21st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Field Officers and Staff

Field Officers and Staff of the 21st Iowa Volunteers
named when the Regiment was Organized:

Col. Samuel Merrill, C.O.
Lt. Col. Cornelius Dunlap*
Maj. Salue Van Anda**
Adjutant Horace Poole
Q.M. Chas. Morse
Surgeon Wm. A. Hyde
1st Asst.Surg. Lucius Benham
2nd Asst. Surg.Richard Barnes
Chaplain Samuel Sloan
Sgt. Maj. Wm. Dickinson
Q.M. Sgt. Judson Hamilton
Com'sry Sgt. E. H. Townsend
Hospital Steward Ed Duncan
Principal Musc. Wm. Matson
Principal Musc. Isaac Large

Those Later Promoted or Appointed to F&S:

Maj. Wm. D. Crooke
Adjutant George Crooke
Q.M. John S. Platt
Surgeon Wm. L. Orr
Surgeon Dwight W. Chase
1st Asst.Surg. Hiram Hunt
Chaplain Lorenzo Bolles
Chaplain James Hill ***
Sgt. Major John Dubois
Q.M. Sgt. Linus McKinney
Q.M. Sgt. Austin Cook
Com'sry Sgt. Jeffrey Parker
Hosp. Steward Rufus Grosvenor

* Killed in action during assault on Vicksburg, May 1863
** Promoted to Lt. Col.
*** Medal of Honor recipient

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