Company B
Rank unknown
Ward, John, an old-time citizen of Chicago, died at his home, No. 60 Damen st. on April 3, aged 68 yrs. Deceased was father of Captain William Ward of the city police, now in command of the Desplaines street station. Both father and son belonged to Col. Mulligan's regiment, the 23rd Ill. Infantry, and served with it from the siege of Lexington until mustered out at the close of the Civil War. Funeral occurred from Holy Family Church to Calvary. -April 10, 1886 (2) from The Chicago Citizen, 1883-1909, obituaries, marriage and social notices in Tom Cook, Chicago’s Irish Families 1833-1910.
The inscription of his military gravestone photograph at Find a Grave Memorial ID: 160962887 reads "JNO. WARD / CO. B / 23RD ILL. INF." within a shield. "/" indicate line breaks.