USA > Illinois > Iroquois County > History of Iroquois County, together with Historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources > Part 35
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119
the battle of Contreras, our hero felt impelled to hold in subjugation his strong desire to again unsheath his sword in defense of the old flag he had followed so long and so well over so many bloody fields, on account of his wife and young children. But when the old flag he so fondly cherished went down in the dust, smoke and defeat at Bull Run, it roused this " man of war," and he set about recruiting men for the regiment then being raised by Col. Coler, of Champaign, and on its organization was very properly placed in command of Company G, Twenty-fifth regiment, and continued in command until the resigna- tion of Col. Coler; when, at the urgent request of some of the best offi-
"We will plant it here, boys, and rally the old Twenty-fifth around it, and here we will die."
cers in the regiment, who had discovered that he was the true, brave and competent man to lead them, he was commissioned colonel by Gov. Yates a short time before the battle of Stone River. And, as is usual, when the field officers are ignored and a ranking captain promoted to the command of the regiment, offense was given to those who were "jumped "; and consequently the new colonel went into the struggle that cost him his life without the presence or assistance of either the lieutenant-colonel or major.
Col. Williams had given proof of his ability as a company com- mander at Pea Ridge and Iuka, and the most of his men recognized and respected his soldierly qualities. Up to the time that he met his death, the regiment had been ably handled by its new colonel, and he was winning the love and confidence of every true soldier in
321
IROQUOIS COUNTY IN THE WAR.
his command by his readiness, tact and courage. When Wood- ruff's brigade was left isolated and alone on the field, by the falling back of troops on the right and left during the fiercest onset of Bragg's army on December 31, 1862, at Stone River, the Twenty- fifth regiment was flanked by the enemy, and Col. Williams found it necessary to " change front," and in doing so his men became the least bit demoralized; and fearing that they might fall back in a panic, as other regiments had done, on the color- bearer being shot down Col. Williams seized the colors himself, and advancing in front of the center of his regiment, while preparing to plant the col- ors, said : "WE WILL PLANT IT HERE, BOYS, AND RALLY THE OLD TWENTY-FIFTHI AROUND IT, AND HERE WE WILL DIE." At this point he was shot through the left breast, and reeled backward, still hold- ing the colors. He was taken to the field hospital, and lingered a number of hours, and died, saying to Surgeon Brown : "I have done my duty."
Col. Williams, on the day preceding the one on whichi he re- ceived his death-wound, was severely wounded by a piece of shell tearing a ghastly wound in the fleshy part of his thigh, but binding his handkerchief over it, he continued on the field. Men less deter- mined and of less nerve would have left the field, and felt that with such a wound they were amply justified in so doing. In his report of the battle his brigade commander referred to the death of Col. Williams in the following words: "Amid the glorious results of a battle won, it gives me pain to record the names of tlie gallant men who offered up their lives on the altar of their country. But we must drop the tear of sorrow over their resting places, and offer our heartfelt sympathies to their relatives and friends, trusting that God will care for them and soothe their afflictions. And while we remem- ber the noble dead, let us pay a tribute of respect to the gallant Col. T. D. Williams, Twenty-fifth Illinois regiment, who died in the per- formance of his duty. He fell with the regimental colors in his hands, exclaiming : ' We will plant it here, boys, and rally the old Twenty-fifth around it, and here we will die.' Such conduct is above all praise, and words can paint no eulogiums worthy of the subject."
Col. Williams and two of his children were buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York, by his wife. And she has marked the tomb of her hero by a beautiful monument. The other child born to them is buried at Camden, Alabama, and only the wife of the gallant soldier still lives. Mrs. Mary A. Williams has a cosy home at Che- banse, bearing within its walls many evidences of the culture and 21
322
HISTORY OF IROQUOIS COUNTY.
refinement of its owner, and with tender hands she has placed on the walls of her parlor pictures of her heroic husband, and also of the loved little ones that, with their brave, noble-hearted father, await her coming on the, golden shores of that " bright and better land." To Williams Post, No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic, located at Watseka, Mrs. Williams has presented a magnificent silk banner suitably inscribed.
From a newspaper published in Troy, New York, under date of January 25, 1863, we clip the following, in reference to the burial of Col. Williams. His remains were sent from the battlefield to Che- banse, and there taken in charge by his bereaved wife and taken to Troy, and buried as here described :
" Yesterday our city was the scene of one of those sad reminders of the stern realities of war, from which, thus far in the contest, Troy has been comparatively free. The spectacle presented yesterday, at the funeral of the brave Col. Williams, was one calculated to arouse the deepest feeling,-in fact, we know no more sad public demon- stration than the pageant of a military funeral. The led horse of the fallen warrior, the country's flag drooping on the coffin, the mournful minor music, and the sword he has wielded in many a good figlit, but for which he has no longer any use,-all conspire to make it an impressive occasion. The remains arrived in the city on Sat- urday, and were laid in state at the armory of the Citizens' Corps, until yesterday noon, when the funeral procession moved thence to Oakwood Cemetery, Brig .- Gen. Allen, with a portion of his staff, Capt. McConihe and Capt. W. F. Calder, acting as pall-bearers. A detachment of twenty-five regulars, from the Watervliet Arsenal, under command of the veteran Sergt. Smith, acted as mourners. The escort consisted of the artillery, the German Rifle Company, the Republican, Jackson, Wool and Columbian Guards,-the whole being under the command of Lieut .- Col. Lawton. Sullivan's band fur- nished the music. At the grave the usual salute was fired, and every mark of respect was paid to the warrior who had 'gone to his long home.' "
Iroquois county may well feel a pride in the fact that from all the brave, true men whom she sent from her broad prairies to do battle for the "old flag," no nobler martyr shed his blood than the gallant Col. Williams, of the old Twenty-fifth regiment.
Col. Williams was a magnificent specimen of manhood, standing six feet one and a half inches in his stocking feet, and being well proportioned. In uniform he looked the soldier he proved himself to be. His face wore a thoughtful look, and was kindly, except
323
IROQUOIS COUNTY IN THE WAR.
when it showed the seal of determination. Though pleasant and sociable generally, he was rather modest and retiring in disposition. Had he lived to the close of the war, Iroquois county would doubt- less have been the home of one union general, for the bravery and abilities of the soldierly Col. Williams would have been recognized.
It is known to be a fact that, after the battle of Iuka, Capt. Will- iams could have had a general's commission in the confederate forces, had he seen fit to turn his back on the flag he loved so well. Like the noble Gen. George H. Thomas, who also knew and respected Williams as an excellent soldier in Mexico and at West. Point, whose bones now repose in Oakwood Cemetery, only a few feet from those of Col. Williams, he had the courage to say No to comrades and friends he loved, wlio, in their madness, had dared assail tlie " old flag " and entreat him to do the same ungrateful act. All honor to the brave and noble soldier who laid down his life in defense of his adopted country, and may its chivalric sons emulate his courage and cherish his memory.
JAMES H. JAQUITH was born near Buckfield, Maine, on June 18, 1837. He resided in his native state until 1855, when he set his face westward, and settled in Lake county, near Waukegan, Illinois, and at once cast about for a means of obtaining a livelihood, and finally decided to learn the carpenter's trade, working at that trade in Lake county for several years until he became a competent and skillful mechanic. A year or two before the outbreak of the rebellion Jaquith removed to Chebanse, and worked at his trade there and at Kankakee city. Soon after the fall of Sumter, young Jaquith enlisted in Company G of the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry, and was made third corporal, and afterward promoted sergeant, and he was an active, faithful soldier, until struck down by a rebel bullet at Shiloh with a terrible wound. He was shot through the right leg, six inches above the knee, and lay four days upon the field with his wound undressed and uncared for. In a let- ter to his brother he speaks of these four days of suffering in the following language: " ... It was trying to body and soul. . . On the fourth day I was conveyed to a boat and laid on a tick of straw, the softest bed I had laid my bones on for eighteen months ; iny bed had usually consisted of a knapsack for a pillow, and a pile of sticks or stones for a bed." And upon this bed of straw the gal- lant sergeant, who had done manful duty at Donelson and escaped unscathed, and felt himself a veteran, waited patiently for his ugly and painful wound to heal ; but it was slow in healing, and he was declared to be too badly hurt for further service to his country, and
324
HISTORY OF IROQUOIS COUNTY.
September 30, 1862, the maimed soldier was honorably discharged, and returned to Kankakee city, and in a little time resumed work at his trade. During the year 1863, Jaquith married, at Kankakee city, Miss Irene E. Merrill, a resident then of Lake county, and removing to Chebanse with his young wife began housekeeping there, and continued to reside at Chebanse until the spring of 1865, when responding to the last call for volunteers for one year, Sergt. Jaquith recruited and led to the field as its captain, Company H of the Fifty- eighth regiment, and while stationed at Montgomery, Alabama, he died in hospital of chronic dysentery, October 15, 1865, sadly mourned by his company, a loving young wife and little daughter. His wife and daughter reside at Chebanse. Captain Jaquith is described as being a tall, dark complexioned, fine looking young man, loved and respected as a soldier and as a man.
REV. PETER I. WILLIAMS, an itinerant preacher of the M. E. church, was assigned to Milford circuit in 1861, and little was known then, or now by his parishioners of the antecedents of their excellent pastor. He was an earnest, active, christian gentleman, and soon won the hearts of his little flock at the then country town of Milford. He busied himself in getting the present church edifice built, which, by the way, was a pretentious building in those days. He also preached the dedicatory sermon, and was regarded as an eloquent and earnest minister of the gospel,-a man wonderfully zealous and earnest in his religious faith. He was a man of some thirty years of age, and an earnest advocate and supporter of the union cause; and when Company E was being recruited for the Seventy-sixth regi- ment, Rev. Peter I. Williams enlisted and used his influence in securing enlistments to the company ; and abandoning the comforts of home, a young wife, and a congregation of Methodist people that loved him as their pastor, he went to the front to help put down the unholy rebellion, and his comrades all bear testimony to his excel- lent character and behavior in camp, on the march, and in battle, as an earnest, God-fearing, union-loving, christian soldier. While on duty with a squad of eight of his men, in a rifle pit on the skir- mish-line, close to the fortifications of Vicksburg, Lient. Williams was mortally wounded by a ball from the rifle of a sharpshooter in the rebel works, the same bullet also wounding private George Devore, one of his men, in the rifle pit with him at the time. This brave christian soldier was borne to the hospital of his command, but lin- gered only a few hours, and June 21, 1863, mourned by comrades, who had learned to love him, this brave, good man yielded up his life upon the altar of his country,-another victim to the fury of the
325
IROQUOIS COUNTY IN THE WAR.
slaveholders' unholy and wicked war. In the death of Lieut. Will- iams, Iroquois county lost one of its purest patriots, truest soldiers, and most worthy citizens ; the church lost a young, ardent, eloquent, warm-hearted and promising teacher and preacher. We have vainly sought to learn something of the early life of this earnest christian and valiant soldier, who laid down a life full of golden promises, as an officer of one of the gallant companies of volunteers, sent into the field by this county, but have only been able to learn that he came to this county from the west part of the state, and was probably a native of this state. The most reckless and roughest boys of his company respected Lieut. Williams for his piety, bravery and kind- ness of heart; and though no stone may mark his grave, in the hearts of those men who faced death and danger with him, as their leader and friend, his name is sacredly enshrined, and to the end of their days will they venerate their gallant fallen comrade, as the true soldier, christian and patriot.
LIEUT. CHARLES TAYLOR, one of the slain heroes of this county, came to Middleport a year or two before the beginning of the late war, and up to the time of his enlistment in the old Twentieth he followed his trade, that of a carpenter and joiner. His friends all bear testimony as to his being a skillful mechanic, and a young man of fine intellect and generous impulses, but unhappily addicted to the vice of intemperance. And like the noble " war governor " of our state, his pernicious habit which had grown upon him while a resident of Philadelphia, did much to hide the noble qualities of head and heart possessed by this honest, frank and adventurous young man. When Sumter was fired upon, young Taylor was among the very first, if not the first, to enlist in the company that was quickly formed at Middleport, immediately on receipt of the Presi- dent's call for volunteers, and was very active in securing the enlist- ment of others. Lieut. Taylor's soldierly conduct and generous nature won for him favor among his comrades of Company I, of the Twentieth regiment, and many of his friends at home (that is, his adopted home), admiring the bright, generous and courageous young fellow, watched his conduct in the field with some little pride, as " Charlie " gave new proofs of his gallantry. At Britton's Lane, a battle in which the Twentieth and Thirtieth Illinois regiments were attacked by an overwhelming force of rebels, and yet, by dauntless bravery and pure western pluck, held their ground and gave the enemy a good sound whipping, despite the disparity of numbers, Lieut. Taylor was in the thickest of the battle, and his saber scab- bard was struck close to the hilt, and scabbard and saber so battered
326
HISTORY OF IROQUOIS COUNTY.
and twisted by the shot as to render it impossible to draw the blade from the scabbard. The lieutenant sent it as a relic of the fight to his friend, Hon. C. Secrest, of this city, who still retains it. After par- ticipating in numerous battles, Lieut. Taylor was finally struck down, after over three years' continuous exposure to dangers seen and unseen in the ranks of his gallant regiment, by a rebel bullet in the ankle, during the hottest of the fierce struggle, on the banks of Peach Tree Creek, a few miles from Atlanta. He was helped to the rear by his friend and comrade, John S. Vennum, who staid with him until he died from the effects of his wound, which he received June 21, 1864. His deatlı occurred on the 24th, and he was buried by Vennum on the banks of Peach Tree Creek, where he sleeps the sleep of the gallant and true soldier.
Among the knightly young heroes who fell on the crimsoned field of Shiloh, no nobler youth died the death of a brave and true defender of the union than Corporal PHILO P. VENNUM, of Company I, Twentieth regiment. He was a young man of about twenty-two years, when the rebel bullet shattered the precious casket, and was a fine-appearing and promising young man ; and had he lived, no doubt his family and the country would have been honored by him. He was the son of C. C. Vennum, deceased, one of the pioneers of Milford township, and for many years its supervisor and most hon- ored and trusted citizen, and the brother of Hon. Thomas Vennum and Capt. J. F. Vennum. Early in the first day's battle, young Vennum was struck by two rebel bullets, one of which cut off the forefinger of the right hand, and the other tore through the muscle of the same arm, near the shoulder, and penetrating the right side of the fearless young warrior, brought his tall form to the earth ; and a few moments after the trampling horde of traitors passed over him in pursuit of his retreating regiment, that, unable to stand the simoon of destruction, had been forced from that part of the field. His body was found, and buried by his cousin, John S. Vennum, and his comrade, Joseph Leeds. Many of his comrades will, doubtless, feel a pang of grief seize the heart, even at this late day, as they read this brief tribute to a noble soldier who died with his face to the foe.
SERGT. CHARLES BARD, of Chebanse, and one of the first settlers of that neighborhood, after farming several years sold his farm, moved into Chebanse and went to merchandising. He enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth regiment, under Capt. J. H. Jaquithi. Bard was made second sergeant of his company, and did his duty faithfully until seized with chronic dysentery at Montgomery, Alabama, where he died Sep- tember 23, 1865. His widow and daughter reside at Chebanse.
327
IROQUOIS COUNTY IN THE WAR.
ROLL OF HONOR OF IROQUOIS COUNTY.
Soldiers from this county that were killed in battle or died in the service in the war of 1861-5:
NAME.
RESIDENCE. MUSTERED IN.
ORGANIZATION.
KILLED OR DIED.
Aneel B. Cady. ..
Middleport
Oct. 21. 1861 ..
Bat. D, 1st Art. D. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862.
Sydney Henderson
Middleport
Sept. 14, 1861.
Bat. D. 1st Art. D. at Cairo. Ill., Nov. 25, 1861.
Wm. J. Moore
Middleport
Dec. 18, 1863 . Bat. E, 1st Art . D. at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1865.
Serg. Solon White.
Papineau
Sept. 27, 1861.
Bat. E, 1st Art . D. at Chebanse, Ili., Oet. 23. 1861.
William Bondalow.
Papineau ..
Nov. 21, 1861.
Bat. E, 1st Art . D. at Memphis, Tenin .. Sept. 12, 1863. Bat. E, 1st Art . D. at Memphis, Sept. 17, 1863.
Wm. R. Shoufler ..
Milford
Nov. 12, 1861.
Bat. E, 1st Art .
D. at Memphis, Sept. 9, 1863.
Frank B. Eno ..
Loda
Feb. 3, 1862 . Bat. L, 2d Art ..
D. on steamer Champion. May 6, 1862. D. at Reeve's Sta., Mo., Mar. 31 1862.
Serg. G. W. Tolbert
Onarga
Sept. 10. 1861.
Co. M, 9th Cav.
D. at Chicago, Feb. 8, 1862.
Corp. A. W. Wilson
Onarga
Sept. 10, 1861. Co. M, 9th Cav. D. nr Jacksonport, Ark., June 26, 1862.
Barney Burns .. .
Onarga
Sept. 10, 1861. Co. M, 9th Cav.
D. at Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1864. Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at Reeve's Sta .. Mo., Mar. 22, 1862. Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at St. Louis, Oct. 13, 1864.
Lucian P. Mendal ..
Onarga
Nov. 1, 1861 ..
Co. M. 9th Cav.
Drowned in Black river, June 26, 1862.
Andrew J. Sellers .
Onarga
Sept. 10, 1861.
Co. M. 9th Cav.
Drowned in Black river, June 1, 1862 .. D. at Little Black river, May 2, 1862.
William Selvey .. George J. Van Ness Serg. N. Dillon ....
Onarga
Jan. 1, 1864
Co. M, 9th Cav. |D. at Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1864.
Serg. L. Thayer
Onarga
Aug. 1, 1862 ..
Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1862, Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at Onarga, March 8, 1862.
George II. Cooper
Onarga
Aug. 1, 1862 ..
Co. M, 9th Cav. K. at Oxford, Miss., August 13, 1864.
William Daniels ...
Onarga
Feb. 1. 1862
Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at St. Louis.
John Robinson ..
Onarga
Aug. 1. 1862 .. |Co M, 9th Cav. K. nr Tishomingo creek, June 11. 1864.
Wm. N. Skeels
Onarga Jan. 1, 1863 .. |Co. M. 9th Cav. D. at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1864.
Corp. P. Tierney
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D.
Saddler, W. Wilson
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D.
Jacob Anderson ...
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D.
Wm. J. Hamlin ..
Loda
Sept. 15. 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D.
John Haley
I.oda
Sept. 16, 1861. Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. K. in battle.
Samuel McGowan . Joseph McDonald .
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D. at IIuntsville, Ark., June 3, 1864.
Francis Post
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861. Co. C, 10th Cav. D. at Brownsville, Ark., Sept. 13, 1863. Sept. 15, 1861. Co. C, 10th Cav. K. in battle.
Gilbert D. Sperry .. Edward Webster .. Charies Edings .. .. Tini Broult
Loda
Jan. 12, -
Co. C. 10th Cav. D. at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 3, 1864.
I.'Erable
Dee. 19, 1861 .
Co. E, 12th Cav. D. at St. Louis, March 26, 1864.
Ash Grove.
Sept. 1, 1861 .. Co. C, 12th Inf. D. Nov. 13, 1862.
Chebanse ..
Middleport
March 1. 1862
Co. I, 20th Inf .. Co. I, 20th Inf ..
D. July 29, 1864.
K. at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863.
"K. at Shiloli, April 6, 1862.
Ashkum ...
June 13, 1861. Co. I. 20th Inf .. D. at Mound City, Nov. 8, 1861.
Middleport June 13, 1861
Co. I. 20th Inf ..
K. at Raymond. Miss., May 12, 1863.
Laroy T. Thomas .. Jas. II. Thompson. Oliver Hudson ..
Gilmalı ....
June 13, 1861.
Middleport Middleport Middleport
June 15, 1863. April 22. 1861 Nov. 1, 1862 ..
Co. I 20th Inf ..
K. in action. July 22, 1864.
Co. F. 25th Inf. K. at Stone River, Tenn .. Dec. 31, 1862.
Co. F, 25th Inf. |D. at Clear Creek. Tenn., June 23, 1862.
Iroquois Co June 4, 1861 ..
Co. F. 25th Inf. D at Jefferson City, Mo .. Oct, 23. 1861.
Ash Grove . June 4. 1861. .
Martinton . June 4, 1861. .
Co. F, 25th Inf. K. at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 8, 1862. Co. F, 25th Inf. K at Chickamauga. Sept. 19, 1863.
Co. F, 25tlı Inf. K. at. Stone River, Dee. 31, 1862.
Onarga .... Junte 4, 1861 Martinton . June 4. 1861. . Iroquois Co
Co. F, 25th Inf. D. at Murfreesboro, Jan. 8. 1863. Co. F, 25th Inf. D. at Rolla Mo .. Feb. 6, 1862.
James Johnson.
Martinton . June 4, 1861 ..
Co. F, 25th Inf. K. at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1865.
William Johns
Martinton . June 4, 1861 . . Co. F, 25th Inf. D. at Springfield, Mo., Nov. 11, 1861.
Thomas Kinder
Loda June 4, 1861 |Co. F, 25th Inf. D. at Chattanooga. Jan. 11, 1864.
John Little
Iroquois Co June 4, 1861 .. Co. F, 25th Inf. K. at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
Thomas T. P. Cady Wm. 11. Wilkinson 2d Lieut. C. Tayior. Corp. George Friel Corp. F. P. Vennum Corp. A. Reynolds. Joseph Brayton .... Jas. Brandenburg .. John W. Bird
Iroquois Co June 13, 1861. Iroquois Co June 13, 1861
Co. I. 20th Inf .. Co. I, 20th Inf ..
K. at Shiloh, Aprii 6, 1862.
Middleport |June 13, 1861. Co. I, 20th Inf ..
D). at Keokuk, Iowa, July 5, 1862.
Iroquois Co'June 13, 1861.
K. at Raymond, Miss., May 12. 1863. Co. 1, 20th Inf .. Co. I, 20th Inf .. Co. I, 20th Inf .. Co. I, 20th Inf .. D. at Vieksburg, Miss., Dee. - , 1863. K. at Goldsboro, N. C., Dee. 16, 1864. K.at Fayetteville. N. C., Mar. 11, 1865. Co. I, 20th Inf .. K. near Goldsboro, N. C., Jan. 5, 1865. Co I, 20th Inf .. K. at Edwards Sta., Miss., May 6, 1862. Co. I, 20th Inf .. D. at Milford, Ill., March 10, 1863.
William A. Jewell . Benj. F. Shockley . James Britton ... William J. Davis .. Henry Leek. Col. T. D. Williams Serg. Jas. M. Clark Serg. I. II. Anderson Corp. M. Neighbor. Corp. T. Peebles ... Martin V. B. Allen. Joseph Guhl Torman Ioel
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D. at Loda, Ill .. Dec. 4, 1863.
Samuel Sanders
Loda
Loda
Sept. 15, 1861. Co. C, 10th Cav. D.
Loda
Sept. 10, 1861. Co. C, 10th Cav. D.
June 13, 1861. Co. G, 20th Iuf. D. at Mound City, Dee. 9, 1861.
Middleport
June 13, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D, at Memphis, Oet. 15, 1864.
Simeon Harris
Loda
Sept. 10, 1861.
Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 8. 1862.
Henry Alexander .
Onarga
Dec. 1, 1861
Co. M, 9th Cav. D. at Memphis, April 10. 1864.
David II. Putnam ..
Onarga
Nelson J. Robinson
Onarga
| Sept. 10, 1861.
Co. M, 9th Cav.
Corp. J. W. Follett | Onarga
Riley Chenneworth
Onarga
Sept. 10, 1861. Sept. 10, 1861. Sept. 10, 1861.
Sept. 10, 1861. | Co. M, 9th Cav.
Onarga
Onarga
Sept. 15, 1861.
Co. C, 10th Cav. D. at Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 18, 1863.
Daniel Chidsey
Loda
Ashkum .. Milford .. Middleport Chebanse .. Iroquois Co June 4, 1861. .
Alexander Gordon.
Papineau
328
HISTORY OF IROQUOIS COUNTY.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
MUSTERED IN.
ORGANIZATION.
KILLED OR DIED.
Milo Lee
Martinton
June 4, 1861 . .
Co. F, 25th Inf. D. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27, 1861.
Lonis Riddle
Irognois Co June 4, 1861 ..
Co. F, 25th Inf. D. at St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 10, 1861.
Joseph Riddle
Iroquois Co June 4, 1861 ..
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.