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Corporals- William C. Bell enlisted August 11, 1862: killed at Knox- ville, Tenn., November 18, 1863; buried at Knoxville, grave 450. Robert M. Dewey enlisted August 22, 1862: promoted January 1, 1864; killed at Utoy ereek, Ga., August 6, 1864; remains interred at Marietta, Ga., grave 5,304, in section F.
The record of casualties among private troops is as follows: John L. Adams enlisted August 14. 1862; died of typhoid fever at Lexington, Ky .. December 17, 1862; remains buried at Toulon. Elmore Barnhill, wounded at Knoxville. Tenn., November 18. 1863-right arm amputated: died of wound at Knoxville, January 2, 1864: buried at Knoxville, grave 354. William M. Creighton enlisted August 22, 1862: died of heart disease at Lexington. Ky., February 14, 1863; buried in the Lexington cemetery, grave 211. John W. Curfman enlisted Angust 22, 1862; wounded at Knox- ville. Tenn., November 18, 1863; mortally wounded and left on the field at Franklin, Tem., November 30, 1864; died of wounds in rebel hospital at Franklin December 10, 1864. James Essex, wounded at Knoxville, Tenn., November 18, 1863; mortally wounded at Utoy creek, Ga., August 6, 1864; died in field hospital August 1, 1864; remains interred at Marietta, Ga., grave 5,306, section F. William T. Essex enlisted August 14. 1862; wounded at Resaca, Ga., May 14. 1864; died of wounds at Springfield, Ill., September 18, 1864: buried at Camp Butler, grave 534. Olaus Forss en- listed August 11. 1862; mortally wounded at Knoxville, Tenn .. November 18. 1863. and left on the field: died in the hands of the enemy November 19, 1863. llenry (. Ilall enlisted and mustered in February 1. 1864, for three years; wounded at Resaca. Ga .. May 14, 1864: died of wounds in hos- pital at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 24, 1864; buried at Chattanooga, grave 12,294, in section D. Joseph Hoppock enlisted August 22, 1862; captured at Bean's Station, E. Tenn., December 14. 1863; died at Andersonville, Ga .. July 15. 1864, grave 3,255. John Kendall enlisted Ang. 13, 1862: killed at Knoxville, Tenn .. November 18, 1863, buried by the enemy. remains re- covered and interred in the National Cemetery at Knoxville, as "John Kimball " of Company E, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois. Number of grave 442. Omer Leek, enlisted February 14, 1863, was ordered on duty at Lexington, by provost marshal, and died there of measles, April 2, 1863, buried in Lexington Cemetery, grave 341. George Miller, enlisted August 13, 1862, died of typhoid fever at Lexington, Ky., November 26, 1862, buried in Lexington Cemetery ; grave 120. Jeremiah D. Madden, en- listed August 22. 1862, died at Knoxville, Tenn., March 4,1864, buried at
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Knoxville ; grave 491. Isaac Messenger. enlisted August 11, 1862, wounded at Utoy Creek, Ga., August 6, 1864, died of wounds at Marietta, Ga. ; September 2, 1864, buried there; grave 1,016 Sect. G. John F. Negus, died in hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 17, 1862-the first death in the regiment. George W. Oziah-died in Lexington, Ky., March 14, 1863, buried in Lexington Cemetery : grave 231. George W. Rhodes, enlisted August 13, 1862, captured near Winchester, Ky., February 23, 1863, pa- roled February 24. and sent to Parole Camp at St. Louis, Mo., exchanged September 10, and rejoined company at Bean's Station. E. Tenn., Decem- ber 14, 1863, killed at Utoy Creek, August 6. 1864, remains interred at Marietta, Ga .; grave 5,305, in Section F. Aaron Ridle, enlisted in Com- pany F, mustered in as of Company H, transferred to Company F, No- vember 1, 1862, wounded and missing in action at Knoxville. Tenn., No- vember 18. 1863, died in the hands of the enemy. Thomas T. White, en- listed August 14. 1862, drowned crossing Clinch river, on the Saunders Raid in East Tennessee, June 18. 1863. Jolm W. Whitten, enlisted August 22, 1862, mortally wounded near Atlanta, Ga., August +, and died in Field Hospital, August 9, 1864, remains interred at Marietta, Ga .; grave 9,852, Section J.
The deserters were: Daniel Haselton, enlisted Angust 21, 1862, went to New Jersey-his native State-from Milledgeville. Ky., April 19. 1863. on a thirty days' furlough, and never returned. Milton Stephens. deserted in the face of the enemy, with his arms and accontrements. at Resaca, Ga .. May 14, 1864.
Other records of private troops are thus given .- Recruits, transferred to Company F, Sixty-fifth Illinois Volunteers (consolidated), June 20, 1865, and mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., July 13, 1865 : Joseph II. Burwick, enlisted November 17, mustered in November 21. 1863. Zach- ariah T. Brown, enlisted and mustered in January 17, 1865, for one year, now of Peoria, Ill. Inther Graham, enlisted November 21. mustered in No- vember 27, 1863. William J. Hamilton. enlisted February 10, mustered in June 6, 1863, absent, sick at Washington, D. C., discharged at Mower U. S. Hospital July 1. 1865. Martin Hickman. enlisted April 1, mustered in June 6, 1863. Jacob W. McDaniel, enlisted March 28, mustered in April 28, 1864. Thomas Patterson, enlisted and mustered in December 2, 1863. George W. Pate, enlisted and mustered in December 4, 1863, Me- Cook. Red Willow County, Neb. Elisha E. Taylor, enlisted and mustered in March 23, 1864, injured in side unloading rations from railroad car at Greensboro, N. C .. June 18, 1864. of Camden. Minn.
The recapitulation of roster and record of this company presents the following figures : Mustered out with the company, 42; absent, 3; previously discharged, 22: transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, 5; killed and died in the service, 27: deserted, 2; reeruits transferred to the Sixty-fifth Illi- nois, 9: or a total of 110.
In Company G of the One Hundred and Twelfth were: Sergeant Edward P. Wright, enlisted August 12, 1862; wounded at Nashville, Tenn., in December, 1864; now a resident of Ringgold county, Iowa. Sergeant Ira G. Foster served from August 14, 1862, to muster-ont, dating his promotion from February, 1863. Joseph Berry, absent sick at muster-out. was detailed as bugler at Camp Nelson in 1863. Charles Keyser served from Angust, 1862; transferred October 15, 1863; now of Webster county, Towa. George Milbourn and Myron
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Waters were members of this command. Lonis E. Morton, of Galva. was discharged at Lexington in April, 1865. John A. Tarble served a full term : now resides in Polk county, Neb. William A. Brown enlisted in 1863, and served to the close of the war. Andrew Jackson, of Lafayette, enlisted in 1864, served to the close of the war. Frank A. Yale, enlisted in 1864; transferred to Sixty-fifth Regiment ; now of Barton county, Mo.
In Company HI : John Bevier, who died at Camp Butler in Novem- ber, 1864; was a recruit of 1864; Ciba A. Dunlap, of Bradford, Noah Hiddlebangh and John C. Gingrich, of Essex, were drafted in 1864. Jonas Johnson, a recruit, was not accepted, and Volney Arnold was unassigned. A few members of Company F belonged originally to Company H.
The One-hundred and-twelfth Regiment Association dates its or- ganization back to 1866. The reunions of the One-hundred-and-twelfth have been as follows : Banquet, Galva, November 17, 1865; 1566. Geneseo, September 20; 1867, Galva, September 20; 1868, Cambridge, September 22; 1869, Geneseo, September 22; 1870, Galva. September 20; 1871, Cambridge, September 20; 1872, Geneseo. September 20; 1873, Galva, September 20; 1874, Wyoming, November 18; 1875, Cambridge, September 22; 1876, Geneseo, September 22; 1877, Toulon, September 20; 1878, Annawan, September 20; 1879, Galva, Septem- ber 22; 1880, Bradford, September 22; 1681, Cambridge, August 18; 1852, Geneseo, August 18; 1883, Toulon, August 16-17; 1884, Galva, August 28; 1885, Orion, August 27; 1886, Wyoming, August 24. The officers of 1885 were Gen. Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton, Ill., presi- dent ; Sergt. John L. JJennings, Cambridge, Ill., vice-president; B. F. Thompson, secretary ; Capt. S. F. Otman, William Holgate and Lieut. Bushrod Tapp, executive committee. The president, vice-president and secretary were reelected in 1886, and also the following executive committee: J. E. Ayers, Thomas F. Davenport. and William K. Wight, of Cambridge. The following roll of deceased comrades for the past year was read: Joseph C. Johnson, hospital steward, at Mason City, III, September 26, 1885. Lewis W. Smith, Company A, at De Soto, Dallas county, Iowa, October 6, 1885. James B. Brown, Company D, at Burns, Henry county, Ill., October 25. 1885. William 1. Lamper, Company B, at Laramie City, Wyoming Ter .. in 1885. Capt. George W. Sroufe, Company H, at Larned, Pawnee county, Kan., March 20, 1886. Wallace W. Emanuel, Company E, at Lafayette. Ind., July 29, 1886. Henry Slick, Company A, in Pennsylvania. May 17, 1886. Wilber F. Broughton, Company I, at Geneseo, July 13, 1886.
One-hundred-and-thirteenth Infantry, organized near Camp Dong- lass in 1862; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in November, and joined in the Tallahatchie expedition, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Black's Bayon, Corinth, Memphis, are all inscribed on the banner of the One-hundred- and-thirteenth. It was mustered ont June 20, 1865. In Company K Milton A. Coffinberry, of Bradford (recruited in November, 1863), served.
One hundred-and-fourteenth Infantry was organized in July and August, 1862, and in November moved to Tennessee. On the 26th it
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entered on the Tallahatchie campaign ; was variously engaged until May, 1863, when it was present at Vicksburg, JJackson, and Brandon, Miss. Up to the day of its muster out. August 3. 1865. the command rendered excellent service. In October, 1864, John C. Copestake was commissioned first assistant surgeon.
One-hundred-and-twenty-fourth Infantry, organized at Camp Butler; moved to Tennessee October 6, 1862 ; drove the rebels across the Talla- hatchie in November, and held the Yacona river; on April 23, 1863. approached Vicksburg, and this with Thompson's Hill. Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Brownsville, Meridian, Chunky Station, Benton, Jackson, Cross Roads, Spanish Fort, tell the story of this com- mand to its muster out at Chicago, August, 1865. The soldiers from Stark county in Company A were : Corporals - Asa Bunton, August. 1862; promoted. Privates enlisted August, 1862 - Daniel S. Adams. Frank Hudson, promoted ; Levi Leck, Invalid Corps; Fred. M. Lea- croft. Asa Smith, promoted, died at Fort Gaines, April 19, 1865. Company F: Sergeants-George S. Green, August, 1862. Cor- porals - Samuel M. Likes, August, 1862; died at Vicksburg September, 1864. Privates- Nathaniel Cooper, died May, 1863, of wounds ; Alexander Wier, died at Memphis, September, 1863; Sylvester Sweet. Recruits - Walter A. Fell, Thirty-third ; Thomas Murray, February, 1864; Thomas W. Rule, Thirty-third ; AAndrew Turnbull, Thirty-third ; Alvin Galley, Thirty-third.
One-hundred-and-twenty-sixth Infantry organized at Alton in Sep- tember. 1862. moved to Bolivar, Tenn., in November, and took a full part in the Tennessee campaign. In March, 1863, the command par- ticipated in the capture of Little Rock, of Clarendon, Ark .. besides participating in the siege of Vicksburg. It was mustered out at Pine Bluff. in July, 1865. One-hundred-and-twenty-seventh Infantry was mustered in on September 5, 1862, at Camp Douglas, 957 strong. In the ranks were. Abram Bevier (deserted), Robert JJ. Dickinson (dis- charged ), William H. Giwitts (V. R. C., January, 1865), Uriah Giwitts (deserted), George Kinter (deserted), all of Company B. One-hundred- and-thirty-second Infantry, organized at Camp Fry, Chicago, was mus- tered in June 1, 1864, moved to Kentucky on the 6th, and was on duty there until muster out, October 17, 1864. In this command were C. Hotchkiss, of Toulon, and Barney M. Jackson, of Lafayette, who were mistered in in 1864.
One-hundred-and-thirty-ninth Infantry was mustered in at Peoria, Jime 1, 1864. with 878 men, for three months service. Among the troops were the following named residents of this county : Company A, Corporal, Otis P. Dver, May, 1864. Company E. Corporal James Swank, May, 1864. Company H, Second-Lieutenant. Ansel J. Wright, June, 1864, Sergeants, enlisted May, 1864, Gorham P. Blood, George Dugan, Corporals, enlisted May, 1861, O. P. Crowell, N. W. Dewey, W. O. Johnson; Musician, S. V. R. Bates, May, 1864 (promoted prin- cipal musician), Privates, Samuel Burge, Win. J. Barrett, Thomas W. C'ade, George W. Dewey, Joseph Flansburg, Adam Gardiner, D. C. Lyon, Orin Maxfield. jr .. Elisha Mosher, William H. Newcomer. Har- rison Newton, Joseph HI. Newton, Ruben Rounds, Harvey J. Reming-
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ton, John S. Roof, Charles D. Sharrer (discharged to re-enlist), Theo- dore Vandyke, Win. W. Wright, Andrew J. Whitaker, Benjamin J. Whiteher. Benjamin Witter, Isaac M. Witter, George Potter. The re- cruits, enlisted May. 1864, were Abram H. Loudenburgh (from Com- pany 1), Wm. Scarl (Trom Company I).
One-hundred-and-forty-eighth Infantry was organized at Camp But- ler, February 26, 1865. for the term of one year. February 22. pro- ceeded to Nashville, Tenn., in March, moved to Tullahoma, and in June five companies were ordered to Deckerd, one company was stationed at Me Minnville, and the other four companies guarding the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad from Lombardy to Anderson Station. Arrived at Springfield September 9. 1865; where it received its final discharge The troops from Stark county were in Company I, Sergeant, Moses B. Robinson, February, 1865. Corporal, Edwin B. Pomeroy, Privates. W'm. D. Cundiff (promoted), Charles Hester, Luman Himes.
One-hundred-and-fifty-first Infantry was organized at Quiney, III., and made up from various parts of the state, recruited under the call of December 19. 1864. The regiment was ordered to Springfield. III., where, February 25, 1865, the field and staff officers were mustered in and the regiment moved to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Dalton, Ga. April 23, Col. Woodall was ordered to proceed, under flag of truce, to Macon, Ga., to carry terms of surrender to the rebel Gen. Warford ; May 2, was ordered to Kingston, Ga., arriving on the 12th, after a toilsome march. Here, on May 13, 14 and 15, 1865, the regiment received the surrender of Gen. Warford, with 10,400 prisoners. The One-hundred-and-fifty-first was mistered out at Columbus, Ga., Janu- ary 24, 1866, and moved to Springfield, Il., where it received final dis- charge, February 8. 1866. The Stark county men in the command were: Sergeant-Major - Fayette Lacey; private, Lafayette Schamp, February, 1865, in Company A. Privates, enlisted February. 1865- W. H. Boyer. Allen Gingrich (died at Nashville, March, 1865). C. W. Phenix (promoted), in Company B; and in Company I: Captain- Casimer P. Jackson. First Lieutenants-James Montooth (resigned, June, 1865). Andrew Galbraith, July. 1865. Second Lieutenants- Andrew Galbraith, February, 1565. George Fezler, July, 1865, not mustered. First Sergeant - Fayette Laey (promoted Sergeant-Major). Sergeants-Geo. Dugan (promoted), Geo. R. Fezler (promoted Second Lieutenant), Geo. W. MeDaniels (promoted) and Samuel Keys. Cor- porals, enlisted February, 1865 - Rufus S. Jones (promoted), Samuel Dixon (died at Michigan City, Ind., May, 1865. Thomas Homer. James F. Thompson, John S. Roof, Herod Murnan. Musicians, enlisted Feb- ruary, 1865 -Thomas S. Craig and Chas. W. Orr. Wagoner -Jona- than Ronnds, February, 1865. Privates-Atkinson Coe, Austin De- Wolf, Joseph Dixon, Andrew Galbraith, Edward A. Johnson, Samuel K. Lowman, John IL. Moncrief (died at Dalton, Ga., March, 1865), Bethnel Pierson, Seth F. and Daniel Rockwell, Henry W. Thomas, David Woodard, David Crumb, Geo. W. Gilson (killed at Bushnell, Ill., 1865, in attempt to jump bounty), Orson Grant. Leonidas Jones, Elias B. Lewis (deserted), fra I. McConnell. Samuel Masters (pro- moted), Ed. A. Perry, Cassier JJackson, James Montooth (promoted).
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One-hundred-and-fifty-fifth Infantry, organized at Camp Butler, was mustered in February 28, 1865, for one year, with 904 men and officers. The command moved to Tennessee in March, and in June was divided into squads for protection of Nashville & Chattanooga railroad, occupying the block-houses from Nashville to Duck river, a distance of fifty miles. It was mustered out September 4, 1865. Stark county was represented by Wm. Cross, Oliver P. White. Patrick McGuire, Edward O Brien (drowned in Stone river, January, 1865), all enlisted in February, 1865, in Company 1.
Miscellaneous infantry commands claimed Stark county men as follows: One-hundred-and-twenty-first New York, Company A- Peter Nicholson. Twenty-first Ohio- Patrick Flynn and John HI. Harkins. Seventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company I, enlisted at St. Louis, Mo., June, 1861, mustered ont June, 1864-Sergeants: Robert Robb and Isaae Harris. Privates: James Shivvers and Thomas Per- rv. Tenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Company C-A. N. Harris. Second U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Company A - Alvah M. Brown. enlisted February, 1865. Fourth U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Company B-Geo. Carter, enlisted February, 1865. First U. S. Army Corps, Company 5-Thomas Iliggins, enlisted March, 1865. First U. S. Regular Infantry - Adam Fell (died at Annapolis, Md.), Robert Fell and Asa Clark. Sixteenth U. S. Regular Infantry - Reuben Shock- ley, James Schemerhorn, Creighton Swain, James McGee. In the Thirtieth Ilinois Volunteer Infantry was Thomas Gemmell, who enlisted in Mercer county in 1861, veteranized in 1863, and served to the close of the war.
CAVALRY.
('avalry regiments held only a small number of troops from this county. Of the seventeen regiments sent forward from Illinois, only the Third, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth claimed repre- sentatives of Stark. In the following sketch the beginnings of each of those seventeen commands are noted : First-Colonel Thomas A. Marshall, umstered in June 1861, at Bloomington, with 1,206 men: Second -Colonel Silas Noble, mustered in August 24, 1861, at Camp Butler. with 1,861 men: Third-Colonel Eugene A. Carr, mustered in September 21, 1861, at Camp Butler, with 2,183 men; Fourth-Colonel T. Lyle Dickey, mustered in September 30, 1861. at Ottawa, with 1,656 men; Fifth-Colonel John J. Updegraff, mustered in December, 1861, at Camp Butler, with 1,169 men; Sixth-Colonel Thomas H. Cavanaugh, mustered in November, 1861. January, 1862, at Camp Butler, with 2,248 men; Seventh-Colonel William Pitt Kellogg, mustered in, August, 1861, at Camp Butler, with 2,282 men; Eighth-Colonel Jolm F. Farnsworth, mustered in September 18, 1861, at St. Charles, with 2,412 men; Ninth- Colonel Albert G. Brackett, mustered in October 26. 1861, at Camp Douglas, with 2,169 men; Tenth-Colonel James A. Barrett. mus- tered in November 25, 1861, at Camp Butler, with 1,934 men ; Eleventh -Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, mustered in December 20, 1861, at Peoria, with 2,362 men ; Twelfth -Colonel Arno Voss, mus- tered in December, 1861, February, 1862, at Camp Butler, with 2,174
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men: Thirteenth -Colonel Joseph W. Bell. mustered in December. 1861. Februarv. 1862. at Camp Douglas, with 1,759 men ; Fourteenth -Colonel Horace Capron, mustered in January 7, 1863, at Peoria, with 1565 men: Fifteenth -Colonel Warren Stewart, mnstered in December 25, 1863, at Camp Butler, with 1,473 men; Sixteenth - Colonel Christian Thielman, mustered in January and April, 1563, at Camp Butler, with 1.462 men: Seventeenth -Colonel John L. Bey- eridge, mustered in January 28, 1864, at St. Charles, with 1,247 men.
In Company A. of the Third Cavalry were privates James II. Chaddoek, (promoted), Samuel A. Highlands. (deserted), John W. Highlands. (promoted, died at Memphis), who enlisted in August. 1861. and recruits who enlisted in February. 1864,-Samuel H. Aten. (Company C., third consolidated cavalry ). William P. Burns, (Company C., third consolidated cavalry). Harrison Burkhart. Robert Garner. Company C .. third consolidated cavalry), John Green, (Company C., third consolidated cavalry ), John King, (died at Port Hudson. Lonis- iana ). June, 1865, Theodore W. McDaniel, George F. Pyle. (Company C., third consolidated cavalry ). JJohn Simmerman. (Company ( .. third consolidated cavalry), Henry Simmerman, (Company C., third consoli- dated cavalry). West Jersey ; George Boardman. (discharged for disa- bility). Ilngh R. Creighton, (discharged for promotion), Albert P. Finley. all of Stark county.
In Company ( .. third consolidated cavalry, were privates Samuel Aten. William Burns, Robert A. Garner, J. Green. (deserted), Theo- dore W. McDaniel, George F. Pyle, (deserted). Henry Simmerman, John Simmerman, West Jersey : and in Company K .. Andrew J. Walker. Elmira, March, 1865.
In the Fourth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry were : Company D., William Donglas, Essex. Jannary. 1861. (see twelfth cavalry). Com- pany A .. Joseph E. MeKinstrey. corporal. (see twelfth cavalry). Com- pany K., William Crooks. Essex. recruited October 1862, promoted ser- geant-major.
In the Seventh Cavalry were unassigned recruits who enlisted from l'enn township in March, 1865. viz .: Charles Butcher. (died at Camp Butler). and William Butcher.
In Company 11 .. Ninth Cavalry, were the reernits who enlisted in January, 1864- Thomas Flanagan. Christopher Flanagan. John Stokes, John C. Shaw, Patrick Smith, Toulon. Henry Lewis. (died a prisoner at Charleston. S. C.), Samuel R. Lewis, (deserted), Lafayette, and in Company K., Captain J. O. HI. Spinney, Bradford, May 1865. veteranized ; first lieutenant, J. O. H. Spinney, Bradford. September. 1864, promoted : sergeants. enlisted September. 1861. John Jamison. Bradford : veteranized and deserted ; Francis M. Lamper, Osceola, dis- charged. Privates-Enlisted October, 1861 Fowler Bryant, E. W. Curtis, (veteranized). Frank U. Doyle, (discharged). Thomas A. Fos- ter. Wesley F. Foster (veteranized and promoted). John S. Hayden. (veteranized and promoted). Christopher Handley. Wm. S. Luce, Isaac Moon, James M. Stanley, (veteranized and promoted), I. O. II. Spin- ney, (veteranized). James Sherlock' (veteranized), Bradford : Francis Griswold. (promoted. died at Memphis. July. 1862), Herman D.
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Sturm, Osceola ; William F. Wheeler, of Lafayette, the only son of widow C. M. Wheeler, died in hospital at Decatur, Ala., August 21, 1865. Recruits - Henry MeKibbon, (promoted), March 28, 1804. Bradford. Unassigned reernits - Martin Shay, Penn, March 31, 1865.
In the Eleventh Cavalry, Company C, were Andrew Caldwell, Slackwater, (recruited December, 1863, deserted July, 1864). Company MI .. Win. A. Glaze. West JJersey (recruited March, 1863) ; Unassigned, Baxter M. Mahany, Toulon (recruited February, 1865, died at Camp Butler.)
In the Twelfth Cavalry were Joseph Johnson, Toulon, November, 1864. William Donglas, Essex (also Fourth Cavahy), Joseph E. McKin- stry, corporal (also Fourth Cavalry).
In the Fourteenth Cavalry, Company A., were, Dewitt C. Reece, West Jersey, November, 1862, and Company M., Isaac Dennis, West Jersey. October, 1866 (discharged for disability).
In the First New York Veteran Cavalry T. A. LaCosta, now of Toulon, served for twenty months. He was also in the United States naval service.
In the Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Company K., was A. N. Harris, Goshen, enlisted as Second-Lientenant and promoted to Captain; S. Drummond, son of Benj. Drummond, a volunteer of 1861- 5. enlisted in the United States army the latter year and was serving with the Seventh United States Cavalry in 1880.
LIGHIT ARTILLERY.
Company A. Captain C. M. Williard, mustered in at Chicago, with 168 men ; Company B. Captain Ezra Taylor, mustered in at Chicago, with 204 men : Company C. Captain C. Hanghtauling, mustered in October 31, 1861, at Ottawa, with 175 men; Company D. Captain Ed- ward Mc Allister, mustered in January 14, 1862. at Plainfield, with 141 men: Company E, Captain A. C. Waterhouse, mustored in December 19. 1861. at Chicago, with 148 men: Company F, Captain JJohn T. Cheney, mustered in February 25, 1862, at Camp Butler, with 159 men: Company G. Captain Arthur O'Leary, mustered in February 28, 1862, at Cairo, with 113 men; Company II. Captain Alex. Silversparr, mustered in February 20, 1862, at Chicago, with 147 men: Company I, Captain Edward Bouton, mustered in February 15, 1863, at Chicago, with 169 men; Company K. Captain A. Franklin, mustered in January 9. 1862. at Shawneetown, with 96 men; Company L, Captain John Rourke, mustered in February 22, 1862, at Chicago, with 153 men; Company M. Captain John B. Miller, mustered in August 12. 1862, at Chicago, with 154 men: Field and Staff, 7 men; Reernits, 883 men. In Battery D. Lewis W. Jones, of Wyoming, was Corporal.
The Second Light Artillery was made up as follows: Company A. Captain Peter Davidson, mustered in August 17, 1861, at Peoria, with 116 men: Company B., Captain Riley Madison, munstered in Inne 20, 1861, at Springfield, with 127 men: Company C, Captain Caleb Hop- kins, mastered in August 5, 1861, at Cairo, with 154 men ; Company D). Jasper M. Dresser, mustered in December 17, 1861, at Cairo, with 117 men ; Company E. Captain Adolph Schwartz, mustered in February 6.
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