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Infantry Units, 62-79
 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.



MISCELLANEOUS ILLINOIS INFANTRY UNITS
Designated Units, 62d (Consolidated)-79th


62d Illinois Infantry (Consolidated) (Part of Kentucky Brigade)

Company A
BAKER, James M     Private     Melrose     Feb 15, 1865     Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Jun 14, 1865

Company C
BAKER, Henry L     Private     Melrose     Feb 2, 1864     MO Mar 6, 1866 as Corp'l.
BOSLEY, Henry     Private     Clark Co     Feb 2, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
BOWMAN, William     Private     Marshall     Feb 2, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
BUCKNER, Benjamin F     Private     Melrose     Jan 11, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
CULP, Noah     1st Lt.     Clark Co     Oct 13, 1865     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
CULP, Noah     2nd Lt.     Clark Co     May 8, 1865     Promoted [Sep 15, 1865]
DAWSON, John     Private     Melrose     Dec 31, 1863     Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Jun 8, 1865
DAWSON, John W     Private     Melrose     Jan 11, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
FLOYD, Henry S     Private     Orange     Mar 11, 1865     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
GARNER, John     Private     Marshall     Dec 31, 1863     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
GIBBONS, John J     Captain     Clark Co     Oct 13, 1865     Absent, sick at MO of Reg.
GIBBONS, John J     1st Lt.     Clark Co     Dec 16, 1864     Promoted [Sep 15, 1865]
GIBSON, Allen     Captain     Clark Co     Mar 1, 1864     Resigned Aug 1, 1865
HYDE, Joshua W     Private     Dolson     Feb 8, 1865     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
KNIGHT, Solomon     Private     Martinsville     Apr 28, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
McGREGOR, Joseph W     Private     Wabash     Nov 28, 1864     Mustered out Nov 28, 1865
MILLER, William W     Private     Auburn     Apr 28, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
MITCHELL, Daniel     Private     Marshall     Feb 2, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
MITCHELL, James     Private     Marshall     Dec 31, 1863     Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Jun 1, 1865
PENNELL, Evander     Private     Auburn     Dec 31, 1863     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
PENNELL, William T     Private     Auburn     Dec 31, 1863     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
SLATER, Isaac     Private     York     Feb 8, 1865     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
SLUSSER, Josiah     Private     Marshall     Dec 31, 1863     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
SMITH, Solomon     Private     Marshall     Dec 31, 1863     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
STEELE, Andrew T     Private     Mattoon     Nov 10, 1864     Mustered out Nov 9, 1865
WILLEARD, John     Private     Melrose     Jan 11, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
ZONE, Albert     Private     Marshall     Feb 2, 1864     MO Mar 6, 1866 as Corp'l.

Company D
BEEMAN, John     Private     Melrose     Mar 30, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866

Company E
FAHLBUSH, Walter J     Private     ---     Dec 26, 1863     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
GIBSON, Hiram D     Private     ---     Dec 26, 1863     MO Mar 6, 1866 as Corp'l.

Company F
GRUBB, David     Private     Melrose     Dec 28, 1863     MO Mar 6, 1866 as Serg't.
McGOON, Jackson A     Private     Melrose     Mar 30, 1864     Mustered out Mar 6, 1866
WILLIARD, Timothy     Private     York     Feb 5, 1864     MO Mar 6, 1866 as Corp'l.

Unassigned
FERGUSON, John A     Casey     ---     Rejected and discharged
FERRIS, Walter     Darwin     Dec 31, 1863     ---
MAXEY, John F     Melrose     Dec 31, 1863     Discharged July 2, 1864
McGREGOR, Joseph     Wabash     ---     Rejected
PENNELL, Henry N     Clark Co     Dec 31, 1863     ---
SLATER, Isaac     York     ---     ---
SURELY, George     Marshall     Apr 28, 1864     ---
WHITTAKER, James J     Melrose     ---     Discharged Mar 26, 1864

Duty in Tennessee and Arkansas

63d Illinois Infantry (Part of Kentucky Brigade and of Ram Switzerland)

Field and Staff
LODGE, Alexander A     Surgeon     Marshall     Jun 6, 1865     Jun 18, 1865     Mustered out July 13, 1865
LODGE, Alexander A     1st Asst Surg     Marshall     Dec 31, 1862     ---     Promoted
LODGE, Alexander A     2nd Asst Surg     Marshall     Dec 6, 1862     ---     Promoted
RICHARDSON, Henry S.     Vet. Prin. Mus.     York     Jan 1, 1864     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
RICHARDSON, Henry S.     Prin. Musician     York     Dec 1, 1861     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
RICHARDSON, Wm. P     Adjudant     York     Dec 16, 1862     Apr 10, 1862     Mustered out Apr 9, 1865

Company C
WILSON, Lafayette     Recruit     Westfield     Apr 17, 1865     Mustered out July 13, 1865

Company F
BRYSACKER, William     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     -----
DUE, Joseph     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Mustered out Apr 9, 1865
POINTER, William     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Mustered out Apr 9, 1865

Company G
BENNETT, James     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
BENNETT, James     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
BENNETT, William P.     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     M.O. July 13, 1865, as Corp'l
BENNETT, William P.     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
BUCKNER, John S.     Veteran     Clark Co     Feb 10, 1864     M.O. July 13, 1865, as Serg't
BUCKNER, John S.     Private     Clark Co     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
CAMPBELL, John W.     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     Abs't, Sick, at M.O. of Reg.
CAMPBELL, John W.     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
CHAPMAN, Andrew J.     Veteran     Marshall     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
CHAPMAN, Andrew J.     Private     Marshall     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
CLAYPOOL, James     Veteran     Clark Co     Feb 10, 1864     M.O. July 13, 1865, as Corp'l
CLAYPOOL, James     Private     Clark Co     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
CORYELL, James     Veteran     Clark Co     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
CORYELL, James     Private     Clark Co     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
DIXON, George W.     Veteran     Clark Co     Feb 10, 1864     Died, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Dec 31, 1864
DIXON, George W.     Private     Clark Co     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
FOSTER, Evermont     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
FOSTER, Evermont     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
PARKER, Alfred     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
PARKER, Alfred     Musician     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
POORMAN, Alexander     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     M.O. July 13, 1865, as Corp'l
POORMAN, Alexander     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran
TUTT, William H. S.     Recruit     Clark Co     Aug 1, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
WILLARD, Joseph     Veteran     York     Feb 10, 1864     M.O. July 13, 1865, as Serg't
WILLARD, Joseph     Private     York     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran

Company K
MILLER, George     Veteran     Casey     Feb 10, 1864     M.O. July 13, 1865,as Music'n
RYAN, John L.     Veteran     Casey     Feb 10, 1864     Mustered out July 13, 1865
RYAN, John L.     Private     Casey     Apr 10, 1862     Re-enlisted as Veteran

Battles/Campaigns Engaged in: Operations against Vicksburg [Central Mississippi Campaign, Siege of Vicksburg], Missionary Ridge(Chattanooga), March to the Sea, Campaign of the Carolinas[Bentonville]

66th Illinois Infantry (Birge's Western Sharpshooters)

Field and Staff
McCORD, David O     2nd Asst Surg.     York     May 9, 1862     Not must'r'd     ---

Company E
HAMMEL, John     Veteran     Marshall     Dec 26, 1863     Mustered out July 7, 1865
HAMMEL, John     Private     Marshall     Oct 10, 1861     Re-enlisted as Veteran
HANBEST, Alfred     Private     Marshall     Oct 10, 1861     MO Oct 6, 1864 as Corp'l.
HEIMER, Wesley     Private     York     Oct 10, 1861     Transferred to Co. B
HEIMER, Wesley     Recruit     ----     Oct 21, 1861     Mustered out Oct 22, 1864
SHAW, Gilead     Corporal     Marshall     Oct 10, 1861     Disch, Feb 16, 1864 as priv.; disability (contracted disease in the field of which he died at home.)

Army of the Tennessee: February 1862 - July 1865
Battles/Campaigns Engaged in: Ft Donelson, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Iuka, Corinth, Atlanta Campaign [Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesborough], March to the Sea, Campaign of the Carolinas[Bentonville]

68th Illinois Infantry, Co. C (3-month service)

BURTNER, George     Private     Clark Co     Jun 20, 1862     Mustered out Sep 26, 1862
HEATH, Daniel B     Private     Clark Co     Jun 20, 1862     Mustered out Sep 26, 1862
MAGGERT, Charles A     Private     Clark Co     Jun 20, 1862     ---

Washington DC Area

70th Illinois Infantry, Co. H

BRYANT, Madison L     Private     Marshall     July 24, 1862     Mustered out Oct 23, 1862
CLARK, Thomas W     Private     Marshall     July 24, 1862     Mustered out Oct 23, 1862
PINE, Benjamin H     Private     Marshall     July 19, 1862     Died Sep 21, 1862

71st Illinois Infantry, Co. E (3-month service)

SHARP, Henry W     Private     Casey     July 22, 1862     Mustered out Oct 29, 1862
SHOEMAKER, William H     Private     Casey     July 22, 1862     Mustered out Oct 29, 1862

Southern Illinois (Guarding Railroads and Bridges)

74th Illinois Infantry, Co. K


ROTHAMEL, Bernhard     Recruit     York     Oct 14, 1864     Tr. to 36th Ill., Jun 7, 1865

Army of the Ohio: September 1862 - November 1862, Army of the Cumberland: November 1862 - June 1865
Battles/Campaigns Engaged in: Perryville, Stone's River (Murfreesboro), Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga), Atlanta Campaign [Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesborough], Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville

77th Illinois Infantry


Field and Staff
BRADLEY, Leondi H.     QM Sergeant    Marshall     ---     Oct 25, 1862     Trans. from 130th Ill. Inf. Re-trans. to 130th Ill. Inf. as revived

Company A
OTT, Samuel     Rec. trans. from 130th Ill. Inf.     Orange     Dec 21, 1863     Tr. to 130th Ill., as revived

Company E
ALBRIGHT, George     Rec. trans. from 130th Ill. Inf.     Westfield     Mar 14, 1865     Tr. to 130th Ill., as revived
HOLT, Charles G.     Rec. trans. from 130th Ill. Inf.     Marshall     Apr 28, 1864     Tr. to 130th Ill., as revived
JOHNSON, Charles V.     Rec. trans. from 130th Ill. Inf.     Marshall     Apr 28, 1864     Died. Henry, Ill., Sep 1864 

Company G
HUNT, Laurentio G.     Rec. trans. from 130th Ill. Inf.     --     ---     Sgt. Re-tr. 130th Ill., as revived

Army of Kentucky: October 1862 - November 1862, Army of the Tennessee: November 1862 - January 1864, Department of the Gulf: January 1864 - February 1865, Military Division West Mississippi: February 1865 - July 1865 Battles/Campaigns Engaged in: Operations against Vicksburg [Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, Siege of Vicksburg], Red River Campaign, Pleasant Hill, Ft Blakely

79th Illinois Infantry


Field and Staff
LACY, Robert     Major     York     Jan 24, 1865     Mar 1, 1865     Mustered out Jun 12, 1865

Company H
BOYER, Presley P     1st Lt.          Apr 21, 1863     Mustered out Jun 12, 1865
BOYER, Presley P     2nd Lt.          Feb 11, 1863     Promoted [Apr 20, 1863]
BOYER, Presley P     1st Serg.          Aug 28, 1862     Promoted 2nd Lt. [Feb 10, 1863]
BOYER, Preston     Private     Clark Co     Aug 28, 1862     MO Jun 9, 1865 as Corp'l, was prisoner

Army of the Ohio: September 1862 - November 1862, Army of the Cumberland: November 1862 - June 1865
Battles/Campaigns Engaged in: Perryville, Stone's River (Murfreesboro), Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga), Atlanta Campaign [Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesborough], Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville



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