Civil War Genealogy Database
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56th Illinois Infantry
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Company Unknown
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George W Storey - Private
Contact Name:
Martha Harpling
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/24/2008
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Company A
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John Wiley Adams - Private
Contact Name:
Katie Adams Mullin
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/24/2013
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Company A
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William Gorsuch - Unknown
Contact Name:
Kenneth Nichols
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/20/2018
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Company B
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William McKenzie - 1st Lieutenant
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He was my Great Grandfather.
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Company C
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Isaac C Boyd - Private
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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.
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Company C
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William Riley Robinson - Private
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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;
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Company D
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Terry Axley - 1st Sergeant
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Company D
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Christian B Hallowell - Private
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Hallowell should be spelled Hollowell
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Contact Name:
Susan Brown
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/29/2004
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Company F
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Michael J. Devers - Private
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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).
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Contact Name:
Kathryn Devereaux
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/27/2008
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Company F
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Matthew Humphrey - Private
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Died March 31, 1865 on ''General Lyon'' near coast of North Carolina.
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Contact Name:
Kevin D. Bacon
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/11/2004
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Company H
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Hiram Cook - Private
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This is my great-geat-great-great grandfather. He was killed in battle at Cornith Miss 1862
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Contact Name:
deb stallings
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/4/2008
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Company H
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James Harrison Roberson - Private
Contact Name:
Susan Roberson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 3/31/2004
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Company I
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Pleasant Long Finney - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Sandra Newsome
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/30/2008
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Company I
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Abram Joseph Rodabaugh - Private
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Transferred from 13th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 July 1864.
Mustered out on 12 August 1865 at Little Rock, AR.
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Company K
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Willis D. Gulley - Private
Contact Name:
Mark Anderson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/29/2009
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Company K
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John Lafayette Hase - 1st Lieutenant
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Company K
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Uriah Morgan - Private
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Uriah Morgan enlisted entering the service as a private and later became a hospital steward.
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Contact Name:
Phil Shappard
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/24/2015
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