The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-09
MEDALS FOR VETERANS.
Twenty-Eight Iowa Soldiers in Civil
War HOnOred for Bravery.

of honor, awarded by the war depart
ment, since the beginning of the war
Provision was made very early fol
the award of these medals Many OF
them were given during the war
Others have been assigned since and
a few in recent years.
The Iowa military department
having occasion to investigate as tC
the number of Iowa soldiers receiv-
ing these medals secured from the
war department complete list from
which Thomas l.. Stephens, of the
record division, has compiled the
list as follows:
Bates, Norman F., sergeant Com
pany E, Fourth Cavalry; issued June
III, 1865; place of action, Columbus,
Ga, April Is, 1865, capture of flag
and bearer.
Bobb, Edward j., private Company
D, Fourth Cavalry, July II, 1865;
Columbus, Ga, April IS, 1866, cap
ture of flag
Birdsall, Horatio L., sergeant
Company B. Third Cavalry; June II,
1865; Columbus, Ca, April Is, 1865,
capture of flag and bearer.
Boquet, Nicholas, private Company
D, First Infantry; Feb. 16, 1897;
Wilson's Creek, Mo-, Aug. 10, 1861;
voluntarily left the line of battle and
exposing himself to imminent dan
ger from a heavy fire from the enc
my, assisted in capturing a riderless
horse at large between the lines and
hitching him to disabled gun, saw
ed the gun from capture.
| Bras, Edgar A., sergeant Company
X, Eighth Infantry; June 8, 1865;
Spanish Fort, Alabama, Apr. s,
1865, capture of flag.
Cosgriff. H., private Company L,
Fourth Cavalry; June H., 1865; Col
umbus, Ca, April 16, 1865, capture
of flag in personal encounter with
it's bearer.
Dunlavey, James, private Company
D, Third Cavalry; April 4, 1865;
Usage, Kan, Oct. %, 1864, gallantry
in capturing General Marmaduke.
Elson, James NJ, sergeant Com
! pany c, Ninth Infantry; Sept. -,
| 1891; Vicksburg, Miss, May %,
! 1868; carried the colors in advance
of his regiment and was shot down
while attempting to plant them on
the enemy's breastworks.
flaming, Nicholas, private Com
pany B, Fourth Cavalry; June II,
1865; Selma, Ala, April 2, 1865,
capture of silk confederate flag and
! two staff officers.
Cooley, Leonidas NJ, first sergeant
Company E, Twenty-second Iowa;
Aug. 3, 1897; Vicksburg, Miss, May
%, 1868; led his company in the as
sault on the enemy's works and gain
ed the parapet, there receiving three
very severe wounds. He lay all day
in the sun, was taken prisoner, and
had his leg amputated without anes-
| thetics.
Hays, John H., private Company
F, Fourth Cavalry; June II, 1865;
Columbus, Ca, April Is, 1865, cap
ture of flag and bearer (Austins
battery, c. S. 40
Healy, George W., private Com
pany E, Fifth Cavalry; Jan. 10,
1899; Newman, Ca, July 20, 1864;
although nearly surrounded by the
enemy, captured a confederate SOL
der, and with the aid of comrade
who joined him later, captured four
other confederates, disarmed the five
and brought them all into the union
lines.
Harrington, Pitt B., private Com
pany E, Eleventh Infantry; Nov, q,
1899; near kenasaw Mountain, Ga,
June Is, 1864; with one companion
and under fierce fire from the enc
my at close range, went to the res
cue of a wounded comrade who had
fallen between the lines and carried
him to a place of safety.
Heron, Francis j., lieutenant-col-
onel Ninth Infantry; Sept. 26, 1898;
Pea Ridge. Ark, March Z, 1862;
was foremost in leading his men,
rallying them to repeated acts of dar-
ing, until himself disabled and taken
prisoner.
Hill, James, lieutenant Company !,
Twenty-6rst Infantry; March Is,
1898; Champion Hill, Miss, May IS,
1868; by skillful and brave manage
ment captured three of the enemy's
pickets.
Kettenbach, Luther, corporal Com
pany F. Twelfth Infantry; Feb. "a,
1865; Nashville, Tenn, Dec. DC,
1854. capture of flag supposed to be
of the Fifth Mississippi Infantry, G.
S. A.
May, William, private Company n,
Thirty-second Infantry; Feb. "a,
1865; Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 16,
1854; ran ahead of his regiment
over the enemy's works and captured
from its bearer the flag of Bonan-
had's confederate battery.
/ Mayes, Williams B., private Com
pany K, Eleventh Infantry; Nov. q,
1899; near Kenasaw Mountain, Ca,
June Is, 1864; with one companion
and under a fierce fire from the
enemy at close range, went to the
rescue of a wounded comrade, who
had fallen between the lines and car
ried him to place of safety.
Miller, James p, private Company
D, Fourth Cavalry; June II, 1865;
Selma, Ala, April 2, 1865, capture
of standard of the Twelfth MISSISSIPPI
pi cavalry, c. S. A.
Morgan. Richard H., June II,
1865; Columbus, Ga, April Is, 1865;
capture of flag inside the enemy's
works, contrasting for its possession
with its bearer.
Power, Albert, private Company
A, Third Cavalry; March 6, 1893;
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