Horace was one of at least six children of Ebin Judson and Mercy Camp. He married Elizabeth Goreman in Monroe County on 12 May 1861.
Horace enlisted from Albia as a Private in Co. "D", 22nd Iowa Infantry on 1 August 1862 and mustered in on 27 August. Promoted through the ranks to 1st Corporal of Co. C, he was mustered out with the Regiment in Savannah on 25 July 1865.
"While marching from Berryville towards Harper's Ferry [in August 1864], Horace Judson, Marion Anderson, Hugh Sinclair, and Alex McCahan, members of Company D, went out one day on a foraging tour into the country. They met a traveling equipage, consisting of some women, a load of furniture or two, and a negro driver. They halted the cart and began to inspect the cargo. A tightly corked barrel aroused the interest of the boys, and McCahan made a vigorous attempt to punch a hole in the head with his bayonet. It was a slow process, and Judson, growing impatient, shouted to McCahan to stand to one side. He did so, and Judson, raising his Enfield rifle, blazed away at the head of the barrel. A tiny stream of whisky began to trickle out at the bullet hole, but it did not come out fast enough. Judson raised his gun again and sent another ball through the barrel-head near the upper edge. McCahan says that now a beautiful stream spurted out in the form of a golden rainbow. The boys held their canteens and filled them with the precious fluid, and then reverently plugged up the holes, so that no more of the liquor could be lost, and allowed the cart to proceed." (Hickenlooper, "An Illustrated History of Monroe County, Iowa" (1896)).
After the War he returned to Monroe County and worked as a laborer. By 1887, his wife was receiving a widow's pension based on his military service.
Horace enlisted from Albia as a Private in Co. "D", 22nd Iowa Infantry on 1 August 1862 and mustered in on 27 August. Promoted through the ranks to 1st Corporal of Co. C, he was mustered out with the Regiment in Savannah on 25 July 1865.
"While marching from Berryville towards Harper's Ferry [in August 1864], Horace Judson, Marion Anderson, Hugh Sinclair, and Alex McCahan, members of Company D, went out one day on a foraging tour into the country. They met a traveling equipage, consisting of some women, a load of furniture or two, and a negro driver. They halted the cart and began to inspect the cargo. A tightly corked barrel aroused the interest of the boys, and McCahan made a vigorous attempt to punch a hole in the head with his bayonet. It was a slow process, and Judson, growing impatient, shouted to McCahan to stand to one side. He did so, and Judson, raising his Enfield rifle, blazed away at the head of the barrel. A tiny stream of whisky began to trickle out at the bullet hole, but it did not come out fast enough. Judson raised his gun again and sent another ball through the barrel-head near the upper edge. McCahan says that now a beautiful stream spurted out in the form of a golden rainbow. The boys held their canteens and filled them with the precious fluid, and then reverently plugged up the holes, so that no more of the liquor could be lost, and allowed the cart to proceed." (Hickenlooper, "An Illustrated History of Monroe County, Iowa" (1896)).
After the War he returned to Monroe County and worked as a laborer. By 1887, his wife was receiving a widow's pension based on his military service.
Horace was one of at least six children of Ebin Judson and Mercy Camp. He married Elizabeth Goreman in Monroe County on 12 May 1861.
Horace enlisted from Albia as a Private in Co. "D", 22nd Iowa Infantry on 1 August 1862 and mustered in on 27 August. Promoted through the ranks to 1st Corporal of Co. C, he was mustered out with the Regiment in Savannah on 25 July 1865.
"While marching from Berryville towards Harper's Ferry [in August 1864], Horace Judson, Marion Anderson, Hugh Sinclair, and Alex McCahan, members of Company D, went out one day on a foraging tour into the country. They met a traveling equipage, consisting of some women, a load of furniture or two, and a negro driver. They halted the cart and began to inspect the cargo. A tightly corked barrel aroused the interest of the boys, and McCahan made a vigorous attempt to punch a hole in the head with his bayonet. It was a slow process, and Judson, growing impatient, shouted to McCahan to stand to one side. He did so, and Judson, raising his Enfield rifle, blazed away at the head of the barrel. A tiny stream of whisky began to trickle out at the bullet hole, but it did not come out fast enough. Judson raised his gun again and sent another ball through the barrel-head near the upper edge. McCahan says that now a beautiful stream spurted out in the form of a golden rainbow. The boys held their canteens and filled them with the precious fluid, and then reverently plugged up the holes, so that no more of the liquor could be lost, and allowed the cart to proceed." (Hickenlooper, "An Illustrated History of Monroe County, Iowa" (1896)).
After the War he returned to Monroe County and worked as a laborer. By 1887, his wife was receiving a widow's pension based on his military service.
Horace enlisted from Albia as a Private in Co. "D", 22nd Iowa Infantry on 1 August 1862 and mustered in on 27 August. Promoted through the ranks to 1st Corporal of Co. C, he was mustered out with the Regiment in Savannah on 25 July 1865.
"While marching from Berryville towards Harper's Ferry [in August 1864], Horace Judson, Marion Anderson, Hugh Sinclair, and Alex McCahan, members of Company D, went out one day on a foraging tour into the country. They met a traveling equipage, consisting of some women, a load of furniture or two, and a negro driver. They halted the cart and began to inspect the cargo. A tightly corked barrel aroused the interest of the boys, and McCahan made a vigorous attempt to punch a hole in the head with his bayonet. It was a slow process, and Judson, growing impatient, shouted to McCahan to stand to one side. He did so, and Judson, raising his Enfield rifle, blazed away at the head of the barrel. A tiny stream of whisky began to trickle out at the bullet hole, but it did not come out fast enough. Judson raised his gun again and sent another ball through the barrel-head near the upper edge. McCahan says that now a beautiful stream spurted out in the form of a golden rainbow. The boys held their canteens and filled them with the precious fluid, and then reverently plugged up the holes, so that no more of the liquor could be lost, and allowed the cart to proceed." (Hickenlooper, "An Illustrated History of Monroe County, Iowa" (1896)).
After the War he returned to Monroe County and worked as a laborer. By 1887, his wife was receiving a widow's pension based on his military service.
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