Enlisted in Company H, 26th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers to serve three years. Mustered in as a private on August 9,1862. Company H Commanded by L M Nye. Job Trites died at Adams Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee from a gunshot wound received at Arkansas Post, Arkansas in the line of duty on Jan 11, 1863, and he died the next month. He was reported to have attained the rank of corporal before his death.
Job Trites was described in his Civil War record as having a fair complexion and sandy hair. His eyes were light blue and he was 5'9". He was a farmer at the time of his enlistment. He had been married 15 or more years prior to enlistment. He and his wife reported to have six children. Four of their names were Edwin (3-27-1855-) (Bernice Trites McLeland's Father), Lewis (6-26-1847), Nancy, Ellen (2-1-1860). Only three of the children lived to have families of their own. Harriet received $8.00 a month pension certificate in 1867.108

Dictionary of American History, Vol 1 A-Com "ARKANSAS POST,BATTLE OF. Arkansas Post (Fort Hindman) was fortified by the Confederates for the protection of Little Rock. After the repulse of Sherman's (U.) attack upon Vicksburg (Dec 29, 1862) it was considered essential to capture the post. Gen. John A. McClernand, with 30,000 men backed by Admiral David D. Porter's ironclads, forced Gen. Thomas J Churchill to surrender Jan 11, 1863." [note: this is the same day that Job was wounded]108