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Private
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56th Illinois Infantry
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Company A
Private
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Company A
Rank unknown
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Company B
1st Lieutenant
He was my Great Grandfather.
Company C
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 12 November 1861.
Mustered in Company C, 56th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 27 February 1862.
Died on 19 March 1862 at Shawneetown, IL.
Company C
Private
enlisted as a Private on 12 Nov 1861, residence White County, Illinois, age 37, height 5' 11 1/2'; hair brown; eyes gray; complexion dark; married, farmer; mustered in 27 Feb 1862 at Shawneetown, Illinois; received a disability discharge on 12 Dec 1862;
Company D
1st Sergeant
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Company D
Private
Hallowell should be spelled Hollowell
Company F
Private
Michael J. Devers (spelled DeVeairs on his tombstone in Callicott Cemetery, Gallatin County, Illinois)was born on Oct. 24, 1841 at Cane Creek, IL to Michael Thomas Devers and Elizabeth Harrelson, and died May 2, 1921. He was mustered out of the 56th in 1865. His younger brother Ezekiel (born 1845) also served in F Company 56th IL Infantry and was discharged after the Siege of Corinth (1862).
Company F
Private
Died March 31, 1865 on ''General Lyon'' near coast of North Carolina.
Company H
Private
This is my great-geat-great-great grandfather. He was killed in battle at Cornith Miss 1862
Company H
Private
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Company I
Private
He was my 3rd Great Grandfather,Enlisted 16 Dec 1861 at Shawneetown,IL. He was discharged Sep 1862 for illness. He died 28 Sep 1862 at Columbia,Adair,KY of TB while returning home from Camp Clear Creek,Miss. He left his wife,Mary and 6 children. They lived at Williamson CO,IL near Herrin. He was 47 yrs old. Have more info you can email me.
Company I
Private
Transferred from 13th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 July 1864.
Mustered out on 12 August 1865 at Little Rock, AR.
Company K
Private
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Company K
1st Lieutenant
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Company K
Private
Uriah Morgan enlisted entering the service as a private and later became a hospital steward.