8th Illinois Infantry
Company Unknown | |
George T. B. Thompson - Private |
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Contact Name: Chris ThompsonContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 3/30/2004
Company C | |
Lewis M. Badgley - Private |
First name also spelled Louis.
Contact Name: Steve BadgleyContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 9/21/2005
Company D | |
Herbert Reed - Corporal |
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Contact Name: Robert GrafeContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 1/3/2012
Company F | |
Dudley Seldon Gregory Holmes - Private |
Dudley enlisted as a private in Company F, 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry on
July 25, 1861. The regiment was stationed in southern Illinois and southeast
Missouri before going on to Kentucky and Tennessee.
He was killed during the battle for Confederate Fort Donelson in N.W. Tennessee
when rebels tried to break out of the fort during the morning hours on Feb. 15,
1862, after the fort was surrounded by federal troops. He was about 13 years old when his father died, and 19 and 1/2 when he was killed. There is an inscription at the Holmes family plot at Mt. Hope Cemetery, but no indication that he was actually buried there. Most of the 500+ graves at the the Fort Donelson National Cemetery are unmarked, However his body was recovered and brought back to Tremont where he was buried in the Holmes family plot.
Contact Name: CARROLL N HOLMESJuly 25, 1861. The regiment was stationed in southern Illinois and southeast
Missouri before going on to Kentucky and Tennessee.
He was killed during the battle for Confederate Fort Donelson in N.W. Tennessee
when rebels tried to break out of the fort during the morning hours on Feb. 15,
1862, after the fort was surrounded by federal troops. He was about 13 years old when his father died, and 19 and 1/2 when he was killed. There is an inscription at the Holmes family plot at Mt. Hope Cemetery, but no indication that he was actually buried there. Most of the 500+ graves at the the Fort Donelson National Cemetery are unmarked, However his body was recovered and brought back to Tremont where he was buried in the Holmes family plot.
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Date Added: 11/24/2013
Company G | |
elihu jones - Captain |
My G Granddad,wounded at Vicsburg, my hero.
Contact Name: Galen EliottContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 5/12/2011
Company G | |
Morgan White - Private |
Married to Mary Land, daughter of Fountain Land & Barbara Sands.
Morgan White
Residence Lancaster IL;
Enlisted on 9/29/1864 as a Private.
On 9/29/1864 he was drafted into 'G' Co. IL 8th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 9/28/1865
Contact Name: Glenn LandMorgan White
Residence Lancaster IL;
Enlisted on 9/29/1864 as a Private.
On 9/29/1864 he was drafted into 'G' Co. IL 8th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 9/28/1865
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Date Added: 4/5/2007
Company K | |
Thomas Bowlby Riddle - Private |
Thomas was the son of Elijah Riddle, who had moved to LeRoy, Il in the late 1840s, coming from Warren County, N.J.
Contact Name: Gilbert Skip RiddleContact Email: Show Email
Date Added: 6/29/2009