Civil War Veteran
Adolph Peik
Residence: Age at Enlistment: 32
Enlistment Date: 1 Dec 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Iowa
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Iowa 16th Infantry Regiment on 12 Mar 1862.
Mustered out on 17 Feb 1863 at St Louis, MO. Birth Date: abt 1829
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion Sixteenth Regiment Iowa Volunteers: Roster

Suggested edit: The Civil War Regiment you have listed is for a different person. This is the Record for G. W. Penhollow.
Contributor: Linda Linn (46913843)

Suggested edit: On August 15, 1862, George W. Penhollow enlisted in what would be Company G of the 21st Iowa Volunteer Infantry. The Company was mustered in on August 22nd and the Regiment on September 9th, both at Camp Franklin on Eagle Point in Dubuque. On the 16th, on board the sidewheel steamer Henry Clay and two barges tied alongside they left for war. On December 10th, from Houston, Missouri, he acknowledged receipt of a letter from one of his sisters and replied that he had been on picket duty the previous night. Can it be possible, he said, "that these United States must all be Drownded in Blood if such is the case I might as well be here as anywhere else I keep my health first Rate so far." During the Vicksburg Campaign he participated in the May 1, 1863, Battle of Port Gibson, was present during the May 16th Battle of Champion Hill when the regiment was held out of action by General McClernand and participated in assaults on May 17th at the Big Black River and May 22nd at Vicksburg. In September he became ill and received a medical leave to go home from Carrollton, Louisiana. He started north on September 18th and returned to Clayton County where, from October 4th through the 12th, he was treated by Dr. Richard Stedmen. On the 13th George died in Osterdock from the debilitating effects of chronic diarrhea.
Contributor: Carl Ingwalson (47990645) •