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*CONNOR, JOHN. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; killed at Jonesboro', Ga., Sept. 1, 64.
COOMES, JOSEPH P. St. Augustine; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; veteran; pro- moted corporal; taken prisoner at Atlanta, July 22, 64; exchanged froin Andersonville; mustered out with regiment.
Cox, ROBERT M. St. Augustine; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal; veteran; wounded in assault upon Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27, '64; mustered out with regiment.
Cor, GEORGE C. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal; veteran; wounded at Atlanta, July 22, '61; promoted sergeant July 25, 65; mustered out with regiment.
Cox, U. D. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for age Nov. 7,'61. CROUCH, HIRAM. Sparta; recruit; enlisted. Jan. 26, '65; mustered out with regiment.
CURTICE, DANIEL. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disa- bility Nov. 7. 61.
DAVIS, MOSES S. Henderson; enlisted Oct. 22, '01; transferred to V. R. C., Nov. 30, '63.
DEAN, WILLIAM H. Henderson; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; transferred to V. R. C., May 1, 64.
DEWEY, ISSACHAR B. Elmwood; enlisted Nov. 18, '61; discharged for disability Feb. 20, '62.
DICKEY, HENRY. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31,'64.
*DONAHUE, JAMES. Farmington; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; killed in storming party at Vicksburg, May 22, 63.
EDWARDS, JOHN W. Cameron; enlisted Oct. 30, '61; promoted corporal; prisoner at Shiloh, and exchanged; veteran; taken prisoner at Atlanta July 22, '64, and exchanged; mustered out with regiment.
*ENNIS, J. E. Farmington: enlisted Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh, and died of wound at St. Louis, May 20. 02.
ENSELL, CHARLES K. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; first-sergeant at organization; discharged for disability May 1, '62.
+FILLMORE JOHN H. Abingdon; enlisted April 23. 61, in First Cavalry, captured at Lexington, Mo., and discharged Oct. 9, '61; re-enlisted in
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K, Oct. 22, '61; sergeant at organization; promoted first-lieutenant, to date March 13, '63; mustered out Nov. 26, '62, for disability.
FORBES, JOHN. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; sergeant at organization; discharged for disability Aug. 14, '62.
FOREY, OSTRANDO D. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disability May 1, '62.
GENTRY, I. J. Mt. Vernon; enlisted Oct. 17, '61; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
İGILLETT, ANDREW J. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, 'G1; second-lieutenant at organization; resigned April 7, '62.
GILLIAM, JOHN C. Mt. Vernon; enlisted Oct. 17, '61; veteran; mustered out with regiment.
*GOULD, JESSE. St. Augustine; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; captured at Black River, Miss., Aug. '63, and died at Belle Isle, Va., in rebel prison.
*GREENE, JOHN. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; killed at Amsterdam Ford on Black River, Miss., Aug. 14, '63.
¡GROUNDS, WILLIAM. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 23, '61; corporal at or- ganization; wounded at Shiloh; promoted sergeant, June 9, '62; vet- eran; wounded at Jonesboro', Aug. 31, '64; promoted first-lieutenant, to date front May 19. '65; inustered out with regiment.
HALL, WILLIAM M. St. Augustine; enlisted Oct. 22, 'Gr; discharged for disability June 18, '62.
¡HARTSOOK, JOSEPH. Transferred by promotion from sergeant-major as first-lieutenant, to date from Nov. 26, '62; wounded in assault on Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27, '64; mustered out Nov. 19, 64. Sce F, and Field and Staff.
HATFIELD, DINGUS. Berwick; enlisted Oct. 23, '61; wounded at Shiloh, and discharged for wound July 8, '62.
*HATFIELD, JOSEPH. Berwick; enlisted Oct. 23, '61; wounded at Shiloh, and died at home.
HAWTHORN. JAMES. Abingdon: enlisted Oct. 22, '61; corporal at organi- zation; wounded at Shiloh; discharged for disability.
JACOBS, NELSON. Farmington; enlisted Oct. 22, 61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
JACKSON, M. H. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31.'64. *JOHNSTON, N. H. Galesburg; enlisted Oct. 20, '61; died in hospital at Cape Girardeau, Mo.
KANS, HENRY. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out while at home on sick furlough, Oct. 31, '64.
¡KAYS, JAMES W. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; corporal at organiza- tion; promoted sergeant; veteran; wounded in assault upon Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27. '64; promoted first-lieutenant, to date from Nov. 19, '64; captain, to date from May 19, '65; mustered out with reg- iment.
İKENDRICK, HILAND H. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; sergeant at or- ganization; wounded at Shiloh; promoted first-sergeant June 9, 62; second-lieutenant, July 1, '62; captain, Feb. 9, '63; resigned Sept. 16. 64. KENNEY, C. E. Mt. Vernon; enlisted Oct. 17, '61; wounded at Shiloh; mustered out Oct. 31, '64.
LATIMER, THOMAS P. Abingdon; enlisted Oct .. 22, '61; wounded at Shi- loh; promoted corporal Feb. 7, '63; veteran; promoted first-sergeant July 25, '65; mustered out with regiment.
+LAWRENCE, ELIJAH C. Chicago; enlisted Nov. 14, '61; transferred as second-lieutenant to B, March 5, '62. Sce B.
¡LOMAX, WILLIAM D. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted cor- poral March 1, '63; sergeant, Aug. 14, '62; wounded at Shelby Station, Tenn., Oct. 21, '62; promoted second-lieutenant, to date from March I, '63; wounded in assault upon Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27, '64; mus- tered out Oct. 31, '64.
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LOWER, ROBERT A. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, 64.
*MAPES, ASHBY. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh, and died of wound May 1, '62.
MARSHALL, JAMES. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh; veteran; promoted corporal Nov. 1, '64; sergeant, June 1, '65; mustered out with regiment.
*MASSEY, JAMES M. Galesburg; enlisted Oct. 20, '61; sergeant at organ- ization; promoted first-sergeant April 1, '62; died June 9, '62.
MATLOCK, JOHN W. Henderson; enlisted Oct. 18, '61; transferred to I Jan. 4, '62. Sce J.
MAXON, DUANE. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh, and discharged for wound June 18, '62.
MCAULEY, JOHN T. Chicago; enlisted Nov. 14, '61; promoted sergeant- major Nov. 14, 61. See Field and Staff, Band C.
MCKIBBEN, L. C. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disa- bility Jan. 23, '63.
MCMULLEN, ROBERT W. Elmwood; enlisted Nov. 7, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '64
MCVAY, HUGH. Herman; calisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disability May 20, '62.
MCVAY, ROBERT. Herman; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal May 1, '62; sergeant, July 1, '62; wounded severely at Vicksburg, May 19, '63; transferred to V. R. C., July 15, '64.
*MILLER, FRANCIS M. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; died in hospital at Paducah, Ky., Feb. 20, '62.
MILLER, MOLETUS. Abingdon; enlisted April 23, '61, in First Cavalry, taken prisoner at Lexington, Mo., and discharged Oct. 9, 'G1; en- listed in K, Oct. 22, '61; corporal at organization; veteran; promoted sergeant June 1, '65; mustered out with regiment.
MILLER, WILLIAM. Chicago; recruit; enlisted Jan. 18, '64; mustered out with regiment.
*MOHLER, LYMAN B. Virgil; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; veteran; taken pris- oner and killed, March 27, '65, near Goldsboro', N. C.
*MONEYMAKER, J. K. P. Galesburg; enlisted Oct. 20. '61; died of small- pox at Young's Point, La., Feb. 8, '63.
MONEYMAKER, WILLIAM E. Galesburg; enlisted Oct. 20, '61; veteran; taken prisoner at Atlanta, July 22, 61, and exchanged from Auderson- ville in September; mustered out with regiment.
MORFORD, JEROME. Mt. Vernon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; veteran; mus- tered out with regiment.
*MORRIS, JAMES M. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; corporal at organi- zation; promoted sergeant; mortally wounded at Shiloh.
MOSHER, TIMOTHY. Mt. Vernon; enlisted Oct. 20, '61; captured at Shi- loh, exchanged, went home, and never rejoined regiment.
*Mousr, WILLIAM. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; veteran; wounded slightly at Atlanta, july 22, '64; killed near Atlanta, Aug. 4, '64. MURRAY, SIDNEY S. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, 64.
NELSON, WILLIAM H. Saluda; Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disability June 2, '62.
NEWKIRK, ABSALOM W. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 23, '61; discharged for disability April 1, '62; re-enlisted at Sparta, Jan. 26, '65; mustered out with regiment.
*PATTERSON, W. H. Logantown; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted cor- poral; killed at Shiloh.
POINTER, JAMES T. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal; veteran; mustered out with regiment.
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RAYMOND, T. L. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 23, '61; promoted corporal; transferred to V. R. C., May 1, '64.
*RECKNER, DANIEL. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; captured at Shiloh and died a prisoner at Huntsville, Ala.
RHODECKER, GEORGE W. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, '6.4.
RICHEY, S. H. Abingdon; Enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged on account of age, Nov. 3, '61.
RICKMAN, M. B. Henderson; enlisted Oct. 17, '61; transferred Jan. 4, '62, to l.
ROBINSON, JAMES. Berwick; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disa- bility April 1, '62.
*ROBINSON, SAMUEL. Galesburg; enlisted Oct. 30, '61; mortally wounded at Shiloh.
*ROE, MASON H. Abingdon; enlisted April 25, '61, in First Cavalry, and captured at Lexington, Mo .; discharged Oct. 9, '61, and enlisted in K, Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh, and died at home of wound May 8. 62. ROMESBURG, DAVID. Sparta; recruit; enlisted Jan. 26, '65; mustered out with regiment.
*ROUSE, THOMAS S. Trivoli; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal March 1, '62; sergeant, July 1, '62; wounded at Shiloh; veteran; died in hospital at Devall's Bluff, Ark., July 25, '05.
SHOOP, THOMAS T. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh; discharged foi disability Jan. 28, '63.
SIMMONS, EDWARD. Trivoli; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; wounded at Shiloh; veteran; mustered out with regiment.
SMITH, A. C. Substitute recruit; enlisted Sept. 28, '64; mustered out June 11, '65.
SMITH, HENRY A. Cleaveland, O .; enlisted Nov. 14, '61; transferred to Das first-sergeant, March 1, '62. Ser D).
SMITH, H. F. Elniwood; enlisted Nov. 17, '61; deserted at Memphis, Dec. 20, '62.
*SOUTH, ELIJAH. St. Augustine; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; killed at Shiloh.
SPENCER, WILLIAM. Abingdon; Enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal July 1, '63; sergeant, Jan., '64; veteran; severely wounded at Kene- saw Mt., June 23, '61; at home sick at muster out of regiment.
SPITZER, ANDREW. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 21, '61; mustered out Oct. 31, 6.1.
STAGGS, DAVID M. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 23, '61; went home sick on furlough, and never returned.
*STILES, EDGAR C. Sparta; recruit; enlisted Jan. 26, '65; died in hospital at Jeffersonville, Ind.
¡SWARTZ, BENJAMIN C. Farmington; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; first-lieutenant at organization; resigned March 13, '62, to become chaplain of 4ist Ill. Infty.
*TOWNSEND, JOHN N. Abingdon; enlisted April 23, 61, in First Cavalry, captured at Lexington, Mo., and discharged; re-enlisted in K, Ost. 22, 61; promoted corporal; died Jan. 30, '6.4.
VICKERY, ALBERT. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; mustered out Oct. 31.'64.
WADDELL, WILLIAM. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disability Oct. 18, 62.
WALKER, WILLIAM. Trivoli; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; promoted corporal; wounded at Shiloh; veteran; wounded in assault upon Little Kenesaw Mt., June 27, '64; mustered out with regiment.
WERDEN, WILLIAM. Sycamore; musician; transferred from B, Nov. 7, '61; discharged for disability Oct. 18, '62.
WESTFALL, EBENEZER P. Henderson; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; corporal at
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organization; wounded at Shiloh, and discharged for wound Oct. 20,'62. WIDNER, MATHIAS. Elmwood; enlisted Oct. 22, 61; deserter. WILLIFORD, WILLIAM A. Abingdon; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disability Sept. 4, '62.
WOLSTENHOLM, JOHN. Farmington; enlisted Oct. 22, '61; discharged for disability Feb. 9, '63.
UNASSIGNED.
The following "unassigned recruits" are credited to the Fifty-fifth in the Adjutant General's Report, enlisted early in 1864, but never reached the regiment :
Baumgarten, Nicholas Johnson, George Potter, William
Burger, Sebastian Johnson, John D. Quick, William L.
. Gitchell, David Gill, Robert P.
Lidberg, John L. Stanton, Michael
Lynch, Pat Wilson, Thomas
Hesbringer, Michael
Murray, Walter Wells, John
Parny, Robert
The following were of Company G, 127th Ill. Infty., transferred to Fifty-fifth after the close of the war :
First-Sergeant -Charles R. Danisson.
Sergeants-Dow Shebley, Matthew Kuns, Daniel Newcomb, Albert M. Clark.
Corporal-John Rapp.
Privates-Jacob Baker, John Elliott, John Fitzgerald, James Fitch, Hugh Fagan, Edward Grimmeson, Joseph Kearney, James Harris, Thos, R. Powers, William Toorner, Robert S. Wood.
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SUMMARY.
Numbered in Dec. 1861
at leaving Camp Douglas,
Recruits joined in 1862.
Recruits joined in 1863.
Recruits joined in 1864.
Recruits joined in 1865.
Killed outright.
Wounded.
Captured.
Died of wounds.
Disch'd for wounds.
Died of disease.
Disch'd for disability
Transferred to V.R.C
Reported deserters.
Field and Staff.
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Company A.
100
B.
95
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16
41
3
42
4
5
5
12
20
16 2
7
E.
87
8
8
22
5
4
4
7
15
20
5
3
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89
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22
3
3 8
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10
IO
2.
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103
3
6
I
14
42
6
9
4
15
2
15
66
K.
2
3
8
36
7
6
11
26
5
68 9 5 33 12
105 343 55 55 61 112 153 19 63
1,027
448
Original organization, Oct. 31, 1861:
38
Enlisted
911
Band
20
969
Joined subsequently
J21
1,000
Temporarily assigned from 116th Ill. Infty., June, 1865.
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" 127th Ill. Infty.,
61
40
Recruits unassigned, never joined. 16
1,191
Total number commissioned in regiment 94
Miles marched by regiment 3,240
Miles moved by boat. 5,850
Miles moved by railway 2,875
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43
2
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12
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LOSSES DURING WAR.
Commissioned
CASUALTIES OF BATTLE.
BATTLE CASUALTIES IN FIFTY-FIFTH ILL. INFTY. DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
KILLED. | WOUNDED.'!
NAME AND DATE OF ACTION.
Officers.
Enlisted Men.
Total.
Officers.
Enlisted Men.
Total.
Captured. Aggregate.
Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862.| 1 |46,47 8 191 202.29 278 Russell's House, Miss., May 17, 1862 7 I I 7 S
Shelby Depot, Tenn., Oct. 23, 1862.
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2
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., Dec. 28, 1862
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2
I
3
4
6
Arkansas Post, Ark .. Jan. 10, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss., assault, May 19, 1863
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16.
24
5
5 I
1 13
1.4
19
$6
= siege, June-July,
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3
3 2
3
Amsterdam Ford, Black River, Miss., Aug. 14. 1863;
Mission Ridge, Tenn., Dec. 24-25, 1863
Kenesaw Mt., Ga., June 19-23, 1864
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3;
3, 4
Little Kenesaw Mt., Ga., assault, June 27, 1864
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13 15 3 20)
5
13 13:15 33
Ezra Church, Ga., July 28, 1364
5
5
1
12
17
Advancing line, Atlanta, Aug. 3-4, 1864
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3
4
3
3
Atlanta, siege of. August, 1864
3
3
5
5
12
Sept. 1, 1864
2
2
5
5
7
Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21, 1865
1
2
10
Near Goldsborough, March 27, 1865
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Totals
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1051
19 324 343 51 499
Teamsters captured away from regiment.
1'55 503
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3 3 3.
Jackson, Miss., siege, July 10-15, 1863.
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2
3
3
3 3
Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864.
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7
Jonesborough, Ga., Aug. 31, 1864
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2
10 10
32, 47
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* In the Official Records of the Rebellion, Vol. X, four of the mortally wounded are classed as killed, making the total 51. Several of the wounded lived but a few hours, or days. Of the 55 captured seven, at least, were wounded when taken, and they are included in the colunm of wounded; ten died in rebel prisons and two others were never heard from.
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