Field and Staff Roster
27th Iowa Top Banner

(At muster-in of organization, together with subsequent appointments from civil life)

James I. Gilbert Age 33. Residence Lansing, nativity Kentucky. Appointed Colonel Aug. 10 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Wounded slightly April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Promoted Brigadier General Feb. 9, 1865; Brevet Major General March 26, 1865. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records Note Note

Jed Lake Age 32. Residence Independence, nativity New York. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 11 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Promoted Colonel June 26, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records Military Records Letters Note Photo Note

George W. Howard Age 35. Residence Bradford, nativity Maine. Appointed Major Aug. 10, 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel June 26, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa Staff Notes Cemetery Records Note

Charles A. Comstock Age 44. Residence Lansing, Nativity New York. Appointed Adjutant Sept. 16, 1862. mustered Oct 3, 1862. Resigned April 24, 1863. Staff Notes

Oliver P. Shiras Age 29. Residence Dubuque, nativity Pennsylvania. Commissioned First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Aug. 10, 1862 . Detailed for staff duty by order of General Pope, Sept. 22 1862, and served as Aide on Staff of General F. J. Herron until December 1863. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records

Solon Langworthy Age 47. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Appointed Quartermaster Sept.16, 1862. Mustered Oct 3, 1862 Resigned Dec. 28,1863. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records Note Note

John E. Sanborn Age 38. Residence Epworth, nativity New Hampshire. Appointed Surgeon Sept. 16 1862. Mustered Oct. 3 1862. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton Iowa. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records Note

Albert Boomer Age 35. Residence Delhi, nativity Connecticut. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Sept. 16, 1862. not mustered. Resigned Aug. 22, 1864. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records

David C. Hastings Age 32. Residence Quasqueton, nativity Connecticut. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records

Daniel N. Bordwell Age 34. Residence Lansing, nativity new York. Appointed Chaplain Oct. 3, 1862. Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Resigned Aug. 25, 1864. Staff Notes Cemetery Records Note Note Letter

Frederick F. Kiner Age 28. Residence Mount Pleasant, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Chaplain Dec. 31, 1864. Mustered Jan. 21, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. See Company I, Fourteenth Infantry. Staff Notes with Photo Cemetery Records

Non-Commissioned Staff

Philander J. Harrington Age 28. Residence Lansing, nativity New York. Promoted Sergeant Major from Company B. Oct. 3, 1862. Promoted Adjutant April 25, 1863. Discharged for promotion as Captain of Fourth Arkansas Colored Infantry, March 10, 1864. Company B. Notes Note

Otto Brodtbeck Age 20. residence Dubuque, nativity Switzerland. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant from Company B. Oct. 3, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb 8, 1865, Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis, Mo). Company B Notes Cemetery Records See Company B

James P. McKinney Age 24. Residence Fort Atkinson, nativity Ohio. Promoted Commissary Sergeant from Company E. Oct 3, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Company E Notes Cemetery Records

Hiram H. Hunt Age 39. Residence Independence, nativity Maryland. Promoted Hospital Steward from Company H. Oct 3, 1862. Discharged for promotion as Assistant Surgeon of Twenty-first Infantry. May 4, 1863. Company H Notes Cemetery Records

Ralph L. Knight Age 34. Residence Farmersburgh, nativity Vermont. Promoted Drum Major from Drummer of Company E, March 1, 1863. Mustered out Aug. 8, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Company E Notes Cemetery Records

Darius C. Mather Age 30. Residence Postville, nativity Ohio. Promoted Fife Major from Fifer of Company E., Aug. 29, 1862. Died of disease March 30, 1864, Vicksburg, Miss. Company E Notes with Photo Cemetery Records