William Ogilvie WICKHAM ¹

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Suzanne Krogh
(Note: "W. C. Wickham" is listed on the monument under the 32nd Iowa Infantry, Co. C. However, the only W. Wickham to serve in the 32nd Iowa was W. O. Wickham, Co. F. , so the "C." must have been inscribed in error.)

CIVIL WAR:
Name: William Wickham
Residence: Hardin County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862 at the age of 20.
Enlisted in Company F, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 30 Aug 1862.
Mustered Out Company F, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 24 Aug 1865 at Clinton, IA.
(Note: Timothy Wickham & Andrew J. Hadden also served in the 32nd Iowa, Comp. F.)

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS:
REGIMENT: 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa
Date of Organization: 6 Oct 1862
Muster Date: 24 Aug 1865
Regiment State: Iowa
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 32nd
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 6
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 2
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 101
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 213
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
Thirty-second Infantry IOWA (3 years)

Thirty-second Infantry. Cols., John Scott, Gustavus A. Eberhart, Lieut.- Cols., Edward H. Mix, Gustavus A. Eberhart, Jonathan Hutchinson, Majs., Gustavus A. Eberhart, Jonathan Hutchinson, John R. Jones.

This regiment was mustered into the service at Dubuque, Oct. 6, 1862 and was sent to St. Louis. On Dec. 17 Cos. C and I started on an expedition west of New Madrid, during which they captured from the enemy 5 commissioned officers, 3 enlisted men, 35 horses and 50 head of cattle. Col. Scott, with 20 men, examined the various points on the river between New Madrid and Cape Girardeau, where trade or smuggling was practicable. On his return he brought a scouting party, 50 strong, from Cape Girardeau to Lane's landing, from which place it returned to Cape Girardeau through the interior, making a successful reconnaissance.

Co. C was attached to the 4th MO cavalry as mounted infantry and engaged in arduous duties. Co. E wea placed on duty at Fort Quinby, near Columbus, Ky., and H and K were sent to Island No. 10. The duties at this place were largely in protecting the contraband colony and in guarding public stores though there were expeditions to either shore and some fighting. In one of these affairs, Oct. 22, 1863, Private John D. Baker of Co H was killed by guerrillas.

A detachment of six companies of the 32nd, B. C, E, H. I and K, participated with the 2nd brigade, 3rd division, 16th army corps, in the famous and successful Meridian raid of Gen. Sherman, in which the railroads were torn up and destroyed. On Feb. 28, 1864, near Canton, Miss., a forage train of _2 teams, guarded by 25 men of Co. C, was attacked by 300 mounted Confederates. A gallant resistance was made, the fight lasting over half an hour. Private Edward Flood was killed. The Confederates admitted a loss of 25 killed and wounded. The train escaped with a loss of eight teams captured -- due to a panic among the teamsters.

A detachment of the 32nd, Cos. A, D, F and G. was attached to a cavalry division under Gen. Davidson and remained with it until ordered to Vicksburg in Jan. 1864, to rejoin the regiment. Gen. Davidson expressed his appreciation of the courage and fidelity of the detachment in a special order.

On March 4 the regiment was reunited, and on the 10th it entered on the Red River expedition. In Gen. Smith's division and Col. Shaw's brigade, it bore a gallant part in the marches and the battles of the campaign. At the storming of Fort De Russy the brigade played a brilliant role. In the battle of Pleasant Hill, Smith's division was ordered to the front, and Shaw's brigade, in the advance, did the hardest fighting of the day. It seems almost incredible that the 32nd, cut off from its brigade and entirely surrounded, with nearly one-half of its numbers killed or wounded, not only held its own, but near dark fought its way through, joined the advanced troops, and in less than 30 minutes was ready to meet the enemy again.

At the battle of Bayou de Glaize during the retreat the 32nd was actively engaged, its casualties being 5 wounded. At Lake Chicot, in a sharp engagement of only a few minutes, the regiment lost 4 killed and 4 wounded. The 32nd also participated in the Tupelo campaign, and was in the battlof Nashville with Col. Gilbert's brigade, Smith's division. In the final charge on the afternoon of Dec. 16, the regiment captured a battery of 5 guns with 50 prisoners, losing 1 man killed and 25 wounded.

The regiment was present at the siege and capture of Spanish Fort, and after the storming of Fort Blakely and the fall of Mobile it remained in Alabama until sent to Clinton, IA, where it was mustered out on Aug. 24, 1865. During its term of service the regiment lost, in killed or died from wounds, 95; died from disease, 206; wounded, 142; discharged, 173.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4

Battles Fought by 32nd IA Infantry.:
Fought on 23 Apr 1863 at Bloomfield, MO.
Fought on 26 Apr 1863 at Cape Girardeau, MO.
Fought on 27 Jun 1863.
Fought on 14 Apr 1863 at Little Red River, AR.
Fought on 27 Aug 1863 at Bayou Metoe, AR.
Fought on 22 Oct 1863 at Island No. 10, MS River.
Fought on 11 Nov 1863.
Fought on 4 Feb 1864 at Big Black River, MS
Fought on 18 Feb 1864.
Fought on 28 Feb 1864 at Canton, MS.
Fought on 14 Mar 1864 at Fort DeRussey, LA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1864 at Pleasant Hill, LA.
Fought on 9 Apr 1864 at Pleasant Hill, LA.
Fought on 18 May 1864 at Yellow Bayou, LA.
Fought on 18 May 1864 at Bayou De Blaize, LA.
Fought on 6 Jun 1864 at Lake Chicot, AR.
Fought on 14 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 24 Aug 1864 at Oxford Raid.
Fought on 10 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 16 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 13 Feb 1865 at MS River.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Fort Blakely, AL.

MILITARY PAPERS: William O. Wickham, 20, farmer, enlisted Aug. 30, 1862 at Eldora, IA. He was 5' 3-3/4" tall, had blue eyes, red hair and light complexion.
On daily duty as a provost-guard, Cape Girardeau, Mo. May 25/63.
Absent sick in the Gen. Hosp. Little Rock Ark. Oct 16/63.
Prisoner in the hands of the rebels, since Nov. 11/63. Benton, Ark. Taken prisoner while with supply train from Little Rock to Benton.
Exchanged as prisoner of War - reports to Co. at Holly Springs, Miss. Aug 13 '64.

HARDIN CO, IA DEEDS:
1865/1870 A. M. Wickham sold to Wm. O. Wickham and Dalinda (wife) block 61 and 84
1868: W. McIntosh sold to Wm. O. Wickham Lot 8 in Block 35
1869: Suthrop sold to Wm. O. Wickham Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 in Block 81, Steamboat Rock
1869: W. O. Wickham sold land to Wardwell
1870: W. O. Wickham sold to Phebe Hickok Lot 8, block 35

1870 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp, P.O. Eldora:
William O. Wickham, 28, lumberman, OH.
He was living with his sister and brother-in-law, Nancy & Arch McPherson.

1880 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Jackson Twp:
William Wickham, 37, stone mason, b. IA, father b. MA, mother b. OH;
wife "Milisa", 24, b. IA, f. b. MA, m. b. OH;
dau. Elis, 2, b. IA.
(Listed next to Bimuel Wickham on census.)

1900 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Jackson Twp:
William O. Wickham, Aug 1841, 58, married 24 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, farmer;
wife "Melissie" O., May 1856, 44, married 24 yrs, 3 children, 2 living, b. IA, father b. MA, mother b. OH;
son Raymond O., Nov. 1877, 22, single, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA, farm labor;
dau. Gertie O., Dec. 1880, 19, single, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA.

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Jackson Twp, Eldora P. O.:
William O. Wickham;
"Melisa" O.;
Raymond O.;
Olive.

1910 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Jackson Twp:
William O. Wickham, 68, b. OH, farmer, owned farm;
wife Mellisa O., 53, b. IA, 3 children - 2 living (first marriage for both - married 33 yrs);
son Raymond O., 32, single, b. IA, farm laborer, home farm;
dau. Olive G., 29, single, b. IA.

Obituary of sister Rachel: William was living in Eagle City, Hardin Co, IA in 1912.

1920 MO CENSUS, Callaway Co, Fulton Twp, Columbia Rd:
W. O. Wickham, owned home, 78, b. OH, farmer;
wife "Malissa", 63, b. IA;
son Raymond, 42, b. IA, farmer;
dau. Olive, 39, b. IA.

MO DEATH CERTIFICATE, Callaway Co, Fulton Twp.: William "Ogelvie" Wickham of Fulton, d. June 2, 1923 of chronic Brights Disease, age 81 yrs, 9 mo, 3 d; b. OH (no birth date listed); farmer; wife: "Mellisiss" Wickham; father: "Asal" Wickham; mother: "Katherine Millshager"; informant: Olive Wickham of R.F.D. Fulton, MO; buried Jun 3, 1923 at Central Christian Church.
A 2nd death certificate was filed later: listed birth date as Aug 29, 1941; wife: "Mellisise" Wickham; body removed to another state; buried Nov. 23, 1923 in Steamboat Rock, IA; informant: Olive Wickham.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: William O Wickham
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1841
Death Date: 1923
Cemetery: Jackson Township Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Owasa, Hardin County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Melissie O Wickham
Children:
Grace Wickham
Olive G Wickham
Raymond O Wickham
Inscription: Co F 32 Iowa Inf.

STATE OF IOWA GRAVES REGISTRATION SERVICE: Wm. O. Wickham, b. OH, resided in Hardin Co, IA at the time of enlistment; enlisted 8-11-1862 at Dubuque, IA; discharged 8-24-1865 at Clinton, IA; Pvt.; taken prisoner; buried at Owasa, Berlin or Jackson Twp. Cemetery, Hardin Co, IA; Gov't service tombstone; new addition, block 4, lot 10.

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION:
Filed in MO by William O. Wickham, on June 28, 1880(?)
Filed in MO by his widow Melissie O., Comp F, 32nd IA Infantry. June 21, 1924(?)

1941 LETTER FROM GERTIE OLIVE WICKHAM, Steamboat Rock, IA: lists her father's name as "William Ogilvie" who was born in 1841 near Zanesville and was in the Civil War along with his father and brother Jacob. William O. came to IA with his family at age 6. Lists names of Asahel's 7 children.

MacPherson Family: Some of the Descendants of Adam McPherson: lists birth and death dates and states he died near Fulton, MO.

William married Melissie Olivia CARTER on 4 Jun 1876 in Hardin Co, IA. (Melissie Olivia CARTER was born on 24 May 1856 in IA,⁴ died on 10 Oct 1923 in Fulton, Fulton Twp, Callaway Co, MO ⁴ and was buried in Jackson Twp. Cem, Owasa, Hardin Co, IA ³.)