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Civil War Participants : V |
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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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Vadakin | Phillip | Vakakin | Sullivan | Private | B | 41st Ill. Inf. | 1900_07_18 | French | ||
Van Fleet | Martin N | Sullivan | Captain | A | 126th Ill. Inf. | Filed for pension in KS, 13 May 1890. No subsequent widow's pension. | ||||
Varner | George W | Sullivan | Private | I | 143rd Ill. Inf. | |||||
Vaughan | John C | Sullivan | Lieutenant | B | 41st Ill. Inf. | Enlisted as a Private in Company B, 41st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Aug 1861. Killed on 6 Apr 1862 in Shiloh, TN. | 1862_04_06 | Shiloh National | Buried in plot 1871, Shiloh National Cemetery | |
Vaughan | William F | Sullivan | Sergeant | B | 41st Ill. Inf. | TWM: Lived near Bethany. | ||||
Vaughn | George W | Sullivan | 2nd Lieutenant | C | 126th Ill. Inf. | 1915_06_10 | Greenhill | Attended the 1914 Moultrie GAR convention. His biography is here. |