Company Unknown
Private
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Union service · Illinois
20th Illinois Infantry
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Company Unknown
Chaplain
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Company C
Private
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Company D
Private
Died at Bridgeport, AL
Company E
Private
Pvt Riley Aler
20Th Illinois Infantry, Co. E
Born: 1839 in Ross County, OH
Died: 1862 in Dewitt County, IL
Contracted Small Pox after the Battle of Brittons Lane and was discharged, listed as Disabled. He was sent home to De Witt Twp, De Witt County, Illinois. His mother contracted the disease trying to nurse him back to health and both died (Sept or Oct?) in 1862.
Company E
Rank unknown
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Company K
Private
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Company K
Private
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Company Field & Staff
Lt. Colonel
Enlisted 17-Dec-1861 as Major. 15-Feb-1862 promoted to Lt. Col. KIA 12-May-1863 at Raymond, MS.
Company Field & Staff
Surgeon
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