Memorial Day 1915

Memorial Day 1915

1915 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Civil War and, consequently, Decoration Day (or Memorial Day as we know it today) would have been particularly poignant. This page documents the ceremonies of that day, as commemorated by Moultrie Post 318 of the Grand Army of the Republic, or G.A.R.

In the half century since the war, Moultrie's veterans had seen their numbers decline significantly and, by this time, more had been claimed by time than by battle. No longer sufficently hardy for long marches, they were -- as noted in the program below -- ferried along the parade route in the newfangled automobile.

Let's revisit that long-ago time, looking at the program of the day, the route they followed, and the monument they visited.

And, most importanly, let us remember the battles and long-lost companions that these heroes -- in sorrow and reverence -- recalled.

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The delegation assembled at the Armory. This, however, was not at its present location on the north side of town; instead, it was on Jefferson Street, west of the court house.

The route below is conjectural, though it approximates the probable plan. It shows the path from the location of the 1915 Armory to the monument, and back to the courthouse square where, it is likely, they payed homage to their staunch, stone brother (in the upper left corner of this page), who, at the time of the 1915 services had stood watch nearly ten years, and who keeps vigil over the community to this day.

It is not possible to know precisely who was there that day, but we can guess. The following table lists those Moultrie veterans known to be alive at the time, though they may not have all been in Sullivan that day. The America of 1915 was not the mobile society of today, and each town -- Arthur, Bethany, Dalton City, Lovington -- had its own GAR chapter, and each probably held its own commemoration. Nevertheless, in recognition of all Moultrie veterans regardless of their home towns, the survivors included:

Last name	First name	Rank	Co.	Regiment	Comments
Backhouse	Theodore P.	Private	H	68th Ind. Inf.
Baker	Mahlon	Private	H	73rd Oh. Inf. (76th?)
Bankson	Ira	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.
Barrett	Matthew	Private	L	26th NY Cav.
Bathe	James	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Batman	Alexander B.	Sergeant	K	38th Ill. Inf.
Bean	Robert	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Bell	Jesse H	Private	H	154th Ill.Inf.
Birch	McKendree	Private	D	116th In. Inf.
Blackwell	B.F.	Private	D	16th In. Inf.
Bragg	Nathan	Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.,Reorg.
Bright	Jasper	1st Sergeant	D	54th Ill.Inf.
Briney	Marcus	Private	D	16th In. Inf.
Brosam	George	Private	D	41st Ill. Inf.
Brown	George H.	Private	E	49th In. Inf.
Brown	Hiram A.	Private	G	16th In. Infatnry
Brundy	Simeon
Bryom	Leroy
Butts	James A.	Musician	B	41st Ill. Inf.
Buxton	Andrew J.	Private		Va. 2nd M. Dept.
Byrum	Stephen	Corporal	D	21st Ky. Inf. (Union)
Carlisle	John	Private	I	135th Ill. Inf.
Cazier	William J.	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Cheney	John	Private	K	79th Ill. Inf.
Childers	Stephen A.	Private	I	135th Ill. Inf.
Clark	Samuel W.	Private	F	53rd Oh. Inf.
Cochran	Alexander Steward	Private	F	88th Oh. Inf.
Cochran	William G	Sergeant	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Collins	Charles A.	Corporal	A	Ky. Light Artillery	Confederate
Coward	Andrew J.	Private	G	50th In. Inf.
Crowder	James H	Sergeant	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Curtis	Thomas H.	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Daum	Raymond J.
Davis	Clinton C.	Private	C	79th Ill.Inf.	Wounded
Deeds	Zachary	Corporal	A	51st Ill. Inf.
Doner	William H.	Private	A	7th Ill. ?	Disabled
Drish	William H.	Private	K	122nd Ill.Inf.
Duncan	J. W.	Private	F	5th Ill. Cav.
Durburo	John		E	79th Ill. Inf.
Edmiston	Henry C.	Private	E	66th Ill
Elder	David
Enterline	Conrad		B	116th Ill
FISING	C M		A	66th Oh. Inf.
Foster	Joseph Hayes	Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.
Foster	William B.	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	Disabled
Francisco	Peter	Corporal	K	126th Ill. Inf.
Fread	Stephen D.	Private	C	140th Ill.Inf.
Frederick	Henry L	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Freeland	John (James) A	Captain	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Freeland	Thomas J.	Private	C	51st Ill. Inf.
Fruit	James A	Corporal	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Fultz	Thomas B.	Corporal	E	12th In. Inf.
Gardner	Reuben		D	83rd Ill. Inf.
Gifford	Amasa	Private	A	142nd Oh. Inf.
Greenwood	Miles		A	26th Ill. Inf.	Disabled
Gregory	James Andrew	Recruit	H	62nd Ill. Inf.
Grigsby	Sanford	Private	I	6th In. Cav.
Gustin	James S.		G	130th Ill. Inf.
Hagerman	Linus T .	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Hamilton	Charles Morrow	Sergeant	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Harmon	William T		I	1st Ky. Cav.
Haulman	John H	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Higgenbotham	Robert W.	Private	C	39th Mo. Inf.
Hill	George S.	Private	C	34th Oh. Inf.
Hilliard	William B.	Private	C	21st Ill. Inf.
Holt	Samuel	Private	H	153rd Oh
Hook	John	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Hopkins	George W	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Hunter	Charles M.	Private	H	19th Oh. Inf.
Immel	Phillip	Private	C	1st Oh. Inf.
Immel	William	Private	C	117 Oh. Vol. Inf.
Jeffries	John W.	Sergeant	H	123rd Ill. Inf.
Jenkins	Adolphus T.	Private	A	53rd Oh. Inf.	Wounded at Shiloh, discharged 2 Jul 1862, Disability
Jewell	James P.	Private	J	66th Ill. Inf.
Johnson	Asa	Corporal	I;F	171st Pa. Inf., 91st Pa. Inf.
Johnson	Richard M.	Private	H	125th Ill. Inf.
Johnson	Thomas E.	Private	A	16th In. Inf.
Jones	Amos	Private	K	126th Ill. Inf.
Jones	Grant Vincent	Sergeant	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Jones	Thomas Warden	Private	H	43rd Mo. Inf.
Kearney	William T.	Private	I	166th Oh. Inf.
Kinkade	Thomas	Private	D	123rd Ill.Inf.
Kirkwood	M. Hiram	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Kirkwood	William	Corporal	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Kline	George Washington	Private	G;H	41st Ill. Inf. (H), 53rd Ill. Inf. (G)
Langton	John S.	Private	F	205th Pa. Vol.
Lansden	Joseph M.	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Layman	Henry L.	Sergeant	I	90th Oh. Inf.
Lee	James S.	Private	K	126th Ill. Inf.
Leggett	Thomas L.	Private	A	11st In. Inf.
Lemmon	George H.	Private	G	2nd Va. Cav.
Lewis	William A.	Corporal	C	37th NJ Inf.
Luke	John	Private	B	143rd In. Inf.
Lux	Peter	Private	H	55th Ill. Inf.
Mallory	John Calvin	Private	K	115th In. Inf.
Marlow	William J.	Private	I	3rd NC Inf. (Union)
Mathers	James W	Private	I	70th Ill.Inf.
Mattox	Ira Richard Roe	Private	M	43rd Volunteer Inf.
Mattox	John Nelson	Private	A	5th Oh. Cav.
Maxey	A.J.	Private	E	21st Ill.Inf.
McCord	John P.	Private	H	5th Ill.Cav.
McDaniel	Aden	Private		19th Ind. Inf.
McDonald	John P.	Private	H	154th Ill. Inf.
McGinnis	Sanford E.		K	63rd Oh. Inf.
McGuire	William P.	Sergeant	F	49th Ill. Inf.
McIlwain	Ira	Private	I	68th In.
McKinney	William H.	Corporal	D	49th Ill. Inf.
McPheeters	Rankin P	Captain	C	126th Ill. Inf.
McReynolds	Stephen M.	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.
Miller	Randolph	Private	K	126th Ill. Inf.
Million	William L.	Corporal	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Milller	James W.	Private	K	94th Ill.Inf.
Mitchell	George A. (C.?)	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.
Moberly	Charles W.	Private	A	11st Ky. Cav.
Monroe	Francis M.	Private	G	117th In. Inf.
Montague	Richard Peter	Private	F	62nd Ill.Inf.
Mulholland	Andrew J	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.
Oakes	Thomas	Private	A	5th Ill.Cav.
Patrick	Americus	Private	K	7th Ill.Cav.
Porter	William W.	Private	K	126th Ill. Inf.
Powers	Gilbert	Corporal	F	62nd Oh. Inf.
Reese	John B	Recruit	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Reese	John B.	Recruit	E	21st Ill.Inf.
Richey	Isaac
Richey	Phillip
Sanner	David G.	Private	A	144th Ill. Inf.
Scheer	Frederick T. (or F.)	Private	A	116th Ill.Inf.
Seaney	William	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.
Shipman	Charles	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.
Shipman	Daniel	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.
Shipman	Godfrey	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Shipp	Blou (Blond)
Shirey	George W.	Private	B	116th Ill. Inf.
Siple	Frederick D.		K	111st Ill.Inf.	Commander, Post 318, 1914
Spicer	Achilles	Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.
Stevens	Francis Marion	Corporal	F	40th Ind. Inf.
Stewart	David
Strader	Henry	Private	I	43rd In. Inf.
Sutter	Christopher / Christian P.			PA Inf.
Switzer	B.F.		F	79th Ill. Inf.
Taylor	James T.	Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.
Trigg	Reason	Private	A	33rd Mo. Inf.
Tritmaker	Peter	Private	E	191st Oh
Tym	Benjamin Franklin	Private	K	43rd Oh. Volunteers
Underwood	John W.	Private	K	126th Ill. Inf.
Vaughn	George W	2nd Lieutenant	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Waggoner	Andrew.J.	Private	G	130th Ill. Inf.
Waggoner	Francis M	Corporal	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Walker	Nelson	Private	F	122nd Oh. Inf.
Weakley	John	Private	I	123rd Ill.Inf.
Webb	James M.	Private	G	89th In. Inf.
Welton	Uriah	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Welty	Orion
Wheeler	Benjamin	Private	B	114th Oh. Inf.
Whiting	John F. M.	Corporal	E	11st WV Inf.
Wickizer	Conrad	Private	E	123rd Ill. Inf.
Williams	A.J.
Williamson	William W.	Private	E	107th Ill. Inf.
Wood	Ira M	Private	D	135th Ill.Inf.
Wood	Joseph Henry Sr.	Recruit	I	7th Ill. Cav.
Workman	Elias	Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.
Wren	Edward M	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.
Wyckoff	James M	Private	D	21st Ill.Inf.
Yantis	Isaac	Corporal	H	41st Ill. Inf.
Yates	Emerson J	Private	I	14th Ill.Inf.
Younger	Levi S	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.
Zook	William Henry	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.

The GAR Monument is centered at the entrance of Greenhill Cemetery. Now weathered, the marble grows more reluctant each year to reveal secrets that were once proud exhortations. The four sides once proclaimed -- and now merely whisper -- the names of the leaders of their cause and of the struggles in which they engaged.

Here, recorded in the stone they comissioned, is their legacy:

West Side: The view from the entrance	1861 - 1865 Moultrie Post No. 318 GAR By William A. Steele In Memory of the Heroes Of Moultrie County Who Fought and Died That the Union Might Live Lincoln
North Side	Shiloh Vicksburg Stone River Chicamauga Grant
East Side	Kennesaw Atlanta Chattanooga Nashville Sherman
South Side	The south side hints at an eroded, rectangular emblem (inside the oval cartouche) which may be the GAR insignia, shown here. (Note: This faint image is not apparent in the photograph.) Logan

The battles listed on the stone are significant, not only for the impact that they, in the perspective of the ages, brought to bear on the prosecution of the war, but also because they are the principal ones in which the sons of Moultrie struggled and died. However, they are not the only conflicts in which Moultrie men suffered and sacrificed.

The following list, including some deaths in the year following Appomattox that were probably due to the war, shows in chronological sequence the painful week-by-week and year-by-year price that our community paid:

Last name	First name	Rank	Co.	Regiment	Death	Comment	Home
Hoskins	William H	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1860_05_11		Sullivan
Tribue	David M	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1861_08_31		Sullivan
Davis	James P	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1861_09_09		Sullivan
Strayhome	Thomas	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1862_01_10	Wounds	Sullivan
Warren	Enoch T	Private	F	49th Ill. Inf.	1862_01_11	Died: Camp Butler	Moultrie
McAdams	Joseph	Private	F	49th Ill. Inf.	1862_01_20	Died: Camp Butler	Moultrie
Black	Williamson	Corporal	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_02_17	Wounds	Sullivan
Hudson	John T	1st Sergeant	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_02_26	Wounded at Ft. Donelson, Died: Mound City	Sullivan
Aldridge	Jackson H	2nd Lieutenant	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_03_10	Wounds	Sullivan
Vaughan	John C	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_04_06	Died: Shiloh	Sullivan
Bone	John W	Private	F	49th Ill. Inf.	1862_04_12	Died: Shiloh	Moultrie
Alexander	James W.	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_04_13	Died: At home	Sullivan
McDonald	James	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_04_15	Wounds	Sullivan
Freeland	William T	2nd Lieutenant	F	49th Ill. Inf.	1862_04_22	Died of wounds; Shiloh	Moultrie
Hall	William	Private	C	35th Ill. Inf.	1862_04_22	Died: Cassville, TN
Welch	Harper	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_08_01	Died: St. Louis	Sullivan
Jeffers	Elias	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1862_08_07	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Earp	John W.				1862_08_17
Hoggatt	Moses	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_09_06	Died: home	Sullivan
Snyder	Henry L	Private	I	123rd Ill. Inf.	1862_10_08	Wounds	Sullivan
Perryman	James C.	Sergeant	M	3rd Ill. Cav.	1862_10_29
Haulman	David	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1862_11_04	Died: Pine Bluff,AR	Lovington
Kaufman	Elisha B	Recruit	D	30th Ill. Inf.	1862_11_17	Wounds	Sullivan
Cunningham	Thomas J	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1862_12_03	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Rhodes	Levi	Corporal	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1862_12_13	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Skidmore	John	Private	K	126th Ill. Inf.	1862_12_21	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Staley	John S	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1862_12_24	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Hiller	Gotlipp (Gottlieb?)	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1862_12_30	Died: Battle of Stones River	Sullivan
Stuart	Robert	1st Sergeant	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1862_12_30	Died: LaGrange,TN.	Sullivan
Kuch	John	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1862_12_31	Died: Battle of Stones River	Sullivan
Rolan	John	Corporal	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_00_00	Died: Snyder's Bluff,MS	Sullivan
Spark	John	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_00_00	Died: Jackson,TN	Sullivan
Trabue	Jepitra C.		C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_00_00	Died: Paducah, KY
Daniels	William W	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_01_04	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Lynn	Andrew J	Recruit	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_01_05	Wounds	Sullivan
Holland	Franklin M	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_01_08	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Thair	Ambrose G	Private	I	123rd Ill. Inf.	1863_01_09	Died: Gallipolis,OH	Sullivan
Porter	Morrow	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_01_12	Died: LaGrange,TN	Lovington
Thompson	James	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_02_01	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Lansdon	Joel A	Recruit	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_02_02	Died: Prison,Atlanta GA	Sullivan
Cantrel	Isaac	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_02_07	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
French	Augustus	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_02_09	Died: LaGrange,TN	Sullivan
Alexander	Thomas H	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_02_21		Lovington
Littleton	Gilbert H	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_03_25	Died: LaGrange,TN	Lovington
McMullin	Francis S	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_03_25	Died: Jackson,TN	Sullivan
Lewis	Isaac J.	Private	G	130th Ill.Inf.	1863_04_04
Campbell	William	Corporal	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_04_07	Died: Jackson,TN	Sullivan
Roland	Wilson	Private	C	126th Ill.Inf.	1863_04_15	Died: Jackson, TN
Rolan	Wilson	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_04_17	Died: Jackson,TN	Sullivan
Cole	Furgason	Private	C	116th Ill. Inf.	1863_04_25	Died: Louisiana	Moultrie
Bragg	Henry L	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_05_05	Died: Jackson,TN	Sullivan
Fultz	Jacob B	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_05_22	Died: Jackson,TN	Sullivan
Davis	Charles H	Private	I	123rd Ill. Inf.	1863_06_06	Died: Nashville	Moultrie
Crowder	Andrew W.	Musician	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1863_06_18	Died: Vicksburg	Sullivan
Everett	Joseph H	Surgeon	HQ	6th Ill. Cav.	1863_06_19		Sullivan
Beck	James W	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1863_07_09	Disabled	Sullivan
Million	Andrew J	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_07_11	Died: Snyder's Bluff,MS	Lovington
Hall	Thomas	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1863_07_12	Died: Jackson,MS	Sullivan
Harley	Jacob A	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1863_07_12	Died: Jackson,MS	Sullivan
Clark	David P	Musician	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_08_01		Sullivan
Akers	William A	Private	C	116th Ill. Inf.	1863_08_12		Moultrie
Staley	Jacob	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1863_08_13	Wounds	Sullivan
Busshart	William	Private	C	116th Ill. Inf.	1863_08_31	Wounds	Moultrie
Crowder (Crewder)	Robert S	Sergeant	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_09_20	Died: Chickamauga	Sullivan
Hill	Moses	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_09_20	Died: Chicamauga	Sullivan
Ashmore	Andrew N	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_09_23	Wounds	Sullivan
Foster	George W.,Sr.	Sergeant	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_09_30	Died: Mound City,IL	Lovington
Jones	Wesley	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1863_10_04	Died disabled	Sullivan
Wren	Washington J	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_10_14	Moultrie Co.,IL	Sullivan
Evans	Bozwell M	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1863_10_15	Died: St. Louis,MO	Sullivan
Sherwood	George W	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_10_16	Wounds	Sullivan
McFadden	John	Private	E	38th Ill. Inf.	1863_10_20	Died: POW	Sullivan
Keneday	William B	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_10_24		Sullivan
Adams	Thomas J	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1863_12_19	Died: POW	Sullivan
Adams	David A.	Private	I	113th Ill. Inf.	1864_
Hill	James	Private	F	62nd Ill. Inf.	1864_		Sullivan
Dawdy	James H.	Corporal	K	126th Ill.Inf.	1864_03_10
Huffman	James	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1864_04_01	Died: Memphis	Lovington
Nazworthy	Willis	Private	F	49th Ill. Inf.	1864_04_09	Died: Pleasant Hill,LA	Moultrie
Thomason	James	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1864_05_11	Died: Alexandria. LA	Sullivan
Camfield	Greenberry C.	Private	K	54th Ill.Inf.	1864_05_17		Edgar Co., but of the Moultrie Camfields and buried here.
Baggett	E.C.	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1864_05_21	Moultrie Co.,IL	Sullivan
Black	James H	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1864_07_03	Died: Andersonville, GA	Sullivan
Sackrider	John	Private	I	123rd Ill. Inf.	1864_08_06	Wounds	Sullivan
Howell	John S.	Private	A	126th Ill.Inf.	1864_08_16	Died: Duvall's Bluff, Ark.
Graybill	Christian	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1864_08_21	Accident on steamer Carrie Jacobson	Sullivan
Souther	Ferdinand	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1864_08_28		Sullivan
Stovall	Isaac B	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1864_09_02	Died: Helena, AR	Sullivan
Ball	Andrew	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1864_09_22		Sullivan
Evans	David A	Corporal	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1864_09_26		Sullivan
Howell	Samuel K	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1864_09_27	Died: Duvall's Bluff, AR	Sullivan
McBroom	Isaac	Private	A	35th Ill. Inf.	1864_09_27
Hewett	Arnolphus M.	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1864_09_29		Sullivan
Clore	William S	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1864_10_20	Died: Pine Bluff,AR	Lovington
Davis	James A	Corporal	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1864_11_13		Sullivan
Bone	George H	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1864_12_05		Sullivan
Brosam	Frederick	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	1864_12_11
Davis	James S.	Private	H	5th Ill. Cav.	1865_01_28
Howe	Samuel N	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_01_30	Moultrie Co.,IL	Sullivan
Bone	Andrew M	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1865_02_10	Died: Florence AL	Sullivan
Powell	Samuel H	Sergeant	H	18th Ill. Inf. H), 143rd Ill. Inf.(I)	1865_03_01		Sullivan
Mulholland	Henry	Corporal	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_03_13		Sullivan
Mauzey	William Hugh	Private	H	18th Ill.Inf.	1865_03_25	Died: Camp Butler, IL
Mulholland	Samuel	Corporal	H	18th Ill. Inf.,Reorg.	1865_03_26		Sullivan
Wheeler	Thomas O.	Private	H	18th Ill.Inf.	1865_04_03
Hadwin	John	Private	I	14th Ill.Inf.	1865_04_14	Died: Camp Butler, IL	Okaw
Miner	William F	Sergeant	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_04_22	Memphis,TN	Sullivan
Fread	George	Private	C	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_05_06	Died: St. Charles,AR	Sullivan
Jones	Evan	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_05_10	Died: St. Charles,AR	Sullivan
Bretz	Solomon			5th Ill. Cav.	1865_05_14	Died: Salem, IL	Sullivan
Brown	John L	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	1865_05_15		Sullivan
Tweedy	William S	Recruit	K	54th Ill. Inf.	1865_05_26	Died: Hickory,Ark	Sullivan
Bone	William T	Private	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1865_06_19	Disabled	Sullivan
Christy	Simeon	Private	B	17th	1865_07_15
Cooley	Daniel H	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_08_09	Died: Duvall's Bluff, AR	Sullivan
Gregory	Adley N	Captain	A	126th Ill. Inf.	1865_08_31		Lovington
Lee	Alsey B	Captain	I	18th Ill. Inf. (H), 41st Ill. Inf. (B), 143rd Ill. Inf. (I)	1866_01_31		Sullivan
Lee	James R	Recruit	E	21st Ill. Inf.	1866_02_17		Sullivan
Green	Charles H	Private	B	41st Ill.Inf.	1866_03_01
Waggoner (Wagner)	William W.	Recruit	K	126th Ill.Inf.	1866_08_15		Windsor (Whitley township, over the county line from Windsor)

I would like to express my appreciation to:

Moultrie County Post No. 68 of the American Legion who provided a copy of their publication Our Seventieth Year and, in particular, I thank Eddie M. LeCrone, who compiled the list of Moultrie soldiers in this book.

The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society, whose archives and publications have been and remain an inexhaustible resource.

The National Archives, the National Park Service, and the Illinois State Archives.

Most importantly, this page is dedicated to:

The men from Moultrie who answered the calls: of their country, and of their fellow man in bondage.
The veterans from elsewhere in the nation, from both North and South, who -- after the war -- came to Moultrie and lived in harmony, building this community.
And finally to John Minor, farmer and Everyman, who did his humble best.

Missing after battle at LaGrange TN, he was, at first, reported a deserter. Later, when it was discovered that he was, in fact, a POW, he was released in an exchange of prisoners, whereupon he returned to duty.

The next year, at Jackson MS, he took a Minie ball in the left knee and was crippled for life. And when he died, but a few years later, his widow and child were denied a pension because his erroneous record had never been corrected: that is, despite his sacrificial service, he was still officially a deserter.

God rest you, John.