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Civil War - 97th Illinois Infantry

Company A

Name Rank Residence Date of Muster Remarks
APPLE, George A Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
ATCHISON, Alex'nder C First Lt Bunker Hill Killed in Battle 22 May '63
ATCHISON, Alex'nder C Second Lt Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Promoted
BALL, William L Recruit Bunker Hill 23 Dec 1863 Disch 23 May '65; disabil
BARNES, A H Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
BARNES, Almond H Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
BARNES, Joseph H Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
BARRINGER, George W Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
BARSTER, Charles T Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Serg't Commissioned in 73d US Col Inf
BATES, Reuben S Recruit Bunker Hill 24 Dec 1861 Died N Orleans 4 May '65; wounds
BAUR, Weird Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
BEST, William E Captain Gillespie Not must'd M O 29 Jul '65 ast 1st Lt
BEST, William E First Lt Gillespie ------ Promoted
BEST, William E Second Lt Gillespie 12 Jul 1863 Promoted
BEST, William E Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Pro Sgt then Sgt Major
BIRD, Leander S Sergeant Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Died Memphis 16 Jul '63
BIRD, Samuel P Corporal Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Died at Jefferson Barracks 01 Jul 1863
BREBNER, George Corporal Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Drowned 21 Nov 1862
BRIDGES, John Recruit Bunker Hill 31 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
BROOKS, Elias F Recruit Gillespie 08 Apr 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
BROWN, John W Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 30 Nov '63; as Serg't; disability
BROWN, Joseph N Corporal Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul '65 as private
BROWN, Robert Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 21 Feb '63; disabil
BROWN, William H Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 23 Sep 1863; disabil
CARROLL, Charles A Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
CHAMBERS, John A Recruit Bunker Hill 08 Apr 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
CLAYTON, William W Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
COE, Merritt L Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Deserted 28 Apr 1863
COLLINS, George W Private Staunton 08 Sep 1862 Died 18 Jan 1863
COX, Amos M Recruit Bunker Hill 26 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
DAVID, Jacob P Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
DEWITT, William L Corporal Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Reduced at own request; Abs sick: Known (unofficially) to be disch
DICKEY, David Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul '65 as Serg't
DUNCAN, H J Recruit Bunker Hill 01 Jan 1864 Died 11 Apr '65; wounds
DUNN, James M Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
DWYER, Jeremiah Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul '65 as Corp'l
DYER, Andrew P Recruit Bunker Hill 08 Apr 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
EDDINGTON, William R First Sgt Woodburn Not must'd M O 29 Jul '65 as Serg't
EDDINGTON, William R Sergeant Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul '65 as 1st Sgt
ELTER, Sebastian Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
EWING, Robert I Wagoner Gillespie 08 Sep 1864 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
FORREST, Bayless Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
GIFFIN, Elliot Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
GILLES, John Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Corp'l Trans to Invalid Corps 15 Jan 1864
GOLUKE, Henry R Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Abs't sick M O of Reg't
GRAY, Andrew J Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died at Milliken's Bend LA 15 Mar 1863
HAMILTON, William H First Lt Woodburn 24 Jun 1863 Resigned 24 Sep 1863
HAMILTON, William H Second Lt Woodburn 03 Apr 1863 Promoted
HAMILTON, William H Sergeant Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Promoted 2d Lieutenant
HAWKINS, Collard P Recruit Gillespie 08 Apr 1864 Discharged 21 Mar 1865
HOLLAND, William T Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
HOLLINGSWORTH, Martin Recruit Bunker Hill 25 Jan 1864 Died 31 Aug 1864
HUDDLESTON, Henry Sergeant 08 Sep 1862 Died at home 15 Sep 1862
HUFFMAN, Jesse Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul '65 as Corp'l
JAMES, Alonzo Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Deserted 28 Apr 1863
JAMES, Robert H Recruit Gillespie 08 Apr 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
JEFFS, John Recruit Bunker Hill 08 Apr 1864 Died at Young's Point LA 07 May 1863
JOHNSON, Charles W Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 M O 22 May 1865
JOHNSON, Hugh R Corporal Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Pro Sgt then Sgt Major
JONES, James H Recruit Bunker Hill 08 Apr 1864 Deserted 24 Dec 1864
KELLY, Robert Corporal Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died Memphis 19 Dec '62
KETCHUM, William Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Jan 1864 Died at Blakely AL 10 Apr 1865; wounds
LEA, George W Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Abs't sick at M O of Reg't
LIEBELT, August Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
LILLY, John Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul 1865 as Corp'l
LUKIN, Orlena Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Deserted 27 Jan 1863
MATHIE, William Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
MCDANIEL, Bailey P Private Carlinville 08 Sep 1862 Disch 20 Nov '64 to accept prom in 63rd US C Inf
MCGILLVARY, Johnson Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Died at Young's Point LA 7 May 1863
MCGILLVARY, Willis Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
MCGRAW, James Recruit Alton 08 Apr 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
MCKEE, William W Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died 25 Feb 1863
MCLEARY, Benjamin R Corporal Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Pro Com Sgt 18 Jul 1863
MCPHERSON, John B Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Disch 14 Dec '63 as Corp'l; wounds
MEDLIN, William H Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
MELCHER, William Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
MILLER, Robert Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 09 Aug '63; disabil
MORRIS, David Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
MURPHY, John Recruit Alton 05 Jan 1864 Disch 02 Jun '65; disabil
NAUGHTON, Jeremiah Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died 11 Mar 1863; wounds
OLTMAN, John Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 07 Jul '64; disabil 
OPDYCKE, Martin V B Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul '65 as Corp'l 
PALMITER, Charles A Recruit Bunker Hill 08 Apr 1864 Deserted 24 Dec 1864
PARTRIDGE, S H Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died at Young's Point LA 5 Mar 1863
PATRICK, Robert E Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
PATTERSON, William Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
PAUL, John W Private Staunton 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
PENTZER, Thomas M Corporal Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul '65 as private
PLUMHAFF, George D Recruit Bunker Hill 21 Dec 1863 Died at Baton Rouge LA 03 Dec 1864
POPE, James Private Staunton 08 Sep 1862 Died Vicksburg 31 Jul 1863
POPE, Thomas Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died at Jefferson Barracks 31 Mar 1863
PORE, James Private Staunton 08 Sep 1862 Disch 08 Apr '63; disabil
PORTER, Newton Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Detach'd at M O of Reg't
POWERS, David Recruit Gillespie 01 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
POWERS, William H Recruit Staunton 01 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
ROBINSON, James Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died 23 Jan 1863
SAVAGE, William F Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Deserted 27 Sep 1862
SAWYER, B F Recruit Gillespie 08 Apr 1864 Mustered out 22 May 1865
SHITTE, Henry Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Deserted 29 Jan 1863
SHONTS, Perry Private Staunton 08 Sep 1862 Disch 03 Jan '63; disabil
SHRIER, John Recruit Bunker Hill 30 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
SHRIVE, Ernest Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
SMITH, Benjamin F Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Died Memphis 19 Dec '62
SMITH, Rebert E Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Disch 07 May '63; disabil
SMITH, Stephen Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul 1865 as Serg't
SPROUSE, Samuel Private Lanesville 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 14 Jul 1865
SQUIRE, James T Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 Disch 28 Feb '63; disabil
STARK, William J Private Bunker Hill 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul 1865 as Serg't
STEVENS, Perry A Musician Alton 08 Sep 1862 Disch 05 Jul 1865; disabil
STINNETT, J R Private Carlinville 08 Sep 1862 M O 29 Jul '65 as Corp'l
SWAIN, Asa Recruit Staunton 01 Dec 1863 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
SWAIN, Thomas Private Staunton 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
WALLACE, Robert H Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 29 Mar '63; disabil
WATSON, Samuel Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Deserted 28 Apr 1863
WEBB, Jesse Recruit Gillespie 26 Jan 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry
WEGAND, Peter Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 12 Jun 1865
WENDLIN, Mathias Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
WHEELER, Joel Private Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Mustered out 29 Jul 1865
WILLIARD, William H Captain Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Resigned 19 Feb 1863
WISE, Henry Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 02 Jun '65; disabil
WOOD, Lewis D T Private Gillespie 08 Sep 1862 Disch 03 Oct '64; disabil
WOOD, Richard H Captain Woodburn 1 Mar 1863 Discharged 15 May 1865
WOOD, Richard H First Lt Woodburn 08 Sep 1862 Promoted
WOOD, William D Recruit Bunker Hill 20 Jan 1864 Trans to 37th Illinois Infantry

Transcribed by Gloria Frazier


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