Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-07
O7TUMWA WAS
REPRESENTED
ONE COMPANY OF 22ND IOWA WAS
ENLISTED NEAR AGENCY
FIVE SURVIVE.
RBlGADE
REUNION
Commemorate Siege of vicksbure
May 22 on Old BattIefleld-Ot-
tumwan Relates Some
Experiences of War.

The reunion of the Second brigade
at Vicksburg, Miss, to be held May %
commemorating the siege Of Vlcks-
burg, May %, 1868, has attracted con-
siderable attention among some of the
survivors Of the awful event AS the
reunion will also be the celebration
of the forty-ffth anniversary of the
battle in which the second brigade.
comprising the 21st, 22d and 23d Iowa
regiments and the 18th Wisconsin
played conspicuous part, a large
delegation Of those now surviving is
expected to attend.
Enlist Near Agency.
Company E, 22d regiment was en-
listed in Wapello county near Agency
and Ashland said veteran of the
company to a Courier representative
few days ago, land about five of us
are all I can recall of those living
hereabouts at present. They are j. W..
Jennings of 240 Weller street; Henry
Webb of 2O2 North Webster street,
this city; Squire Fuqua of Dahlonega;
w. Reeves and John Forrest of near
Agency.
During the life of the company it
had four captains. Captain H. Hum
bert being the first. He resigned at
Rolla, Mo-, in the early days of the
war and was succeeded by First Lieu
tenant q. G. White, veteran of the
Mexican war, who enlisted with the
company at Iowa City as private
and gradually worked his way up in
the ranks becoming major at Vicks-
burg and later made lieutenant col
onel to succeed Colonel Harvey Ora
ham"
Had Many Captains.
Lieutenant B. Parks was made cap
tain to succeed White at Vicksburg
and was killed at Winchester in the
valley of Shenandoah October 10,
1854. Edward Dudley, then first lieu
tenant was made captain to succeed
Parks and served in this capacity UNI
til the close of the war.
Six Captured.
When the eighth division were at
tackled at Cedar Creek October 10,
1864, the twenty-second regiment was
ordered to assist them and in the
course Of the engagement the federal
soldiers were completely surrounded.
A retreat was ordered but Company
E was placed in the position between
the enemy and their own mems fire
and we're unable to successfully make
retreat Many were killed in the
CALLING fire that was being poured in
to their ranks and six of the COM
pany were taken prisoners.
Jennings Captured.
Among those captured was ]. w.
Jennings of $40 Weller street, South
Ottumwa, who was shot in the shout
der blade in the enga cement at Cedar
Creek Sept. 10, 1864. He with his
fellow prisoners was taken to the
famous Libby prison and later re-
moved to Salisbury, N. c. They
were paroled after four months and
eleven days captivity when Sher-
man approached the vicinity of Colds
borough, N. G.
Those among the captured with Mr.
Jennings were: Edward Shoemaker,
who lived near Agency and died in
April, 1865; Abraham Phillips. who
lived near Agency and has since died;
J. Mcdonald of Ashland, since died;
James Wiley, of near Bladensburg,
died at Annapolis, Md, In 1865; Elias
Lively of north Of Agency, died at St.
Louis, 1865,
From johnson County.
The 22d Iowa was largely composed
Of men from Johnson county, where
there were seven Of the ten compan-
les, comprising the regiment, formed.
One company was enlisted in Wa
[pello county and one each in Mon