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Adjutant General of Iowa, Roster and Record of the Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 5 (Des Moines, Iowa: Emory H. English, State Printer, 1911), p. 840.

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The 38th Iowa Infantry on June 11, 1863, arrived in the vicinity of Vicksburg, where the Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant was besieging the city. In response to rumors of Confederate cavalry moving from Yazoo City, Mississippi, Herron's Division was ordered to the southernmost portion of the Union line. There, positioned near a swamp, the 38th Iowa Infantry built earthworks, and dug trenches and rifle pits. Due in part to the protection provided by this construction, the regiment lost only one man killed, one mortally wounded, and one severely wounded. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863, and the regiment marched inside a day later.

After joining an expedition against Yazoo City, the 38th Iowa Infantry was ordered to Port Hudson, Louisiana, arriving on July 27, 1863. Soon, the regiment was incapacitated by sickness and death. The regiment's commander died on August 7, and on August 13 only 8 officers and 20 men were reported as being able for duty. The regiment was moved to a more healthful location.

From November 1863 to July 1864, the 38th Iowa Infantry performed garrison duty at Brownsville, Texas. Traveling by steamer in August, 1864, the regiment arrived at Mobile Point, Alabama, to participate in the siege of Fort Morgan. The fort surrendered on August 23, 1864.

As of November 27, 1864, "the total enrollment of the [38th] regiment had been 1,037, that its death loss had been 313, and that its total losses from all other causes had been 180. The mortality loss alone amounted to over thirty percent of the total number enrolled, while the aggregate number of its casualties constituted nearly fifty percent of its total enrollment. It will thus be seen that the regiment had, without having had the opportunity to participate in any of the great pitched battles of the war, passed through a most frightful struggle with death and disease [...]"

Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad (H. R. & E.)

(The station was likely named after Milo C. Dewey, an H. R. & E. Railroad investor. )

Guthrie

Guthrie is an unincorpor

Guthrie—also known as Guthrie Station—is an unincorporated community located in Dix Township, Ford County, Illinois, United States. Guthrie was established about 1876 as an Illinois Central Railroad station, between Melvin to the northeast, and Gibson City, to the southwest, and was named after a company director. The railroad station closed in 1932.

Named for A. S. Guthrie, a stockholder and director of the IC (Ford County History, 44).

The Guthrie Post Office was established on May 22, 1876, and closed on September 30, 1952.

Edward Callary, Place Names of Illinois (Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009), p. 148.

("Ford County History: Ford County, Illinois" Dallas, Tex.: Taylor, 1984.)

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The Behrens Post Office was established in July 1876 at the Dewey station on the Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railway. The post office was renamed Dewey in July 1878 to match the name of the station.

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District 6 Boonsboro is a subdivision of Washington County, Maryland

Washington

District 6 includes the town of Boonsboro, and the unincorporated communities of Appletown, Benevola, Mapleville, and Zittlestown

21.19 square miles, almost entirely land area

to the east, it borders Frederick County, Maryland; the southern border follows Dogstreet Road, Maryland Route 858 (Mount Carmel Church Road), and Reno Monument Road. Antietam Creek forms the northwest border.

The historic National Pike, now designated U.S. Route 40 Alternate is the main road through the district.

http://www.usboundary.com/Areas/County%20Subdivision/Maryland/Washington%20County/District%206%2C%20Boonsboro/133702

Nineteenth century newspapers often did not distinguish between the district of Boonsboro and the town of Boonsboro.

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Perry Township was organized in 1817 from two, 36-square-mile survey townships. At first called Leipsic (after the German city), the township was soon renamed Perry to honor Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who led a United States Navy squadron to victory against a British Royal Navy squadron in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Perry Township was divided in 1825; the western half becoming Congress Township. Perry Township was again divided in 1848, when Morrow County, Ohio, was created. The western half was transferred to the new county, the eastern half remained in Richland County, and both halves retained the name Perry Township.

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Houstonville, an extinct village, was in the vicinity of the southwest corner of Section 16, East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The Houstonville Post Office operated there from 1871 to 1878, and Champaign County public school number 29 in Houstonville was open from 1899 to 1928. The village had Methodist Episcopal, and Methodist Protestant churches, and a Mennonite congregation. Not served by a railroad line, Houstonville was abandoned gradually in the early 20th century. Nearby cemeteries include Beekman (formerly known as Houstonville) and Peabody (defunct).

Houstonville was named after the family of Robert Houston who purchased government land in Section 16 in 1855. Houstonville was not platted.

Geography
Houstonville was located at 40.355°N, -88.30861°W at an elevation of 718 feet.



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Beekman Cemetery in Section 18, East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States, is the oldest known cemetery in township, with burials and headstone inscriptions as early as the 1840s. There are nearly 350 recorded burials, including 15 of Civil War veterans. Beekman Cemetery took its current name from Earnest and Barbara Beekman, who in 1880 deeded the property to the township. The cemetery was formerly known as Devore Cemetery, after an early settler family, and as Houstonville Cemetery, after the now-extinct village of Houstonville about 1.5 miles east of the cemetery.

Geography
Beekman Cemetery is located at 40.3575°N, -88.335°W at an elevation of 715 feet.

Geography
Bangorville is located at 40.565°N, -82.56417°W at an elevation of 1,375 feet. It is in the vicinity of the intersection of Ohio State Route 546 and Bangorville Road.

Category:Townships in Richland County, Ohio Category:Townships in Ohio

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Nineveh is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia, on the main road (U.S. Route 522) between Winchester, Virginia, and Front Royal, Virginia. Prior to the creation of Warren County in 1836, Nineveh was in Frederick County, Virginia. A post office at Nineveh operated from the early 1800s until closing in 1954.

Geography
Nineveh is located in the Shenandoah Valley at 39.01583°N, -78.165°W at an elevation of 538 feet. It is situated along Crooked Run, a Shenandoah River tributary.

History
Quakers who arrived in the 1730s were among the earliest European settlers in the vicinity of Nineveh. The Crooked Run Quaker meeting house was built near Nineveh before 1760, and Quaker worship continued there until 1810. Baptists also settled around Nineveh in the 1700s, and built the Zion Baptist Church, oldest known church building in Warren County. A Presbyterian congregation worshipped at the Zion Baptist Church before acquiring the site of the Crooked Run Quaker meeting house, and establishing the Nineveh Presbyterian Church (which now uses a Front Royal, Virginia, mailing address).

In the American Civil War Valley Campaigns of 1864, there was a skirmish on 12 November 1864 at Nineveh. Union Army soldiers Private James F. Adams and Sergeant Levi Shoemaker, both of the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, were awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing flags from two Confederate cavalry regiments in this skirmish. Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in November 1862 was encamped at Nineveh.

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Exactly when the name Nineveh was applied to the village is unknown. The community's first post office was established in 1809 as Johnson. Later the name was changed to Stoney Point, and finally to Nineveh.

There was a post office in Nineveh in the 1800s.

In the American Civil War Valley Campaigns of 1864, there was at engagement at Nineveh on 12 November 1864 for which a Union soldier, Private James F. Adams, was awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing a Confederate regiment's state flag.

Post office in Nineveh (Table of Post Offices in the United States, on the First Day of October, 1846 (Washington: John T. Towers, Printer, 1846), p. 294.

A post office at Nineveh operated at least from the early 1800s into the early 1900s.

ZITTLESTOWN

Zittlestown is an unincorporated community 2.2 mi southeast of Boonsboro in Washington County, Maryland. It is situated on the western slope of South Mountain below Turner's Gap, along the historic National Pike, now designated U.S. Route 40 Alternate. Zittlestown is named after Michael Zittle, Sr. (1769-1850), who in 1811 purchased tracts of land there, and subdivided them.

In the American Civil War, the Battle of South Mountain on 14 September 1862 was fought around Zittlestown.

Geography
Zittlestown is located at 39.48528°N, -77.62389°W at an elevation of 997 feet.

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Zittlestown is an unincorporated community 2.2 mi southeast of Boonsboro in Washington County, Maryland. It is situated on the western slope of South Mountain below Turner's Gap, along the historic National Pike, now designated U.S. Route 40 Alternate. Zittlestown is named after Michael Zittle, Sr. (1769-1850), who in 1811 purchased tracts of land there, and subdivided them.

In the American Civil War, the Battle of South Mountain on 14 September 1862 was fought around Zittlestown.