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*PUTNAM, GEORGE W. Enlisted Oct. 16, 'Gr; taken prisoner at Shiloh; died in hospital Feb. 11, '64.
*RAUP, CHARLES I. Enlisted Oct. 6, '61; missing in action at Shiloh.
*RAUP, GEORGE A. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61; promoted corporal March 1, '62; killed at Shiloh, April 7, '62.
REAGGER, HENRY. Enlisted Sept. 30, '61; veteran; slightly wounded at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, '63; mustered out with regiment.
REESE, JAMES E. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61; deserted Nov. 7, '61.
REESE, NICHOLAS. Enlisted Oct. S, '61; deserted Nov. 7, '61.
RILEY, JAMES W. Enlisted Dec. 1, '61; veteran; promoted to corporal; mustered out with regiment.
RILEY, ROSWELL J. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; promoted corporal March 9, '63; wounded at Vicksburg, May 19, '63; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
RILEY, WILLIAM A. V. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61; discharged for disability June 6, '62.
ROBB, PERRY C. Enlisted Oct. 23, '61; discharged for disability June 3, '62. Died in 1882.
ROLAND, JOUN. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64. Died soon after.
ROSS, GEORGE. Enlisted Feb. 16, '64; discharged for disability, May 25, '65.
RUSSELL, GEORGE W. Enlisted Oct. 2, '61; promoted corporal March 9, 63; mustered out Oct. 31, '6.4.
*SAMUELSON, CHARLES. Enlisted Feb. 16, '64; killed at Kenesaw dit., June 27, '64.
SANDERS, CALVIN K. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61;" transferred for promotion April 1, '62. See Field and Staff.
İSCHULTZ, THEODORE. Enlisted Aug. 27. '61; promoted corporal March 1, '62; wounded at Shiloh; promoted sergeant Nov. 1, '62; veteran; wounded at Kenesaw, June 27, '64; first-sergeant Nov. 1, '64; trans- ferred for promotion. Sec Field and Staff.
+SHAW, FRANCIS H. Transferred from D and promoted captain, to rank from July 1, '62; dismissed by General O. O. Howard, Aug. 11, '64, G. F. O. No. 9. Honorably mustered out by direction of the Secretary of War, under provisions of an Act of Congress, approved Feb. 21, IS87, to date Aug. 11, 1864. Special Orders No. 83, Headquarters of the Atmy, Washington, April 11, 1887.
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*SHEFNER, ALBERT B. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; promoted to corporal March 8, '62; died in hospital.
SHIELDS, DANIEL. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; corporal at organization; dis- charged for disability, Feb. 10, '63.
SHIELDS, JOHN. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; sergeant at organization; dis- charged for disability March 31, '62.
SIMCOX, JACOB. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; promoted corporal March 8, '62; wounded at Shiloh, April 7, '62; discharged therefor July 19, '62.
SNOOK, WILLIAM. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; wounded at Shiloh; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
*SPEAKER, WILLIAM H. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; corporal at organization; died in hospital at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 11, '62.
STOTLER, SAMUEL. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61; deserted March 11, '62.
STRAWN, ALONZO. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; discharged for disability March 31, '62.
*SULLIVAN, DANIEL. Enlisted Oct. S, '61; promoted corporal March I, '62; killed at Shiloh.
*SUMMERS, THOMAS. Enlisted Sept. 35, '61; died in hospital Sept. 22. '62. *THOMAS, TABER J. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61; promoted to corporal May 1, '62; sergeant, May 1, '63; veteran; mortally wounded near Jonesboro' Ga., Aug. 31, '64; died Sept. 3, '64.
TURNEY, CHARLES G. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61; promoted sergeant March I, '62; wounded at Shiloh; discharged therefor Jan. 28, '63.
WESTBROOK, RICHARD W. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61; discharged for disa- bility March 31, '62.
WILCOX, RANSOM R. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; discharged for disability June 24, '62.
*WINCHESTER, CLARK A. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; killed at Shiloh.
WOODRING, HENRY. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
WRIGHT, ASA S. Enlisted Sept. 9. '61; veteran; promoted corporal
March 1, '6.1; wounded at Ezra Chapel, July 28, '64; promoted sergeant Nov. 1, '64; mustered out with regiment.
WRIGHT, GEORGE. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61; veteran; promoted sergeant Nov. 1, '64; mustered out with regiment.
WRIGHT, GEORGE D. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61; veteran; discharged for disability June 25, '65.
WRIGHT, JAMES M. Enlisted Sept. 9; '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
TWRIGHT, SQUIRE A. Enlisted from Grand Haven, Mich., July 28, 61; second-lieutenant at organization; transferred for promotion March 8, '62. Ste F.
COMPANY D.
Company D was largely made up from enlistments in Canton, Fulton county, and the neighboring towns. Theodore C. Chandler, its first cap- tain, afterwards lieutenant-colonel, was active in the organization of the first company of seventeen men who went from Canton. Their names are as follows: T. C. Chandler, W. L. Johnson, Charles G. Burnap. J. H. Nies, J. R. Roberts, Jacob Fink, Wm. J. Harell, James Harell, James Hufford, Theodore Wilhelm, Daniel S. Burke, William Shellenberger, James Young, John Conger, Thomas Hughes, George Pollett, and T. Lacy. They arrived at old Camp Douglas on the 12th of September, 1861. On the 22d another party of nine men from Fulton county arrived at Camp Douglas, in charge of W. D. May. Capt. Wm. A. Presson of
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Company A was instrumental in recruiting quite a number of men as- signed to this company. Joseph A. Knott and William Shellenberger were also active in procuring recruits.
The 4ed Illinois Infantry, when it took the field, received four volun- teers from D, and when the 55th was organized in October, a portion of the Mendota company, I, with Lieut. Francis H. Shaw, was consolidated with the company in order to complete the number required for muster ..
The personnel of the company was excellent, consisting almost wholly of those who enlisted from patriotic motives, and who fully understood the great issues of the conflict. Three of the company, after their dis- charge by reason of the expiration of three years' service, re-enlisted in other regiments- - Jacob Fink in the 5th U. S. Vet. Vols., Wn. J. Harrell in the 15ist Ill. Vols., and Timothy Ryan in the cavalry.
The company participated in all the hardships and sufferings of the regiment. Sixteen of its number re-enlisted as veterans. The company originally mustered one hundred, and received but five recruits after leaving Camp Douglas. Mustered out at close of the war, 22. Its losses were as follows: Killed in action, 5; mortally wounded, 3; wounded not mortally, 21; discharged for disability, 16; died of disease, 13; taken prisoners, 9; deserted, 7.
HAAGESEN. NICHOLAS S. Promoted to captain from H, to date from Feb. 9, '63: wounded (right arm amputated) in charge on Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27, '64; mustered out June 17, 65. Sce Cand H.
ABBOTT, JOSEPH. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 8, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
*ATHEARN, MAYHEW C. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 8, '61; corporal at organization; promoted sergeant in '62; killed at Jonesboro', Aug. 31, '64.
ATHEARN, JOSIAH T. Enlisted at Ellisville, Oct. 8, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
BARKLEY, FLAVIUS J. Enlisted Oct. 2, '61; transferred to Co. A, 57th III. Infty., Dec. 8, '61.
# BAYLESS, WILLIAM. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 19, '61; died 1862. BEECHAM, EDWARD. Recruit; enlisted at Chicago, Feb. 22, '64; mus- tered out with regiment.
BELL, WILLIAM H. Enlisted at Chicago, Sept. 22, '61; wounded at Shi- loh; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
BONNEY, SAMUEL P. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 18, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
BONNEY, WILLIAM W. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 8, '61; veteran; promoted sergeant; wounded at Jonesboro', Aug. 31, '64; mustered out with regiment.
*BRAGG, JOSEPH F. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; died at Larkins- ville, Ala., Jan. 1, '64.
BULGER, JOHN. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, :64.
*BURKE, DANIEL S. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; wounded at Shi- loh; veteran; killed near Atlanta, Aug. 12, '64.
BURLINGAME, SAMUEL. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 22, '61; dis- charged for disability Jan. 28, 63.
BURNAP, CHARLES G. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; first-sergeant at organization; discharged for disability in '62.
CAMERON, JAMAS IL. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 18, '61; veteran;
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promoted corporal; captured on march through N. C., March, '65; mustered out May 30, '65.
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM H. H. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 22, '61; mus- tered out Oct. 31, '64.
1CHANDLER, THEODORE C. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; captain at organization; promoted major. Sce Field and Staff.
*CHENHALL, PHILLIP. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 1, '61; died at St. Louis, Jan. 10, '62.
*CONGER, JOHN. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; died near Memphis, July 21, 62.
*CORDER, BENJAMIN. Enlisted at Canton, Oct. 5, '61; promoted corporal; wounded at Shiloh in three places; died at Paducah, Ky., Jan. 15, '6.4. CRISS, WILLIAM H. Enlisted at Lewistown, Sept. 27, '61; wounded at Shiloh; wounded at Jonesboro', Sept. 1, '64; mustered out Oct. 31, '64. CUREMAN, GEORGE W. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 19, '61; veteran;
wounded near Atlanta, Ang. ro, '64; promoted sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
*CURRY, JAMES W. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 16, '61; promoted corporal; killed at Vicksburg, May 19, '63.
DAVIS, BENJAMIN. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 20, '61; discharged for disability Feb. 11, '62.
*DEWEY, ANDREW S. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. IS, '61; badly wounded at Shiloh and taken prisoner; probably died.
DUDDRIDGE, PAUL. Recruit; enlisted at Lee, March 7, '65; mustered out June 8, '65.
DUNN, HENRY. Recruit; enlisted at Truro, Jan. 9, '65; mustered out with regiment.
EDWARDS, CHARLTON G. Enlisted in Winnebago county, Nov. 26, '61; veteran; captured near Bentonville, N. C., March 19, '65; mustered out June 29, '65.
ERWIN, JESSE. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 8, '61. No further record. FIELDS, GEORGE H. Enlisted in Fulton county, Aug. 26, '61. No further record.
¡FINK, JACOB. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; corporal at organization; promoted sergeant March, '62; second-lieutenant, to date from Feb. 9, 63; first-lieutenant, mustered Sept. 26, '63; mustered out Oct. 31, '64. Re-enlisted in U. S. Vet. Vols., March 31, '65, and made sergeant; mustered out as second-lieutenant April 5, '66.
FISHER, JACOB. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 15, '61; discharged for disability at St. Louis, '62. Died at Liverpool, Oct. 1. 1879.
GOLDEN, JAMES. Enlisted at Mendota, Aug. 26, '61; discharged for disa- bility Jan. 28, '63.
GOLDING, JAMES A. Enlisted at Chicago, Sept. ro, '61; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
GOODELL, JAMES. Recruit; enlisted at Lee, March 21, '65; mustered out with regiment.
GOODELL, LEVI. Enlisted in McDonough county, Oct. 8, '61; veteran; promoted sergeant; mustered out with regiment.
*GOODRICH, JAMES M. Enlisted in McDonough county, Oct. 9. '61; died at Abingdon, Ill., Oct. 20, '63.
*GREATHOUSE, DANIEL. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 11, 61; killed at Shiloh.
GREER, JAMES W. Enlisted at Canton, Oct. 11, '61; sergeant at organi- zation; wounded at Shiloh; mustered out June 12, '65, as private.
HALLIBAUGH, WILLIAM. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 19, '61; dis- charged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
HARELL, JAMES. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; corporal at organiza-
tion; wounded at Shiloh; promoted sergeant; wounded in hand by
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discharge of his own gun at Chickasaw Bayou; veteran; mustered out with regiment as private.
HARELL, WILLIAM J. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; promoted cor- poral; mustered out Oct. 31, '64. Enlisted again in 15Ist Ill. Infty., and became lieutenant.
HARTSON, JAMES, Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 18, '61; discharged for disability, 1862.
HEDGES, DANIEL. Enlisted at Chicago, Oct. 5. '61; wounded at Shiloh; transferred to V. R. C., May 31, '64.
HIGGINS, PETER. Enlisted at Havana, Oct. 15, '61; captured at Atlanta,
July 22, '64, and exchanged from Andersonville; mustered out Oct. 31, '61.
HILL, SOLOMON. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 8, '61; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
HUFFORD, JAMES. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; wounded at Shiloh; mustered out with regiment.
HUGHES, THOMAS H. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; discharged for disability, '62. Enlisted again in 103d Ill. Infty., and died at Camp Sherman, Miss.
JOHNSON, JOHN. Enlisted at Chicago, Aug. 26, '61. No further record. (JOHNSON, WILLIAM S. Enlisted at Canton. Sept. 12, '61; second-lieu- tenant at organization; resigned March 5, '62.
JOHNSTON, THOMAS. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 22, '61. No further record.
JORDAN, CHARLES. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 14, '61; deserted at Shiloh.
KENT, HENRY. Enlisted in Mason county, Oct. 15, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
*KITTRIDGE, SAMUEL M. Enlisted in Mendota, Oct. 5, '61; died at St. Louis.
KNAPP, JAMES. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; corporal at organiza- tion; wounded at Shiloh in arm; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
KNIGHT, SAMUEL. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 11, '61; captured at Shiloh, and exchanged '63; veteran; promoted corporal; wounded at Atlanta, July 22, '64; mustered out with regiment.
KNOTT, JOSEPH A. Enlisted at Ellisville, Oct. 8, '61; corporal at organi- zation; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
LACEY, THOMAS. Enlisted in Cook county, Oct. 3, '61; deserted at Chick- asaw Bayou, Jan. 29. '63; captured and sentenced; deserted again at Memphis, Oct. 4, '64.
LAMOND, WILLIAM. Enlisted at Chicago, Oct. 4, '61. No further record. LASWELL, JAMES. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 8, '61; deserted at Arkansas Post, Jan. ro, '63. Died since the war.
LEMBKE, GEORGE A. Recruit; enlisted at Chicago, Feb. 20, '64; captured at Atlanta, July 22, '64; exchanged in September, from Andersonville; mustered out with regiment.
LETTS, WILLIAM H. Enlisted at Mendota, Sept. 26, '61; deserted at Arkansas Post, Jan. 10, '63.
MAY, WILLIAM D. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; wounded at Love- joy Station, Ga., Sept. 3, '64; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
MCKEIGHAN, DAVID. Enlisted in McDonough county, Oct. 9. '61; vet- eran; wounded at Kenesaw Mt:, June 25, '64; promoted sergeant; mus- tered out with regiment.
MCKEIGHAN, ROBERT. Enlisted in McDonough county, Oct. 15, '61; deserted near Raymond, Miss., May 15, '63.
*MICHAELS, FREDERICK A. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 24, '61; died soon after Shiloh, '62.
MORGAN, MARMADUKE. Enlisted in Mason county, Oct. 18, 61. No further record.
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MORRIS, ASA. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; corporal at organization; promoted sergeant; in color-guard; veteran; promoted first-sergeant; mustered out with regiment. Died July 17, 1886.
MYERS, ANDREW. Enlisted in Fulton county, Aug. 26, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
NEWTON, T. J., JR. Enlisted in Hancock county, Oct. 22, '61. No further record.
NIES, JAMES H. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; sergeant at organiza- tion; promoted first-sergeant; mustered out Nov. 1, '64.
PADEN, ALBERT F. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 27, '61; wounded in hand at charge of Little Kenesaw, June 27, '64; mustered out June 17, '65.
PARKER, GEORGE T. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 11, '61; deserted at Arkansas Post, Jan. 10, '63.
PARVIN, FRELINGHUYSEN. Enlisted at Knoxville, Oct. 9, '61; musician; veteran; captured at Atlanta, July 22, '64; exchanged from Anderson- ville; mustered out with regiment. Died since war.
PATNER, HENRY. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 29, '61; taken prisoner at Shiloh; exchanged, and discharged soon after.
PATTERSON, WILLIAM. Enlisted in Mason county, Oct. 15, '61; dis- charged for disability, '62. Died since.
POLLETT, GEORGE. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
POTTER, MILTON M. Enlisted at Mendota, Aug. 26, '61; musician; vet- cran; promoted quartermaster-sergeant. Sec Field and Staff.
¡ROBERTS, JOSEPH R. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; sergeant at or- ganization; promoted first-lieutenant, to date July 1, '62; mustered out for disability at Memphis, to date from Nov. 26, '62.
*RODENBAUGH, LOUIS N. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 22, '61; wound- ed at Shiloh, and died of wound at Quincy, Ill., Nov. 16, '62.
*Ross, WILLIAM A. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 22, '61; died '62.
RYAN, TIMOTHY. Enlisted at Mendota, Aug. 26, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
SAVILLE, EDWARD. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh and discharged for wound.
SEBREE, PRESTON. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 22, '61; discharged for disability, '62.
+SHAW, FRANCIS H. Enlisted at Mendota, Oct. '61; first-lieutenant at or- ganization; wounded at Shiloh; transferred to C as captain. See C. SHAW, HIRAM. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 19, '61; veteran; mustered out with regiment.
*SHAW, JAMES. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 21, '61; died '62.
*SHELLENBERGER, WILLIAM. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; killed at Shiloh.
SHENEMAN, JOHN. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 17, '61; veteran; cap- tured at Atlanta, July 22, '64, and exchanged from Andersonville in September; mustered out with regiment.
SHOUP, AZEL D. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 22, '61; veteran; mus- tered out with regiment.
*SMITH, GEORGE. Enlisted at Mendota, Oct. 12, '61; wounded at Shiloh, arm amputated, captured, and died a prisoner.
SMITH, HARRISON. Enlisted in Fulton county, Sept. 27, '61; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
İSMITH, HENRY A. Transferred from K as second-lieutenant, to date from July 1, '62; wounded at Shiloh; resigned Feb. 9, '63. See K.
*SNOW, JOSEPH. Enlisted in Michigan, Sept. 26, '61; died at Moscow, Tenn., June, '62.
STUBBS, JAMES. Enlisted at Mendota, Aug. 26, 61. No further record.
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*THOMPSON, STEPHEN L. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; died at Camp Douglas, Dec. 26, '61.
TWITCHELL, SHERMAN B. Enlisted at Mendota, Aug. 26, '61; deserted Nov. 18, '61, at Camp Douglas.
VICE, GAINES B. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 22, '61; transferred to V. R. C., May 31, '64. Died in Adair county, Mo., Feb. 8, 1882.
VAUGHAN, JOB. Enlisted at Liverpool, Sept. 22, '61; sergeant at organi- zation; mustered out as private Nov. 1, '64.
*WHITE, T. J. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 8, '61; died at Camp Doug- las, Dec. 26, '61.
WIKIEL, JOHN W. Enlisted in Fulton county, Oct. 9, '61; discharged for disability, '62.
WILHELM, THEODORE. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, '61; corporal at or- ganization; promoted sergeant; mustered out Nov. 1, '64.
+WOODING, ISAAC. Enlisted at Mendota, Oct. 12, 61; corporal at organ- ization; veteran; promoted sergeant; first-sergeant; first-lieutenant, to date May 19, '65; mustered out with regiment. Died since the war. YATES, THOMAS J. Enlisted in Mason county, Oct. 18, '61; discharged for disability. Died since the war.
YOUNG, JAMES. Enlisted at Canton, Sept. 12, 61; discharged for disabili- tv, '62. Died since the war.
The following were transferred from 127th Ill. Infantry to complete term of service, and mustered out with regiment: Henry Haeger, Thomas J. Wilkins.
COMPANY E.
This organization was recruited principally from the counties of Du Page and Kane. The DuPage division came from the towns of Naper- ville, Downer's Grove and York, and the Kane men from Elgin and its neighborhood. Mr. Birdsall, William Shimp and Henry Dixon were ac- tive in enlisting the Du Page company, the first being chosen captain and the others first and second lieutenants. They joined the troops then in old Camp Douglas, and when the ed Ill. Infty, took its departure, Wm. Shimp and five others went with it. The remaining men, with the recruits front Elgin, were consolidated, and at a formal election made choice of Charles Tazewell for captain, Henry Dixon for first-lieutenant, William Halligan for second-lieutenant, and Jonas L. Buck for orderly-sergeant.
The company was as a whole a fine body of young men. Among them were heroes and a few cowards --- men that the most expert tactician with all his art could not decoy into a battle; but as a body they were good and true patriot soldiers. No march was too long or too fast for them, no fort or battle-line too formidable for them to attack. When volunteers were called for to lead the forlorn hope at Vicksburg, on May 22, 1863, three men from Company E stepped from the ranks. Their names were William C. Porter, John Warden and John Smith. The last two were wounded, Smith mortally. Captain Porter was killed in 1864, when leading his company in the charge upon Little Kenesaw Mt. Por- ter was the friend of all who did their duty, and always exacted it of his men. He was a fearless soldier, and died universally lamented among his comrades.
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Oliver Erickson, who was killed commanding the company, August 3, 1864, before Atlanta, is deserving of special mention as a brave soldier and true man.
The company went into the charge upon Little Kenesaw with twenty- seven men all told, and lost ten of its number-six killed and four wounded. It was on picket at the time of Hood's assault upon the Army of the Tennessee, July 22, 1864, and behaved with great coolness and credit.
The war losses of E were: Killed, S; mortally wounded, 4; wounded not mortally, 18; discharged for wounds, 4; died of disease, 7; captured, 5; discharged for disability, 15; deserted, 6. The number upon original roster was but 87, and it received but nine recruits.
ABBOTT, JESSE. Enlisted at Clintonville, Sept. 27, '61; deserted.
ARNDT, HUGO. Enlisted at Naperville, Oct. 16, '61; promoted corporal; wounded at Vicksburg, May 19, '63; mustered out Oct. 31, 64.
BAIGER, DEDRIC. Enlisted at Naperville, Sept. 6, '61; veteran; absent sick at muster out of regiment.
BANGS, GEORGE W. Enlisted at Elgin, Aug. 14, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, 64.
BAUMAN, JOHN F. Enlisted at Elgin, Aug. 14, '61; mustered out April 21,'65.
BENIE, HENRY. Enlisted at Naperville, Sept. 15, '61; seriously wounded at Shiloh; veteran; promoted corporal; mustered out with regiment.
*BOND, WILLIAM. Enlisted at Bloomingdale, Aug. 1, '61; wounded at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 28, '62, and died of wound Feb. 27, '63.
BOULTINGHAUSE, AMOS. Enlisted at Naperville, Sept. 6, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
¡BUCK, JONAS L. Enlisted at Belvidere, July 30, '61; first-sergeant at or ganization; promoted second-lieutenant, March 5, '62; dismissed for- cowardice Sept. 16, '62.
BUNKLE, JAMES. Enlisted in Iowa, Sept. 9, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64. *CAMPBELL, THOMAS. Enlisted at Clintonville, Aug. 26, 61; died at Chattanooga, Jan. 1, '64.
CANFIELD, ELAN T. Enlisted at Batavia, Aug. 1, '61; transferred as hos- pital steward. Sce Field and Staff.
CLEAVES, CHARLES. Enlisted at Elgin, July 30, '61; deserted May 25, '62. COLLINS, WILLIAM. Enlisted at Belvidere, Oct. 3, '61; veteran; mustered out with regiment.
CONNAUGHTON, ROGER. Enlisted at Deerfield Aug. 4, '61; corporal at organization; promoted sergeant; veteran; injured by cars at Big Shanty, Ga., --- , '64; discharged for disability Feb. 14, '65.
CONNAUGHTON, THOMAS. Enlisted at De Kalb, Aug. 4, '61; discharged for disability.
¡COOTES, WILLIAM F. Transferred from A as captain, to date from Oct. 1, '62; wounded at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 28, '62, and resigned there- for March 30, '63. Sec al.
CORBY, JOSEPH. Enlisted at Elgin, July 30, '61; corporal at organization; served in color-guard; veteran; wounded in charge on Little Kene- saw, June 27, '64, and discharged therefor Jan. 25, 64. Died in 1885, at Elgin.
DAILY, ANDREW. Enlisted at Chicago. Sept. 6, '61. No further record.
DAVIS, DANIEL. Enlisted at Clintonville, Aug. 14, '61; mustered out July 19, '65.
DIXON, ROBERT. Enlisted at Naperville, Sept, 3, '61; corporal at organ-
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ization; promoted sergeant and first-sergeant; veteran; captain, to date from June 27, '64; inustered out with regiment.
IDIxox, WHY GLIM H. Enlisted from Du Page county; first-lieutenant at organization; resigned March 13, '62.
DONOVAN, TIMOTHY. Enlisted at Elgin, Oct. 21, '64. No further record. DOWNES, WILLIAM. Enlisted at Elgin, Aug. 1, '61; discharged for disa- bility Dec. 23, '63.
*DOWNING, SAMUEL. Enlisted at Bloomingdale, Oct. 3, '61; captured at Shiloh, and died at Tuscaloosa, Ala., before exchange.
DOWNING, WILLIAM. . Enlisted at Bloomingdale, Aug. 14, '61; veteran; promoted corporal; mustered out with regiment.
** ERICKSON, OLIVER. Transferred from A as first-licutenant, to date from Sept. 26, '62; killed in action near Atlanta, Aug. 3, '64.
FLATRO, JACOB. Enlisted at Elgin, Oct. 3, '61; corporal at organization. No further record.
FLORENCE, ROBERT K. Enlisted at Elgin, Aug. 1,'61. No further record. *FRAZIEK, EDMUND. Enlisted at Bloomingdale, Sept. 17, '61; killed at Shiloh.
*GARBS, DIEDRICK. Enlisted at Naperville, Sept. 16, '61; wounded by shell at Arkansas Post, Jan. 10, '63, and died of wound Jan. 26. '63.
GARST, CHRISTIAN, Enlisted at Elgin, Sept. 6, '61: wounded at Shiloh; veteran; discharged for disability Nov. 11, '64. Died in 1885.
*GLEISNER, ADAM. Enlisted at Naperville, Sept. 9, '61; veteran; pro- moted corporal; killed in charge on Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27, '64. GUBBINS, JAMES D. Enlisted at Elgin, July 30, '61; inustered out Oct. 31, '64.
GUILFOIL, JOHN. Enlisted at Elgin, Oct. 29, '61; mustered out Oct. 31,'64. GUILFOIL, MICHAEL. Enlisted at Elgin, July 30, '61; musician; promoted principal musician. Sec Field and Staff.
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