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12th Illinois Cavalry
Company A
Solomon SheetsRank Unknown
The information I have he was in company A,H,and consoladated
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Date Added: 5/1/2002

Company C
Stephen Lafautte Standish - Sergeant
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Contact Name: Cherie Weible
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Date Added: 4/12/2008

Company C
Daniel Vanston - Private
Daniel Vanston enlisted in the 12th Illinois, Cavalry, Co. C on February 19, 1862. His occupation at enlistment was a blacksmith and he was detailed with his company as a blacksmith. Daniel was wounded on June 21, 1863 at Upperville, Virginia. Daniel refused to muster in for a second three-year service and was put in solitary confinement for three weeks. Following his release, he continued with the 12th Illinois Cavalry and was with them in 1864 when the 12th was at Camp Instruction and Distribution in Greenville, Lousiana. Daniel was admitted to the hospital on July 23, 1864 and died September 21, 1864. He is buried in Chalmette National Cemetery, New Orleans, Lousiana.
Contact Name: Lynne Mall
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Date Added: 9/4/2011

Company D
William Badgley - Private
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Contact Name: Steve Badgley
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Date Added: 10/15/2008

Company E
Jeremiah Hamilton Ellenwood - Quarter Master
Enlisted as a Quartermaster Sergeant on 7 December 1861.
Mustered in Company E, 12th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 28 February 1862.
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Date Added: 5/30/2010

Company F
William Brotherton ChallacombeRank Unknown
Civil War- Union Cavalry: Co F/Reg 12
Battles of Martinsburg, Winchester Pike, Gettysburg (PA), Mobile (AL), Fredericksburg, Ashland (VA), South Anna Bridge, Beverly Ford (VA), Carlisle (PA), Stevensburg (VA), Culpepper (VA | Discharged in New Orleans.

abt 1863
Aide to General Phillip Sheridan
Contact Name: Lee Spivey
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Date Added: 9/1/2023

Company H
Wallace William Young - Private
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Contact Name: Anne Smittle
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Date Added: 7/4/2011

Company I
Daniel Boone Harmon - Private
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Contact Name: Charlotte Schick
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Date Added: 6/6/2005

Company I
Henry H. Hyde - Private
Enlisted October 19, 1861; transferred from 4th Illinois.
Contact Name: Carol Shobe
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Date Added: 8/5/2008

Company L
Charles Henry Stewart - Private
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Contact Name: Darren Deskin
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Date Added: 9/11/2007

Company Field & Staff
Bruyn Hasbrouck Davis - General
Commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel in 12th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 1 February 1862 at the age of 34.
Promoted to Full Colonel on 11 August 1863.
Promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General on 13 March 1865.
Resigned on 1 August 1865.
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Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 6/2/2010

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