Civil War Participants : E

For some soldiers, we have portraits or grave photographs.

Where a portrait is available, the soldier's name is a link to his picture.
Where a grave picture is available, the cemetery name is a link to the stone.

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.

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
Eakin	John A		Sullivan	1st Sergeant	H	18th Ill. Inf.,Reorg.
Earl	William	Earls		Private	B	17th Iowa Inf.		1897_04_02	Smyser	Not in OSY. Probably the person, age 8 son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth, living in Wapello IA. (Of several possibilities, this is the closest to Keokuk, organization point for the 18th IA)
Earp	John W.			Private		6th US Inf.		1862_08_17	Hewitt	Single farm laborer in the 1860 Lovington census.
Eckhardt	John		Sullivan	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.		1888_		Widow filed for pension 2 Oct 1888 in Kansas
Edmiston	Henry C.			Private	E	66th Ill		1929_05_05	Greenhill	Attended the 1914, 1915, and 1916 Moultrie GAR conventions.
Edwards	John W		Moultrie	Private	M	10th Ill. Cav.
Edwards	Solomon		Sullivan	Recruit	H	7th Ill. Cav.				Pension image truncated: no dates. However, Widow's pension filed in Colorado.
Edwards	William H.			Private	E	3rd Ill. Cav.			Marrowbone	disabled
Edwards	William N.	Willaim C.		1st Lieutenant	C	6th US Cav.			Marrowbone	From MCHGS; date not specified, though unit is. Military records show a 1st Lieutenant William C. Edwards served in this company.
Eldridge	Edward			Private		89th Oh. Inf.			Hampton-Yarnell
Ellars	James			2nd Lieutenant	F	2nd Ill. Cav., 4th U.S. Cav.	Enlisted as a Private on 30 July 1861 and joined Company F, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 12 Aug 1861. Discharged for promotion on 16 Apr 1864. Enlisted in 4th Col. Calvalry Regiment United States on 16 Apr 1864.			His biography is here.
Ellington	Nathan		Moultrie	Private	D	62nd Ill. Inf.CON		1890_		Widow filed for pension 14 Jun 1890 in Missouri
Elliston	Jasper M.			Private	A	65th Ill.Inf. (Scotch Regiment)		1881_09_22	Greenhill
Ely	Benjamin F.			Sergeant	A	5th Oh. Cav.		1892_09_25	Whitfield
England	George			Private	B	73rd Oh. Inf.		1896_10_05	Marrowbone	Widow Elizabeth returned to Ohio after his death.
Enterline	Conrad				B	116th Ill		1933_01_10	Greenhill	Attended the 1914 and 1916 Moultrie GAR conventions.
Erwin	Isaac		Sullivan	Recruit	K	54th Ill. Inf.	Discharged for disability May 9, 1865 at Hickory, Ark.	1924_05_14	Chattaroy Cemetery, Chattaroy, WA	Disability discharge 9 May 1865. Filed for pension 3 Jul 1889, location unspecified. No subsequent widow's pension, as his wife preceded him in death.
Eskridge	Joseph F.		Livingston, Moultrie County	Sergeant	H	18th Ill.Inf.		1909_08_26	Hewitt
Eslip	Joseph A	Estip	Sullivan	Private	B	41st Ill. Inf.	Left sick at Fort Donelson, TN on 1 Mar 1862 and dropped from rolls on 11 Jul 1862.			Left sick on 6 Mar 1862 at Fort Donelson, TN, Dropped from the rolls Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Jul 1862
Ethridge	William B.			Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.			Whitfield	Living in Sullivan, 1880. Daughter Asenath B. buried in Liberty Cemetery 15 Sep 1875
Evans	Beezaleel M	Bozwell, Boswell, Basil, Bazel	Sullivan	Corporal	A	126th Ill. Inf.	Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 7 Aug 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal. Died on 15 Oct 1863 in St. Louis, MO.	1863_10_15	Pea
Evans	Benjamin		Sullivan	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR.	1873_01_07	Camfield
Evans	Benjamin		Sullivan	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.	Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR.	1873_01_07	Camfield
Evans	Benjamin F.		Tuscola	Private	H	25th Ill.Inf.	Enlisted as a Private on 27 Jul 1861. Joined Company H, 25th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Aug 1861. Mustered out on 1 Sep 1864.			Admitted to the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Quincy IL as a resident of Moultrie twice, first on 2 Feb 1899 and later on 21 Jun 21 1901.
Evans	David A	Evan	Sullivan	Corporal	I	143rd Ill. Inf.	Enlisted as a Corporal 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.	1864_09_26	Marrowbone	TWM: died at Mound City, Ill. -- discrepancy with military record not yet resolved.
Evans	Henry Jackson		Sullivan	Private	H	18th Ill. Inf.,Reorg.		1907_08_14		Died in Noble, OK. Widow filed for pension 5 Sep 1907 in Oklahoma.
Evans	Job		Sullivan	Private	A	126th Ill. Inf.		1870_03_23	Camfield
Evans	William W		Sullivan	Private	I	143rd Ill. Inf.		1893_04_02	Jonathan Creek
Everett	Charles W		Sullivan	Private	E	21st Ill Inf. (E), 70th Ill. Inf. (I)				Probably the Charles W. Everett, born 1844 in IL, that was living in the National Military Home, Leavenworth KS, in 1920
Everett	Joseph H		Sullivan	Surgeon	HQ	125th Ill. Inf., 6th Ill. Cav.	Enlisted as a Private on 1 Aug 1862, and promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 7 Aug 1862 effective 4 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Sep 1862. Received a disability discharge Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 23 Mar 1863. Reenlisted as a Assistant Surgeon in Company S, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 14 May 1863. Died on 19 Jun 1863.	1863_06_19	Greenhill	(Note: Company 'S' may be an error, or may be a special medical unit.)
Eviston	Thomas J.					39th In.Inf.		1881_08_21	Greenhill	39th Indiana is from OSY. However no such unit seems to have existed. Thomas Eviston served in the 75th In. and another (perhaps same person, as the service dates don't overlap) served in the 123rd In.
Ewing	Robert C		Sullivan	Private	G	68th Ill. Inf. (G), 70th Ill. Inf. (B)				Pension filed by widow in Illinois; date unclear.

Last name

First name

Alternate spelling

Recruited from

Rank

Co.

Regiment

Record

Death

Cemetery

Comment

Eakin

John A

Sullivan

1st Sergeant

18th Ill. Inf.,Reorg.

Earl

William

Earls

Private

17th Iowa Inf.

1897_04_02

Smyser

Not in OSY. Probably the person, age 8 son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth, living in Wapello IA. (Of several possibilities, this is the closest to Keokuk, organization point for the 18th IA)

Earp

John W.

Private

6th US Inf.

1862_08_17

Hewitt

Single farm laborer in the 1860 Lovington census.

Eckhardt

John

Sullivan

Private

41st Ill. Inf.

1888_

Widow filed for pension 2 Oct 1888 in Kansas

Edmiston

Henry C.

Private

66th Ill

1929_05_05

Greenhill

Attended the 1914, 1915, and 1916 Moultrie GAR conventions.

Edwards

John W

Moultrie

Private

10th Ill. Cav.

Edwards

Solomon

Sullivan

Recruit

7th Ill. Cav.

Pension image truncated: no dates. However, Widow's pension filed in Colorado.

Edwards

William H.

Private

3rd Ill. Cav.

Marrowbone

disabled

Edwards

William N.

Willaim C.

1st Lieutenant

6th US Cav.

Marrowbone

From MCHGS; date not specified, though unit is. Military records show a 1st Lieutenant William C. Edwards served in this company.

Eldridge

Edward

Private

89th Oh. Inf.

Hampton-Yarnell

Ellars

James

2nd Lieutenant

2nd Ill. Cav., 4th U.S. Cav.

Enlisted as a Private on 30 July 1861 and joined Company F, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 12 Aug 1861. Discharged for promotion on 16 Apr 1864. Enlisted in 4th Col. Calvalry Regiment United States on 16 Apr 1864.

His biography is here.

Ellington

Nathan

Moultrie

Private

62nd Ill. Inf.CON

1890_

Widow filed for pension 14 Jun 1890 in Missouri

Elliston

Jasper M.

Private

65th Ill.Inf. (Scotch Regiment)

1881_09_22

Greenhill

Ely

Benjamin F.

Sergeant

5th Oh. Cav.

1892_09_25

Whitfield

England

George

Private

73rd Oh. Inf.

1896_10_05

Marrowbone

Widow Elizabeth returned to Ohio after his death.

Enterline

Conrad

116th Ill

1933_01_10

Greenhill

Attended the 1914 and 1916 Moultrie GAR conventions.

Erwin

Isaac

Sullivan

Recruit

54th Ill. Inf.

Discharged for disability May 9, 1865 at Hickory, Ark.

1924_05_14

Chattaroy Cemetery, Chattaroy, WA

Disability discharge 9 May 1865. Filed for pension 3 Jul 1889, location unspecified. No subsequent widow's pension, as his wife preceded him in death.

Eskridge

Joseph F.

Livingston, Moultrie County

Sergeant

18th Ill.Inf.

1909_08_26

Hewitt

Eslip

Joseph A

Estip

Sullivan

Private

41st Ill. Inf.

Left sick at Fort Donelson, TN on 1 Mar 1862 and dropped from rolls on 11 Jul 1862.

Left sick on 6 Mar 1862 at Fort Donelson, TN, Dropped from the rolls Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Jul 1862

Ethridge

William B.

Private

18th Ill. Inf.

Whitfield

Living in Sullivan, 1880. Daughter Asenath B. buried in Liberty Cemetery 15 Sep 1875

Evans

Beezaleel M

Bozwell, Boswell, Basil, Bazel

Sullivan

Corporal

126th Ill. Inf.

Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 7 Aug 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal. Died on 15 Oct 1863 in St. Louis, MO.

1863_10_15

Pea

Evans

Benjamin

Sullivan

Private

126th Ill. Inf.

Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR.

1873_01_07

Camfield

Evans

Benjamin

Sullivan

Private

126th Ill. Inf.

Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1862. Mustered on 12 Jul 1865 in Pine Bluff, AR.

1873_01_07

Camfield

Evans

Benjamin F.

Tuscola

Private

25th Ill.Inf.

Enlisted as a Private on 27 Jul 1861. Joined Company H, 25th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Aug 1861. Mustered out on 1 Sep 1864.

Admitted to the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Quincy IL as a resident of Moultrie twice, first on 2 Feb 1899 and later on 21 Jun 21 1901.

Evans

David A

Evan

Sullivan

Corporal

143rd Ill. Inf.

Enlisted as a Corporal 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.

1864_09_26

Marrowbone

TWM: died at Mound City, Ill. -- discrepancy with military record not yet resolved.

Evans

Henry Jackson

Sullivan

Private

18th Ill. Inf.,Reorg.

1907_08_14

Died in Noble, OK. Widow filed for pension 5 Sep 1907 in Oklahoma.

Evans

Job

Sullivan

Private

126th Ill. Inf.

1870_03_23

Camfield

Evans

William W

Sullivan

Private

143rd Ill. Inf.

1893_04_02

Jonathan Creek

Everett

Charles W

Sullivan

Private

21st Ill Inf. (E), 70th Ill. Inf. (I)

Probably the Charles W. Everett, born 1844 in IL, that was living in the National Military Home, Leavenworth KS, in 1920

Everett

Joseph H

Sullivan

Surgeon

125th Ill. Inf., 6th Ill. Cav.

Enlisted as a Private on 1 Aug 1862, and promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 7 Aug 1862 effective 4 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Sep 1862. Received a disability discharge Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 23 Mar 1863. Reenlisted as a Assistant Surgeon in Company S, 6th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 14 May 1863. Died on 19 Jun 1863.

1863_06_19

Greenhill

(Note: Company 'S' may be an error, or may be a special medical unit.)

Eviston

Thomas J.

39th In.Inf.

1881_08_21

Greenhill

39th Indiana is from OSY. However no such unit seems to have existed. Thomas Eviston served in the 75th In. and another (perhaps same person, as the service dates don't overlap) served in the 123rd In.

Ewing

Robert C

Sullivan

Private

68th Ill. Inf. (G), 70th Ill. Inf. (B)

Pension filed by widow in Illinois; date unclear.

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.
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.