Buckmaster, E. A., proprietor of Union Tp. grist and saw mills; P. O. Unionville; born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1837; came to Appanoose County in 1852. In 1867, he married Miss R. E. Stanley; she was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1846; daughter of Moses Stanley, who was among the early settlers of that ; her mother's father, Berk Hoffman, was among the earliest settlers of that ; removed there from New Albany, Ind., when she (her mother) was but 12 years of age, or, in 1831; her mother learned to talk the Indian language of the Indians. They have three children - Frederick H., born Nov. 4, 1867 ; Jessie O., born June 11, 1869 ; and Mary, born June 26, 1875 . Republican; members of M. E. Church.

Enlisted in 2d V. I., May 27, 1861 ;
skirmishing along the H. & Saint Joe R. R. until Dec. 21, 1861 ,
and then mustered out that regiment at Benton Barracks;
then enlisted in the 3d I. V. C.,
Company I, as Corporal, in March 1862;
took part at Vicksburg, Pea Ridge, Arkadelphia, Helena, Clarendon;
there he was wounded;
afterward he participated at Yazoo River, Knoxville,
on the march from Balesville, Arkansas, to Helena, and others;
mustered out at Keokuk, Sept. 19, 1864, at expiration of service.

Buckmaster, Ebenezer. Age 25.
Residence Unionville, nativity Ohio.
Enlisted June 11, 1862.
Mustered July 11, 1862.
Promoted Sixth Corporal Jan. 1, 1863;
Fourth Corporal July 1, 1863;
Third Corporal Nov. 14, 1863.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864, Keokuk, Iowa,
expiration of term of service.
Company G, Second Infantry

Provided by contributor Rebecca Calman (49524052):

According to Eb Buckmaster's recollections in 1925, "enlisted in the second Iowa infantry, April, 1861 at bloomfield. This company was the first Iowa boys on the field going to a detour of the first regiment and was discharged the following winter on account of sickness. He went back to the battlefield and drove a government train until June 1862 when he enlisted in the third Iowa regiment at Helena, Arkansas. The old fighting third Iowa Saul much service and he still recalled the battles at La Grange, Arkansas, May 1, 1863 where to horses were shot from under him during the battle. At Caplo, at Vicksburg and Knoxville, and at Little Rock, Arkansas, and after breaking camp he just by chance found his brother John, supposedly dead and had been carried outside the tent and covered for dead. On examining it was found he was still alive [he was revived and lived to the age of 90]."
Source: Centervile Daily Iowegian and Citizen
September 29, 1925, p. 6