Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Veterans

In the 1890 Census, the United States made a concerted effort to record the location and circumstances of its veterans. This was quite fitting, since the nation owed its very existence to the men who had bravely risked their lives to preserve the Union. Several veterans of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry appeared in portions of that Census which have already been made available on the internet, due to the diligence of other researchers. They include:

Jeffers, John
Age 26. Residence Rice County, Minnesota, nativity Ireland
Company K - Enlisted November 12, 1861. Mustered November 12, 1861
Promoted Eighth Corporal December 1, 1862
Promoted Fifth Corporal June 18, 1863
Transferred to Minnesota February 25, 1864
Census: Served 4 years 6 months 13 days
Mustered Out May 24, 1866
Residing at Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota
Injury to head, Varicose Veins, Deaf in one Ear

Higley, Francis M.
Age 18. Residence Olmstead County, Minnesota, nativity Pennsylvania
Company K - Mustered November 1, 1861
Transferred to Minnesota February 25, 1864
Census: Served 4 years 6 months 19 days
Mustered Out May 24, 1866
Residing at Lake Park Village, Becker County, Minnesota

Hoffman, William (Veteran)
Age 26. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany
Company F - Enlisted August 30, 1861. Mustered October 25, 1861
Promoted Second Battalion Veterinary Sergeant January 9, 1862
Reentered the service December 1, 1862
Promoted Sixth Sergeant January 1, 1863
Promoted Fifth Sergeant April 19, 1864
Transferred to Company F Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, August 8, 1864
Hoffman, William (Veteran)
Age 26. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany
Promoted Third Sergeant November 1, 1864
Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant July 1, 1865
Mustered out August 11, 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee
Census: Served 3 years 9 months
Served August 1861 to October 1862 and December 1862 to June 1865
Residing at Frazee City, Becker County, Minnesota
Prisoner six weeks