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Samuel McMains
- Private
Samuel McMains was my gg grandfather. I have a picture of him in his civil war uniform.
Contact Name: James A. Roberts
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Date Added: 1/11/2008

Company A
Hulbert Oliver Webb
- Private
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Contact Name: Sandra B Jensen
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Date Added: 6/19/2007

Company B
wm r mumby
Rank Unknown
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Contact Name: mike farley
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Date Added: 9/30/2006

Company D
Alexander Nance
- Private
Died 14 Apr 1863 at Helena, Phillips Co, Arkansas.
Contact Name: Susan Gray Croyle
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Date Added: 5/22/2015

Company E
Henry S Eberly
- 3rd Corporal
Enlisted as a Private on 9 August 1862 at the age of 23.
Promoted to Full 4th Corporal on 24 May 1864.
Severely wounded at Winchester, VA on 19 September 1864.
Promoted to Full 3rd Corporal on 3 May 1865.
Mustered out on 31 July 1865 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 5/17/2010

Company E
David P Orris
- Private
Age 18. Residence Iowa City, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Teamster. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered out July 31, 1865, Savannah, Ga. B. May 1844 D. Nov. 26, 1901. Buried St. Joseph's Cemetery, Lohrville, Iowa.
Contact Name: Dennis McGowan
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Date Added: 8/31/2009

Company F
John Brown Magruder Bishop
- Private
In March, 1864, John B. M. Bishop enlisted in Company F., 28th Iowa Volunteers, went South, and joined his regiment at Mansfield, Louisiana. He participated in several minor engagements during the Red River campaign, and September 19, 1864, was wounded at the battle of Winchester. He entered the hospital in that town, but after some weeks was transferred to Baltimore, and thence to Turner's Lane Hospital, of Philadelphia, from which he was discharged, in May, 1865. Source: HISTORY OF TAMA COUNTY IOWA, CHAPTER XXV, CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP. Page 475
Contact Name: Alan R. Ford
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Date Added: 1/12/2007

Company F
Jonathan S. Bishop
- Corporal
In September of 1862 Jonathan enlisted as a corporal in Company F, 28th Iowa Volunteers. Jonathan served as his Company's color guard representative and was flag bearer at the battle of Champion Hills, where he was slightly wounded in the arm. The flag staff was shattered over his head and the flag badly damaged. He participated in the battle of Port Gibson and the siege of Vicksburg, and was with the regiment in its march to New Orleans. In August of 1863 he was detached from his regiment and joined the 11th Louisiana (Union) as a Sergeant. Shortly after, he was taken sick with typhoid fever and died in the regiment camp at Transylvania Landing, Louisiana on September 8th, 1863. He was interned in Grave 10162, Section P, Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi USA (recorded as I.S.BISHOP). A marker was also placed in Crystal Cemetery, Tama County, Iowa.

Source: HISTORY OF TAMA COUNTY IOWA, CHAPTER XXV, CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP, Page 697
Contact Name: Alan R. Ford
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Date Added: 1/12/2007

Company F
David Nance
- Private
David Nance was my gg-grandfather. He died in 1863 at Lawson General Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. All three of his brothers were also casualties of this war.
Contact Name: Susan Gray Croyle
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Date Added: 5/22/2015

Company F
John C Wood
Rank Unknown
Looking for more information About the 28th Iowa Infantry.
Contact Name: George Wood
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Date Added: 5/16/2004

Company G
Benjamin Franklin Tullis
- 1st Lieutenant
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Contact Name: david scott
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Date Added: 7/15/2006

Company H
Frederick Breniman
Rank Unknown
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Contact Name: Gene Adkins
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company H
Rudolph Breniman
Rank Unknown
Served as a drummer boy. Also known as Reuben
Contact Name: Gene Adkins
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company H
Arthur Haswell
- Private
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Contact Name: William Ruth
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Date Added: 2/17/2006

Company H
Asa B. McHone
- Private
Enlisted as a Private in Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 05 January 1864, age 18. Mustered out Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 31 July 1865 in Savannah, GA
Contact Name: Michael Nolde
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Date Added: 2/20/2007

Company H
Millington McHone
- Private
Enlisted as a Private in Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 02 January 1864, age 41. Died of disease Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 15 February 1865 in Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Michael Nolde
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Date Added: 2/20/2007

Company I
Franklin Craven
- Private
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Contact Name: Charlotte Chipps
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Date Added: 5/25/2014

Company I
Aaron Wiseman
- Private
Wiseman, Aaron. Age 25. Residence Millersburg, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 1, 1864, Keokuk, Iowa.
Contact Name: Jim Logan
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Date Added: 5/1/2008

Company K
daniel e connor
- 4th Corporal
this man was my ggg-greatgrandfather he died at cedar creek virginia to our knowledge
Contact Name: margaret belcher
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Date Added: 9/19/2007

Company K
John Hughes
Rank Unknown
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Contact Name: Kent Rhodes
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Date Added: 9/13/2008

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