This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ashton - TO - Zimmerman Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4373 Message Board Post: "ROSTER AND RECORD OF IOWA SOLDIERS IN MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS of the Mexican War, Indian Campaigns, War of the Rebellion and the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars" published in Des Moines in 1911. -- Pages 209 - 272 pertain to the "Southern Border Brigade (State Militia)". There is an historical sketch preceding the rosters which explains the role played by each of the four battalions which comprised the Southern Border Brigade. The greatest threat of invasion by Southern Troops into Iowa came from a drive northward through Missouri during the summer of 1861. After capturing Lexington, Missouri, those forces--under General Sterling Price--crossed the Missouri river, and headed for northern Missouri. However, mistaken intelligence reported to Price that there were ten regiments from the North marching to engage him at Chillicothe, when in reality, there was but one much smaller force from the Southern Border Brigade. This mistake caused Price to retreat with his army and never again during the Civil War was southern Iowa threatened by a large armed force of Confederates. But the South did realize that small bands of Rebels could necessitate the deployment of much larger forces on the part of the North to prevent their plans -- such as destroying the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad which ran east - west across Missouri. This meant a large number of men in the State militia could not be called up by the United States to fight against the Confederacy in the South, and for Fremont county this set the stage for the kind of operations that Company "A" of Fourth Battalion of the Southern Border Brigade would be kept in readiness to engage in. The following roster lists those in Company "A" of the Fourth Battalion of the Southern Border Brigade. Most men gave their residency as being in Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa. If they said only that they lived in Fremont county, I have followed their name with an (F). "A": Isaac Ashton (F,) James Atchinson "B": George W. Baldwin (F), William Ballinger, Frederick Bartholomei, Jacob Binkley, Benjamin Bobbett, Joseph Brackney, John C. Brown, Jesse Burdick (F), John L. Burt, Matthew Burt, Silas Burt "C": Burrell Campbell, John W.Carter, Mark J. Chapman (F), William H. Chapman, James H. Cowles (F), Jesse D. Cook, John J. Cook, Aaron Cox, John Coy (F) "D": Charles Dailey, Thomas Demitt, George Douglas, Robert Duncan "E": Uriah Eggleston (F) "F": (None) "G": Alfred Gill "H": Jacob D. Harding, John N. Harris (F), Nicholas Hiatt, John Hill, William Howell, WASHINGTON HOYT who was appointed Captain, Ambrose W. Humphrey "I": John L. Irons, Hugh Irwin, John Irwin, John C. Irwin, John M. Irwin, Levi Irwin "J": Thompkins Jones (F) "K": David Kelsley, Henry Keyser, Leander J. Keyser, William S. Knight, Austin F. Knox "L": Charles L. LeBarron (He lived in Page county, just south of the present city of Shenandoah--before there was such a place-- and is often mentioned in connection with Fremont county, so I am including his name.--W.F.) "M": Milton McCartney (F), Joseph McClure, Cyrus McCracken, William McCracken, __?__ McKain, Granville Mann (F), Archelaus S. Martin, John I. Martin, Joseph W. Martin, Reuben W. Marvin, Daniel D. Moomaw, John F. Moomaw, Mark F. Moomaw, Isaac Morical, Robert Morical, Thomas Morical, John F. Morris "N": (None) "O": (None) "P": Francis M. Paul (F), Charles N. Pendleton, John N. Penn "Q": (None) "R": Jason Rector, Henry C. Reed, Joseph L. Reel, Abner M. Reeves, Christopher C. Reeves, Lewis H. Rickard, John Rowe "S": Perry L. Sanders, Marcus Shaw (F), JOHN H. SHEPPERDSON (Promoted First Lieutenant Nov. 14, 1863), Andrew H. Smith, Marquis L. Smith, Robert D. Snow (F), Lorenzo D. Sperry (F), Jacob H. Stephens, Joseph Stephens, Lorenzo D. Stephens, Clark Stillman (F), David M. Story "T": Nelson A. Talcott, John Taylor (F), Lewis N. Thomas, John L. Throckmorton "U":: (None) "V": John VanNess, Moses C. VanNess "W": Daniel H. Warren, Jeptha Westfall, Nathaniel P. White, Elisha C. Whiting (F), Francis L. Whiting (F), Samuel S. Willcox (F), Henry B. Williamson, James H. Wilson, Wilson M. Woodrum (F) "X": (None) "Y": (None) "Z": Uriah I. Zimmerman, William Zimmerman