9^th Regiment, the Light Infantry, Iowa        

Enrolled in the County of Buchanan; went into quarters at Dubuque, July 30, 1861; mustered into the service of the United States by Capt. C. Washington, United States. Army, on the twenty-fifth of September, 1861, under the proclamation of the President dated July 23, 1861.                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                              The Light Infantry, 9^th Regiment, elected officers at Camp Union, and the following is a complete list of all the members this company had during the war:   

Commissioned Officers

Captain, Jared M. Hord

Captain, Hiram C. Bull

1^st Lieutenant, Hiram C. Bull

1^st Lieutenant, Nathan Rice

1^st Lieutenant, Robert W. Wright

1^st Lieutenant, Jacob P. Sampson

2^nd Lieutenant, William Scott

2^nd Lieutenant, Nathan Rice

2^nd Lieutenant, Robert W. Wright

2^nd Lieutenant, Jacob P. Sampson

2^nd Lieutenant, Edmund C. Little

Non-commissioned Officers

1^st Sergeant, Robert W. Wright

1^st Sergeant, Jacob P. Sampson

1^st Sergeant, Edmund C. Little

2^nd Sergeant, Nathan Rice

3^rd Sergeant, David V. Coe

3^rd Sergeant, Edmund C. Little

3^rd Sergeant, Hiram Holdridge

4^th Sergeant, Billings Davis

5^th Sergeant, R. T. Bain

5^th Sergeant, Charles G. Curtis

1^st Corporal, James M. Elson

2^nd Corporal, Charles N. Bennett

3^rd Corporal, Ezra T. Rust

4^th Corporal, James H. Merrill

5^th Corporal, Jacob D. Sanders

6^th Corporal, Fred M. Wilbur

7^th Corporal, Charles W. Sarchet

8^th Corporal, Edmund C. Little

Musician, Alpheus Losey

Wagoner, David Greek

Privates:

William Allison, E.J. Allen, Marsena Allen, Isaac Arwine, William Adams, George M. Abbott, Perry Allspraugh

Thomas J. Barber, J.H. Bower, Jesse Barnett, John C. Brown, Adelbert C. Bellus

Thomas Cress, L.D. Curtis, Isaac G. Chase, Valentine Cates, John Cartwright, Wesley Curtis

William Decker, Billings Davis

J.E. Elson, Alonzo K. Engle, John Engreman

J.H. Ford, Julius Furcht, Edwin Fary, Enoch Fary, Reuben E. Freeman, George Freyberthauser

N.A. Green, William C. Gillum

Nelson Hovey, Theodore Hyde, C.A. Hobert, Stephen Holman, Isaac N. Holman, Vinson Holman, Eli Holland

Henry Jones

Silas E. King, John M. King, Benjamin Klopp

James Leatherman, Orlando F. Lucky, Alpheus Losey

Daniel Pangburn, E.U. Patchen, Enoch Platt, B.W. Powers, William Pope, L.A. Persall, Isaiah Perdue

Philip Ritterman, Henry Reynolds, Russell Rouse, Reuben Rouse, G.Q. Rust, Darwin Rich, Aham K. Robbins, Samuel Robbins, John Rodgers

David Steele, James Steele, Charles W. Sarchett, George W. Sayre, R.R. Stoneman, James M. Sparlinh, Jacob P. Sampson, Thomas Smith, James A. Sutton

George A. Turner, Royal Taylor, W.D. Thayer, Albert Utterbeck, P. Vanderbilt, William Willey, H.P. Wilbur, William Whisnand, R.M. Whitlock, Pierce Walton, Adonin J. Windsor, John H. Young.

Additional enlistments up to January 1, 1863:  D.E. Godfrey, William A. Jones.

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