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39th Illinois Infantry

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Company Unknown

Rank unknown

Philip Shaw enlisted in the Army of the United Sates, in Captain Henry Davidson's Company, August 27, 1861. Company went into camp at Clear Lake in Sangammon County, Illinois; Forms first part of the 32nd Regiment.
Contributor Tamra BlancoDate added 10/24/2010

Company B

Private

surname misspelled as Steinkoler
Contributor Debbie FainDate added 12/22/2012

Company C

Rank unknown

william graham was a R&S Recruit Mustered out 2-15-1865 and substitue MO 12-6-1865
Contributor Karla CraneDate added 7/4/2012

Company C

Private

Born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada at 3, then to Illinois about 1850. Died in Lee Co, Iowa 1921 at a claimed age of 104.
Contributor Keith A MontgomeryDate added 5/20/2006

Company D

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Date added 9/18/2010

Company D

Sergeant

Promoted to Full Sergeant. Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1861. Enlisted in Company D, 39th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Oct 1861. Killed Company D, 39th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 20 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA.
Contributor Sam HopkinsDate added 11/10/2007

Company E

Private

G-G-G-Granduncle. Enlisted: Rockville, IL 27 SEP 1861. Suffered head wound and partially paralyzed, Fort Wagner, SC 16 AUG 1863. Discharged 27 SEP 1864. Died 1867 following surgery to treat effects of his wound.
Contributor Kathleen BurdenHomepage http://soldiersofshockoehill.comDate added 9/20/2005

Company E

Private

G-G-G-Grandfather. Born: Elmore, OH 1838. Enlisted: Rockville, IL 27 SEP 1861. Wounded and captured, Drewry's Bluff, VA 16 MAY 1864. Escaped 1 OCT 1864 after passing through the line of Andersonville Prison for an exchange, using the name of a soldier who had died. Rejoined regiment, and provided deposition testimony for the trial of Commandant Wirz. Mustered out, 6 DEC 1865. Died, Hayes Center, NE 1927.
Contributor Kathleen BurdenHomepage http://22iowa.comDate added 9/20/2005

Company I

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Nancy ReganDate added 7/28/2007

Company I

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Marty CraigDate added 10/28/2009

Company K

Private

George Theodore Langly Drake enlisted as a volunteer at Newton, Massachusetts. He wound up with the 39th Illinois Infantry, Company K, and never returned from the Civil War. Parents were Tisdale Drake and Ruth (Langly) Drake from Bristol and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts. He had one daughter, Anna Newell Drake.
Contributor Jacki EarpHomepage http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91989652Date added 6/27/2012

Company K

Private

Joined When JAN 5, 1864 - Joined Where JOLIET, IL - Joined By Whom CPT LONGWORTH - Muster In JAN 12, 1864 - Muster In Where JOLIET, IL - TAKEN PRISONER MAY 16, 1864 AT DRURYS BLUFF VA -
Contributor Howard DaviesDate added 11/15/2008

Company K

Private

John Andrew Reed was my GG-Grandfather. He enlisted at Marseilles 8/19/1861 and re-enlisted as veteran and served until the end of the war. Lived in Princeton, Ill until he died in 1920
Contributor Mike MladenikHomepage mikemladenik.comDate added 11/27/2010

Company K

Musician

James Shaw was my Great-grandfather. Joined up in Captain Woodruff's Company on Aug.14, 1861 at Marseilles Illinois. His assignment was musician in the regimental band. Due to illness he was discharged October 1862 but signed up again in 29th Michigan Infantry in 1864. After the war he moved to California and then to Australia with his wife and children. He was born in Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland, June 22 1834 and died Dec. 29, 1915 at the age of 82, buried in Waverley Cemetery, Sydney NSW Australia
Contributor Diana PaigeDate added 7/31/2009

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