Military: CW (60)Colored

Lee County Genealogy
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Civil War Rosters

Contributed by Sally Youngquist


CW: 60th U.S. Infantry Colored Troops

Lee Co. Soldiers

Updated May 2010

Compiled & Contributed by Sally Youngquist

First organized as 1st Iowa Infantry, Lee Co.

FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY Organized at Keokuk and mustered in Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E" and "F,"

October 11, 1863. Company "G" organized at St. Louis and mustered in October 15, 1863. Company "H" organized

at St. Louis and mustered in November 21, 1863. Company "I" mustered in November 27, 1863, and Company

"K" December 4, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., December 19-22, 1863. Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas,

7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas. On post and garrison duty at Helena until March, 1864. (Designation changed

to 60th U.S. Colored Troops March 11, 1864)

FIRST IOWA AFRICAN INFANTRY (SIXTIETH U.S. INFANTRY, A. D.)

FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonel           John G. Hudson        Keokuk      September 21, 1863

Lt. Colonel       Milton F. Collin      Keokuk      September 21, 1863

Major             John L. Murphy        Keokuk      September 21, 1863

Surgeon           Freeman Knowles       Keokuk      September 21, 1863

Chaplain          James H. Pile         Keokuk      September 21, 1863

Adjutant          Theodore W. Pratt     Keokuk      September 21, 1863

Quartermaster     William McQueen       Keokuk      September 21, 1863

FIRST IOWA AFRICAN INFANTRY -- (SIXTIETH U.S. INFANTRY, A. D.)

LINE OFFICERS.

COMPANY C

Captain           Eli Ramsey           Keokuk      September 21, 1863

COMPANY F

Captain           Henry C. Brown       Keokuk      September 21, 1863

The following names were found in a Lee County Newspaper, dated 1885.

They were in a list of Lee County residents, living at this date, who

were veterans of the Civil War.

COMPANY A        Williams, George      Living in Belfast

COMPANY B        Brown, Henry          Living in Farmington

                 Sawyer, I.A.          Living in Keokuk

                 Thompson,William      Living in LaCrew

                 Wilson, Robert        Living in Keokuk

COMPANY C        Jackson, Peter        Living in Keokuk

                 Luckedo, E            Living in Keokuk

                 Mitchell, Albert      Living in Keokuk

COMPANY UNKNOWN  Brown, Benjamin       Buried at Colvin Cemetery

                                       Montrose Township

                 Tate, Daniel          Living in Keokuk

                 Washington, ?.I.      Living in Keokuk

If you know of any other person who was in this Regiment, please let me know and

I will add their their name.