66th Illinois Infantry

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I am looking for information on my Great,great grandfather Philip Green. He was born in 1814 in Prussia/Germany and immigrated to the United States (unknown). He may have served in the Civil War Company A, Regime 66 as a sharp shooter.

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My records indicate he enlisted Sept first, 1862 and was discharged April 21st, 1864.

Mustered in for service in Paris, IL on 10/10/61 as a private.

Patrick Quinn, my great granduncle, enlisted in Birge's Western Sharpshooters at Benton Barracks on 3 Oct 1861 at age 15 or 16. Served in this unit through entirety of war and was mustered out out with unit on July 7, 1865 in Louisville Ky.

Henry D. Talley (First_Last) Regiment Name 66 Illinois Infantry Side Union Company G Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name Henry D./Tally Notes Film Number M539 roll 89

Joseph Milton Gard was born 11 April 1838 in Wabash County, Illinois and was the son of Justus Gard and Anna Oman. He married Emily White shortly before the war on 18 Nov 1860 in Wabash County, Illinois. He enlisted as a Private on 09 October 1861 and was added to Company I, 66th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 November 1861. Joseph Milton Gard died on 07 July 1862 in Corinth, Mississippi. He is buried in Corinth National Cemetery at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi in Section A - Grave Number 2234. He and Emily had one daughter, Rose Ann born in 1861. Emily (White) Gard [1843-1904] was married 2nd to William Washington Trexler on 04 March 1864 in Jasper County, Illinois. She died in Linn County, Oregon. She and William W. Trexler were the parents of 7 children. Joseph Milton Gard's only daughter, Rose Ann, married Perry Amos Lambird on 22 Feb 1880 in Jasper County, Illinois.