Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
The Second Illinois Cavalry was organized and mustered into the service at Camp Butler, Ill., August 12, 1861, and with Company M which joined the Regiment some months later; numbered 47 commissioned officers and 1,040 enlisted men, this number was increased during...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
There are nine Pension Lists here. The lists for the years 1926, 1927 and 1929 are from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions. The lists from the 1930s are from the Veterans Administration. Most of the lists contain the addresses where the...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
There are nine Pension Lists here. The lists for the years 1926, 1927 and 1929 are from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions. The lists from the 1930s are from the Veterans Administration. Most of the lists contain the addresses where the...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
Battery H was organized at Camp Butler, December, 1861, by Captain Andrew Stenbeck, and was mustered in December 31, 1861. February 8, 1862, moved to Cairo, and was stationed at Fort Holt. One section was engaged in the siege of Fort Donelson. One section moved to...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
History for this Division is needed. Email us if you have content to contribute. Name and Rank Residence Date of Rank or Enlistment Remarks Captains: Robert Porter Quincy May 12, 1864 MO Nov. 6, 1865 First Lieutenants: Samuel A. Johnson Pittsburgh, PA Oct. 15, 1864...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
The Twenty-seventh Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized with only seven companies at Camp Butler, Illinois, August 10, 1861, with Napoleon B. Buford for Colonel, Fraziel R. Harrington, Lieutenant Colonel, and ordered to go into camp at Jacksonville, Ill., as...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
The First Cavalry was organized–that is, seven companies, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G–at Alton, in 1861, and was mustered into the United States service July 3. Companies I, H and K, were not mustered in with the Regiment, nor did they operate in the field as...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
The Sixteenth Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized and mustered into United States’ service at Quincy, Ill., under the “Ten Regiment Act,” on the 24th day of May, 1861. It was mustered in by Captain T. G. Pitcher, U.S.A. June 12, 1861, moved to...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
The Sixteenth Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized and mustered into United States’ service at Quincy, Ill., under the “Ten Regiment Act,” on the 24th day of May, 1861. It was mustered in by Captain T. G. Pitcher, U.S.A. June 12, 1861, moved to...Oct 14, 2016 | Military |
The Sixteenth Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized and mustered into United States’ service at Quincy, Ill., under the “Ten Regiment Act,” on the 24th day of May, 1861. It was mustered in by Captain T. G. Pitcher, U.S.A. June 12, 1861, moved to...
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