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.
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
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.



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