Of the officers of this regiment, its first major, William M. Stone, became Governor of the State, in 1864, and afterward Commissioner of the United States Land Office. Lieutenant-Colonel John Scott became Lieutenant-Governor in 1868; Captain M. M. Trumbull became Colonel of the Ninth Cavalry; Lieutenant G. W. Clark became Colonel of the Thirty-fourth; Lieutenant G. W. Crosley became Lieutenant-Colonel of a regiment in Hancock’s Veteran Corps; Lieutenant G. A. Eberhart became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirty-second, as did also Sergeant E. H. Mix, who fell at Pleasant Hill; Sergeant G. L. Wright became Lieutenant-Colonel of the consolidated Second and Third; Captain J. B. Knight became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ninth Cavalry. Many other members of the Third became officers of other regiments.
FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY
This regiment was made up largely in the southwest portion of the State. Company A was from Mills County; Company B, from Pottawattamie, Harrison, Cass and Shelby; Company C, from Guthrie and Dallas; Company D, from Decatur and Clarke; Company E, from Polk, Warren and Dallas; Company F, from Madison and Warren; Company G from Ringgold; Company H from Adams and Union; Company I from Wayne; Company K from Taylor and Page. The first field officers were: G. M. Dodge, colonel; John Galligan, lieutenant-colonel; W. R. English, major, and J. A. Williamson, adjutant. The regiment went into camp at Council Bluffs in June and July, 1861, and, early in August, was ordered to Missouri, and was in camp at St. Louis and Rolla for some time, drilling and preparing for active service in the field. It was in Curtis’ army in the campaign which closed with
