Yates phalanx : the history of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865, Part 39

Author: Clark, Charles M., 1834-; Decker, Frederick Charles
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books
Number of Pages: 468


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Smith, Isaac - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, February 25, 1864. Wounded May 20, 1864 at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia. Wounded again August 16, 1864 at Deep Run, Virginia. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 17, 1865.


Smith, James J. - Sergeant - Company H - Enlisted from Pecatonica, Illinois, March 19, 1862. Discharged March 23, 1865 upon completion of military service.


Smith, John - Private - Company C - Enlisted March 14, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Smith, John - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, July 23, 1862. Discharged July 24, 1863.


Smith, Michael - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Lane, Illinois, August 21, 1861. Veteran. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Smith, Nicholas - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 21, 1861. Wounded April 2, 1865 during the assault on Fort Gregg, Virginia. Died of wounds April 4, 1865.


Smith, Robert - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Sterling, Illinois, August 9, 1861. Discharged September 9, 1864 for disability.


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Smith, Samuel - Private - Company E - Enlisted February 25, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Smith, William - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, February 25, 1864. Died in the hospital of disease September 1864.


Smouse, Daniel - First Lieutenant - Company K - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, August 19, 1861. Promoted Sergeant September 1, 1862. Promoted Second Lieutenant. Promoted First Lieutenant January 9, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865. In 1889 he was living in the Soldier's Home in Quincy, Illinois.


Snee, Hugh R. - Private - Company E - Enlisted from Rockville, Illinois, September 27, 1861. Veteran. Wounded in the cheek by a musket ball and suffered a saber cut in the head May 16, 1864 during the battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia; taken prisoner. Sent to Andersonville Prison. Escaped from Andersonville October 1, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865. After the war he married Moses Sheffler's sister, Sarah. They had two children, John and Nettie. They settled in Hayes Center, Nebraska where they maintained a farm and built and ran a hotel. Snee died in 1927.


Snowden, George O. - Captain - Company D - Enlisted September 12, 1861. Mustered into Company D as a private at Benton Barracks, Missouri. Promoted to First Sergeant. Commissioned First Lieutenant June 12, 1862 at Luray, Virginia. Wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, in the right thigh, June 3, 1864. Sent to Chesapeake Hospital, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Contracted hospital gangrene. Reported back to the regiment in October 1864. Unable to continue, he was mustered out November 10, 1864. Commanded the force in support of the "Swamp Angel" during the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1835. In 1889 he was living in Waterloo, Iowa.


Snyder, Gottlieb - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, August 28, 1861. Discharged October 13, 1862 for disability.


Snyder, Nathaniel - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Kingston Mines, Illinois, February 1, 1862. Deserted February 28, 1862.


Sovereign, Milton - Private - Company A - Enlisted September 14, 1861 as a musician. Discharged September 10, 1864 upon completion of military service. In 1889 he was living at York, Nebraska and held the office of Clerk of the County Court.


Sparks, Ely - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, August 6, 1861. In May 1862, wandered outside of Union lines near Woodstock, Virginia, and was taken prisoner. Reported


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as a deserter. Paroled a few days later and mustered out of the service. Enlisted in another regiment and died of disease at Williamsport, Maryland.


Sparks, John B. - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, February 28, 1861. Discharged September 25, 1862 for disability.


Sparrow, Darwin M. - Corporal - Company B - Enlisted at Bloomington, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Reduced to the ranks on October 19, 1861. Discharged February 25, 1863 for disability.


Spencer, W. W. - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Bainbridge, Minnesota, August 15, 1861. Promoted Sergeant July 2, 1862. Wounded in the head June 1, 1864 at the entrenchments at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Died of wounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 5, 1864.


Spencer, William J. - Private - Company I - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, September 22, 1861. Veteran. Wounded in the head June 17, 1864. Promoted Corporal September 10, 1864. Promoted Sergeant August 1, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Spicer, Daniel W. - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Thornton, Illinois, February 29, 1864. Died of disease in Harword Hospital, Washington, D.C. April 14, 1864.


Spinnings, Clark - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Dwight, Illinois, September 3, 1861. Discharged June 22, 1863 for disability.


Spong, Augustus - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Kingston Mines, Illinois, February 27, 1862. Discharged February 27, 1863 for disability.


Spong, John - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Kingston Mines, Illinois, February 27, 1862. Discharged June 26, 1865 by order of the War Department.


Spratt, Thomas J. - Private - Company I - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, February 22, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Springer, R. - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Amity, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Discharged July 21, 1862 for disability.


Springer, Samuel A. - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, August 24, 1861. Discharged September 11, 1862 for disability.


Sproul, William - Private - Company I - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, September 4, 1861. Taken prisoner June 1862; paroled and exchanged. Veteran. Discharged March 22, 1865 for disability.


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Staley, Abner - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Dwight, Illinois, December 17, 1862. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Stanton, Albert - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Centralia, Illinois, August 13, 1861. Veteran. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Stanton, William - Private - Company E - Enlisted from Rockville, Illinois, February 24, 1864. Detailed as Commissary of Subsistence. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Starkey, Orlando - Private - Company C - Enlisted February 10, 1864. Wounded in the thigh August 16, 1864 at the battle of Deep Run, Virginia. Discharged July 20, 1865 for disability.


Starkweather, Henry - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 5, 1861. Died July 14, 1863 on Folly Island, South Carolina of unknown causes.


Starr, L. S. - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Newport, Illinois, February 13, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Stebbins, Emory - Corporal - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, August 19, 1861. Taken prisoner at Bath, West Virginia, January 4, 1862. Promoted Sergeant September 1, 1862. Discharged June 3, 1862 for disability.


Steele, William E. - Sergeant - Company E - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 1861. Promoted January 16, 1862 from the ranks. Killed October 13, 1864 at the battle of Darbytown Cross-Roads, Virginia.


Steinkulan, Peter - Private - Company B - Enlisted March 11, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Stephenson, Albert A. - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Nebraska August 27, 1861. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Died in prison at Florence, South Carolina October 11, 1864 from disease.


Stephenson, George W. - Corporal - Company B - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Promoted Sergeant January 1, 1862. Reduced to the ranks August 7, 1863. Discharged September 10, 1864 upon completion of military service.


Stephenson, John D. - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, September 3, 1861. Discharged for disability in 1862.


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Stearns, F. L. - Private - Company E - Enlisted September 27, 1861. Taken prisoner May 26, 1861 at Strasburg, Virginia. Status unknown.


Stewart, James - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 5, 1861. Discharged August 4, 1862 for disability.


Stewart, John - Private - Company E - Enlisted from Wilmington, Illinois, September 20, 1861. Veteran. Wounded and taken prisoner October 13, 1864 at the battle of Darbytown Cross-Roads, Virginia. Paroled, and died on October 30, 1864 while in the hospital at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland.


Stillhamer, William - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, March 9, 1864. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Paroled and exchanged. Killed April 2, 1865 during the assault on Fort Gregg, Virginia.


Stillyer, John - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Willow Creek, Illinois, August 9, 1861. Veteran. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Stokes, Stephen N. - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois. Taken prisoner May 17, 1862; paroled October 1862. Re-captured June 6, 1863. Veteran. Deserted August 25, 1864.


Stout, James - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Centralia, Illinois, August 14, 1861. Veteran. Wounded in the head and shoulder May 20, 1864. Discharged October 3, 1864 for disability from wounds.


Stout, John - Private - Company B - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, September 12, 1861. Discharged March 23, 1863 for disability.


Stoval, Eden - Private - Company E - Enlisted February 25, 1865. Wounded April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court-House, Virginia. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Straub, Jacob - Private - Company H - Enlisted April 6, 1865. Deserted October 27, 1865 at Norfolk, Virginia.


Streeter, Charles - Corporal - Company C - Enlisted from Odell, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Discharged for disability June 5, 1862.


Stroban, George - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Waukegan, Illinois, February 26, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


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Strong, Ambrose - Private - Company C - Enlisted February 17, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Stumph, Michael - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 5, 1861. Discharged August 4, 1862 for disability.


Sullivan, George - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Libertyville, Illinois, February 26, 1864. Wounded in the knee May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Sullivan, Michael - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 22, 1861. Discharged May 19, 1862 for disability.


Sutter, John - Private - Company H - Enlisted April 12, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Swab, Jacob - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Willow Creek, Illinois, August 9, 1861. Veteran. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Swain, Royal E. - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Lane, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Veteran. Promoted Sergeant. Killed in battle at Deep Run, Virginia, on August 16, 1864.


Sweeny, Edward - Private - Company K - Enlisted February 15, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Sweetser, Alphonse C. - Second Lieutenant - Company B - Enlisted August 12, 1861 as a Sergeant and promoted to Second Lieutenant October 11, 1861. Wounded through both legs June 2, 1864 near Ware Bottom Church, Virginia. Promoted to First Lieutenant December 6, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865. Born in Oxford County, Maine, February 23, 1839. While in his infancy, his parents moved to Mississippi, remaining there some years , then returned to Maine and located at Portland. After five years they moved to Columbia County, Wisconsin and made a trial at farming for four years. They then moved to Bloomington, Illinois. After his muster out and return to Bloomington he was elected to the office of city and town tax collector, and subsequently received the appointment of Deputy U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue, and held it until the administration of President Cleveland came in. In 1889 he was living in Bloomington, Illinois.


Sweiger, Jacob - Private - Company H - Enlisted February 25, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


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Taggert, John - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, December 29, 1864. Wounded in the arm at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, May 20, 1864. Deserted on August 3, 1865.


Tanner, Andrew J. - Private - Company B - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Discharged September 10, 1864 upon completion of military service.


Tateburg, Ernest W. - Private - Company I - Enlisted from LeRoy, September 18, 1861. Veteran. Promoted Corporal May 16, 1865. Promoted Sergeant October 28, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Taylor, Bufort - Private - Company A - Enlisted December 25, 1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia, May 14, 1865. Cause unknown.


Taylor, Galveston A. - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 5, 1861. Veteran. Promoted to Corporal September 10, 1864. Promoted Sergeant March 1, 1865. Promoted Second Lieutenant October 10, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Taylor, John - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Springfield, Illinois, February 1, 1862. Promoted Corporal May 24, 1865. Reduced to the ranks June 10, 1865. Discharged June 20, 1865.


Taylor, Richard - Private - Company H - Enlisted March 12, 1862. Deserted May 25, 1862 at Springfield, IL.


Terrell, William - Corporal - Company K - Enlisted from McLean County, Illinois, August 18, 1861 in Company H. Transferred to Company K. Discharged for disability August 22, 1863.


Tewkey, Edward - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 14, 1861. Discharged September 10, 1864 upon completion of military service.


Thaer, Andrew - Musician, Second Class - Enlisted September 20, 1861. Discharged June 4, 1862 by order of the War Department.


Thayer, Edmond J. - First Lieutenant - Company D - Enlisted from Lindenwood, Illinois, August 21, 1861. Promoted Sergeant in 1863. Veteran. Wounded June 18, 1864. Wounded again, October 7, 1864, this time in both legs. Promoted First Lieutenant September 21, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865. Born August 22, 1840 at Chelsea, Vermont. Moved to Ogle County, Illinois in 1859. While home on veteran furlough in January 1874 he married Miss E. F. Benedict at Lindenwood, Ogle County, Illinois. After the war they went to Kansas, locating on a homestead near Fort Scott. He remained there until 1878 when he moved to Iola, Kansas. He had two sons and six daughters.


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Thayer, George - Private - Company E - Enlisted from Wilmington, Illinois, September 17, 1861. Captured September 2, 1862 at Bull Run, Virginia. Veteran. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Thewlis, William - Private - Company A - Enlisted February 19, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Thomas, Francis Marion - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, August 14, 1861. Promoted Corporal October 1863. On June 17, 1864 at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, he was excused from duty due to injury to his neck. However, hearing the firing at the front, he rushed to rejoin his company. A few minutes later, he was killed.


Thomas, George N. - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, September 3, 1861. Veteran. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Thomas, James M. - Private - Company I - Enlisted from Franklin County, Illinois, September 4, 1861. Discharged September 4, 1864 upon completion of military service.


Thompson, George - Private - Company F - Enlisted August 22, 1861. Discharged September 20, 1861 for disability.


Thompson, Henry V. - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, August 27, 1861. Discharged in 1862 for disability. September 1, 1863, Thompson re-enlisted in Henshaw's Battery, and on August 18, 1863 was again discharged for disability. He returned home and died soon after.


Thompson, James - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1864. Wounded in the leg May 20, 1864 at the battle of Ware Bottom Church, Virginia. Discharged July 18, 1865 for disability and died shortly thereafter.


Thompson, Robert - Private - Company B - Enlisted April 5, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Thornell, Jackson - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, October 4, 1861. Discharged March 7, 1863 for disability.


Timm, Christopher - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, December 16, 1863. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Tindale, Daniel A. - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, November 19, 1863. Wounded in the leg August 16, 1864 at Deep Run, Virginia. Deserted August 3, 1865.


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Tobias, Nathaniel - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Lane, Illinois, August 29, 1861. Killed May 16, 1864 at the battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.


Tomlinson, Andrew J. - Private - Company I - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, September 4, 1861. Promoted Corporal March 1, 1863. Wounded in the leg August 16, 1864; leg amputated. Died in the hospital from wounds on September 14, 1864.


Tovera, Thomas J. - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, July 1, 1862. Discharged June 20, 1865 upon completion of military service.


Towner, Austin - Second Lieutenant - Company D - Commissioned August 9, 1861. Resigned September 4, 1862. In 1889 he was living at Quarry, Marshall County, Iowa.


Tower, Franklin H. - Private - Company A - Enlisted February 29, 1864. He was a company clerk; clerk in the Regimental Adjutant's office, the chief clerk of the First Brigade. Subsequently held the position of chief clerk in the office of the Assistant Inspector General of the Southeastern Department of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865. In 1889 he was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Towns, J. C. - Musician, Second Class - Enlisted September 20, 1861. Discharged by order of the War Department, June 4, 1862.


Tracy, Harvey - Private - Company A - Enlisted August 19, 1861. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, and sent to Andersonville Prison. Exchanged and mustered out April 20, 1865.


Trapp, Augustus - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Northfield, Illinois, August 22, 1861. Discharged August 20, 1862 for disability.


Trumble, George W. - Private - Company H - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, March 1, 1862. Wounded October 13, 1864 at Darbytown Cross-Roads, Virginia. Died in the hospital from wounds in November 13, 1864.


Turney, Daniel W. - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Orland, Illinois, March 7, 1864. Wounded in the face August 16, 1864 at the battle of Deep Run, Virginia. Was on detached service in Richmond and Portsmouth from April 20, 1865 until mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Turill, John T. - Sergeant - Company B - Enlisted from Decatur, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Promoted Sergeant January 1, 1863. Died July 14, 1864 from disease.


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Twigger, George - Private - Company H - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 1862. Mustered out as a Corporal with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Tyler, James - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Lockport, Illinois, August 13, 1861. Discharged June 2, 1862 for disability.


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Underwood, George M. - Private - Company F - Enlisted September 4, 1861. Veteran. Promoted to Corporal January 1, 1865; promoted to Sergeant June 2, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Unrine, Oscar - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Esmond, Illinois, August 28, 1861. Veteran. Promoted Corporal May 1, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Urick, Samuel - Private - Company C - Enlisted December 22, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


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Valentine, William - Private - Company H - Enlisted March 4, 1865. Promoted Corporal June 28, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Van Buskirk, John - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, September 1, 1861. Discharged July 1, 1863 for disability. [Vanbusker, John]


Van Court, Rufus - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, September 12, 1861. Discharged May 9, 1863 for disability.


Van Doosa, Benjamin H. - Private - Company C - Enlisted March 27, 1862. Discharged April 12, 1863.


Van Dusen, John - Private - Company B - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, September 20, 1861. Died of disease October 4, 1862 at Suffolk, Virginia.


Van Patten, Adelbert - Private - Company F - Enlisted from Antioch, Illinois, January 18, 1864. Wounded and taken prisoner August 16, 1864 at Deep Run, Virginia. Paroled on August 16, 1864 and died of his wounds the same day.


Van Slet, Samuel - Private - Company K - Enlisted from Marseilles, Illinois, September 17, 1861. Discharged November 10, 1862 for disability.


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Van Valkinberg, E. P. - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Odell, Illinois, August 30, 1861. Veteran. Wounded April 2, 1865 during the assault on Fort Gregg, Virginia. Discharged July 18, 1865 for disability.


Van Wermer, Chester - Private - Company K - Enlisted at St. Louis, Missouri, October 14, 1861. Was taken prisoner in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Reported as a deserted on the company rolls. Mustered out May 21, 1862 as a prisoner of war. [Vanwormer, Chester]


Van Winkle, Willitt - Private - Company I - Enlisted from Enfield, Illinois, February 16, 1864. Wounded in the thigh October 13, 1864 at Darbytown Cross-Roads, Virginia. Discharged May 27, 1865.


Vanbusker, John - See Van Buskirk, John


Vandebogart, James - Private - Company E - Enlisted from Florence, Illinois, February 22, 1864. Promoted Corporal August 1, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


VanSchoick, John - Private - Company H - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, April 8, 1862. Transferred to Company I September 1862. Taken prisoner May 15, 1864 near Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Discharged May 7, 1865.


Vanschoyck, John - See VanSchoick, John


Vanwormer, Chester - See Van Wermer, Chester


Vaughn, William D. - Private - Company D - Enlisted February 23, 1865. Killed at Fort Gregg, Virginia, April 2, 1865.


Vermillion, Charles W. - Private - Company B - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, August 12, 1861. Promoted Corporal August 7, 1863; promoted to Sergeant in 1863. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Mustered out July 15, 1864 as a prisoner of war.


Vetta, Osta - Private - Company I - Enlisted from Bloomington, Illinois, November 10, 1862. Sent from Folly Island to Beaufort, South Carolina and failed to report. Suspected to have drowned.


Vieux, Cassimire - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Fairbury, Illinois, August 16, 1861. Discharged December 16, 1862 for disability.


Vieux, John - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Odell, Illinois, September 10, 1861. Veteran. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Still reported as missing. [Adjutant General's Report lists him as killed May 16, 1864].


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Vowalt, Charles - Private - Company A - Enlisted February 24, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


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Wade, William - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Lane, Illinois, September 8, 1861. Nothing further is known.


Wadhams, Mortimer C. - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Joliet, Illinois, October 14, 1862. Died of small-pox at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, on February 28, 1865.


Wagle, John J. - Private - Company C - Enlisted from Monroe, Illinois, February 28, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Wagoner, William - Private - Company I - Enlisted from LeRoy, Illinois, January 1, 1864. Wounded in the head May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Taken prisoner. Discharged July 3, 1865 by order of the War Department.


Wagonrod, Henry - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Bremen, Illinois, September 12, 1861. Died on Folly Island, South Carolina, November 10, 1863. Cause unknown.


Waine, Thomas - Private - Company E - Enlisted from Chicago, Illinois, March 9, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Waite, Malden C. - Private - Company D - Enlisted from Lane, Illinois, August 9, 1861. Taken prisoner January 3, 1862 at Bath, West Virginia. Discharged June 6, 1862 for disability.


Waite, Malden E. - Corporal - Company D - Enlisted from Oregon, Illinois, August 9, 1861. Reduced to the ranks December 7, 1861. Wounded in the arm June 16, 1864. Died July 2, 1864 in the hospital from wounds.


Walker, John W. - Private - Company G - Enlisted from Lockport, Illinois, December 29, 1863. Wounded in the hand October 7, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment, December 6, 1865.


Walker, Joseph D. - Regimental Adjutant - Enlisted September 19, 1861. Promoted Adjutant July 15, 1862. Shot through the bowels during the battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, May 16, 1864 and died of wounds the same day.




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