Company "B" 56th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ALLEN, Jesse E Recruit --- --- Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
ALLEN, Josiah Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Corp'l. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
ANDREWS, Adam Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Young's Point, La., Jun 30, 1863
ANDREWS, Enoch Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
ANDREWS, Presly Veteran Shawneetown Apr 28, 1864 Disch, May 22, 1865; disabil.
ANDREWS, Presley Private Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BAGBY, Davis P Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BLACK, William C Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, May 10, 1863; disabil.
BLACKFORD, Charles W Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BLACKFORD, William G Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Jefferson Barracks, Aug 11, 1862
BLOODWORTH, Thomas Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BORDERS, John G Private --- Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., Apr 30, 1864
BRADBERRY, William H Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Prom. Hospital Steward
BRASHER, William Private --- Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BUTTRY, John A Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 3, 1862; disabil.
CARTER, James N Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
CHAPMAN, James N Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 15, 1862; disabil.
CHAPMAN, Samuel Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Jun 1, 1864; wounds
CHILTON, Hugh S B Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 5, 1862
CHILTON, James D Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Disch, May 12, 1862; disabil.
CLARK, Francis J Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
COCHRAN, Sanford Captain Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Resigned July 9, 1863
COZART, William Wagoner White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at home, May 24, 1864
DALE, Hezekiah F Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DAVIS, Jackson Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Lagrange, Tenn., Nov 17, 1862
DAVIS, John C Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 1st Serg't. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DELAP, William A Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DENTON, John Veteran Carmi Apr 28, 1864 Deserted Jun 27, 1865
DENTON, John Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
DUNIVAN, James L Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
EUKANKS, Thomas Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Feb 28, 1865
FIELD, Joshua M 1st Lt. White Co Oct 14, 1863 Died Nov 25, 1863
FIELD, Joshua M 2nd Lt. White Co Nov 18, 1862 Promoted [Aug 25, 1863]
FIELD, Joshua M Sergeant White Co Feb 27, 1862 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [Sep 3, 1862]
FIELDS, John W Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
FISHER, Robert M 1st Lt. Massac Co Not must'd. MO Aug 12, 1865 as Serg't, Company A
FLINT, William F Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Mar 12, 1865
FORD, Joseph Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 3, 1862; disabil.
FORRESTER, Jacob H Sergeant White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
FORRESTER, John W Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
FRYMIRE, William C Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 3, 1862; disabil.
GARRETT, William H Recruit Paducah, Ky --- Mustered out Apr 4, 1865
GOWDY, Henry P Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Lost on steamer General Lyon Mar 31, 1865
GOWDY, John A Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
GOWDY, Milton B Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
GOWDY, Robert A Sergeant Enfield Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 5, 1862; disabil.
GRAHAM, John C Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Apr 17, 1862; disabil.
HAGIN, James T Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Killed, Vicksburg, Jun 25, 1863
HINES, James L Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 1, 1863
HUFF, Washington Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 5, 1862
HUGHES, Samuel Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
JACKSON, Carol Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
JACOBS, Elijah Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 App'd Drum Major, Dec 1, 1861
JAMMERSON, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Feb 11, 1864
JAMMERSON, William J Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Lost on steamer General Lyon Mar 31, 1865
KNIGHT, George W Private White Co --- Deserted prior to muster in
LITTLE, Joseph N Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 24, 1862; disabil.
LITTLE, Thomas Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out May 30, 1865
MARTIN, James Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
McKENZIE, George T 1st Lt. White Co Mar 6, 1864 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
McKENZIE, George T Sergeant White Co Feb 27, 1862 Promoted 1st Lieutenant [Nov 25, 1863]
McKINZIE, William 1st Lt. White Co Feb 27, 1862 Resigned Sep 3, 1862
McKINZIE, William J Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
McMERTRY, Benjamin S Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Lost on steamer General Lyon Mar 31, 1865
McMERTRY, James R Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
McNUTT, John W Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 15, 1862; disabil.
McQUAY, Benjamin A Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
McQUAY, James Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., Apr 28, 1864
MILLER, Isaac Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Lagrange, Tenn., Dec 15, 1862
MILLER, Joseph A Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Killed at Vicksburg, Jun 26, 1863
MITCHELL, Alexander F Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Vicksburg, July 20, 1863
MOSS, Daniel Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 31, 1862; disabil.
NANY, Andrew J Veteran Carmi Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
NANY, Andrew J Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
NICKSON, William R Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
OLIVER, Lewis Musician White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Feb 3, 1864; disabil.
ORR, Thomas C Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Feb 9, 1863; disabil.
OWEN, Samuel G Musician Enfield Feb 27, 1862 Died, Keokuk, Apr 10, 1863
RANKIN, William L 2nd Lt. Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted from camp in Miss., Aug 5, 1862
ROBINSON, William N Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Feb 19, 1863
SAMMON, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 5, 1862
SHAW, David F Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died near Shradersville, Ill., Apr 15, 1862
SHAW, Newton Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SHINNEMAN, Benjamin F Captain --- Not must'd. MO Aug 12, 1865 as Com. Sergeant
SMITHERS, James Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., Apr 28, 1864. Discharged Feb 10, 1865
SPANN, Thomas C Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Prom. QM Sergeant
SPRY, Frank Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
STARKEY, William H Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 20, 1863; disabil.
STERLING, Thomas Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at home, May 3, 1862
TANQUARY, James C Captain --- Oct 14, 1863 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
TANQUARY, James C 1st Lt. --- Nov 18, 1862 Promoted [Sep 30, 1863]
TANQUARY, James C 2nd Lt. --- --- Promoted [Sep 3, 1862]
TANQUARY, James C 1st Serg. White Co Feb 27, 1862 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [Aug 19, 1862]
TATE, William C Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
TRAVELSTED, James Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Apr 14, 1865
TRUSTY, Benjamin J Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Bunch's Bend, Ark., May 1, 1863
TRUSTY, William J Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
VEACH, Jesse Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
WINKLES, David Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
YATES, William R Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Paducah, Apr 21, 1862
YINGST, John B Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch May 24, 1862; disabil.
YINGST, Simon S Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Corp'l. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865

Transcribed by Jim Willison


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