Company A
Private
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126th Illinois Infantry
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Company A
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company B
Corporal
entered as a private but at the end he was made a corporal.
Company B
Corporal
Enlisted as a Corporal on 11 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company B, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Sep 1862.
Received a disability discharge from Company B, 126th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 Jun 1864.
Company B
Private
Regiment Name Expanded: 126th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
COMPANY: B
Rank In: Private
Company B
Rank unknown
Enlisted in September of 1862 and was discharged on July 12, 1865.
Company C
Private
G-G-Granduncle
Company C
Corporal
G-G-Grandfather
Company C
Private
G-G-granduncle
Company C
Private
Joined August 21, 1862 from Coles County, Illinois. Mustered into service September 3, 1862. Mustered out, July 12, 1865.
Company D
Private
Great-Great-Grandfather.
Company D
Musician
Sides was an NCO Principal Musician.
Company E
Rank unknown
He became deaf after an explosion. He used a horn to aid his hearing. Could this have been a result during battle?
Company E
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company E
Private
Martin Thomas died in Little Rock, AR on November 14, 1863.
Company F
Private
Great-Great-Great Grandfather
Company G
Rank unknown
I have more info upon request.
Company G
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company G
Sergeant
Served at Vicksburg and in Arkansas Campaign
Company H
Private
My great great grandfather was born in Bavaria in 1829 as John Martin Billman, immigrated to NY in 1842 with his brother Peter. John married Elizabeth Ann Williams in 1853 in Cookstown/Fayette City, Fayette Co, PA. About 1854 they moved to Coal Valley, IL. They had 8 children. He inlisted in Co. H, 126th Illinois Infantry & changed surname to Bellman about 1862. About 1869 they moved to Melrose, Monroe County, Iowa and died 6 Jan 1908. I'd be interested in contacting any descendants from Co. H. Thanks.
Company H
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company H
Other
TRANS TO NON COM STAFF AS PRIN MUSICIAN AUG 31, 1864
Company K
Private
Henry Lape from Wilburton, Illinois served in Co. 'K', 1236th Illinois Infantry Reg't (Pvt) 3 March 1865 to 16 Sept 1865 Mustering-Out at Fort Levenworth, Kansas per ancestry.com.
Company K
Private
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