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2d Illinois Light Artillery
 CLARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS MILITARY DATABASE

Remember our Clark County patriots. Some lie in national cemeteries. Some sleep in hometown graves. Some never made it home. But all have something in common. They made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country, our freedom and our quality of life.

2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery B
Note: Records didn't indicate soldier residences.
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster		 Remarks
ABBOTT, John C Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Discharged Apr 28, 1864
ALDER, Hiram Recruit --- Dec 6, 1861 Discharged Dec 6, 1864
ALLAIRE, Frank 2nd Lt. --- --- Resigned Dec 14, 1862
ANDERS, Thomas J Recruit --- Aug 18, 1862 Mustered out May 31, 1865
ANSON, James T Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
ATKERSON, William Recruit --- Jan 10, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
BAILEY, Francis M Recruit --- Feb 16, 1862 Discharged Feb 16, 1865
BAKER, George S Recruit --- Aug 26, 1861 Died, Corinth, Oct 8, 1863
BAKER, Walter Recruit --- --- Disch, Oct 10, 1862; disabil.
BAKER, Wesley Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 ---
BARTLETT, Henry Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died at Corinth, Miss., Jan 14, 1863; accidental wounds
BEAMAN, Samuel H Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BEAYER, Charles Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Disch, Dec 3, 1862; disabil.
BECK, Charles Recruit --- Dec 17, 1861 Discharged Dec 20, 1864
BEESON, Lewis R Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
BEGGS, Charles Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged in 1864
BENORT, James S Recruit --- Apr 2, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
BINGLEY, Edward L Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Disch, Jan 20, 1863; disabil.
BLANKENSHIP, John W Recruit --- --- Died at St Louis, Mo.
BRIDGES, William Recruit --- Jan 10, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
BROSMAN, Henry Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
BRUEN, Daniel Recruit --- Dec 6, 1861 Disch, Dec 6, 1864 as Serg't.
BUTZ, William A Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
CAMPBELL, John Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
CAMPBELL, William Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Died, Memphis, Feb 24, 1864
CARLTON, William Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
CARPER, Charles Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
COLLINS, Hezekiah C Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Died, Memphis, Feb 26, 1864
COLLINS, James H Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
COLLINS, William E Veteran Casey Mar 18, 1864 Mustered out July 15, 1865
COLLINS, William E Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
COOK, Charles Recruit --- --- Deserted Oct 30, 1862
COOK, Miles Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Apr 29, 1862; disabil.
CRAIG, John Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died, Andersonville prison, Jan 22, 1865. Gr. 12,506
CRANE, Jeremiah 2nd Lt. Casey Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Mar 25, 1862
DAVIS, Francis M Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Disch, Jan 24, 1862; disabil.
DAVIS, Richard R H Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 Died, Corinth, Jun 30, 1862
DAWSON, Thomas E 1st Lt. --- Apr 18, 1863 Resigned Jan 17, 1865
DAWSON, Thomas E 1st Lt. Martinsville Aug 26, 1861 MO at expiration of 3 months' service
DESDEDOTE, Nichols Recruit --- --- Deserted Apr 22, 1862
DONALDSON, James W Private --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as Serg't.
DONALDSON, James W Recruit --- --- Discharged Aug 31, 1864
DOSBAUGH, Samuel Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
DOTSON, Gilbert R Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
DOUGHERTY, Hayden H Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
DURHAM, Joseph Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Deserted Apr 1862
DURHAM, Samuel S Private --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as Corp'l.
EARL, William Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
EDDY, John Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
EDGAR, Robert H Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 12, 1865
EDWARDS, Joseph C Recruit --- Feb 16, 1862 Discharged Feb 11, 1865
EMERICK, George Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch. for prom. as Lieut. in 1st Alabama Cav.
ESTILL, Hawkins Recruit --- Jun 4, 1863 Died, Memphis July 15, 1864
ESTILL, King Recruit --- Jun 4, 1863 Died, Memphis, Apr 5, 1864
EVANS, Charles Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died, 1862, en route to Evansville, Indiana
FARRAR, Alfred Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
FEARS, John Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Discharged Aug 30, 1864
FISHBACK, Oliver Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Serg't. Disch, Feb 16, 1864 for prom. in 1st Ala. Cav.
FOX, Joseph Recruit --- --- Deserted Jun 9, 1862
FRASEY, John Recruit --- --- Deserted Jun 13, 1865
GALLROTH, Joseph Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Died at St Joseph, Mo., Dec 30, 1861
GARD, Richard 2nd Lt. Casey Aug 26, 1861 Resigned Jan 21, 1862
GARD, Wilson 1st Lt. Martinsville Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Mar 25, 1862
GARDNER, Jasper N Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
GATES, Milo L Recruit --- Feb 16, 1862 Discharged Feb 11, 1865
GEORGE, Thomas J Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Sep 13, 1863; disabil.
GIVENS, Floyd Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Sep 5, 1862; disabil.
GLASS, Charles E Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
GRAVE, William Recruit --- --- Died at Savannah, Tenn. Notice received Dec 1, 1862
GRAVES, Lewis C Recruit --- Aug 18, 1864 Mustered out July 15, 1865
GREEN, George M Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
GREENWALT, Charles Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 26, 1865
HARDWAY, Andrew Veteran Martinsville Feb 25, 1864 Died at Martinsville, Ill., Jun 6, 1865
HARDWAY, Andrew Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HARLESS, Joseph Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 12, 1865
HARRIS, Isaac Recruit --- Feb 16, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HENDERSON, William A Veteran Martinsville Feb 25, 1864 MO July 15, 1865 as Corp'l.
HENDERSON, William A Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HENSLEY, Christopher Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Discharged Sep 20, 1864
HILL, James P Recruit --- --- Died at Marshall, Ill., July 22, 1862
HISSTED, Charles Recruit --- --- Disch, Dec 15, 1862; disabil.
HIX, James M Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
HIX, William Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
HOLMES, Joseph Recruit --- Mar 10, 1862 Disch, Jun 15, 1862; disabil.
HOW, John Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
HOYER, Augustus 1st Lt. --- Apr 18, 1863 Discharged Dec 29, 1864
HOYER, Augustus 2nd Lt. --- Mar 18, 1862 Promoted Jun. 1st Lieut. [Dec 9, 1862]
HURT, Albert W Recruit --- Dec 20, 1864 Died, Paducah, Feb 6, 1865
HUSTIN, Jefferson Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
ISHLER, Jeremiah Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
ISHLER, John G Private --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as artificer
JENKINS, George C Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
KIDWELL, Garrett B Recruit --- Jan 10, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
KINNEY, William Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Jan 29, 1863; disabil.
KIRK, Charles Recruit --- Feb 28, 1863 Disch, July 27, 1862; disabil.
KLEIST, Gustave Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died at Corinth, Miss., Mar 8, 1863. Disch, rec'd at Co. after his death
KNIGHT, John L Recruit --- --- Disch, Oct 14, 1863; disabil.
LASH, John F Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
LATTA, Jefferson Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as Serg't.
LATTA, John W Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
LATTA, Thomas J Recruit --- --- Disch, Aug 31, 1864 as Sgt.
LOHYDE, William Recruit --- Jun 4, 1863 Mustered out July 15, 1865
LOUCKS, Wellington Recruit --- May 24, 1861 Discharged July 8, 1864
LOWE, Hugh Recruit --- Feb 17, 1862 Discharged Feb 16, 1865
LOWE, Richard Recruit --- --- Died at St Joseph, Mo., Jan 17, 1862
MADISON, Relly Captain Marshall Aug 26, 1861 Promoted Major
MANKER, Benjamin O Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 26, 1865
MARLET, Frederick Recruit --- Feb 16, 1862 Discharged Feb 11, 1865
MATHEWS, Edwin Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
MATHEWS, Enoch Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 26, 1865
McCALOM, Francis Recruit --- Aug 12, 1862 Mustered out July 15, 1865
McCASH, Andrew J Veteran Cumberland Mar 18, 1864 MO July 15, 1865 as Corp'l.
McCASH, Andrew J Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
McCORY, George Recruit --- --- Died at Corinth, Aug 6, 1862
McDANNEL, Alfred Recruit --- Apr 13, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
McLAUGHLIN, Patrick Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 6, 1865
MEDARIS, James Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 6, 1865
MILLER, Andrew Recruit --- --- Deserted Aug 6, 1862
MILLS, Charles M Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
MOFFETT, Charles W Recruit --- Feb 16, 1862 Discharged Feb 16, 1865
MONTGOMERY, James Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
MULHERRON, John Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as private
MURPHY, John Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
NICHOLS, Effron Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
NICHOLS, Reuben Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
NOBLE, George Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 21, 1865
OCKERBY, John Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died at Jefferson Barracks, Apr 29, 1864
PARSON, Henry Recruit --- Jan 12, 1862 Discharged Jan 12, 1865
PENCE, James M Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [Dec 14, 1862]
PERRINE, James Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 26, 1865
PODMORE, Joseph Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
PRINGLE, Ephram Recruit --- --- Disch, Apr 29, 1862; disabil.
QUIET, Calvin Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as private
RAWLINGS, Robert Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Disch, Apr 21, 1864; insanity
REED, John A Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 6, 1865
RICE, Adam Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Died, Memphis, Mar 2, 1864
ROGERS, Thomas T Corporal --- Aug 26, 1861 Died, Corinth, July 12, 1863
ROSS, Edward W 2nd Lt. --- Apr 18, 1863 Resigned Jun 20, 1864
ROSS, Edward W QM Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [Dec 9, 1862]
RUFF, Frederick Recruit --- Mar 18, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
RUTLEDGE, Charles Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died at Memphis, Tenn., Mar 22, 1864; accidental wounds
RYAN, James A Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Jun 21, 1862 as private; disability
RYAN, William E Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Oct 25, 1862; disabil.
SANDY, Uriah Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
SAULES, James A Recruit --- July 11, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
SCHOOLEY, Charles Recruit --- Feb 28, 1862 Discharged; term expired
SELLERS, David Recruit --- Apr 15, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865
SEXTON, Wiley Recruit --- --- Deserted Sep 1, 1864
SHIELDS, James H Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, July 11, 1862; disabil.
SHUMAKER, Benjamin F Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
SNIVELY, John Recruit --- --- Deserted Oct 30, 1862
SPENNEY, William Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 MO Aug 31, 1864 as private
SPENNY, Stephen Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
SPIRES, John M Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Drowned at Memphis, Jun 8, 1864
STOGSDILL, Asa Jr Recruit --- Dec 1, 1861 Discharged Dec 1, 1864
STOREY, William R Recruit --- Feb 24, 1862 Disch. for prom. to Lieut. in 1st Ala. Colored Art.
STOUT, Ira Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 26, 1865
STUBBLES, John W Recruit --- --- Disch, Sep 16, 1862; disabil.
SUITS, Thomas H Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
SULLIVAN, Michael Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Discharged Mar 1, 1865
SUTTLE, William Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Jun 20, 1862; disabil.
THARP, James P Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Died at Corinth, Jan 9, 1864
THOMAS, Milton Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
THOMAS, William Recruit --- Oct 31, 1864 Mustered out July 15, 1865
TICHNER, Dewitt C Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Jun 20, 1862 as private; disability
VANCIL, John Recruit --- --- Disch, May 31, 1862; disabil.
VANERMAN, George Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
WALKER, George Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
WEBSTER, Norman C Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Disch, May 12, 1862; disabil.
WELSH, Thomas Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
WHALON, Michael Recruit --- Nov 1, 1861 Discharged Nov 20, 1864
WHITAKER, Augustus Recruit --- Dec 1, 1864 Discharged Dec 12, 1864
WHITE, Thomas Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Disch, Jun 20, 1862; disabil.
WILEY, George Private --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
WILLIAMS, George Sergeant --- Aug 26, 1861 Mustered out Aug 31, 1864
WILLIAMS, John Recruit --- Dec 7, 1864 Mustered out July 15, 1865
WILLIAMS, William H Recruit --- Mar 30, 1862 Deserted Nov 30, 1862
WILSON, Valentine Recruit --- Jun 4, 1863 Mustered out July 15, 1865
WOOD, Zachariah T Recruit --- --- Deserted Jun 13, 1865
WRIGHT, William B Recruit --- Apr 8, 1865 Mustered out July 15, 1865

BATTERY "B," 2nd REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at Springfield, Ill., June 20, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to April, 1862. Unattached Artillery, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. District of Jackson, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Fort Pickering, Post of Memphis, Tenn., to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 16th Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. Post of Memphis, Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty in Dept. of Missouri till April, 1862. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 1-4, 1862. Battle of Shiloh , Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty in Districts of Jackson and Corinth till October, 1862. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Garrison duty at Corinth till January, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., January 25, and duty at Fort Pickering, Defences of Memphis, till June, 1864. Expedition from Memphis to Wyatt's, Miss., February 6-18, 1864. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 143. Battle of Brice's or Tishamingo Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., and in District of West Tennessee till July, 1865. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 27 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.
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