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97th Illinois Infantry
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George Gosnell - Private
Mustered in as unassigned recruit, Mar 18, 1865;
Contact Name: Bill Baetz
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Date Added: 6/18/2010

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Washington Gosnell - Private
Mustered in as unassigned recruit, Mar 18, 1865;
Contact Name: Bill Baetz
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Date Added: 6/18/2010

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Hugh Oliver McIlwain - Sergeant
Hugh McIlwain is buried at Chalmette National Cemetery in New Orleans, LA. I believe he came from Cumberland County, IL. His name along with other Illinois names is listed in the Illinois monument at Vicksburg, MS
Contact Name: James S. Roberts
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Date Added: 3/22/2009

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William OwenRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Ann
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Date Added: 11/28/2010

Company B
Timothy R.B. Adams - Private
DOB: 1818, Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York
DOD: 1901, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri

Enlistment: August 9, 1862 at Cumberland - He was 44 years of age, 5'7.5', dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes.
Muster Date: Sept. 8, 1862, Camp Butler

Discharge: January 12, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn.
Invalid Pension, 1879, Cert. #402615
Widow's Pension, 1901, Cert. #523945
Alternate Name: T.R.B. Adams




Contact Name: Kim Davis
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Date Added: 1/22/2008

Company B
Silas H Nicholas - Private
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Contact Name: Ron Nichols
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Date Added: 2/26/2008

Company D
Fulton KingeryRank Unknown
Mr. Kingery was born in 1845 in what is now known as Jewett, Illinois. He was the son of David and Mary Ann Kingery. He died of a backset of measles while he was in the service on May 10, 1864 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was survived by his mother and his three brothers. *Fulton Kingery is my Second Cousin, Five Times Removed*
Contact Name: Arturo E. Lara
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Date Added: 4/7/2015

Company D
John KingeryRank Unknown
John Kingery was born on October 4, 1840 in what is now Jewett, Illinois. He was the son of David and Mary Kingery.

John Kingery, when the war of the rebellion broke out, was a young man and believing it to be his duty to defend the old flag, on the 22nd day of August, 1862, volunteered for three years or during the war. He was mustered into the service September 8th, 1862, and was mustered out July 29th, 1865. He was a member of Co. D, 97th Reg. III Vol. Inft. He was with Sherman in that memorable march to the sea and during the time he was in the service he participated in some of the fiercest and bloodiest conflicts of that war and yet he came through it all without a scratch or wound, but with his constitutional powers shattered so that he never was a healthy man. In a few years the symptoms of that disease of which he died--consumption--began to develop.

At the close of the Civil War, he, like many others, settled down to civil life and engaged in the tilling of the soil and stock raising, which business he continued as long as he was able to do anything.

On the 8th of March, 1867, he was married to Miss Lena A. Mumper and to this union was born 13 children, 8 sons and5 daughters, 4 of these dying in infancy. Two of them--Charles and Eva--died just as they were budding into man and womanhood. His companion of life died May 22nd, 1892, leaving a babe just six weeks old, together with small children, but Mr. Kingery, with a father's love, and with that indomitable perseverance for which he was noted, kept those children all together and had the happy satisfaction of seeing them all grow to man and womanhood under his watchful care before his death, on August 25th, 1907.

*John Kingery is my Second Cousin, Five Times Removed*
Contact Name: Arturo Lara
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Date Added: 8/9/2013

Company D
Aaron Donaldson Morton - Private
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Contact Name: Ron Nichols
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Date Added: 2/26/2008

Company D
Albyno B Williams - Private
Resident of Rose Hill, Jasper County, Illinois, joined Aug. 8, 1862, mustered in Sept. 8, 1862 at Camp Butler, Illinois. Contracted Smallpox and dysentery.
Contact Name: Jeffrey S. Williams
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Date Added: 4/14/2006

Company D
Simeon Albyno Williams - Private
From Rose Hill, Jasper County, Illinois. Joined Aug. 9, 1862, mustered in Sept. 8, 1862 at Camp Butler. Had Smallpox and dysentery.
Contact Name: Jeffrey S. Williams
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Date Added: 4/14/2006

Company E
Jonathan B. Denman - Captain
Denman was Captain of Company E. Denman's sister, Mary Jane was my Great Grandmother.
Contact Name: Will Urban
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Date Added: 11/28/2008

Company E
David Gosnell - Private
Mustered in at Camp Butler, 8 Sep 1862; Died at Vicksburg, MS, 12 July 1863, buried in mass grave;
Contact Name: Bill Baetz
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Date Added: 6/18/2010

Company E
Madison Gosnell - Private
Mustered in at Camp Butler, 8 Sep 1862; Mustered out 29 Jul 1865;
Contact Name: Bill Baetz
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Date Added: 6/18/2010

Company E
Pyrrhus Woodward Harding - Private
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Contact Name: Will Urban
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Date Added: 11/28/2008

Company E
William Hutson - Private
William Hutson died of illness at Young's Point, Louisiana 20 February, 1863.
Contact Name: William Hutson
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Date Added: 4/22/2012

Company E
John Thomas Land - Private
Son of William Henry Land & Tabitha Jane Warren, Residence Charleston Illinois; Enlisted on 8/13/1862 as a Private. On 9/8/1862 he mustered into 'E' Co. IL 97th Infantry. 31 years old, 5' 9, DARK HAIR, HAZEL EYES, DARK COMPLEXION, MARRIED, OCCUPATION FARMER, On 1/10/1865 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered out at Washington, D.C. JUN 26, 1865. Post-war Lawyer and Judge. Member of GAR Post # 158 (Rose Hill) in Rose Hill, Illinois. Died 7/28/1927 in Jasper County, Illinois.


Contact Name: Glenn Land
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Date Added: 1/13/2007

Company E
Daniel Shadley - Private
B. 1834 Died of disease in New Orleans, LA 30 Nov 1863
Contact Name: Sandra Lewis
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Date Added: 1/13/2013

Company F
Jacob Landers - Private
jacob became ill of disease on the way to Vicksburg. Later died and was buried at Jefferson Barracks in St. louis, MO.
Contact Name: peter collman
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Date Added: 8/10/2008

Company H
Booker L Matheny - Private
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Contact Name: Edd marks
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Contact Homepage: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=phacops&id=I15897
Date Added: 2/23/2016

Company H
Thomas Powers - Musician
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Contact Name: Ann
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Date Added: 11/28/2010

Company I
John Bethards - Private
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Contact Name: Teresa Cherney
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Date Added: 4/11/2011

Company K
John Kaslick - Private
1841-1922. Jersey County, Illinois.
Contact Name: Greg Watson
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Date Added: 3/4/2006

Company K
John Proe - Private
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Contact Name: Bob Patterson
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Date Added: 1/23/2010

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