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10th Illinois Infantry

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Company D

Private

1842-1884. Discharged for disability April 1862.
Contributor Greg WatsonDate added 3/4/2006

Company D

Private

1840-1861. Joined in August 1861 at Alton, IL with his brother George and bros-in-law John Watson. Died of consumption at Mound City, IL Nov 26, 1861. Buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Jersey Co., IL.
Contributor Greg WatsonDate added 3/4/2006

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Edd MarksHomepage http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=phacops&id=I16561Date added 2/23/2016

Company D

Private

1850-1873c. Somehow managed to join up at the end of the war. His uncle John Watson was in this unit. He is buried at Hartford Cemetery near Grafton, Illinois, but his tombstone is severely weathered.
Contributor Greg WatsonDate added 3/4/2006

Company D

Private

1839-1869c. Born Chillicothe, OH. After the war he married Sarah Jane Hughes (1844-1866). He died leaving an orphan daughter Josephine Smith before the 1870 Census.
Contributor Greg WatsonDate added 3/4/2006

Company D

Corporal

1838-1917 Jersey County, IL (near Grafton, listed as Alton in Muster Roll). Enlisted with his Bros-in-law, George and William Hughes.
Contributor Greg WatsonDate added 3/4/2006

Company E

Private

Hospital Steward
Contributor Sandra BirdDate added 8/31/2013

Company F

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 18 April 1861. Mustered in Company F, 10th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 29 April 1861. Mustered out on 29 July 1861 at Cairo, IL.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 6/10/2010

Company G

Private

Seeking more info on David Hogue Buck b. abt 1825 in Clark Co Illinois died in Nashville Tn. abt, 1861 or 1862. I want to know what battles he fought in and if possble where he is burried. Thanks, Stephanie
Contributor StephanieDate added 12/29/2004

Company G

Private

Brothers James and John Ferguson served together. I have their diaries and letters from their father in Scotland.
Contributor charleneDate added 8/29/2012

Company G

1st Lieutenant

John and his brother James served together in the 10th. I have their diaries and letters from their father in Scotland. Another brother William joined but died before deployment.
Contributor charleneDate added 8/29/2012

Company H

Corporal

Captured near Corinth, Ms
Contributor Jon MichaelDate added 8/2/2014

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Matt AndersonDate added 6/5/2005

Company I

Rank unknown

'...wounded while in service.'
Contributor John MarlerHomepage www.AppomattoxTours.comDate added 10/10/2005

Company K

Private

Fayette Lacey is my great grandfather. He enlisted under the first call in Co. K, 10th IL, in April, 1861; re-enlisted August 19, 1861, in Co. B, 37th IL, and enlisted again for three years, February 19, 1863 in Co. I, 151st IL. In June 1861 he was detailed as Warden in hospital in Cairo, IL. He was appointed Sergeant Major of his regiment in Spring 1861; participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, AR, 1862, the Battle of Prairie Grove, AR, 1862 and the Siege of Vicksburg, MS, 1863 and other engagements. He died January 10, 1899 in Tonowanda, Erie, NY. He is buried in City Cemetery, Tonawanda, Erie, NY. His name appears on a Civil War Monument in Plainsfield, IL - on the Illinois Memorial, Vicksburg National Military Park, IL - and on the Tonawanda Civil War Memorial in City Cemetery, Tonawanda, NY.
Contributor Melodi LewisDate added 2/19/2012

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