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62d Illinois Infantry
 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.



Company "C" 62nd Illinois Infantry
(Part of Kentucky Brigade)

Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster		 Remarks
ARBUCKLE, Oscar Musician Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Discharged Sep 17, 1862
ARCHER, Wallace Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Disch, Mar 25, 1863 as Corp'l.
BAKER, Henry L Veteran Melrose Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
BAKER, Henry L Sergeant Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BOSLEY, Henry Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
BOSLEY, Henry Private Clark Co Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BOWMAN, William Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
BOWMAN, William Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BRANDON, Calvin R 2nd Lt. --- --- Prom. Capt. in 14th Reg't.
BUCKNER, Benjamin F Recruit Melrose Mar 15, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
BURGER, George Veteran Clarksville Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
BURGER, George Private Clarksville Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
COMBS, Joseph H Recruit Livingston Dec 31, 1863 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 28, 1864
CULP, Noah 2nd Lt. Clark Co May 8, 1865 Trans., as consolidated
DAWSON, John Recruit Melrose Dec 31, 1863 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
DAWSON, John W Recruit Melrose Mar 15, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
DAY, Tracy Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Died at Little Rock, Ark., Mar 21, 1864
ELLIOTT, James Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., Sep 3, 1863
ELLIOTT, Jeremiah Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Discharged July 1, 1862
ELLIOTT, John Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Discharged July 1, 1862
FLOOD, Joseph Private Auburn Apr 10, 1862 Discharged Nov 7, 1862
FLOYD, Henry S Recruit Orange Mar 25, 1865 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
FORRESTER, Samuel Sergeant Casey Apr 10, 1862 Discharged July 21, 1862
FRANK, Christian Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Deserted Jun 23, 1863
GARNER, John Recruit Marshall Dec 31, 1863 Vet. recruit. Trans. to Co. C, as consolidated
GIBBONS, John J 1st Lt. Clark Co Dec 16, 1864 Trans., as consolidated
GIBBONS, John J Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Pro. Serg't, then 1st Lieut. [May 17, 1864]
GIBBONS, John J Sergeant Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
GIBSON, Allen Captain Clark Co Mar 1, 1864 Trans., as consolidated
GIBSON, Allen Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Prom. 1st Sgt., then Captain [Aug 1, 1863]
GIBSON, Allen Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HADDEN, Perry N Veteran Livingston Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
HADDEN, Perry N Private Livingston Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
KNIGHT, Solomon Recruit Martinsville Apr 28, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
MARING, Hezekiah Veteran Melrose Mar 30, 1864 Died at Melrose, Oct 11, 1864
MARING, Hezekiah Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MARING, John Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Died at Jackson, Tenn., Mar 21, 1863
MAUK, Henry H Private Martinsville Apr 10, 1862 Died at Jackson, Tenn., May 29, 1863
MAY, John Recruit Anderson Dec 31, 1863 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec 20, 1864
McGREGOR, Joseph W Recruit Wabash Nov 28, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
McKEAN, John Corporal Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Discharged Sep 23, 1862
McMECKLE, John Veteran Livingston Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
McMECKLE, John Private Livingston Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MILLER, Columbus Private Martinsville Apr 10, 1862 Deserted Feb 2, 1863
MILLER, Marcus Private Martinsville Apr 10, 1862 Discharged Mar 14, 1863
MILLER, William W Recruit Auburn Apr 28, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
MILLHOUSE, Henry Veteran Clarksville Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
MILLHOUSE, Henry Private Clarksville Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MILLIS, Sanford Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Discharged Sep 17, 1862
MITCHELL, Daniel Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
MITCHELL, Daniel Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MITCHELL, James Recruit Marshall Dec 31, 1863 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
OAKLEY, Henry Private Livingston Apr 10, 1862 Died at Anna, Apr 12, 1862
OVERMIRE, Silas Captain Marshall May 26, 1862 Dismissed Dec 23, 1863
PENNELL, Evander Recruit Auburn Dec 31, 1863 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
PENNELL, William T Recruit Auburn Dec 31, 1863 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
PITCHARD, John Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Disch, Mar 16, 1863 as Corp'l.
SEARS, Lemuel L Veteran Livingston Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
SEARS, Lemuel Private Livingston Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
SLATER, Isaac Recruit York Mar 15, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
SLOCUM, Amos Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Discharged Oct 4, 1865
SLUSSER, Josiah Recruit Marshall Dec 31, 1863 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
SMITH, Joseph Private Melrose Apr 10, 1862 Died at Lagrange, Tenn., July 16, 1863
SMITH, Solomon Recruit Marshall Dec 31, 1863 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
SNEARLY, George Recruit Marshall Apr 28, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
STEWARD, Henry Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out May 2, 1865
SWARTZ, Jacob Wagoner Clarksville Apr 10, 1862 Disch, Jun 5, 1863 as Corp'l.
WASHBURNE, Isaac Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Feb 20, 1865
WASHBURNE, Isaac Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WASHBURNE, Wesley Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out Mar 2, 1865
WHITSON, William Corporal Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Disch, Dec 8, 1862 as priv.
WHITTAKER, Joseph Corporal Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Apr 17, 1864
WHITTAKER, William Corporal Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Died July 25, 1862
WILLEARD, John Recruit Melrose Mar 15, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
WILLIAMS, William Veteran Livingston Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
WILLIAMS, William Private Livingston Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WILSON, William D 2nd Lt. Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Resigned Nov 7, 1862
ZONE, Albert Veteran Marshall Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
ZONE, Albert Private Marshall Apr 10, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran


Regiment Consolidated Apr 24, 1865. Duty in Tennessee and Arkansas
[See also 62d in Misc. IL Units]

Organized at Camp Dubois, Anna, Ill., April 10, 1862 Moved to Cairo, Ill., April 22, thence to Paducah, Ky., May 7 and to Columbus, Ky., June 7, 1862. Attached to District of Columbus, Ky., District of West Tennessee, to September, 1862. District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862 1st Brigade, District of Jackson, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps. to August, 1863. True's Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. Unattached, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1866.

SERVICE - Assigned to duty in Tennessee as railroad guard on Mobile and Ohio R.R., near Crockett's Station, headquarters at Kenton, till December, 1862. Moved to Jackson, Tenn., thence to Grand Junction and Holly Springs and return to Jackson, Tenn., December 7-16. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee December 18, 1862 - January 3, 1863. Action at Salem Cemetery, near Jackson, December 19, 1862. Holly Springs, Miss., December 20 (Detachment). Detachment captured. Duty at Jackson, Tenn., till April 18, 1863. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., April 18, and duty there till August. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Helena, Ark., August 19 - 28. Steele's Campaign against Little Rock, Ark., August 28 - September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till April 25, 1864, and at Pine Bluff till July 28, 1865. Veterans on furlough August 12 to November 25, 1864. Moved to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, July 28, 1865, and duty there till March, 1866.

Mustered out March 6, 1866.

Regiment lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 9 Officers and 251 Enlisted men by disease. Total 263.
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