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43rd Illinois Infantry
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Julius Edwin Raith - Colonel
First Colonel of the 43rd. Died at Shiloh.
Contact Name: David Raith
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Date Added: 3/31/2006

Company Unknown
Valentin Weidler - Private
Served from 1864 to aug 1865
Contact Name: Robert Herbert
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Date Added: 2/5/2011

Company A
jones cashner - Corporal
My great grandfather's name was Jonas but entered on his enlistment papers as Jones
Contact Name: randy cashner
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Date Added: 6/3/2009

Company A
August Lehr - Private
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Contact Name: Louis Meyer
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Date Added: 3/6/2005

Company A
Philip Stiehl - Private
John Philip Stiehl served in both company A and K during his time with the 43rd according to the "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Illinois".
Contact Name: Jeanette Baltz
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Date Added: 1/16/2024

Company B
Henry Beske - Private
GGG grandfather who was wounded in the leg and died of complications 12/13/62. Was buried ST. Liborus cemetary in Mud Creek (now ST. Libory) Il.
Contact Name: James Wagner
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Date Added: 10/13/2009

Company B
Frederick Wilhelm Herbst - Private
Born in Bavaria, Germany. He and his wife Catherine Schildknecht Herbst and children came to the US in 1853 on the Ship Clinton arriving in New Orleans, LA. The settled, in Madison County, Illinois. On September 27, 1861, he enlisted in the 43rd Illinois Infantry, Company B. He mustered out in September 26, 1864. He was a Blacksmith by trade.
Contact Name: Carol Lutz
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Date Added: 10/3/2008

Company B
Frank Kufke - Private
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Contact Name: Eric Thompson
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Date Added: 6/15/2004

Company B
George Mueller - Private
Georg served in the 43rd until the Battle of Shiloh. There he was wounded in both legs. The bullet shattering the bone in one leg and then passing through the tissue of the other leg. His brother Heinrich was a musician and I assume he assisted George to safety. Heinrich was again disabled for whatever reason at Shiloh from a gunshot wound at Wilson''s Creek in Missouri August 10th, 1861. Both brothers survived the war. Georg was the worst casualty as per his pension files he lived in boarding houses and may have been addicted to the pain medicines of the day. All information obtained from the National Archives pension files of both soldiers.
Contact Name: Stanley Raczynski
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Date Added: 10/14/2004

Company C
Jonas Peter Liljegren - Private
Several different spellings of last name.Some records indicate company A, but C seems to be the more accurate. POW on two separate ocassions. Died 1888, Webster County, Iowa.
Contact Name: Richard Johnson
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Date Added: 8/11/2010

Company G
Heinrich Mueller - Musician
Heinrich served as a drummer for the 43rd Illinois until the battle of Shiloh. There he reinjured a gunshot wound from the battle of Wilson''s Creek August 10th, 1861. He also had at least one brother whom served in the 43rd. See Georg Mueller. This information is from the files obtained from the National Archives in Washington
Contact Name: Stanley Raczynski
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Date Added: 10/14/2004

Company I
Fredrick Exter - Captain
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Contact Name: Cindy Davis
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Date Added: 4/12/2004

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