, enlisted May 19,1864; Richard Largent, enlisted May 14, 1864; Henry Landis, enlisted May 14, 1864; Sylvester Muller, enlisted May 16, 1864; Geo. W. Muncey, enlisted May 6, 1864; West Newton, enlisted May 16, 1864; Humphrey C. Poland, enlisted May 7, 1864; Isaiah Plymesser, enlisted May 7, 1864; James M. Phillips, enlisted May 25, 1864; William R. Pryce, enlisted May 9, 1864; John A. F. Pieper, enlisted May 20, 1864; Frank Plack, enlisted May 6, 1864; Michael Poor, enlisted May 6, 1864; Alexander Paul, enlisted May 7, 1864; Isaac P. Reynolds, enlisted May 14, 1864; Daniel Robertson, enlisted May 14, 1864; Daniel N. Schaffer, enlisted May 12, 1864; Edward B. Tidd, enlisted May 7, 1864; Israel Talbott, enlisted May 14, 1864; James H. Windrem, enlisted May 6, 1864; Jair Wildman, enlisted May 18, 1864; Samuel M. Weed, enlisted May 21, 1864; John C. May, enlisted March 10, 1864; Simon A. Yearick, enlisted May 21, 1864; Geo. Zeka, enlisted May 6, 1864. FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. Company A.-Alfred P. Haynes, private, enlisted June 14, 1864. Company D.-John Haskett, 3d corporal, enlisted Aug. 20, 1863; Doc. Bachelor, 5th corporal, enlisted Aug. 22, 1863, died at Helena, Ark., Dec. 25, 1863. Privates.-Charles H. Bell, enlisted Sept. 2, 1863; John Carter, enlisted Aug. 25, 1863; James M. Egerston, enlisted Aug. 29, 1863; Joseph V. Hutton, enlisted Aug. 20, 1863; Alfred Johnson, enlisted Aug. 28, 1863; Olmsted McCormick, enlisted Aug. 28, 1863, died at Keokuk, Nov. 10, 1863; John Scott, enlisted Sept. 5, 1863, discharged June 13, 1865; Henry Trasper, enlisted Aug. 27, 1863, died at Helena, Ark., Feb. 19, 1864. Company F.-Thomas Emmons, 4th sergeant, enlisted Aug. 29, 1863, died at Helena, Ark., June 6, 1864; Peter Brown, 3d corporal, enlisted Sept. 12, 1863; Geo. W. Henderson, enlisted Sept. 23, 1863. Unassigned recruit.-Hamilton Canada, enlisted Jan. 18, 1865. SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Company I.-Andrew Shaw, private, enlisted May 24, 1861. FORTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Company B.-Abram Tewilligar, private, enlisted Oct. 15, 1861. SIXTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Company I.—John Shay, private, enlisted March 28, 1862. SIXTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Company I-Privates: Robert G. Andrews, enlisted Oct. 2, 1861; Wm. Bellmore, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; Lawrence Convey, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; Henry Convers, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; John Convey, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; Henry Case, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; John W. Dawson, enlisted Oct. 2, 1861; Jason W. Darwart, enlisted Oct. 1, 1861; David Feighner, enlisted Sept. 16, 1861; Howard Ferson, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; Henry B. Foster, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; Richard M. Jelly, enlisted Oct. 26, 1861; Lyon Casson, enlisted Oct. 2, 1861; Wm. F. Nichols, enlisted Oct. 1, 1861; Ambrose Rankin, enlisted Sept. 29, 1861; James Stanard, enlisted Sept. 26, 1861; Geo. W. Steobold, enlisted Sept. 27, 1861; Martin Watts, enlisted Oct. 2, 1861. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Company H.-Samuel C. Davis, private, enlisted Aug. 10, 1862; Geo. W. Davis, private, enlisted Aug. 20, 1861. FIFTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY. Company G.-John Myers, private, enlisted Sept. 6, 1864. CHAPTER VIII.-PART 2. WAR MATTE RS AT HOME. Soldiers' Bounty and Relief Funds.-List of Soldiers' Wives aided.-The Military Draft.— Reception of Returned Regiment.-List of Johnson County Men in the Mexican War.— Johnson County's "Mormon War." SOLDIERS' BOUNTY AND RELIEF FUNDS. All through the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, the county board struggled with difficulties in the matter of encouraging enlistments in the Union army and providing relief for the families of the men who went to the battle front. Various rules and orders were made, and afterward changed, modified or rescinded. The board was often divided on the matter; and change of members brought change of policy. Appropriations were made at different times, the highest sum at one time being $12,000. But as the records are not indexed, it was found impossible for the purposes of this history to hunt out and schedule or tabulate all of the county's doings in this regard. However, some of the more important transactions have been noted, in order to show to the rising generation something of the condition of things existing in that memorable war time. On June 5, 1862, the committee on war fund reported that the total amount expended to aid soldiers' families up to that time was $2,541.38; and that sixty-eight families, numbering in all 227 persons, had been so aided. James Remley, John Reed, John Parrott, G. E. DeForrest, and Wm. Wolfe were the committee. At a special meeting, August 4, 1862, a series of patriotic resolutions were adopted which gave no uncertain sound. President Lincoln had called for 300,000 more men to put down the rebellion; and Johnson county came square and promptly up to the mark. $12,000 was appropriated as a "relief and bounty fund," and a levy of four mills made to raise the money. $50 bounty was offered to each man who enlisted before August 20; and $30 to each one from August 20 to September 10. These sums were not intended to hire men to go, but to guarantee assistance and care for their families, in addition to their army wages. June 2, 1863, J. T. Turner, who had been acting as relief agent, reported that he had paid out since the January meeting $3,335.68, to 222 soldiers' families, numbering in all 830 persons. March 2, 1864, a special meeting was held, in view of the President's call for 500,000 more men. And it was ordered that $100 bounty should be paid to each man who enlisted on and after February 22, 1864; and that a tax should be levied in each township to pay this bounty to every man so credited on its quota of the whole number to be raised in the county. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVI SORS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA, MARCH 3, 1864. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1864. Board met in pursuance to the call of the clerk. Members all present. The following resolution was introduced by Fairall: Resolved, That this board vote a bounty to raise recruits under the Federal call for troops. The yeas and nays being called for, the resolution was adopted by the following vote: Those voting yea were: Carroll, Carwin, Fairall, Green, Huskins, Harris, Meacham, Miller, Stevenson, Shaver, Smith and Zeller-12 NaysCook, Dudley, Felkner, Moreton, Paul, Sanders, White and Shuey-8. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of one hundred dollars per man for each recruit accepted and credited since February 22, 1864, or that may be accepted and credited to the quota of Johnson county, under the late 500,000 call made by the President of the United States; and to pay said sum appropriated at the September meeting of this board, there shall be levied on the taxable property in each township in this county which has furnished recruits under said call, on and since February 22, 1864, a tax, sufficient to pay for each recruit so furnished for said call by said townships under said call, or since February 22, 1864. The intent of this resolution being that each township shall be taxed to pay its bounties to the men by it furnished, and where any money has been furnished by private subscription to pay said bounty for the benefit of any township, such money shall be refunded from the tax of the said township to the individual who paid the same, provided the sum so refunded shall not exceed one hundred dollars per man. Resolved, The county judge be appointed a commissioner to determine who is entitled to said bounty, and on his order the clerk of this board shall issue a warrant on the county treasurer for the sum due each recruit, which warrants shall draw interest the same as other county warrants, and to be paid out of the fund raised by said tax and from no other fund. The committee on per diem and mileage reported $65.44 due the members. On motion the board adjourned. T. J. Cox, Clerk. J. G. CARWIN, President. From county supervisors' .proceedings of June 6, 1864, the following points are taken: On motion Resolved, That the clerk be authorized to correspond with each recruit who has been accredited to each township, and who are reported to have received bounty, under the order of the board, March 2, 1864, and inqure what amount of bounty each received and from whom received. Report of Committee on Relief Fund.-Your committee appointed to examine the account of the disbursing agent of the relief fund, and report as to the further distribution of said fund, ask leave to report as follows, to-wit: We have made a partial examination of the accounts and vouchers of said officer, and we are of the opinion that the whole report of said agent is correct. As to the further distribution of said fund, your committee feel a hesitancy or delicacy in making any recommendation in reference to the matter. We have found for some time past that it is an impossibility to discriminate in these matters as to who is really entitled to aid from said fund, and believe that the present system costs the county much more than the old system when we had an agent in Iowa City for all applicants to come to. We are of the opinion that this board should appoint an agent residing in Iowa City to take charge of the whole matter of determining who is entitled to relief, and pay over to them such amounts as in his judgment their necessities require; that said agent be instructed to require all claiming aid to subscribe to an oath as to their effects and abilities of living without aid from said fund. The board has never contemplated paying indiscriminately, but only to persons who are actually in need, and liable to suffer if nothing is given. We are of opinion that many persons are drawing from said fund who could live without, and under the present system members are imposed upon. In some townships remote from the county seat, where it would be inconvenient and expensive for applicants to come to Iowa City to see the agent, we would recommend that the supervisors govern the matter as they deem best, either give orders on the agent, or send said applicants to the agent. |