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Civil War Participants : A |
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For some soldiers, we have portraits or grave photographs.
Note: the following codes identify sources:
| LovRep |
Lovington Reporter article of June 5, 1903, listing
veteran burials in Lovington Township. (In this compilation, I give this source great credence,
as it was written when these men were still remembered by the living.) |
| MCHGS |
Moultrie Country Historical and
Genealogical Society. In this list, this refers to the cemetery
transcriptions published by this group. |
| POR |
List of Pensioners on the Roll |
| 1891PBR |
Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, 1891 |
| RoH |
Roll of Honor, published by the State of Illinois in 1929.
This is available at the Illinois State Archives
as well as in a corrected version here.
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| TWM |
This was Marrowbone,
a pamphlet from 1889. |
| OSY |
Our Seventieth year. A
publication of the American Legion, Moultrie County Post No. 68,
Sullivan Illinois. Among other information, this book lists
veteran burials for each war by cemetery. |
| Last name | First name | Alternate spelling | Recruited from | Rank | Co. | Regiment | Record | Death | Cemetery | Comment |
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| Abbott | John N | Sullivan | Private | E | 21st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 13 Jun 1861. Enlisted in Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 Jun 1861. Mustered out Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 16 Aug 1864. | TWM: Location unknown. Filed for pension 23 Apr 1866, location unstated. Widow Mary filed for pension in Illinois, 28 Jan 1884. | |||
| Adams | Absalom | Moultrie | Private | F | 49th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 17 Nov 1861. Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Dec 1861. Reenlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 15 Jan 1864. Mustered out Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 Sep 1865 in Paducah, KY. | 1912_10_27 | Hampton-Yarnell | ||
| Adams | Benjamin | Moultrie | Recruit | F | 49th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 1 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 Jan 1862. Reenlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 1 Jan 1864. Mustered out Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 Sep 1865 in Paducah, KY. | Minor dependent Sarah A. Harris filed for pension, location unstated, 10 Jun 1880. | |||
| Adams | Edward | Moultrie | Recruit | F | 49th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 1 Jan 1862. Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 Jan 1863. Reenlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 1 Jan 1864. Mustered out Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 Sep 1865 in Paducah, KY. | ||||
| Adams | James A | Sullivan | Private | E | 21st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 13 Jun 1861. Enlisted in Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 Jun 1861. Mustered out Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 5 Jul 1864. | TWM: Location unknown. | |||
| Adams | Thomas J | Sullivan | Private | E | 21st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 13 Jun 1861. Enlisted in Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 Jun 1861. Captured at Chickamauga and died as a prisoner at Richmond, VA (probably at Belle Isle) on 19 Dec 1863. | 1863_12_19 | Though the location of his internment has not been determined, Confederate POW camps operating at this time were Belle Island (Richmond, VA), Libbey (Richmond, VA), Camp Ford (Smith County TX, and Danville VA ) Camp Ford was probably not the site of his internment, as the 21st did not venture into that area and it seems that this prison was used for relatively local captives. | ||
| Adkins | Rodney | Cumberland Co. | Private | A | 5th Ill.Cav. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Aug 1861. Enlisted in Company A, 5th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 31 Aug 1861. Discharged because of wounds Company A, 5th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 Feb 1863. | 1909_08_06 | Hewitt | Captured, and shot in the arm while a POW. His biography is here. | |
| Adkins | Staunton | Stanton (first name spelled both ways on mausoleum) | Lovington | Private | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Jul 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered out Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR. | 1909_12_29 | Hewitt | |
| Aiken | Ichabod | Akin | Moultrie | Sergeant | F | 49th Ill. Inf. | Promoted to Full Sergeant. Enlisted as a Private on 17 Nov 1861. Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Dec 1861. Mustered out Company F, 49th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 Jan 1865. | TWM: died in Arkansas. Not listed in USBIA | ||
| Aiken | William | Akers | Moultrie | Private | C | 116th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 18 Aug 1862, and joined Company C, 116th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Sep 1862. Died on 10 Feb 1863 in Young's Point, LA. | 1863_02_10 | TWM: died at Young's Point, LA on Feb 10, 1863. | |
| Aikens | Israel J. | Akins, Askins | Moultrie | Private | E | 21st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 24 Jun 1861. Enlisted in Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 Jun 1861. Transferred Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Mar 1864. | Married 8 Dec 1878 in Fayette Co. IL. TWM: Lived in Arkansas. | ||
| Akers | William A | Moultrie | Private | C | 116th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 18 Aug 1862. Enlisted in Company C, 116th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Sep 1862. Died on 10 Feb 1863 in Young's Point, LA. | 1863_08_12 | |||
| Aldridge | Jackson H (Jack) | Sullivan | 2nd Lieutenant | B | 41st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 27 Jul 1861. Commission in Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Aug 1861. Died on 10 Mar 1862 in Mound City, IL, wounds. | 1862_03_10 | Pea | ||
| Alexander | James W. | Sullivan | Private | B | 41st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 6 Aug 1861. Enlisted in Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Aug 1861. Died on 13 Apr 1862. | 1862_04_13 | Pea | Died at home. | |
| Alexander | Thomas H | Lovington | Private | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Jul 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Died on 21 Feb 1863 in Humboldt, TN. | 1863_02_21 | Pea | Middle name is probably Haydon. See Hayden (sic) Alexander in the Nonparticipants list. | |
| Alvey | Eleven W. | Cleven, Elven | Sergeant | A | 100 Pa. Vol. | Enlisted as a Sergeant on 27 Aug 1861. Enlisted in Company A, 100th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 27 Aug 1861. Mustered out Company A, 100th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 Aug 1864. | 1868_11_04 | Marrowbone | A Widow Hannah filed for pension in MO, 20 Apr 1907 -- dates don't match. | |
| Aney | Andrew J . | Sullivan | Private | C | 106th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 22 Jul 1862 Enlisted in Company C, 106th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 17 Sep 1862. Mustered out Company C, 106th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR | 1897_04_15 | Maplewood, Emporia KS. | Lived in McLean Co. IL, and ultimately moved to Emporia KS. Married to Louise C. Buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia KS. | |
| Ansbacher | Moritz K. (or V.) | Morris | Sullivan | Private | K | 3rd R.I. Inf. | 1923_08_04 | Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, NY | Attended the 1914 Moultrie GAR convention. Lived in Moultrie in 1900, 1910, 1920. His children lived in Memphis TN at the time of his death, and he died there after moving south to be with them. Death certificate shows that his body was moved to Albion, NY. He is buried there with wife Theresa and son Albert. |
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| Apple | Joel G. | Sullivan | Private | G | 148th Ind. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 24 Feb 1865. Enlisted in Company I, 148th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 Feb 1865. Mustered out Company I, 148th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 5 Sep 1865. | 1902_12_27 | Kellar | ||
| Archer | William K | Lovington | Private | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Jul 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered out Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR. | 1903_04_12 | Kellar | 'Calvin', but not 'William K.' Archer was mentioned in the 1903 Lovington Reporter article. Calvin was apparently his nickname. | |
| Archibald | James | Sullivan | Private | B | 41st Ill. Inf. (B), 53rd Ill. Inf. (G) | Admitted to the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Quincy IL as a Moultrie resident on 3 May, 1904. | ||||
| Arnett | Robert W. | Sullivan | D | 37th Ky Inf. | Admitted to the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Quincy IL, as a Moultrie resident on 13 Apr 1898. | |||||
| Arnold | John | Sullivan | Private | C | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 20 Aug 1862 Enlisted in Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Sep 1862. Transferred Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 18 Jun 1864. | 1905_09_18 | Kellar | ||
| Ash | Samuel | Lincoln | Private | F | 106th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private in Company F, 106th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 26 Feb 1864. Mustered out Company F, 106th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR | 1888_02_13 | Greenhill | This ID is tentative | |
| Ashmore | Andrew N | Sullivan | Private | E | 21st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 13 Jun 1861. Enlisted in Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 Jun 1861. Died of wounds received at Chickamauga, Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 23 Sep 1863. | 1863_09_23 | |||
| Atkinson | Allen | Lovington | Private | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Jul 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered out Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR. | Possibly died Cook Co. 8 Dec 1882 -- or -- Possibly the Allen Atkinson buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, St. Clair Co. IL | |||
| Atkinson | Francis M | Sullivan | Recruit | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Dec 1863. Enlisted in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Dec 1863. Mustered out Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR. | ||||
| Atkinson | George W | Lovington | Private | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 31 Jul 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered out Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR. | 1909_01_17 | Greenhill | ||
| Atkinson | Thomas J | Sullivan | Private | I | 143rd Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 9 May 1864. Enlisted in Company I, 143rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Jun 1864. Mustered out Company I, 143rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 26 Sep 1864 in Mattoon, IL. | 1901_03_04 | Todd's Point | ||
| Aubert | Charles Walter | Sullivan | Private | B | 41st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private on 6 Aug 1861. Enlisted in Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Aug 1861. Received a disability discharge Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 19 Oct 1862. He was shot in the arm at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Tennessee and carried the bullet until he died. | 1911_06_02 | Greenbush Cemetery, Spring Hill, Warren Co, IA | Photos and information provided by great-great-grandson Vernon E. Wilson. |
