Illinois in the Civil War

This is a transcript from an original framed document that has been passed down in our family for several generations. Michael Wiar listed under the Privates was my great-grandfather.

HISTORY OF COMPANY B. 47TH ILL. VOL. INF.

The Company was organized December 2, 1864 at Camp Butler Ill. by the consolidation of the Veterans of Companies C, G, and K of the old organization numbering 56 men, to which were added 40 drafted men and substitutes, making a full Company. Corporal Henry Wiar of Company G. was elected Captain; Private Wilson S. Boggs, of Company K, was elected 1st Lieut. and Private John H. McClay of Company G was elected 2nd Lieut. December 3, 1864 the Company moved by railroad to St. Louis, Mo., and thence to Bowling Green, Ky., where it remained one month. January 27, 1865, started from Bowling Green to join the 16th Army Corps under the command of Major General A. J. Smith at East Port, Mississippi, where we arrived February 2, 1865; were assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 16th Army Corps February 6, 1865, and moved with the command by steamer to New Orleans, and thence by steamship to Dauphin Island the entrance of Mobile Bay. March 18, 1865, crossed Mobile Bay and prepared for an offensive movement against Mobile, and on the 27th succeeded in driving the rebels into their works at Spanish Fort. Private John Poutsch losing his leg by a bullet wound. After several days work by our men in throwing up works and digging saps and parallels, with continuing firing on the part of both sides, the enemy evacuated at 1 o'clock on the morning of April 9, 1865, after which Mobile was occupied by our troops. We then marched from Spanish Fort to Montgomery, and occupied the Capital on the 25th day of April, and started for Selma, and thence to Demopolis, Ala.

The forgoing is a record of the Company since its present organization. Before this time, however, the Veterans of the Company had served from the time of the original organization at Peoria, Ill, August 16, 1861, and during that time participated in the following battles, sieges &c:

• Island No. 10; New Madrid; Farmington, Miss., May 9, 1862;
• Corinth, May 28, 1862;
• Iuka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862;
• Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4 1862;
• Jackson, Miss., May 4, 1863;
• assault on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863;
• siege of Vicksburg, ending July 4, 1863;
• Fort de Russey, La., March 14, 1864;
• Henderson Hill, La., March 22, 1864;
• Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864;
• Cloutierville, April 24, 1864;
• Cane River, April 25, 1864;
• Marksville Prairie, May 16, 1864, in which Serg't John Bommer was killed;
• Yellow Bayou, May 18, 1864;
• Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6, 1864 where Corporal Alphonzo E. Lamphear was killed, and Privates John Bates and Arthurwyne Shorkey was wounded;
• Abbeyville, Miss., August 23, 1864,
• and in the campaign of Gens. Rosecrans and Smith after Price's rebel army through Arkansas and Missouri, ending Nov. 1, 1864.

Mustered out at Selma, Ala., January 21, 1866. Arrived at Camp Butler for final pay and discharge January 29, 1866.

UNITED STATES MILITARY RECORD COMPANY B. 47TH ILL. VOL. INF.

Regimental Officers

Company Officers

Veteran Sergeants.

Veteran Corporals

Promotions

Died

Deserted

Privates

Discharged

Transferred

Musician

Ruben M. Groves

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