Company "B" 51st Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ABBOTT, Albert G Private Odell Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Feb 28, 1865
AMES, Simeon C Private Shirland Dec 24, 1861 Died at Big Springs, Miss., July 10, 1862
ANDERSON, George A Private Loda Feb 27, 1862 Disch Aug 9, 1862; sentence G.C.M.
ANTHONY, Cyrus A Captain West Jersey Sep 1, 1865 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
ARMSTRONG, Robert Veteran Chicago Feb 12, 1864 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Serg't.
ARMSTRONG, Robert Private Chicago Dec 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
ARRAND, Bartholomew D&S Recruit --- Oct 8, 1864 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
AUSTIN, Silas A Private Shirland Dec 24, 1861 ---
BAILEY, G W W Recruit Middleton --- ---
BALL, Lewis Recruit St Joseph --- Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
BARTON, James Recruit St Joseph Sep 14, 1862 Disch, Dec 18, 1864; disabil.
BASWELL, George W Recruit St Joseph Sep 14, 1862 MO Jun 16, 1865 as Corp'l.
BATES, Ansel 2nd Lt. Cottage Hill Nov 30, 1862 Resigned Mar 26, 1864
BATES, Ansel Private Cottage Hill Jan 23, 1862 Prom. Serg't and 2nd Lt. [Jun 28, 1862]
BEER, Peter Private Urbana Jan 23, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., Apr 21, 1865
BEERMANN, Lewis Recruit Addison --- ---
BILLINGS, Josiah Recruit St Joseph Sep 14, 1862 Mustered out July 4, 1865
BLANCHARD, John Recruit St Joseph Sep 14, 1862 MO Dec 26, 1862; abs't, sick
BLEASCH, Gustave Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 ---
BOYD, James S Captain Chicago May 2, 1863 Promoted Major [July 3, 1865]
BRANHOLZTER, Christian Recruit Proviso --- ---
BRANNAN, James Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Died at Murfreesboro Apr 2, 1863
BRECKENRIDGE, William D Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
BREEMER, Lorenzo D Private St Joseph Sep 14, 1862 Disch, Apr 7, 1865; disabil.
BRIGGS, William Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
BRODERICK, John Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 Died at Jackson, Tenn., Oct 7, 1862
BROOKS, Edgar A Recruit Atlanta Sep 14, 1862 Deserted Nov 10, 1861
BROWN, John D&S Recruit --- Oct 5, 1864 Sub. Killed at Franklin, Nov 30, 1864
BRYANT, Francis M 1st Lt. --- Oct 15, 1864 Prom. Captain Co. C [Apr 11, 1865]
CALVIN, Chester Private Niles, Mi Dec 24, 1861 Discharged Apr 24, 1862
CAMERON, John Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Dec 22, 1863 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
CAYLEY, George T Recruit St Joseph --- Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov 27, 1862
CLARK, Henry H Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
CLARKE, Patrick Private Monee Dec 24, 1861 MO Jun 6, 1865; pris. war
COLLINS, Patrick Private Chicago Dec 24, 1861 Died at Hamburg, Tenn., May 9, 1862
CONNOLLY, Francis Private Chicago Dec 24, 1861 ---
COONS, William S Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Died, Nashville, Nov 27, 1863
CORNELIUS, Joseph D&S Recruit --- Oct 17, 1864 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
COWGILL, Gabriel Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Aug 1, 1863
COX, Francis M Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Dec 8, 1863; disabil.
CRAWFORD, Augustine S Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out May 17, 1865
CRAWFORD, Hugh S Recruit Pete Mar 19, 1864 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Serg't.
CRUPP, Henry Recruit Leyden --- ---
CUMMINGS, Silas Private Rockton Dec 24, 1861 MO to date May 30, 1865
DAILEY, James D&S Recruit --- Jan 7, 1865 Sub. Deserted Jun 20, 1865
DAILY, Thomas Veteran Rockton Feb 8, 1864 Disch July 26, 1864 as Serg't.
DAILY, Thomas Private Rockton Dec 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
DARLING, Freeman Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Jun 12, 1865
DEAN, John T Private Atlanta Dec 24, 1861 ---
DEITER, John Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Apr 12, 1865 Mustered out Sep 11, 1865
DONALDSON, John Recruit St Joseph --- MO Sep 25, 1865 Abs. Sick
DUNN, Nathan Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Dec 19, 1863 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Corp.
EGGER, Charles D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
ELDRIDGE, John B Veteran Cuba Feb 8, 1864 Killed at Kenesaw Mt, Jun 20, 1864
ELDRIDGE, John B Private Kirby Dec 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
FALL, Jacob Recruit Champaign --- Discharged Dec 18, 1861
FISHER, Marion J Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Feb 20, 1864 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Corp'l.
FISHER, William G Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 ---
FITZGIBBONS, Richard Private Chicago Jan 23, 1862 Prom. Principal Musician
FOLEY, John Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 Died, Chattanooga, Jun 1, 1864
FOLEY, Patrick D&S Recruit --- Oct 6, 1864 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
FORSYTH, Calvin Private Urbana Jan 23, 1862 ---
FREDERICK, Eugene B Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Nov 8, 1864 for prom. in 13th US Col'd troops
FREEMAN, Alfred T Recruit St Joseph --- ---
FULTON, Benjamin T Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Feb 25, 1863; disabil.
GALL, John D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
GARDNER, Isaac K Captain Chicago Dec 24, 1861 Resigned Jun 28, 1862
GAVIN, William Veteran Chicago Feb 27, 1864 MO Sep 25, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
GAVIN, William Private Anamossa, Ia Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
GERRARD, David Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Aug 1, 1863
GILCHRIST, James Veteran Atlanta Feb 8, 1864 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Serg't.
GILCHRIST, James Private Atlanta Dec 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
GILCHRIST, John Private Atlanta Dec 24, 1861 Disch, July 7, 1862; disabil.
GLOVER, David J Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Discharged Jan 21, 1863
GORDNER, James Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed at Chickamauga, Sep 19, 1863
GREALEY, Patrick Private Urbana Dec 24, 1861 ---
GREEN, Thomas D&S Recruit --- Jan 7, 1865 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
GROVE, William Private Urbana Jan 23, 1862 Discharged Apr 20, 1862
HAHN, Henry Recruit Brush Hill --- ---
HALL, Henry W Captain Chicago Nov 30, 1862 Appointed Adjutant [Sep 30, 1862]
HALL, Henry W 1st Lt. Chicago Dec 24, 1861 Promoted [Jun 28, 1862]
HIGGINS, Daniel Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Mar 11, 1865 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
HOFFMAN, Paul Recruit Cottage --- ---
HOLTON, Noble Private Chicago Feb 27, 1862 ---
HOPPER, George H Private Atlanta Dec 24, 1861 Rep't'd died while pris. war
HOWARD, Charles Private Shirland Jan 23, 1862 Discharged Feb 28, 1865
HUDSON, Joseph Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 ---
IRWIN, James Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Sgt. Disch, Feb 28, 1865; disabil.
ISLEY, William D Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, July 31, 1863; disabil.
JAMES, Benjamin F 1st Lt. --- Apr 29, 1865 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
JAMES, Jacob Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., May 30, 1864
JAMES, Squire Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Died, Louisville, Dec 16, 1862
JARVIS, Adolph T D&S Recruit --- Sep 28, 1864 Died at Franklin, Dec 12, 1864; wounds
JESTER, Henry L Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Died at Murfreesboro, Mar 31, 1863
JOHNSON, Christian Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 ---
KEETON, Joshua E Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 MO May 30, 1865; was pris.
KEHLER, Phillip Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 Died, Paducah, Jun 1, 1862
KEILER, Stephen Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 Discharged Oct 2, 1862
KELAM, August Musician Bertrand, Mo Feb 27, 1862 ---
KENNEDY, Henry P Private Rockton Dec 24, 1861 Discharged Feb 4, 1862
KENNEDY, William R Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
KERNAN, Mark T Recruit York --- ---
KIRBY, George Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 MO Jun 16, 1865 as Corp'l.
KOWLY, Charles W Recruit Middleton Sep 24, 1862 Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov 21, 1862
KULZINER, Gustavus D&S Recruit --- Oct 3, 1864 Sub. Killed at Franklin, Nov 30, 1864
KUNCE, George Private Atlanta Dec 24, 1861 ---
KUNCE, Hiram Wagoner Atlanta Jan 23, 1862 Discharged Feb 28, 1865
KUNCE, William W Private Atlanta Jan 23, 1862 Disch, July 14, 1862; wounds
LAKE, Frank M Private Champaign Feb 25, 1862 Disch, Apr 24, 1862; disabil.
LENEY, John W Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Aug 1, 1863
LINDSAY, James Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 Died at Camp Douglas, Ill.
LOHMAN, Frederick D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
LUCAS, James A Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Oct 2, 1863; disabil.
LYNCH, John Private Urbana Dec 24, 1861 Discharged Jun 24, 1865
LYNCH, John D&S Recruit --- Oct 6, 1864 Sub. MO Jun 24, 1865
MANSFIELD, James M Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed, Stone River, Dec 31, 1862
MANSON, James Private Shirland Dec 24, 1861 ---
MARSH, Adam Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed at Kenesaw Mt., Jun 27, 1864
MARTIN, George D Private Elk Grove Jan 23, 1862 ---
MASON, Isaac Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Jan 5, 1864 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Corp'l.
MAXFIELD, Rodger J Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 MO Jun 24, 1865; pris. war, to date May 30, 1865
McCULLUM, Cyrus S Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed in action Jun 3, 1864
McGILLIS, Duncan Veteran Chicago Feb 8, 1864 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
McGILLIS, Duncan Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
McKEE, Gilbert Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, July 27, 1863; disabil.
McKEE, Ira Private Middleton Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Aug 9, 1862
McKEIGHAN, David Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 16, 1865
McWITHEY, John Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. V.R.C., Feb 3, 1864
MENERE, Allen Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 Disch, Aug 5, 1862; disabil.
MILLER, William Private Champaign Jan 23, 1862 Discharged Feb 28, 1865
MOODY, Benjamin F Private Rockton Feb 27, 1862 ---
MOORE, Alexander B Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 MO Jun 16, 1865 as Corp'l.
MOORE, Charles T Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Oct 2, 1863; disabil.
MOSER, John D&S Recruit --- Sep 22, 1864 Died, Nashville, Dec 21, 1864
MUFFORD, Jerry D&S Recruit --- Oct 3, 1864 Sub. MO Jun 1, 1865
MURPHY, John Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. 1st U.S. Eng., July 29, 1864
MYER, Peter D&S Recruit --- Sep 28, 1864 Sub. MO Jun 16, 1865
NAUMAN, John Private Harlem Dec 24, 1861 ---
NOLAN, James Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
O'BRIAN, Lewis Wagoner Cairo Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Feb 8, 1864
O'KEEFE, John Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
PECK, Elor Recruit St Joseph --- ---
PENNY, Jacob Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. 1st U.S. Eng., July 29, 1864
PERRY, William Recruit St Joseph Dec 4, 1862 MO Jun 24, 1865. To date May 30, 1865
RALLS, Morgan D&S Recruit --- Jan 7, 1865 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
RAY, James Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Died May 16, 1864; wounds
REEVE, Asa Recruit St Joseph --- MO Jun 16, 1865 as Corp'l.
RICHARD, Thomas Private Danville Jan 23, 1862 Disch, Apr 24, 1862; disabil.
RICHMOND, Ransom L Private Dayton, Wi Dec 24, 1861 Died May 7, 1862
ROBINSON, Henry D&S Recruit --- Oct 5, 1864 Sub. Killed at Franklin, Nov 30, 1864
ROSHANER, Theodore Private Du Quoin Dec 24, 1861 Accidently killed Feb 20, 1862
RYAN, James D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Sub. Deserted Jun 18, 1865
SAUERMAN, John Private Cottage Hill Jan 23, 1862 ---
SCHAWRIG, Leonard D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Sub. Killed at Franklin, Nov 30, 1864
SCHRAEDER, Frederick D&S Recruit --- Oct 8, 1864 Sub. Discharged Jun 12, 1865; disabil.
SCHRUMPH, Peter D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
SCHULTZ, John D&S Recruit --- Dec 31, 1864 Sub. Deserted Apr 9, 1865
SCOTT, James B Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Jan 7, 1865 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
SEDGEWICK, James H Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 MO Sep 25, 1865 as Serg't.
SHEPPARD, Parker Recruit St Joseph --- Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
SHREVE, Fletcher E Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed, Stone River, Dec 31, 1862
SIDDALL, J J Recruit Chicago --- ---
SMITH, James D&S Recruit --- Sep 27, 1864 Sub. MO Jun 16, 1865
SMITH, Willis A Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Aug 30, 1862 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
SNOW, Edgar J Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 MO Jun 24, 1865 as Corp'l.
SPERLEY, Jacob D&S Recruit --- Oct 7, 1864 Sub. MO May 31, 1865
STATON, John H Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed, Stone River, Dec 31, 1862
STEVENS, Albion H Private Rockton Jan 23, 1862 Died Aug 2, 1863
STEVENS, George D&S Recruit --- Jan 7, 1865 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
STILES, Arthur G Veteran Rockton Feb 8, 1864 Disch, Jun 24, 1865 as Serg't.
STILES, Arthur G Private Rockton Dec 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
STRONG, John R Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Mar 27, 1865; disabil.
SULLIVAN, Timothy D&S Recruit --- Jan 6, 1865 Sub. MO Sep 25, 1865
SWEARENGIN, Thomas J Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 MO Jun 16, 1865 as Corp'l.
SYLVESTER, George W Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Killed at Franklin, Tenn., Nov 30, 1864
TAPP, Henry Private Cottage Hill Jan 23, 1862 Accidently killed Mar 16, 1862
THOMAS, Calvin H Private Owen Dec 24, 1861 Prom. Sergeant Major [Dec 23, 1863]
THOMPSON, Samuel F D&S Recruit --- Oct 5, 1864 Sub. MO Jun 16, 1865
TROTTER, James W Recruit Middleport --- Killed in action Sep 20, 1863
VEAZIE, Jacob Private Monee Dec 24, 1861 Mustered out Jan 12, 1865
VINYARD, George D&S Recruit --- Dec 1, 1864 Mustered out Sep 20, 1865
WATERMAN, George I 1st Lt. Chicago Nov 30, 1862 Promoted Captain Co. F [Aug 6, 1864]
WATERMAN, George I 2nd Lt. Chicago Jan 17, 1862 Promoted [Jun 28, 1862]
WECKMAN, Conrad Recruit Schaumburg --- ---
WELCH, William Private Cottage Hill Dec 24, 1861 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
WERDER, Frederick Private Brush Hill Dec 24, 1861 ---
WHITE, George W Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Aug 1, 1863
WHITZELL, Erwin M Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 MO Jun 16, 1865 as Serg't.
WILLIAMS, John M R Recruit trans. from 100th Inf. --- Dec 31, 1863 Discharged May 19, 1865
WILSON, Samuel Private Atlanta Dec 24, 1861 Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
WILSON, William Recruit Atlanta --- Deserted Nov 10, 1861
WOODS, Henry Private Chicago Dec 24, 1861 Accidently killed Mar 16, 1862
WOOLEY, John M Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 16, 1865
YELTON, Oliver P Recruit St Joseph Sep 24, 1862 Disch, Mar 15, 1865 as 1st Sgt.; disabil.
YOUNG, William W D&S Recruit --- Oct 5, 1864 Sub. Discharged Jun 1, 1865; disabil.

D&S Recruit = Drafted or Substitute Recruit

Transcribed by Jim Willison


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