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47th Illinois Infantry      
Company A
Charles B Edmonson - Private   
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Contact Name:  chuck edmonson
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Date Added:  5/31/2011
Company B
William H Bandy - Private   
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Contact Name:  Tammy Daniels
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Date Added:  3/2/2016
Company C
Robert J Burdette - Private   
Joined regt.in 1862 at Peoria Il. at age 18.He was admitted inspite of his being short of the 5'3' minimum height.After the service he became a newspaper editor.He was a well known humorist and writer of his time.He wrote a memoir of the war from a privates view point:'The Drums of The 47th',which is still in print.
Contact Name:  T.W.Duncan
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Date Added:  9/23/2008
Company C
Thomas McRill - Private   
Died from Wounds at Keokuck, IA
Contact Name:  Richard Holgate
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Date Added:  4/2/2008
Company D
David W. Burnett - Private   
This is my 3rd Great-Uncle
Contact Name:  Zachary Burnett
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Date Added:  5/31/2016
Company D
August Schmitz - Musician   
August Schmitz was born in Burscheid, Prussian Rheinland and immigrated to Brooklyn, NY. August, his wife and his young daughter moved to Peoria by 1860. He enlisted for a bounty in March of 1865, joined the 47th IL at Demopolis, AL, and wound up as a drummer in the Post Band in Selma, AL, during the beginning of Reconstruction. He was mustered out with the rest of his unit in Jan. 1866. After the war he joined the Light Guard Band in Peoria. He died in 1870, and his widow moved the family back to Brooklyn.
Contact Name:  Steven Lally
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Date Added:  6/14/2005
Company E
Martin Van Buren Robison - Private   
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Contact Name:  Paul Robison
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Date Added:  12/5/2010
Company F
Samuel P Jeffers - Corporal   
I am the proud caretaker of my relatives first letter to his wife after arriving at Camp Butler in Springfield ILL. He told her about being sent to Cairo in the 47th regiment company F under the direction of a Captain Likes. He mentions several other people in the letter, but they seem to be civilians as I cannot locate them so far. In any case, it makes me proud to be related to such a fine soldier as he seems to be, as well as the gracious gentleman, loving husband, and proud father he seems to be. Curiously, the paper is embossed with a birds head on the corner that actually shows in varying levels of definition through the folded letter. I have it covered with a plastic sleeve to prevent any more fingerprints and I keep it safe from light. But it is a testament to the legacy of family and freedom!
Contact Name:  Rebecca Buchanan Heidemann
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Date Added:  10/24/2010
Company G
Hamilton J. Buffington - Private   
Enlisted as a Private on 5 December 1863 in Steuben, Illinois
in Company G, 47th Infantry Regiment Illinois Intra-company transfer from G Company to B Company on Nov 28 1864. Mustered Out Company G, 47th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 21 Jan 1866 at Selma, AL. Buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.
Contact Name:  Robert Mitchell
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Date Added:  11/26/2009
Company G
Ethan Allen Drake - 1st Sergeant   
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Contact Name:  Leo J Bruemmer
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Date Added:  3/9/2007
Company G
Samuel Benner Kleffman - Corporal   
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Contact Name:  Marty Schaeffer
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Date Added:  5/10/2013
Company G
James McConnell - Corporal   
Mustered March 8, 1865 in Rock Island,Illinois as a private. Mustered out January 21, 1866 as a Corporal.
Contact Name:  John Peterson
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Date Added:  3/14/2012
Company H
Samuel Clay Hoxworth - Private   
My great great grandfather
Contact Name:  Debra Spiten
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Date Added:  3/20/2010
Company H
Samuel Clay Hoxworth - Private   
My great great grandfather
Contact Name:  Debra Spiten
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Date Added:  3/20/2010
Company H
Jehu G. Long - Private   
Due to poor transcription and record muddling, Jehu G. Long's service record has in some places, been incorrectly merged with a John Long of no relation. Jehu's company 'H' was reorganized into company 'D' which may have been the source of confusion when examining pension records. Jehu G. Long, my great-great-great uncle is buried in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Nebraska, alongside his wife and some of their children.
Contact Name:  James McGuire
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Contact Homepage:  dyercamp7.org
Date Added:  2/21/2012
Company I
James Askey - Private   
James Askey, Private, Company I, 47th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was born in England and came to America in 1857 with his Mother, three brothers and two sisters. James, age 20, and his brother, William enlisted in the Union Army at Peoria, Illinois on September 4, 1861. James died in prison. His remains interred at Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana.
Contact Name:  Bonney Askey Welker
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Date Added:  10/17/2004
Company I
William Askey - Private   
William Askey, Private, Company I, 47th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was born in England and came to America in 1857 with his Mother, three brothers and two sisters. William, at the age of 22 years and his brother, James enlisted in the Union Army in Peoria, Illinois, September 4, 1861. William served three years in the Union Army. He was discharged October 11, 1864 at Springfield, Illinois. William Askey is my grandfather. After the Civil War he took up homestead in Oxford, Furnas County, Nebraska. He married Lydia Lowry Phillips in 1871. Six children were born to this union. William Askey died October 29, 1918. Buried at Edison Cemetery, Edison, NE.
Contact Name:  Bonney Askey Welker
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Date Added:  10/17/2004
Company I
Peleg Nelson Carson - Private   
Peleg Nelson Carson was my great-great grandfather. He died at the Idaho Soldiers Home in Boise, Idaho Dec. 3, 1922.
Contact Name:  Raynita Fenter
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Date Added:  7/13/2006
Company I
Jasper M fry - Private   
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Contact Name:  Jodi
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Date Added:  6/1/2012
Company I
John Wright - Corporal   
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Contact Name:  Wanda Derrick
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Date Added:  7/31/2008
Company K
Thomas Askey - Private   
Thomas Askey, Private, Company K, 47th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was born in England and came to America in 1857 with his Mother, three brothers and two sisters. Thomas enlisted in the Union Army at age 17 in Peoria, Illinois on January 26, 1864. Thomas was killed in action. Burial unknown.
Contact Name:  Bonney Askey Welker
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Date Added:  10/17/2004
Company K
Abraham Maple - Corporal   
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Contact Name:  Kathy Maple
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Date Added:  3/5/2008
Company Field & Staff
Daniel Lindley Miles - Lt. Colonel   
American Civil War Soldiers
about Daniel Miles
Name: Daniel Lindley Miles
Residence: Washington, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 25 Aug 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant Colonel on 25 August 1861.
Commission in Company S, 47th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 Oct 1861.
Killed Company S, 47th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 May 1862 at Farmington, MS.
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Contact Name:  Charles R. Miles, Jr.
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Date Added:  8/20/2009
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