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43rd Illinois Infantry
| Company Unknown | |
Valentin Weidler
Valentin Weidler - Private |
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Served from 1864 to aug 1865
Contact Name: Robert HerbertDate Added: 2/5/2011
| Company A | |
Jones Cashner
Jones Cashner - Corporal |
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My great grandfather's name was Jonas but entered on his enlistment papers as Jones
Contact Name: randy cashnerDate Added: 6/3/2009
| Company A | |
August Lehr
August Lehr - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Louis MeyerDate Added: 3/6/2005
| Company A | |
Philip Stiehl
Philip Stiehl - Private |
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John Philip Stiehl served in both company A and K during his time with the 43rd according to the "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Illinois".
Contact Name: Jeanette BaltzDate Added: 1/16/2024
| Company B | |
Henry Beske
Henry Beske - Private |
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GGG grandfather who was wounded in the leg and died of complications 12/13/62. Was buried ST. Liborus cemetary in Mud Creek (now ST. Libory) Il.
Contact Name: James WagnerDate Added: 10/13/2009
| Company B | |
Frederick Wilhelm Herbst
Frederick Wilhelm Herbst - Private |
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Born in Bavaria, Germany. He and his wife Catherine Schildknecht Herbst and children came to the US in 1853 on the Ship Clinton arriving in New Orleans, LA. The settled, in Madison County, Illinois. On September 27, 1861, he enlisted in the 43rd Illinois Infantry, Company B. He mustered out in September 26, 1864. He was a Blacksmith by trade.
Contact Name: Carol LutzDate Added: 10/3/2008
| Company B | |
Frank Kufke
Frank Kufke - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Eric ThompsonDate Added: 6/15/2004
| Company B | |
George Mueller
George Mueller - Private |
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Georg served in the 43rd until the Battle of Shiloh. There he was wounded in both legs. The bullet shattering the bone in one leg and then passing through the tissue of the other leg. His brother Heinrich was a musician and I assume he assisted George to safety. Heinrich was again disabled for whatever reason at Shiloh from a gunshot wound at Wilson''s Creek in Missouri August 10th, 1861. Both brothers survived the war. Georg was the worst casualty as per his pension files he lived in boarding houses and may have been addicted to the pain medicines of the day. All information obtained from the National Archives pension files of both soldiers.
Contact Name: Stanley RaczynskiDate Added: 10/14/2004
| Company C | |
Jonas Peter Liljegren
Jonas Peter Liljegren - Private |
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Several different spellings of last name.Some records indicate company A, but C seems to be the more accurate. POW on two separate ocassions. Died 1888, Webster County, Iowa.
Contact Name: Richard JohnsonDate Added: 8/11/2010
| Company G | |
Heinrich Mueller
Heinrich Mueller - Musician |
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Heinrich served as a drummer for the 43rd Illinois until the battle of Shiloh. There he reinjured a gunshot wound from the battle of Wilson''s Creek August 10th, 1861. He also had at least one brother whom served in the 43rd. See Georg Mueller. This information is from the files obtained from the National Archives in Washington
Contact Name: Stanley RaczynskiDate Added: 10/14/2004
| Company I | |
Fredrick Exter
Fredrick Exter - Captain |
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No comments
Contact Name: Cindy DavisDate Added: 4/12/2004
| Company Field & Staff | |
Julius Edwin Raith
Julius Edwin Raith - Colonel |
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First Colonel of the 43rd. Died at Shiloh.
Contact Name: David RaithDate Added: 3/31/2006