part of a volume entitled History of the Ninety - Third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry: From Organization To Muster Out --Statistics Compiled by Aaron Dunbar Sergeant, Company " B", Revised and Edited by Harvey M. Trimble, Adjutant
Submitted by Jeffrey MacAdam, to whom every reader should be grateful.
Enrolled in Whiteside County, Illinois.
Organized August 9, 1862, at Albany, Whiteside County, Illinois.
Mustered into Service October 13, 1862, at Chicago, Illinois.*
Alfred F. Knight..... Albany, Ill. Commissioned to rank from Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered into service Oct. 13,1862, at Chicago, Ill. Died April 29, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
William A. Payne..... Newton, Ill. Commissioned to rank from April 29, 1863. Mustered into service Sept. 23, 1863. Resigned April 5, 1864. P. O., Morrison, Ill. See sketch.
Wm. M. Herrold..... Fulton, Ill. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, as a Private in this Company. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant of the Regiment Sept. 8, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant of this Company Aug. 12, 1863. Commissioned Captain to rank from April 5, 1864. Mustered into service as such April 29, 1864. Served until the close of the war. Mustered out June 23, 1865, near Louisville, Ky., and paid off and finally discharged July 6, 1865, at Chicago, Ill. See titles Quartermaster Sergeant and First Lieutenant, and also the sketch, ante. P. O., 415 North 5th street, San Jose, Cal.
John Dyer......... Fulton, Ill. Commissioned to rank Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered into service Oct. 13, 1862, at Chicago, Ill. Resigned March 20, 1863. P. O., Fulton, Ill.
William A. Payne..... Newton, Ill. Commissioned to rank from March 20, 1863. Mustered into service May 26, 1863. Promoted Captain Sept. 23, 1863. See that title.
Wm. M. Herrold..... Fulton, Ill. Commissioned to rank from April 29, 1863. Mustered into service August 12, 1863. Promoted Captain April 29, 1864. See that title.
Alex Littlejohn..... Fulton, Ill. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, as a Private in this Company. Appointed Sergeant at the organization of the Company. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, of this Company, to rank from June 22, 1863. Was not mustered into service as such. He could not be so mustered, because the number of men then in the Company was less than the minimum required to admit of a Second Lieutenant, under orders of the War Department. Commissioned First Lieutenant, to rank from April 5, 1864. Not mustered into service as such. Commission canceled. Mustered out , as Sergeant, June 23, 1865. Said to be in Idaho.
Henry H. Eddy...... Morrison, Ill. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, as a Private in this Company. Appointed Sergeant at the organization of the Company. Commissioned First Lieutenant to rank from April 5, 1864. Mustered into service as such March 31, 1865. Served until the close of the war. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Served until the close of the war. Mustered out June 23, 1865, near Louisville, Ky., and paid off and finally discharged July 6, 1865, at Chicago, Ill. P. O., Lake Charles, Ill.
William A. Payne..... Newton, Ill. Commissioned to rank from Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered into service Oct. 13, 1862, at Chicago, Ill. Promoted First Lieutenant and Captain. See those titles.
Robert A. Adams.... Garden Plain, Ill. Enlisted July 20, 1862, as a Private in this Company. Appointed First Sergeant at the organization of the Company. Commissioned Second Lieutenant to rank from March 20, 1863. Mortally wounded in battle may 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Died May 29, 1863, before receiving his commission. Hence, he was not mustered into service as a Second Lieutenant. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
Alex Littlejohn..... Fulton, Ill. Enlisted as a Private. Appointed Sergeant. Commissioned Second Lieutenant to rank from June 22, 1863. Not mustered. Commissioned First Lieutenant to rank from April 5, 1864. Not mustered. Commission canceled. See all those titles.
Robert A. Adams.... Garden Plain, Ill. July 20,1862. Enlisted as a Private. Promoted First Sergeant. Promoted Second Lieutenant. Mortally wounded in battle. Died before he received his commission. See title of Second Lieutenant. He gave his county all; valuable service, splendid courage, and his life.
William F. Griffin.... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Discharged June 4, 1863, for promotion in the Eleventh Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops. P. O., 23 Milk street, Boston, Mass.
Henry H. Eddy...... Morrison, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant. See that title.
Alex Littlejohn..... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Commissioned Second lieutenant and First Lieutenant. Not mustered. See those titles. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Edwin H. Pease...... Albany, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Reduced to ranks. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Died Feb., 1890, at Racine, Wis. Buried there.
Jno. C. Martindale... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Promoted Sergeant. Discharged for disability Feb. 23, 1863. P. O., Fulton, Ill.
James P. Early...... Newton, Ill. July 24, 1862. Promoted Sergeant. Wounded in battle, slightly in the arm, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Wounded in battle, severely in the leg, Oct. 5, 1864, at Allatoona, Ga. Promoted First Sergeant. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albia, Iowa.
Schafer B. Cross.... Morrison, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Aug. 1, 1863. Said to be in Missouri.
Joseph A. Miller..... Newton, Ill. July 24, 1862. Mortally wounded, in battle, in the leg, leg amputated, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Died July 13, 1863. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
John E. Ingham...... York, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Promoted Sergeant. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., University Place, Neb.
Deloraine P. Chapman Ellington, Ill Aug. 1, 1862. Wounded in battle, severely, in the leg, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Discharged Feb. 26, 1864, on account of wounds.
Charles Doty....... Albany, Ill. July 25, 1862. Mortally wounded in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Died May 23, 1863. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
Willaim N. Second... Albany, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Cordova, Ill.
George D. Vannest.. Albany, Ill. July 25, 1862. Promoted Principal Musician of the Regiment Sept. 8, 1862. See that title, under the head of Non-Commissioned Staff. P. O., Marshalltown, Iowa.
Sidney R. Dyer...... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Boone, Iowa.
Samuel Armstrong... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Transferred to Inv. Corps Dec. 15, 1863.
Henry E. Allen...... Union Grove, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Died July 13, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn. Buried there.
Albert F. Abbott.... Garden Plain, Ill. July 20, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Garden Plain, Ill.
Horace L. Abbott.... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Slightly wounded in battle May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Fulton, Ill.
William S. Austin.... Morrison, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly, in the hand, May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Discharged March 17, 1865, on account of wounds. P. O., Morrison, Ill.
Bethuel Adams...... Albany, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Wounded in battle, severely, in the leg, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Captured in battle Oct. 5, 1864, at Allatoona, Ga. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Cordova, Ill.
Moses H. Bishop..... Albany, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Said to have died in Kansas. Place and date of decease are unknown.
Edward P. Bliss..... Newton, Ill. July 25, 1862. Mortally wounded in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Died May 17, 1863. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
Wm. H. H. Bliss...... Newton, Ill. July 25, 1862. Captured in battle Nov. 25, 1863, at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
William H. Barnes.... Albany, Ill. July 25, 1862. Promoted Sergeant. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
Joseph C. Baird..... Garden Plain, Ill. July 25, 1862. Promoted Sergeant. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Beatrice, Neb.
James N. Bull....... Fenton, Ill. Aug. 5, 1862. Transferred to Signal Corps. Date not given. Died May 30, 1890, at Clark, S. D. Buried there.
Daniel S. Betts...... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 5, 1862. Absent sick at the date of the mustered out of the regiment.
Robert M. Baird..... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Wounded in battle, severely, in the groin, May 14, 1863, at Jackson, Miss. Said to have died in prison, but the place and date of decease are unknown. He fell into the hands of the enemy after he was wounded, and was still absent at the date of the muster out of the regiment.
Francis M. Baird..... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 22, 1862. Mortally wounded in battle May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Died May 23, 1863. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
George R. Bent..... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged for disability March 16, 1863. P. O,. 150 North Ashland avenue, Chicago, Ill.
John H. Brightman... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Killed in battle May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
William Bennett..... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Killed in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Buried at Vicksburg Miss.
Noble A. Boyes...... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 1, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Marsden K. Booth... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Died Aug. 25, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Buried there.
William B. Beacon... Albany, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
William J. Burns..... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged for disability March 2, 1863.
John W. Crocker.... Fulton, Ill. July 25, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Fulton, Ill.
James Cozad........ Fulton, Ill. Aug. 5, 1862. Promoted Hospital Steward of the regiment Aug. 12, 1863. See that title.
John Conaway...... Albany, Ill. July 2, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Died soon after the close of the war, near Albany, Ill. Date of death is unknown.
William W. Durant... Albany, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
James H. Ege....... Newton, Ill. July 24, 1862. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Minneapolis, Minn.
John F. Ellsbury.... Albany, Ill. July 28, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Farnhamville, Iowa.
Herman Griffin...... Newton, Ill. July 29, 1862. Missing in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. No record as to what became of him.
David F. Heffelbower. Newton, Ill. Aug. 3, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Died Feb. 21, 1897, at Morehead, Ky. Buried at Denison, Texas.
Thomas Hoobler..... Newton, Ill. July 27, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
Geo. W. Hileman..... Newton, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Dysart, Iowa.
John H. Henry...... Albany, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Transferred to Signal Corps. Date unknown.
Henry Hawk........ Erie, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly, in the leg, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Mortally wounded in battle Nov. 25, 1863, at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Died Dec. 5, 1863. Buried at Chattanooga, Tenn.
John Hoobler....... Newton, Ill. July 27, 1862. Promoted to Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Newton, Ill.
David Kidd......... Albany, Ill. July 30, 1862. Discharged Oct. 26, 1863, for promotion in a U. S. Colored Regiment.
Patrick Keaff....... Fenton, Ill. Aug. 29, 1862. Injured June 28, 1864, leg broken, in a collision on the railroad, near Dalton, Ga. Discharged for disability March 26, 1865. P. O., Morrison, Ill.
William J. Lafferty... Garden Plain, Ill. July 27, 1862. Wounded in battle Oct. 5, 1864, at Allatoona, Ga. Promoted Corporal. Wounded in battle, slightly, in the ankle, Dec. 11, 1864, at Savannah, Ga. Discharged May 8, 1865, on account of wounds. P. O., Pillsbury, Pa.
Jesse B. Long....... Garden Plain, Ill. July 20, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Said to be dead, but the date and place of decease are unknown.
Henry B. Love....... Albany, Ill. July 25, 1862. Wounded in battle, severely, in the hand, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
Perry Langford..... Albany, Ill. July 20, 1862. Mustered out on June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
Joseph Langston.... Fenton, Ill. July 25, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly in the arm, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Bennington, Kan.
Henry Lewis........ Morrison, Ill. Aug. 6, 1862. Died July 13, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn. Buried there.
Robert B. Myers.... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 6, 1862. Transferred to Inv. Corps Feb. 15, 1864. Died Feb. 26, 1882, at Fulton, Ill. Buried there.
Robert McGee...... Morrison, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Died Sept. 17, 1891, at Kingsley, Iowa. Buried at Lemars, Iowa.
Joseph B. Mills...... Albany, Ill. Aug. 6, 1862. Transferred to Inv. Corps Feb. 15, 1864. P. O., Perry, Iowa.
Patrick Marran..... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 6, 1862. Killed in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
John H. Miller...... Albany, Ill. July 24, 1862. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Erie, Ill.
Samuel N. Miller.... Newton, Ill. July 24, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly, in the neck, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
James A. McMahan... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
John McCline....... Newton, Ill. July 26, 1862. Killed in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
Randolph Mitchell... Newton, Ill. July 27, 1862. Transferred to the First Regiment U. S. Cavalry Nov. 4, 1862. Said to be dead. Date and place of death are unknown.
John Miller........ Abingdon, Mo. July 20, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Wilton Junction, Iowa.
Wm. L. Mitchell..... Garden Plain, Ill. July 27, 1862. Wounded in battle, severely, in the foot, May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Discharged Feb. 8, 1865, on account of wound. P. O., Morrison, Ill.
Asa W. Mitchell..... Newton, Ill. July 30, 1862. Killed in battle Nov. 25, 1863, at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Buried at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Lebbius S. McAllister. Morrison, Ill. Aug. 6, 1862. Died Jan. 28, 1863, at Ridgeway, Tenn. Buried at Memphis, Tenn.
Josiah Nutter....... Fulton, Ill. Aug. 5, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 30, 1863. Died at Fulton, Ill. Buried there. Date on decease is unknown.
Homer I. Olmstead... Morrison, Ill. Aug. 5, 1862. Transferred to Brigade Band March 4, 1863. P. O., Lockland, Ohio.
Horatio F. Olmstead. Morrison, Ill. Aug. 5, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Ira A. Payne........ Newton, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly in the hand, May 20, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Promoted Sergeant. Killed in battle Nov. 25, 1863, at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Buried at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Russell S. Park..... Garden Plain, Ill. July 20, 1862. Killed in battle Oct. 5, 1864, at Allatoona, Ga. Buried at Marietta, Ga.
George W. Rarey.... Garden Plain, Ill. July 20, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Hiattville, Kan.
Henry H. RuMSEY.... Garden Plain, Ill. July 23, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Lehigh, Iowa.
Elijah Rood........ Garden Plain, Ill. July 23, 1862. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Sterling, Ill.
Edgar C. Simpson.... garden Plain, Ill. July 25, 1862. Transferred to Inv. Corps March 16, 1865. Died March 21, 1882, at Prophetstown, Ill. Buried there.
Joseph C. Snyder.... Garden Plain, Ill. July 28, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly in the ankle, Nov. 25, 1863, at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
Isaac Still......... Fulton, Ill July 20, 1862. Discharged for disability March 15, 1863.
Thomas Shay....... garden Plain,. Ill. July 30, 1862. Killed in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Buried at Vicksburg, Miss.
John M. Stertzman... Garden Plain, Ill. July 30, 1862. Discharged for disability May 2, 1863. P. O. Savannah, Ill.
Henry Slater....... Garden Plain, Ill. July 27, 1862. Wounded in battle, slightly in the hand, May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. Transferred to the Inv. Corps Feb. 15, 1864. P. O., Reamsville, Kan.
William V. Smith..... Albany, Ill. July 23, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Cuba, Kan.
Nicholas Suiter..... Albany, Ill. July 28, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Albany, Ill.
Francis M. Thomas... Morrison, Ill. July 30, 1862. Captured in battle May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill, Miss. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
George H. Townley.. Albany, Ill. July 20, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Princeton, Ill.
John A. Thompson.... Garden Plain, Ill. July 29, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Said to be in Kansas.
William W. Wilder... Newton, Ill. July 27, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cassius West....... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Wichita, Kan.
Geo. C. Wilkinson... Newton, Ill. Aug. 2, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865. P. O., Virginia, Neb.
Henry Wagoner..... Union Grove, Ill. July 9, 1862. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
James M. York...... Garden Plain, Ill. Aug. 20, 1862. Died March 2, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn. Buried there.
Christopher Carpenter Newton, Ill. Jan. 23, 1865. Transferred to 40th Illinois V. V. Infantry June 18, 1865. P. O., Fulton, Ill.
Josephus Kirk....... Belleview, Ill. Oct. 31, 1864. Transferred to 40th Illinois V. V. Infantry June 18, 1865.
Lewis Lyman......... Belleview, Ill. Oct. 31, 1864. Transferred to 40th Illinois V. V. Infantry June 18, 1865.
John R. NIBLOCK...... Albany, Ill. Jan. 12, 1865. Transferred to 40th Illinois V. V. Infantry June 18, 1865. P. O., Vinton, Iowa.
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*Explanation: The residence of all the members of this company, except the last one, as given on the Muster Roll, was Camden, Illinois. The first date given, in each case, is the date of enrollment. In all cases where it is not given, the present P. O. address is unknown.
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