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4th
Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers
from
Dyers Compendium…
Organized by Companies
at Fort Snelling, Minn., as follows: Company "A" mustered in October
4, 1861, and Company "B" October 2, 1861. Moved to Fort Ridgley,
Minn., and garrison duty there until March, 1862. Company "C" mustered
in October 7, 1861. Also moved to Fort Ridgley and garrison duty there until
March, 1862. Company "D" mustered in October 10, 1861. Moved to Fort
Abercrombie, D. T., and duty there until March, 1862. Company "E"
mustered in November 27, 1861. Company "F" mustered in October 11,
1861. Company "G" mustered in November 22, 1861. Moved to Fort
Abercrombie and duty there until March, 1862. Company "H" mustered in
December 20, 1861. Company "I" mustered in December 23, 1861. Company "K" mustered in
December 23, 1861. Regiment concentrated at Fort Snelling March, 1862, and
moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., April 20-23, 1862. Moved to Hamburg Landing,
Tenn., May 2-14. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi,
May to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps
(Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division,
16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps,
to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December,
1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on
and siege of Corinth, Miss., May 18-30, 1862. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June
12. Duty at Clear Creek until August. Expedition to Rienzi and Ripley June.
Moved to Jacinto August 5, and duty there until September 18. March to Iuka,
Miss., September 18-19. Battle of Iuka September 19. Moved to Corinth October
1. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's
Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Reconnaissance
from Lagrange November 8-9, 1862. Duty at White's Station and Memphis, Tenn.,
until February, 1863. Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and
Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Operations against Fort
Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April
13-15. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of
Port Gibson, Miss., May 1. Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3. Battles
of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16; Big Black River May
17. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.
Garrison duty at Vicksburg until September 12. Moved to Helena, Ark., September
12, thence to Memphis, Tenn., and Corinth, Miss., and march to Chattanooga,
Tenn., October 6-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad
in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel
Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November
26-27. At Bridgeport and Huntsville, Ala., until June, 1864. Operations about
Whitesburg, Ala., February 2, 1864. Veterans on furlough March 5 to May 4,
1864. Moved from Huntsville, Ala., to Stevenson, Ala., thence to Kingston, Ga.,
June 22-25, thence to A1latoona July 5-6, and garrison duty there until
November. Battle of Allatoona October 5. March to the sea November 15-December
10. Siege of Savannah, Ga., December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January
to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River
February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. About Columbia February 15-17.
Cheraw March 3. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of
Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April
14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to
Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2-3. Duty there until July 19. Mustered out July
19 and discharged at St. Paul, Minn., August 7, 1865.
Regiment lost during
service 3 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 239.
Company D, 4th
Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers (Martin L. Webb I & George W. Van Syckle)
Compiled by Jonathan Webb Deiss, 2000, 2001,
2002
Martin Luther Webb undoubtedly saw his older brother Lester
leave to join the ranks of the Goodhue County Company of the 1st Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers in April of 1861.
He was too young to join the Goodhue volunteers and must have yearned to
join the gallant men as they marched off to fight. By October it is certain that he was not able to stay at
home any longer and obtained permission to join the same company and regiment
as his brother in law George W. Van Syckle, who had married Martin’s sister
Eliza in 1859. George was older
and it seems likely that Martin’s parents agreed to allow him to join
considering that George would be there to look after him.
Martin was still too young
though and had to obtain a note of consent from his parents giving him
permission. Martin was 16 years 6 months and 4 days old when he enlisted on 6
October 1861 into Captain Inman’s company, and he was likely the youngest man
in his company. Martin was tall
and fit, so the surgeons admitted him and he was mustered 10 October 1861 at
Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Shortly after or
possibly during the Battle of Iuka, Martin was assigned to duty with 11th Independent
Battery Ohio Light Artillery (under Lieutenant Cyrus Sears, CMH). This seems natural as Martin was born
in Ohio and it may have been ‘appropriate’ at the time to assign him to an Ohio
unit; also the fact that the 4th reinforced the 11th’s position at the battle
lends more credibility.
He served on detached
service with the Battery until it completed it’s term of service and he was
discharged and transferred back to 4th Regiment Minnesota Infantry 15 August
1864 to finish his last two months of his three year enlistment. Ironically, although he had weathered
the entire war without a single significant wound, his term tainted only by
illness, he was wounded by gunshot wound to the arm at Allatoona Pass, Georgia
on 5 October 1864, six days before his discharge date, while engaged against
35th and 39th Regiments Mississippi Infantry as they attacked the
fortifications. He mustered out,
11 October 1864, at Allatoona, Georgia (likely in hospital there or nearby),
returned to Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
It was there that he volunteered
for Company A, 9th Regiment U.S. Volunteer Veterans Infantry on 10 March 1865,
mustered in 11 March 1865 and served his one-0year term in the Quarter-Master’s
Office in Indianapolis, Indiana.
He was discharged and mustered out, 9 March 1866.
Chronological Abstract
: Service of Private Martin Luther Webb – from service record 1861 – 1866.
4 October 1861 - Martin obtains
a consent waiver from his parents to enter the service of the Army of the U.S.
in the presence of A. Perkins.
10 October 1861 Enlisted, Captain Inman's Company, 4th Regiment Minnesota
Volunteer infantry. Mustered in by Captain Nelson at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
for three years.
10 November 1861 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Captain Inman's Company,
4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.
31 December 1861 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers.
January, February 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th
Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.
March, April 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers.
May, June 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers.
July, August 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers.
September 1862 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers.
28 September 1862 - Reported to duty to 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light
Artillery.
October 1862 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers.
5 October 1862 - On detached service to 11th Ohio Battery Light Artillery.
31 October 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent
Battery Ohio Light Artillery.
November - December 1862 - On detached service to 11th Ohio Battery Light
Artillery.
19 November 1862 - A letter is received from Luther by his brother Captain
Loren Webb in which Luther states that he is in the 11th Ohio battery and is
doing well.
26 December 1862 - Detached to guard provision train to Memphis. $10 of his pay
is forfeited to US by department order against straggling.
January, February 1863 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent
Battery Ohio Light Artillery.
March, April 1863 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent
Battery Ohio Light Artillery.
May, June 1863 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery
Ohio Light Artillery.
30 June 1863 - Paid by Major Stanton.
July, August 1863 - Recorded as present on the Hospital muster roll of Adams
USA General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Recorded as absent on muster
roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery.
13 August 1863 - Sick in hospital. }
26 August 1863 - Recorded as patient in hospital, Adams USA General Hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee.
September, October 1863 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th
Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. Recorded as present on the Hospital muster roll
of Adams USA General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, attached to Company E, 11th
Battery Ohio Light Artillery.
14 September 1863 - Luther arrives home in Roscoe, Minnesota on furlough.
He had been very ill.
26 October 1863 - Deserted from furlough.
29 October 1863 - Recorded as sick in hospital on the hospital muster roll of
Adams USA Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
24 November 1863 - Joined Detachment of Convalescents, 11th Independent Battery
Ohio Light Artillery.
November, December 1863 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th
Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. Recorded as absent on muster roll of 11th
Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. $13 stopped for transportation during
absence.
31 December 1863 - Settled clothing account, drawn $33.77. Last paid $100
by Major Phenney.
January, February 1863 - Present on muster roll of Convalescent Detachment of
11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery at USA Hospital, Fort Snelling,
Minnesota. Returned to duty and transferred.
March 1864 - Transferred back to service.
April 1864 - Recorded as sick in hospital until August.
May, June 1864 - Attached to Hospital as patient, Keokuk USA General Hospital,
Keokuk, Iowa. Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers. Remarks : Non-vet, absent sick in Keokuk, Iowa since June
1, 1864. Stop for transportation on furlough $13.
19 May 1864 - Patient in hospital, Keokuk USA General Hospital.
1 June 1864 - Sick in Hospital as patient, Keokuk USA General Hospital, Keokuk,
Iowa.
30 June 1864 - Last paid by Major R. Smyth. Bounty due $100.
July, August 1864 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment
Minnesota Volunteers. Stopped for furlough $13. With reg't at Allatoona,
Georgia. Non-vet.
15 August 1864 - Transferred back to 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light
Artillery.
September 1864 - this month is un-recorded on any muster roll, but it should be
apparent that he returned to service with 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry in Georgia.
5 October 1864 - Shot at Battle of Allatoona Pass, Georgia. Struck in
arm, severe. Casualty report issued in 1880.
11 October 1864 - Mustered out - expiration of service- at Allatoona, Georgia.
Due $100.
4 January 1865 - 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Veterans (?).
19 January 1865 - Appears as present on company muster-out roll, Company D, 4th
Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at Huntsville, Alabama. Bounty due
$100. Between January and March he must have returned to Minnesota.
10 March 1865 - Volunteered at St. Paul, Minnesota for Company A, 9th Regiment
U.S. Volunteer Veterans Infantry.
11 March 1865 - Mustered in at St. Paul, Minnesota.
23 April 1865 - Draft Rendezvous at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
15 May 1865 - Appears on the company muster roll for Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV at
Camp Stoneman, District of Columbia.
18 May 1865 - Special $300 Bounty paid.
30 June 1865 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV.
July, August 1865 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't
USVV.
5 August 1865 - Detached in Quarter Master Department, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Recorded as Absent on returns for Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV.
September, October 1865 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th
Reg't USVV.
November 1865 - On returns of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV as Absent by reason of Post
to Q.M. Department.
November, December 1865 - Recorded as Present on the muster roll of Co. A, 9th
Reg't USVV. Posted to Q.M. Department.
January, February 1866 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't
USVV.
9 March 1866 - Appears on Detachment Muster Out Roll for Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV
at Indianapolis, Indiana.
[Click here to see copies of Martin’s Compiled Service
Record cards.]
Roster of Captain
Inman’s Company, [Company D], 4th Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers
Between 8 October and 10
October 1861 all men were mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Officers :
Captain Elder Thomas E. Inman : Inman,
age 47, was a Baptist minister when he was mustered 10 October 1861 as Captain
of Company D. He was wounded in action, assigned Chaplain of Fort Abercrombie
30 April 1863 and later died 18 May 1882 at the town of Inman, Minnesota.
First Lieutenant Benjamin
F. Butler : Butler, age 32, was mustered 8 October 1861 and resigned in
November 1862.
Second Lieutenant
Harrison M. Stanton : Stanton, age 29, was mustered 10 October 1861 and died 8
June 1862 at Benton Barracks, Missouri.
Second Lieutenant
Andoniram (Adoniram) J. Whitney : Whitney, age 21, was mustered as Sergeant 10
October 1861 and promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 18 December 1864. He reenlisted 1
January 1864 and mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Lieutenant Chessman Gould
: Gould , age 50, enlisted as Second Lieutenant 2 December 1862, transferred to
Company B 29 January 1864 as 1st Lieutenant and mustered out 19 July 1865 at
Louisville, Kentucky.
Non-Commissioned Officers and Staff
1st Sergeant George W. Van Syckle :
Van Syckle was born in 1834 in Kingston, New York. He was a farmer and lived in
Roscoe, Minnesota with his wife Eliza, who was the sister of Private M. L.
Webb, and his daughter Luella. He
mustered in 10 October 1861 and died of ‘lung fever’ 17 May 1862 at Hamburg
Landing, Tennessee. Service record of Sergeant Van Syckle.
1st Sergeant William T.
Lambert : Lambert, age 23, enlisted as Private 8 October 1861, reenlisted 1
January 1865 and was mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Sergeant Oliver P.
Shelton : Shelton, age 24, mustered in as Private 10 October 1861, reenlisted 1
January 1864 and mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Sergeant David I. Hanscom : Hanscom,
age 28, mustered in as Private 8 October 1861 and mustered out 14 October 1864.
Sergeant Edward Dowling : Dowling, age
29, enlisted as Corporal and mustered in 10 October 1861 and promoted to
Sergeant. He reenlisted 1 January
1864 and mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Sergeant George G. (C.)
Kimball : Kimball, age 33, enlisted as Sergeant and mustered in 10 October
1861.He transferred 15 September 1863 to Veteran Reserve Corps and mustered out
9 October 1864.
Sergeant Samuel A.
Kirkham : Kirkham, age 25, enlisted as Sergeant and mustered in 10 October
1861, and was discharged 16 March 1864 by reason of disability.
Sergeant George S. Scofield : Scofield,
age 21, enlisted as Private and mustered in 10 October 1861. He died in service
8 December 1863 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Sergeant John F. Snyder
(Snider) : Snyder, age 21, enlisted as Private and mustered in 10 October
1861.He was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, reenlisted 1 January 1864 and
mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Sergeant Tenn (Fenn) B.
Woodcock : Woodcock, age 26, enlisted as Private and mustered in 8 October
1861, reenlisted 1 January 1864 and mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville,
Kentucky.
Musician Hezekiah G.
Perkins : Perkins, age 47, enlisted as Musician and mustered in 10 October 1861
and discharged 3 October 1862 by reason of disability.
Musician Chester H. Clark
: Clark, age 18, enlisted as Musician and mustered in 8 October 1861, and later
transferred 11 February 1864 to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Wagoner Thadeus J. (I.)
Robinson : Robinson, age 22, enlisted as Wagoner and mustered in 8 October 1861
and died 24 July 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Enlisted Men
Newton A. Abell (Able), Corporal,
enlisted 8 October 1861, age 25
Warren Adley, enlisted 8 October 1861,
age 31
Emanuel Amos,enlisted 10 October 1861,
age 32
George Anderson
Herman Artman, enlisted 26 June 1864,
age 35
Edward Ash, Sr., enlisted 8 October
1861, age 44
Uriah S. Ayers, enlisted 8 October
1861, age 19
Miles W. Begordis, enlisted as Private
in 16th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry 2 January 1862, from Plainfield, Wisconsin
Isaac N. Bentley, enlisted as Private
8 October 1861, age 27
Henry C. Boober
Thomas J. Cadwell, Corporal
Wellington S. Cater (Cates)
Geo. A. Clarck (Clark)
Remi Crapeau
Charles J. Daken (Dakin, Daekin)
John Danielson
Thomas Darling
Andrew Daudes
George Davidson
Francisca V. DeCoster, Corporal
Henry Dolheimer
Valentine Dolheimer
John Donovan
Andrew Doudes
Charles E. Ellis
Quartus B. Farwell
Jacob Fegar (Feger)
Franklin F. Fisher
Frederick Follett, Corporal
Charles Foot
Edward J. French
George Garden
Charles Gaskell (Gaskill)
Edward Gorden (Gordon), Corporal
James R. Graff
Horace S. Greeley (Greely)
Elbert D. Green
Albert Guptill
John P. Guptill
Lorenzo Haight
William H. Hall
Henry Hanks
William S. Haskins
John Henry
Ezra G. Hicks
Conrad Hochstettler
Frank Hoffman
Charles Howard
John T. Hower
Daniel Hughes
Aron P. Hull, Corporal
Charles M. Hutchins, Corporal
George Johnson
John Johnson
Knud Johnson
Daniel Keer
Joseph E. Keerney, Corporal
Augustus H. Kellogg
George W. Kenney
Joseph E. Kenny, Corporal
John Ker (Keras)
Daniel Kere
Michael Kertains (Kertans)
Edwin Kidder
Michael Kinna
George W. Kinney
J.E. Kinney, Corporal
Christian Klenkart (Klinkart)
A.P. Knowles
Richard Lambert
James Langan (Langen)
James Lawrence
Antoine Leich (Leisch)
Charles C. Lent
James Linn
Clement Longworth
John Maltcan (Maltcam, Maltcon)
Nelson D. Marble
Joseph McNalley (McNally)
Samuel M. Meacham (Meachem)
Wm. A. Millegan
Joseph S. Miller, Corporal
Robert R. Miller, Corporal
Salem W. Miller, Corporal
William A. Milligan
Samuel L. Momeney (Momeny, Momeney,
Momony)
James F. More
Charles Neal
(Neil), Corporal
John Nelson
Franz Nibbler (Nibler)
Oliver Oleverson (Olivercon,
Oliverson)
Thomas O'Neil
George W. Page (Paige)
Mirun Page (Myron Paige)
Joseph Paquin, Corporal
Peter Parker
Charles Peabody
George Peak (Peake)
Andrew N. (W.) Perkins :
Perkins, age 21, enlisted as Private and mustered in 10 October 1861,
reenlisted 1 January 1864 and mustered out 19 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Daniel F. Perkins : Perkins, age 32,
enlisted as Private and mustered in 8 October 1861 and was killed 22 May 1863
at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Harmon A. Perkins
: Perkins, age 20, enlisted as Private and mustered in 20 October 1861 and
discharged 19 September 1862 by reason of disability. He later enlisted as Corporal and mustered into Company A,
Hatch’s Battalion Cavalry, 20 July 1863 and mustered out 5 June 1866.
Jeremiah B. Perkins : Perkins, age 21,
enlisted as Private and mustered in 10 October 1861 and mustered out 11 October
1864.
Benjamin A. Plummer
Alonzo Popple
Theodore Rasmas (Rasmus, Rastmus)
Thomas Reilley (Reilly)
Eugene Reith
Silas W. Rice
Thomas Rielly (Riley)
George W. Rions
Thomas V. Robbinson (Robinson)
George W. Ryons
Joel E. Sampson, Corporal
Milo N. Scoville
Aaron Scribner, Corporal
DeLa Fletcher Sevenus (Severns)
Peter Severson
John Shaw
Charles B. Smith
George W. Smith
Joseph Steffer
Edmond Stetlen (Stetlin, Stettlen)
William A. Steward (Stewart)
Thomas Straw, Corporal
John Swenson (Swinson)
Elijah J. Tanner
William Taylor
James H. Thomas
Willard C. Tufts
William Vail
Lorenz Vetsch
Abana Wade
Horace Walleat
Lyman T. Ward
William F. Ward
John A. Warrell
Richard Waterman
Martin L. Webb : Webb, age 16 (youngest
man in Co. D), enlisted 6 October 1861 and mustered in 10 October 1861.
Reuben A. Wheeler
William White
Augustus E. Whitney
James L. Williams
McDonough W. Willoughby
Frank Wilson
Jeremiah C. Winslow
Walter L. Winter, Corporal
Horace Wolleat
John A. Worell
Ross Workman
John A. Worrell
Stephen Wyles
Enos A. Bunker
Sources :
Catton, Bruce. The Army of the Potomac. Mr. Lincoln's Army.
Doubleday & Company. Garden City, New York. 1951
Catton, Bruce. The Army of the
Potomac. Glory Road. Doubleday & Company. Garden City, New York.
1951
Dyer, Frederick H., Compendium of
the War of the Rebellion, compiled and arranged from official records of the
Federal and Confederate armies. Dyer Publishing Company. Des Moines, Iowa
1905. Courtesy of the U.S. Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Located online http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/DL/
Webb, Loren. Diary of
Captain Loren Webb, 1861 - 1863, Firelands Historical Society. Norwalk,
Ohio. 1995. Transcribed by Matthew L. Burr.
Service Record of George W.
Van Syckle, Co. D, 4th Reg't Minnesota Infantry, National Archives and
Records Administration, Washington, DC. Compiled 1890's, viewed February 2001.
Service Record of Private Martin L.
Webb, Company D, 4th Reg't Minnesota Infantry, National Archives &
Records Administration, Washington, DC. Compiled 1894, reviewed 2001. *includes
regimental returns for 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery.
http://inman.surnameweb.org/sketches/Death_of_a_Pioneer.htm
(Elder Thomas Inman info).
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