seventh corporal, William Kaiser; eighth corporal, Joseph Bosten; drummer, Adam Hartmann; fifer, Conrad Braun; wagoner, Charles Weneck; privates, Hubert Aller, H. F. Burmeister, George Brenner, Adam Brenner, Charles Berg, Jacob Block, Peter Bosten, J. M. Bobleter, John Bolinski, E. Bender, John Koeping, Henry Kiefner, John Lentzbach, Jacob Lang, August Lucas, Henry Lange, Gustav Markart, Henry Mark, Henry J. Martin, William Martin, Jacob Bauer, John Bach, George Doefler, John Dallar, Henry Eckhardt, Jacob Egli, John Ernst, William Funke, John Froehner, Fred Giesler, Fred Goeser, Jacob Hessler, George Hettinger, Henry Kooke, M. Hilz, Jacob Hess, Joseph Haner, Jacob Hemle, Fred Holtz, John Hoefler, John Hillweg, Jacob Hoefer, August Kindler, John Kurz, Henry Kurz, Henry Kessler, George P. Knopp, Charles Knoblauch, Christian Merkel, Jacob Neibert, August Othner, John Pickelder, Frank Peterka, Henry Reickenburg, John Regenbogen, Jacob Rank, Lorenz Rexroth, Lorenz Savelsberg, John Schaefer, Jacob Schomberg, Fred Schmoker, Hermann Schmidt, William Schmelzer, John Schlegelmilch, George Spohn, Charles Strutz, Ulrich Staufer, Dietrich Sauer, Peter Volberg, George Weimann, Fred Weber, George Wunderlich, Charles Wanak, George H. Yung.

Company D-Second corporal, John G. Zahn; fourth corporal, Peter Leysen; sixth corporal, C. W. Hine; drummer, Mathias Becky; privates, Joseph M. Alger, Robert D. Bodmann, William Biebusch, George Bischer, Rudolph Bowman, John Bowman, John Eberhart, Valentine Getter, Henry Durdink, Herman M. Myers, George Schuler, Frederick Schnier, Nicholas Schafflentzel, John Skofel, G. Stocker, Adam Waldie, Herman Winning.

Company E-James Lang, Peter Lang..

Company F-Second lieutenant, G. W. H. Lucas; fifer, John Bumgardner; privates, John Bretz, Benjamin F. Bretz, John W. Brookhart, Peter Jonson, W. R. Lucas, Henry Eichelberger, Z. D. Epperly, T. J. Epperly, James Epperly, William Epperly, John Everling, William P. Fullmer, William Faugmeier, William J. Hartman, Henry Hessler, John Heininger, George Heininger, D. W. Shellabarger, R. Wescha.

Company G-First lieutenant, L. F. Creitz; sixth corporal, William S. P. Keller; wagoner, Charles Burgan; privates, George Burgan, James Brenner, Samuel Garber, Christia F. Mayer, John Mensch, H. T. Neff, William L. Overman, W. H. Ponbeck, Paul Peterson, M. L. Rodebush, Thomas Rayner, George C. Sanger, J. Sanger, Jacob Kyger, Christian Lampy, D. R. Wilgus, J. B. Welsh, George Wildasin.

Company H-Fourth sergeant, William Ayers; fourth corporal, J. H. Onstat; seventh corporal, J. J. Alger; drummer, W. Ziegenfus; privates, A. R. Betzer, Edward Kamering, L. Lanfer, Philip Mohn, L. H. Topping.

Company I-Third sergeant, George 'A'. Geller; third corporal, J. R. Hoffman; sixth corporal, William Brandt; fifer, George Fredrick; privates, Charles R. Hesser, Samuel Kissinger, Henry Louderman, John W. Marten, Charles Merlin, H. P. Neyman, T. Sheets, Henry Spitzer, I. Stoneberner.

Company K-First sergeant, E. Lichtenwalter; third sergeant, Charles Marquand; sixth corporal, L. Bader; seventh corporal, Martin F. Funk; eighth corporal, S. G. Funk; wagoner, A. Fulwider; privates, Mathias Betzner, C. J. Billinger, Jacob C. Drumm, Daniel Fleagel, M. Heller, Henry H. Happ, William

Happ, Peter Heltzel, John Heck, J. Houseman, J. J. Klinglesmith, C. Kiser, S. J. Lichtenwalter, James Mardis, J. Nosley, William Redinger, George Steffy, Henry Swarms, A. Switzer, G. W. Soper, A. J. Swonger, John C. Winter.

FIRST IOWA INFANTRY.

Sergeant, William Fessler; sergeant, Christian Mellinger; corporal, James Belgar; privates, G. Bitzer, Christian Blackhart, L. F. Creitz, Peter Fingle, F. Geiger, William Gettert, Adam Hacker, C. W. Hine, M. Keife, E. Kepner, Christian Kern, Samuel Lantz, George Lantz, Joseph Lorber, Charles Maritz, W. Moeller, Henry Richter, C. S. Ritz, William Rupp, Henry Seibert, M. B. Stein, John Strohm, John Zollner, M. Ange, A. Butman, John Gertenback, R. Hafemeister, G. W. Heckler, Jacob Kern, G. Maurer, F. G. Schultz, C. H. Straub, G. G. Schenck.

SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Quartermaster sergeant, Frank Hoyer; first lieutenant, A. W. Springer; second lieutenant, S. Estle; second lieutenant, T. W. Eichelberger; corporal, F. Hansen; corporal, W. B. Bargenbush; privates, J. Alberton, B. Bosch, John Bowman, A. Gebhart, J. W. Henley, H. Hesser, John Hesser, W. H. Hinckley, A. Kleintop, E. Marcks, J. M. Myers, William Myers, H. Porchers, J. B. Raseman, W. H. Styers, H. Stein, E. Steckle, John Yeager, John Roth.

EIGHTH IOWA INFANTRY.

P. F. Munhoven, Robert Selder, W. Stotler.

ELEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Captain, E. Shellabarger; second lieutenant, William Bakey; corporal, D. Witmoyer; corporal, Charles Bier; corporal, M. Shellabarger; corporal, August Mettege; musician, Jacob Bowman; privates, G. F. Boyer, August Bakey, Henry Benedick, G. Bowman, Carl Brenner, A. Enstler, D. Enstler, E. Fortwagler, William Fieldman, Joseph Fristler, John Goedecke, C. L. Jesler, D. Killinger, B. Kettman, G. Murer, S. Myers, John Myers, William Myers, August Pauchen, L. G. Springer, J. L. Stanber, captain, 'A'. D. Shrope; sergeant, Henry Seibert; corporal, William Fultz; corporal, James Wymer, Jr.; musician, D. B. Spillman ; privates, R. Hartman, G. Kiser, J. P. Mussellman, A. Wiker, E. M. Wiker, A. B. Yager, sergeant, Christian Kern; sergeant, D. Seiler; sergeant, H. Kesner; corporal, G. W. Hershe; musician, Fred Killian; privates, Christian Fichtner, G. W. Hank, Henry Hanson, Adam Hacker, Conrad Krantz, August Krantz, A. Keitt, R. L. Kiser, John Lorber, B. F. Neidig, C. G. Schenck, B. Spangler, John H. Zoellner; sergeant, J. W. Fanner; corporal, N. W. Wolff; privates, Hans Bernholt, C. J. Faulkner, N. Geller, H. Hinkhouse, John Kester, M. Kief, L. Mattern, William Pitsenberger, John Resley, J. F. Rubart, J. Sterneman, J. Taulman, Charles Judisck, H. Vermink, C. H. Wolf, H. Zeager, S. S. Bozarth, G. W.

Baumgardner, J. Ellembuger, W. F. Getter, W. B. Letner, W. H. Myers, J. P. Mussellman, John Rupp, H. Stormfelte, C. G. Schenck, C. L. Stanber, L. W. Shutts, G. B. Waltz.

SIXTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Commissary sergeant, Charles Weisemann; corporal, Adolph Gottbrecht; privates, Anton Brenner, W. Geiger, August Gottbrecht, William Kuhn, Jacob Reimers, Fritz Schlosser, Joseph Lucas, Herman Roth, Jacob Kern, H. W. Blessing, S. Cretzmyer, F. G. Schultz, P. Gettert, L. Alger, M. Ange, Nicholas Bair, N. Bause, John Brawand, Adam Brown, J. H. Cimmerman, George Cline, O. Hess, J. Hettiker, Philip Hettinger, Adam Hettinger, John Kuhn, G. W. Keckler, P. Schmoker, John Burkhart, J. Esterline, Fred Kern, W. H. Rifenberg, B. Knoepfel, Christian Heppe, John M. Grau, H. Stelib, G. Schwarzdraper, Captain J. H. Lucas, John Hocke, John Maryin, Adam Schott.

EIGHTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Captain, S. Estle; privates, G. Bitzer, Charles Kettle, W. Eberling, F. Geiger, Otto Kuhnd, George Lantz, H. Richter, W. Roseman, J. Trexler, H. Winning, William Pegan, A. Schlaissmar.

THIRTY-SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Theodore Hand, John Berger, Joseph Bowman, D. Blank, August Frederick, William Gard, C. Hians, J. Hucke, A. Martin, B. W. Ninohouse, J. Schott, John Schnier, Samuel Wilhelm, A. Wittenberger, F. G. Busch, George Krieger, J. K. Hakart, J. B. Groshong, J. H. Kahart, John Doering, Herman Gebring.

FORTY-FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Adjutant, E. F. Richman; captain, G. Bitzer; privates, William Eichelberger, John Koehler, Adam Bitzer, Thomas Fry, J. Hendrickson, William N. Hennings, R. Kiser, George W. Miller, L. S. Moss, F. F. Richman, C. Ruckdeschel, George Schutrum, John Ziegler, Jr., S. F. Fenstemaker, James P. Schell.

SECOND IOWA CAVALRY.

Quartermaster, Benjamin F. Diffenbacher; privates, George A. Funk, George H. Ziegler, Edward Henniker, Frederick L. Ayer, Benjamin Wagoner; privates, Jacob H. Martin, Jacob Schaller, C. G. Petmacky, David N. Moyer, Christian Baabe, George Gabriel, William M. Lowe, Jacob Beamer, M. Bernghart, J. Bickford, W. Cissler, I. Dibble, J. T. Esty, J. M. Geiger, J. W. Hartinger, A. Henninger, William Hartman, W. H. H. Jobes, William Lucas, Martin Mohr, Charles Straub, B. F. Snyder, J. Shoffer, William Bahl, James W. Eystra, William Pickering, William W. Miller, Benjamin C. Lilly, John F. Kurz, J. Walter, Jacob Coble, William Martin, W. H. Cramer, J. Diffendorfer, George Franzen, J. F. Hemperly, J. F. Hershey, B. Kephart, John J. Kurz, George

Lambert, William Meslur, Adam Opel, George Staeffer, James Walter, H. H. Bromer, C. C. Richire, Frank Dorr, N. Kaffenheimer.

EIGHTH IOWA CAVALRY.

Charles Burgett, William Crais, W. H. Dicks, J. Dicks, George Fritz, H. Hancus, Theodore Richarz, L. Sheets.

NINTH IOWA CAVALRY.

Henry Richter, J. H. Cimmamon, Henry Hess, Conrad Hucke, Jacob Busket, R. Bohren, Jacob Binkle, C. E. Crammer, J. M. Esley, F. C. Fintel, C. Gephart, John Gertenbach, A. Helberman, George Hazelmyer, J. D. Ovrick, George A. Rickey, August Shrader, Jacob Smeltz, William Wendman, Charles Wahl, William Blessing, Samuel Blessing, William Fisher, James Raffeasperger, R. Shrope.

SECOND IOWA INFANTRY.

Frank W. Kasper, William Brawner, Samuel Funk, D. W. Myers, J. B. Estell.

Second Veteran Infantry, Joseph H. Weltz, David M. Myers; Fifth Infantry, Thomas Sharkey; Sixth Infantry, John Ufford, John Datenhoff; Ninth Infantry, Samuel V. Bumgardner; Thirteenth Infantry, David V. Hammer, C. F. C. Keller; Twentieth Infantry, John Hillweg, William Diffendaffer; Twentyfourth Infantry, E. Gabriel, J. A. Wagoner, H. L. Carl, William Crisman, S. A. Crisman, F. A. Crisman, Jacob Slater, T. J. Brent, S. Neidig; Twenty-eighth Infantry, John Greaser, John Steffy; Thirty-first Infantry, A. B. Hershe; Fortieth Infantry, Jacob Frits, Daniel Frits, J. W. Flack; Forty-first Infantry, Edward L. Swem; First Cavalry, O. C. Limbocker, John Kay; Fifth Veteran Cavalry, George Wolf, W. K. Finker, Henry Matter; Sixth Cavalry, E. A. Altekruse, August Paul, Charles Strait; Seventh Cavalry, George Ayers; First Infantry, Albert Hanly; First Battalion Light Artillery, Thomas J. Ijams, Louis Fess; Fifteenth United States Infantry, E. Knapp; Eleventh Illinois Infantry, Captain Isaac D. Vose; Fifty-fifth Illinois Infantry, William Wardin; Fiftyseventh Illinois Infantry, Charles Wabeser; Ninth Illinois Cavalry, Jacob Wagoner; Third Missouri Infantry, Maritz Cronert, Jacob Storts.

As can be gleaned from the above, a total of 622 citizens of German descent, of Muscatine county, participated in the great Civil war.

GERMAN SOCIETIES.

The first German society was the "Muscatine Turnverein." It was originally organized July 12, 1856. The original membership was as follows: Frederick Tappe, Peter Schorr, Henry Fiene, Henry Clarner, C. Kranz, T. Ulrich, J. Dold, Joseph Koeberle, Jacob Lorenz, Anton Brenner, H. Schmidt, Frederick Eitmann, John Butz, Karl Kleine, Henry Geiss, Charles Stegemann, Ferdinand

Bernhardt, Hyman Salomon, Ephraim Hecht, Ferdinand Schmalz, John G. Hoehl, George Schneider, Joseph Bauerbach, John Stortz, P. F. Mueller, C. A. Buescher, Henry Kautz, August Rehbein, Franz Koehler, Jacob Fisch, J. A. Aeurer, A. Hengstenberg, Mathias Neckey, John Huber, H. Funck, Daniel Binz, William Achton, Jacob Horr, Henry Molis, Jacob Bowmann, John Schmidt, John Stengele, A. Wilhelm, Lorenz Haeng, F. A. Wienker. There seems to be no record of the first officers but we have reliable information that Henry Kautz, was the first speaker, and that Henry Geiss, the veteran druggist, still at the old stand, was the first instructor in gymnastics. A beautiful flag of this Turner society, bearing the inscription "Dedicated to the Muscatine Turnverein by the German Ladies, May, 1857," with a fine United States shield and a large American eagle in the center, still in good state of preservation, now adorns the wall of the present Turnverein Hall. At the beginning of the Civil war most of the members of the old Turnverein (having one hundred members at that time) left for the front in defense of the Union and many never returned. After the war, the survivors founded a new Turner society. In 1870 another society, the "Vorwaerts Turnverein," was founded, so there were two of them for a time. But after a brief period the "Vorwaerts" ceased to exist. The "Muscatine Turnverein" flourished successfully from then on and in the early '80s. Having two lots on the corner of Sixth street and Iowa avenue, they built a large Turner hall on the same. In transforming this hall into a fine opera house, however, a heavy debt was incurred and in consequence the entire property of the society, about 1891, passed into private ownership and the society disbanded.

ST. JOSEPH'S MUTUAL AID SOCIETY.

was organized in 1859. It was incorporated January 20, 1859, the incorporators being G. W. Wilmering, Joseph Kleinfelder, John Knopp, and Math. Kraemer. We were unable to obtain the names of the original officers. This society is still in a flourishing condition.

THE GERMAN MECHANICS AID SOCIETY.

was organized December 9, 1865 and incorporated April 18, 1866. The original members were F. H. Wienker, George Schneider, John Daiber, Peter Hess, Joseph Kleinfelder, Gottfried Neff, Martin Eichholz, Christian Otto, S. Adamer, F. Goeser, Frederick Weckerlin, G. Baer, C. F. Schmalz, John Burri, William Lohr, Israel Kinzle, John Wenner, Gustav Schmidt, Joseph Fuller, John Huber, J. W. Koehler, Frederick Witterman, V. Maurath, Henry Grau, M. Vetter, J. H. Bulster, P. Hartmann, A. Hartmann. The first officers were: F. H. Wienker, president; Joseph Kleinfelder, vice president; George Schneider, first secretary; John Daiber, second secretary; Peter Hess, treasurer. The present officers are: President, William Wendlandt; vice president, Gustav Maeglin; first secretary, Herman Grensing; second secretary, Carl Mueller; treasurer,