CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH.
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"ALL PRESENT OR ACCOUNTED FOR."
AS A preliminary step to the muster-out of the Seventy-Seventh Regiment, the following orders were issued from Corps and Division Headquarters:
HEADQUARTERS, THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
GALVESTON TEXAS, June 23, 1865.
Special Orders, No. 77.Extract.
1. The organization formerly known as the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, discontinued January 23, 1865, by Special Orders, No. 18, Headquarters, Defences of New Orleans, is hereby, subject to the approval of the War Department, revived.
All men of the Seventy-Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry whose term of service will not expire on or before September 1, 1865, and all officers and men now with said Regiment who were transferred from the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, will be formed into a battallion composed of companies of maximum strength. The officers and men will be transferred on the rolls required by Circular No. 64, War Department, A. G. O., August 18, 1864.
Brigadier General Benton, Commanding Third Division, is charged with the execution of this order.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
By order of
MAJOR GENERAL GRANGER. F. W. EMERY,
Major and A. A. G.
HEADQUARTERS, 3D DIVISION, 13TH ARMY CORPS,
NEAR MOBILE, ALABAMA, July 7, 1865.
Special Orders, No. 79.Extract.
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III. By authority from superior headquarters, all enlisted men now belonging to the Seventy-Seventh Illinois Volunteers, whose term of service does not expire on or before the 30th day of September next, and all officers of that Regiment, who formerly belonged to the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteers, are transferred to the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteers, revived, Special Orders, No. 77, dated Headquarters, Thirteenth Army Corps, June 23, 1865.
The organization of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteers will be composed of the officers and men mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and such officers of the Seventy-Seventh Illinois Volunteers, as are transferred by Major General Sheridan, by Special Orders, No. 25, Extract V, dated Headquarters Military Division of the Southwest, July 3, 1865, and will be organized as set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, and made a part of this order.
By order ofBRIG. GEN. W. P. BENTON. J. D. ROUSE,
Captain and A. A. A. G.Schedule of assignment of officers transferred from the Seventy-Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, to the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry:
John B. Reid, Original 130th Illinois Volunteers. FIELD AND STAFF.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
Edmund S. Dewey. Original 130th Illinois Volunteers. FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT.
William F. Sigler. Original 130th Illinois Volunteers. ASSISTANT SURGEON.
COMPANY OFFICERS.
Jesse R. Johnson, Captain Co. "A." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
Wilson J. Neil, Second Lieut. Co. "A." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
George C. Kenyon, First Liet. Co "B." Transferred by General Sheridan from 77th Illinois Volunteers.
Jacob W. Wilkin, Captain Co. "C." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
Joseph F. Parker, First Lieut. Co. "C." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
Andrew S. Martin, Second Lieut. Co. "C." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
Thomas C. Mathews, First Lieut. Co. "D." Transferred by General Sheridan from 77th Ill. Vol.
William C. McGowan, Second Lieut. Co. "D." Transferred by General Sheridan from 77th Ill. Vol.
John W. Watts, Captain Co. "E." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
John W. Paulson, First Lieut. Co. "E." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
John D. Rouse, Captain Co. "F." Transferred by General Sheridan from 77th Ill. Vol.
William C. Harned, First Lieut. Co. "F." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.
Charles W. Johnson, Second Lieut. Co. "F." Original 130th Illinois Volunteers.Immediately after the foregoing orders were issued, the necessary steps were taken to effect the transfers indicated. The 130th Illinois, as reorganized, was composed of six companies of maximum strength. All of the men remaining of the original 130th, and the recruits belonging to the 77th, constituted the material of which these companies were composed. They remained in the service until the 15th of August, 1865, when they were mustered out.
The following statement will show the aggregate strength of the 77th from first to last. As originally mustered into the service it stood thus:
| Field and Staff |
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9
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Company "F," |
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79
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| Company "A," |
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89
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Company "G," |
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87
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| Company "B," |
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77
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99
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| Company "C," |
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95
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Company "I," |
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83
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| Company "D," |
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88
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Company "K," |
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90
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86
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Total . . . . . . . . . |
882
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| Charles Ballance was commissioned Colonel, but not mustered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
1
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| John S. McCulloch was mustered as Chaplain while the Regiment was in the service | . . . . |
1
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| There were recruits to the number of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
138
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| Also unassigned recruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
54
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| Field and Staff from the 130th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
1
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| Non-commissioned Staff from the 130th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
1
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| Line officers from the 130th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
11
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| Enlisted men from the 130th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . |
460
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Making a grand total of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1549
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Perhaps a word of explanation may be necessary in regard to the original companies. It will be remembered by the members of the Regiment, and the officers especially, that on the first of October, 1862, several of the enlisted men were transferred from one company to another, and the muster-rolls given in this book, as well as the foregoing figures, show the condition of the companies after those transfers were made. This statement is deemed necessary to account for any discrepancies that may appear between the figures here given, and the original muster-rolls of the companies.
For the sake of comparison the following table is given, showing the condition of the Regiment when it was mustered out at Mobile, Ala.; July 10, 1865:
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Perhaps it will be interesting to the members of the Seventy-Seventh to know how many men were furnished by the different towns represented in the Regiment. For this purpose the following table is prepared, showing at a glance the credit due to each locality. From this list it appears that Elmwood is the "Banner Town," while Rosefield, Peoria, Magnolia, Lacon, Knoxville, Brimfield and Cazenovia, furnish large delegations:
| Belle Plain |
13
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Monmouth |
2
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| Bennington |
1
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Nebraska |
12
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| Brimfield |
42
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Oxford |
1
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| Cazenovia |
31
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Palatine |
1
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| Chillicothe |
1
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Panola |
1
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| Clayton |
18
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Peoria |
70
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| Elba |
4
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Peoria County |
2
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| Elmwood |
88
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Princeville |
2
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| Eugene |
4
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Putnam |
1
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| Fairview |
1
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Putnam County |
1
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| Galesburg |
26
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Radnor |
9
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| Gilson |
2
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Richland |
11
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| Green |
3
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Richwoods |
8
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| Groveland |
6
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Roanoke |
1
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| Hennepin |
3
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Roberts |
3
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| Henry |
2
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Robertson |
1
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| Hollis |
3
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Rosefield |
85
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| Hopewell |
8
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Rutland |
1
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| Jubilee |
3
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Salem |
15
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| Kickapoo |
19
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Secor |
1
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| Knoxville |
43
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Selby |
2
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| Lacon |
60
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Smithville |
2
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| Limestone |
6
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Somonauk |
1
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| Linn |
15
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Steuben |
1
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| Logan |
25
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Timber |
2
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| Long Point |
4
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Trivoli |
2
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| Low Point |
5
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Truro |
6
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| Magnolia |
65
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Unknown |
8
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| Marshall County |
1
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Washburn |
2
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| Medina |
3
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Waldo |
1
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| Metamora |
19
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Whitefield |
3
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| Millbrook |
28
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Woodford County |
24
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| Minonk |
44
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Yates city |
4
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| Total |
882
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In Memoriam
Sacred
In Memory of
Lysander R. Webb,
Lieutenant Colonel
of the
Seventy-Seventh Illinois Volunteers;
Born in Berkshire County, Mass.
Killed at Mansfield, La.,
April 8, 1864.
DEATH ROLL OF THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH.
KILLED IN BATTLE.
FIELD AND STAFF.
LYSANDER R. WEBB, . . . . LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
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SAMUEL S. DIVILBISS. JOHN WILBER. COMPANY "B." JACOB ELY. SAMUEL GRABLE. PHILIP NELLING. COMPANY "C." AUGUST FARVER. WILLIAM M. KERRICK. COMPANY "D." JAMES P. ISOM. JOHN A. STOCKTON. COMPANY "E." JOHN H. McINTYRE. HARRIS PARR. CHARLES STEVENS. |
CHARLES NIXON. MARTIN MASON. COMPANY "G." HITZ BONEY PETRES. JOAB BAILY. ELEAZER BARNELL. HENRY C. BRASSFIELD. FRANCIS O. DIMMICK. COMPANY "H." ISAAC GROVE. MILTON G. MARSHALL. WM. S. WORTHINGTON. FREEMAN P. WILSON. COMPANY "I." COMPANY "K." JOSEPH M. KING. WILLIAM MULVANY. PETER NELSON. SAMUEL SHARKEY. |
DIED OF WOUNDS.
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JOHN TOMPKINS. DANIEL B. TRENCH. COMPANY "B." EDWARD SWARGY. COMPANY "C." JAMES DRAKE. COMPANY "D." ANDREW J. BREWER. ALBERT DE LONG. PETER DEGNER. MARTIN HOAGLAND. ENESTES J. MEYERS. GEORGE C. MOORE. |
LORENZO W. CORD. JOHN B. LOUGHMAN. EDW'D. W. LAUGHLIN. JOHN W. SMITH. COMPANY "G." DAVID HART. ELIAS MARTIN. CYRUS H. STOCKWELL. COMPANY "H." MICHAEL STEWART. EDWARD L. SUTTON. JOSEPH STANDAKER. COMPANY "K." JOHN CRONAN. EPHRAIM R. SHEPARD. |
DIED OF DISEASE.
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WILBER F. CHURCHILL. ULYSSES EDWARDS. ALEX. R. FISHER. PETER HOLCOMB. W. W. LUDDINGTON. LEWIS MATHER. S. MATHER. JOHN W. OSTRANDER. JOSEPH D. WOODRUFF. COMPANY "B." MARION KAYES. WILLIAM DUGAN. A. ALEXANDER. STEPHEN COMPTON. HAMILTON GURNEA. WILLIAM P. JOHNSON. HENRY S. McFARLAND. ABRAM L. POYER. EDWARD SERGEANT. COMPANY "C." JOSEPH C. BURSON. JOHN B. CARSON. ANDREW DORSON. EDWARD HALL. GEORGE M. LAY. REUBEN PARNHAM. WILLIAM RICHARDS. JAS. W. VANARSDALE. EDWARD WALLACE. WILLIAM W. WHITE. JAMES YELDON. COMPANY "D." JAMES M. POWERS. UMPHRED BICKEL. JACOB BUCK. THOMP'N CHRISESTON. GEORGE ECHOLS. GEORGE FAIRCHILDS. WILLIAM P. FENN. FREDERICK KRAFT. JOHN MARTIN. SAMUEL SAWYER. JOSEPH WILLS. COMPANY "E." WILLIAM I. BROOKS. BENJAMIN F. ROBBINS. ANDREW J. DUNLAP. SAMUEL G. BUNTING. JOHN COLLINS. DANIEL COOK. JOHN EVANS. FRANKLIN W. ESLOW. ALEXANDER KINDER. JAMES McSTRAVICK. PETER M. SHEPLER. |
DAVID T. WIGGINS.
COMPANY "F." JOHN B. MURRAY. JAMES M. WEST. HENRY WALTON. COMPANY "G." ROBERT COOPER. HENRY BARNES. DAVID G. CAMPBELL. SAMUEL W. CAMPBELL. CHARLES W. CONE. JOHN DAVISON. WILLIAM EATON. JAMES GILLENS. WM. M. LAMBERTSON. JOHN A. MENDALL. JOHN SWAN. DANIEL SHADE. COMPANY "H." JAMES P. BROOKS. WILLIAM D. IRWIN. WILLIAM D. JONES. MILTON B. LINN. JAS. H. LONGFELLOW. THOMAS P. PEABODY. JAMES P. ROSS. EDWIN E. SAMPSON. WILLIAM B. SELF. DAVID SMITH. ANDREW SAMPSON. JAMES TALBOT. LEONIDAS M. WILKES. COMPANY "I." WILLIAM M. COX. GEORGE DARNELL. ENOS FRISBIE. JACOB FISHER. ELI HUMPHREY. BARNEY HAND. ANTHONY HAULER. BUTLER K. JONES. HENRY KELLER. JAMES C. MOORE. DANIEL D. MOORE. JOHN A. RANDALL. WILLIAM B. TOLER. COMPANY "K." RICHARD M. HOLT. HENRY BEHRNS. JACOB FRANK. JOHN MERRITT. SAMUEL B. POWELL. JOHN SHORDON. PERRY S. WALKER. |
DIED OF CASUALTIES.
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COMPANY "D." JASON M. HUNTER. |
COMPANY "G." COMPANY "H." |
If the doctrine of "the survival of the fittest" be true, those members of the Regiment who survived all the hardships and perils of the camp and the field, and the tortures of the prison-pen, will certainly rank among the "fittest," and they are entitled to a special record in these pages. The following is a list of the prisoners from Camp Ford, who were mustered out June 17, 1865:
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SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "B." CORPORAL.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "C." SECOND LIEUTENANT.
CORPORAL.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "D." CORPORAL.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "E." SERGEANTS.
PRIVATES.
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SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "G." FIRST LIEUTENANT
CORPORAL.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "H." SERGEANT.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "I." CORPORALS.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "K." SERGEANT.
PRIVATES.
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The following is the Roll of the Regiment as mustered out July 10, 1865. The officers and non-commissioned officers marked with a star (*) held the original appointment. The others were promoted at different times while in the service. The Rev. J. S. McCulloch is included in this roll, as Chaplain, although not a member of the Regiment at first:*Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General, DAVID P. GRIER.
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Henry P. Ayres. SURGEON.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
CHAPLAIN.
NON-COM'D STAFF. SERGEANT MAJOR.
COMMISSARY SERGEANT.
HOSPITAL STEWART.
PRINCIPAL MUSICIANS.
COMPANY "A." CAPTAIN.
FIRST LIEUTENANT.
SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
WAGONER.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "B." SECOND LIEUTENANT.
CORPORALS.
MUSICIANS.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "C." SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
MUSICIAN.
WAGONER.
PRIVATES.
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William M. Wright.
William Wiley. James H. Wedley. COMPANY "D." CAPTAIN.
FIRST LIEUTENANT.
SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
MUSICIAN.
WAGONER.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "E." CAPTAIN.
FIRST LIEUTENANT.
SERGEANTS.
CORPORAL.
WAGONER.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "F." CAPTAIN.
SERGEANTS.
CORPORAL.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "G." SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
MUSICIAN.
WAGONER.
PRIVATES.
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Russell Darby.
Austin M. Dustin. Joseph D. Ensley. Isaac Ensley. Joseph H. Fetters. James Fleming. Littleton A. German. Thomas Hatsell. Frederick R. Johnson. William Lawson. William McComb. David F. Ogden. Jesse J. Purcell. David W. Shinmell. Joseph Shull. John Shull. Joseph W. Slocum. COMPANY "H." CAPTAIN.
SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
MUSICIAN.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "I." SERGEANTS.
CORPORALS.
MUSICIAN.
PRIVATES.
COMPANY "K." FIRST LIEUTENANT.
SERGEANT.
CORPORALS.
PRIVATES.
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