Company Unknown
Private
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Union service · Illinois
15th Illinois Cavalry
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Company Unknown
Lieutenant
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Company Unknown
Private
Younger brother of Austin Osman. Left behind at Camp Douglas, Chicago, when Ford's Cavalry headed to Benton Barracks, and died there of the measles at age 18.
Company A
Sergeant
Enlisted August 10, 1861 Rank of Sergeant. MO August 25, 1864
Colorado GAR Post 81.
Company C
Private
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Company C
Private
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Company D
Sergeant
C.C. Biggs and two of his brothers served in the Civil War, coming from Franklin County IL. He was at Fort Donelson, later served in Arkansas.
Company G
Private
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Company K
Private
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Company K
Private
American Civil War Soldiers about Jacob Thompson (Listed #50, page 5 of 8)
Name: Jacob Thompson ,
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company K, 15th Cavalry Regiment Illinois.
Transferred out of Company K, 15th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 Jan 1865.
Transferred into Company K, 10th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 26 Jan 1865.
Mustered Out Company K, 10th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 15 Jul 1865.
Sources: 7
Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Illinois
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA
Company L
Private
Brother-in-Law of John W. Shropshire, Co. C 12th Texas Cavalry.
Company L
Private
We have done considerable National Archives research on him and some of his comrades. Also there is a CdV album and a couple of diaries/letter collections of Ford's Cavalry (Co. L) members in the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield.
Company L
Other
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Company L
Corporal
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