Lampson Pence was born 7 September, 1822 in Greenfield, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He was the son of Jacob Pence (1774–1852) and Barbara Brandt Pence (1778–1850). Siblings: Michael Pence (1798-?), Jacob Pence J. (1800-?), Adam Pence (1802-), Eve Pence (1805-?), Nancy Pence (1807-1888), Philip Pence (1809-1880), Mary Pence, Joseph Pence (1815-?), Effie Pence (1817-1861) and Henry Pence (1820-1918). He married Maria L. Cavender on 11 May 1850 in Carroll, Fairfield, Ohio. They became the parents of Isaac N. Pence (1851-1893), Imelda Pence (1853-1909), Norman Delbert Pence (1856-1941), Effie E. Pence (1859-1936) and Ida C Pence (1861-1946).
Death: 22 Feb 1863 Age: 40 Bossier Parish, Youngs Point, Louisiana
Name: Lampson Pence
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 May 1850
Event Place: Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Maria Cavender
GS Film number: 295269
Digital Folder Number: 004016267
Image Number: 00236
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Issue Date: 15 Jun 1854
Acres: 40
Meridian: 5th PM
State: Iowa
County: Linn
Township: 84-N
Range: 8-W
Section: 3
Accession Number: IA1310__.128
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Dubuque
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 15324
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Otter Creek, Iowa
Class: 3
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Race: White
Place of Birth: Ohio
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Iowa
Regiment Name: 31 Iowa Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 31st Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M541 roll 21
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Iowa
Age at enlistment: 40
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: 3rd Corporal
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Iowa 31st Infantry Regiment on 24 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Birth Date: abt 1822
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
American Civil War Soldiers
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
Buried in Iowa.
William Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
31st Regiment Infantry
Organized at Davenport and mustered in October 13, 1862. Moved to Helena, Ark., November 1-20, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Hovey's Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Coldwater, Miss., November 27-December 5, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-23, and duty there until April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2-14. Deer Creek April 7. Black Bayou April 10. Demonstration on Haines and Snyder's Bluffs April 28-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Fourteen-Mile Creek May 12-13. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. At Big Black until September 22. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23-November 21. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21 and 29. Cane Creek October 26. Tuscumbia October 26-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Garrison duty in Alabama until April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Ships Gap October 16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 272 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
Death: 22 Feb 1863 Age: 40 Bossier Parish, Youngs Point, Louisiana
Name: Lampson Pence
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 May 1850
Event Place: Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Maria Cavender
GS Film number: 295269
Digital Folder Number: 004016267
Image Number: 00236
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Issue Date: 15 Jun 1854
Acres: 40
Meridian: 5th PM
State: Iowa
County: Linn
Township: 84-N
Range: 8-W
Section: 3
Accession Number: IA1310__.128
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Dubuque
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 15324
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Otter Creek, Iowa
Class: 3
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Race: White
Place of Birth: Ohio
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Iowa
Regiment Name: 31 Iowa Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 31st Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M541 roll 21
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Iowa
Age at enlistment: 40
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: 3rd Corporal
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Iowa 31st Infantry Regiment on 24 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Birth Date: abt 1822
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
American Civil War Soldiers
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
Buried in Iowa.
William Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
31st Regiment Infantry
Organized at Davenport and mustered in October 13, 1862. Moved to Helena, Ark., November 1-20, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Hovey's Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Coldwater, Miss., November 27-December 5, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-23, and duty there until April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2-14. Deer Creek April 7. Black Bayou April 10. Demonstration on Haines and Snyder's Bluffs April 28-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Fourteen-Mile Creek May 12-13. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. At Big Black until September 22. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23-November 21. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21 and 29. Cane Creek October 26. Tuscumbia October 26-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Garrison duty in Alabama until April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Ships Gap October 16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 272 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
Lampson Pence was born 7 September, 1822 in Greenfield, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. He was the son of Jacob Pence (1774–1852) and Barbara Brandt Pence (1778–1850). Siblings: Michael Pence (1798-?), Jacob Pence J. (1800-?), Adam Pence (1802-), Eve Pence (1805-?), Nancy Pence (1807-1888), Philip Pence (1809-1880), Mary Pence, Joseph Pence (1815-?), Effie Pence (1817-1861) and Henry Pence (1820-1918). He married Maria L. Cavender on 11 May 1850 in Carroll, Fairfield, Ohio. They became the parents of Isaac N. Pence (1851-1893), Imelda Pence (1853-1909), Norman Delbert Pence (1856-1941), Effie E. Pence (1859-1936) and Ida C Pence (1861-1946).
Death: 22 Feb 1863 Age: 40 Bossier Parish, Youngs Point, Louisiana
Name: Lampson Pence
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 May 1850
Event Place: Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Maria Cavender
GS Film number: 295269
Digital Folder Number: 004016267
Image Number: 00236
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Issue Date: 15 Jun 1854
Acres: 40
Meridian: 5th PM
State: Iowa
County: Linn
Township: 84-N
Range: 8-W
Section: 3
Accession Number: IA1310__.128
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Dubuque
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 15324
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Otter Creek, Iowa
Class: 3
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Race: White
Place of Birth: Ohio
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Iowa
Regiment Name: 31 Iowa Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 31st Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M541 roll 21
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Iowa
Age at enlistment: 40
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: 3rd Corporal
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Iowa 31st Infantry Regiment on 24 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Birth Date: abt 1822
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
American Civil War Soldiers
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
Buried in Iowa.
William Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
31st Regiment Infantry
Organized at Davenport and mustered in October 13, 1862. Moved to Helena, Ark., November 1-20, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Hovey's Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Coldwater, Miss., November 27-December 5, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-23, and duty there until April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2-14. Deer Creek April 7. Black Bayou April 10. Demonstration on Haines and Snyder's Bluffs April 28-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Fourteen-Mile Creek May 12-13. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. At Big Black until September 22. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23-November 21. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21 and 29. Cane Creek October 26. Tuscumbia October 26-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Garrison duty in Alabama until April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Ships Gap October 16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 272 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
Death: 22 Feb 1863 Age: 40 Bossier Parish, Youngs Point, Louisiana
Name: Lampson Pence
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 May 1850
Event Place: Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Maria Cavender
GS Film number: 295269
Digital Folder Number: 004016267
Image Number: 00236
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Issue Date: 15 Jun 1854
Acres: 40
Meridian: 5th PM
State: Iowa
County: Linn
Township: 84-N
Range: 8-W
Section: 3
Accession Number: IA1310__.128
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Dubuque
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 15324
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Otter Creek, Iowa
Class: 3
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Race: White
Place of Birth: Ohio
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Iowa
Regiment Name: 31 Iowa Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 31st Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M541 roll 21
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Iowa
Age at enlistment: 40
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: 3rd Corporal
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Iowa 31st Infantry Regiment on 24 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Birth Date: abt 1822
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
American Civil War Soldiers
about Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
Buried in Iowa.
William Lampson Pence
Name: Lampson Pence
Residence: Lafayette, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 12 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a 3rd Corporal on 12 August 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 22 Feb 1863 at Young's Point, LA.
Sources: 71
31st Regiment Infantry
Organized at Davenport and mustered in October 13, 1862. Moved to Helena, Ark., November 1-20, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Hovey's Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Coldwater, Miss., November 27-December 5, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-23, and duty there until April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2-14. Deer Creek April 7. Black Bayou April 10. Demonstration on Haines and Snyder's Bluffs April 28-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Fourteen-Mile Creek May 12-13. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. At Big Black until September 22. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23-November 21. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21 and 29. Cane Creek October 26. Tuscumbia October 26-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Garrison duty in Alabama until April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Ships Gap October 16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 272 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
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