Check this list of our Civil War dead for accuracy

This is an invitation to check for accuracy, relying on information you may have that I don't, the following roster of 150 men from Lucas County who died while in service during the Civil War. I've tried to be as careful as possible, but there are all sorts of inconsistencies in 19th century record keeping systems.

Some of these guys have given me fits. James Ratliff, a young man from Jackson Township, for example.  He apparently enlisted at Chariton during 1862 as James "Ratliff" and that was the way the family surname was entered in the 1860 Lucas County census. However, the surname inscribed on his tombstone at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is "Ratcliff." And it appears in other records variously as Ratliffe and Ratcliffe. I think I may change the name to "Ratcliff" before turning the list over, since that's the name carved into government-issue stone. We'll see.

I'ts a generous list in the sense that I've included the names of some men who also could be attributed to other Iowa counties. Recruiters worked every town and village in Iowa during the war year and a number of Lucas County men crossed the county line into Marion to enlist at Newbern, for example. The names of two of my uncles appear on the list. James M. Rhea, who lived in Cedar Township, went to Iconium in Appanoose County to enlist. A few men from Clarke County rode over to Last Chance to enlist in Lucas County units and some from Monroe enlisted at the county-line village of LaGrange. And so it goes. 

But everyone here is officially attributed to Lucas County in one way or another. If you have a name that you think should be added, please comment on the blog or on whichever Facebook link to this past that you may come across. Thanks!

Remember that Civil War soldiers who died in service were buried near where they died and then in many cases, when the war was over, were disinterred and moved to national cemeteries. Identification often was lost. A few of these men are buried in Lucas County --- they were home on furlough when they died. Rarely --- almost never --- were remains brought home after the war. Many of our cemeteries, however, contain memorial cenotaphs to the dead.

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Lucas County's Civil War Dead

John B. Ables, Theodore Ables, John W. Armstrong 

George W. Bacon, John W. Badger, Verlin Barker, Abraham Bechtol, Nelson Bell, John W. Boyce, Samuel Boyce, Lynas Brockway, Otis P. Brown 

John T. Callahan, Harvey L. Carson, Bailey Chaney, Henry C. Christy, Jonathan Christy. Oliver W. Coffman, George B. Colver 

Nelson Davenport, Zadock Dawson, Amrah Day, James Dixon, Charles L. Dooly, Jonathan Dooly, Jacob A. Duckworth 

Jacob Easter, Abel T. Edwards, Robert Etheredge, James C. Evans, William A. Evans 

Samuel Fansher, David Finley, Joseph Fisher, Milton Fisher, David Fodge, George W. French 

Lambert B. Gardner, Stephen D. Gardner, Joseph Gerthaffer, Cumberland Gartin, George Gilbert, Aaron H. Goltry, William H. Goodpasture, Alexander Gookin, Zebulon J. Gray 

John Hall, William Hannon, James Hanson, Monroe Harden, John G. Harvey, Jennings Hays, Josephus Hays, Robert H. Hester, Andrew Holmes, Fergus G. Holmes, Oscar F. Holmes, William Hughes, Charles Hunt 

Daniel Iseminger 

Lorenzo James 

Hilas L. Kells, John Kneff, Allen W. Knight, Martin Krutsinger 

Lewis L. Lane, Cyrus C. Larimer, Samuel Laugh, David J. Leffler, Anderson Lister, Eurotas C. Lyman 

John A. Maiwald, Alkana Malone, Isaac Marsh, James Marsh, Peter Marts, Amos Mason, Edwin H. Maydole, Daniel McDermott, Carlton McNew, Joseph C. McPheeters, William H.H. Melvin, James Mercer, John A. Mercer, Joseph Mercer, Stanton Millan, Oliver B. Miller, David T. Mitchell, James Mitchell, Littleton R. Moore, Soloman Mundell, John S. Musselman 

Samuel Nettleton 

Joseph Overton 

David R. Parr, Jonathan C. Payne, Daniel Phillips, Benoni Y. Plymate, Newton J. Poston, Cooper Powers, Peter C. Powers, Andrew Prather, Martin Prather 

Gabriel Ragsdale, James Rariden, James Ratliff, Francis M. Reynolds, James M. Rhea, John A. Richards, James D. Roach, Reuben Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Luther Roland, Graham Roney, Martin Roseman, Hugh Runyan 

George Sams, Simon Sams, George Schworm, John B. Seward, William Sheets, Adam S. Slagle, James H. Spurling, John H. Stanley, William Stuart, Lewis Stoneking, Truman A. Story, Elijah Summers 

Oliver Threlkeld, William D. Tull 

Alexander Van Meter, James M. Vincent 

Justice E. Wade. James Wagoner, Simeon B. Warford, William Waterhouse, Elijah M. Wayland, John W. Weaver, Samuel E. Webb, Jesse Wells, Silas Wells, Cyrenus L. Weston, Francis M. Wheeler, James W. White, John Williams, Pleasant Williams, Samuel Williams, Allen J. Wilson, William M. Wise, Isaac C. Wood