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98th Illinois Infantry

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Company A

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 07 March 1865 Enlisted in Company A, 98th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 07 March 1865. Transferred Company A, 98th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 June 1865 Transferred to Company B, 61st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 June 1865.
Contributor Steve BadgleyDate added 9/21/2005

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Harvey CashDate added 3/9/2008

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Harvey CashDate added 3/9/2008

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Harvey CashDate added 3/9/2008

Company A

Captain

Part of Col John T Wilder's Lightning Brigade, who pioneered the idea of Mounted Infantry. They were one of the first units to use the Spencer repeating rifle, and consequently were able to perform well against larger units opposing them. Their action at Alexander's bridge at Chickamauga, a perfect example.
Contributor John GeorgesDate added 2/22/2015

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Burton F. WhitedDate added 1/30/2013

Company C

Private

Joined August 9, 1862 died September 20, 1863 of wounds recieved at Chickamauga.
Contributor Katy SuiterDate added 11/27/2007

Company C

Corporal

Died of Disease; Murfreesboro, TN; Apr 25, 1863
Contributor Andrew PineDate added 10/24/2007

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor minnie schreckDate added 3/29/2015

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dan CheathamDate added 7/6/2007

Company E

Private

Albert Harvey lived in Kansas after the war. He died in Cherryvale Kansas in 1939. I have his chair he used on the front porch. It sits in my business office,and prompts me to think of my family.
Contributor Brant NeerDate added 3/2/2011

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Marsha GepnerDate added 6/28/2007

Company F

Sergeant

My great grandfather was a sergeant in co. F of the 98th Illinois, I amtrying to locate records which may show discharge informationa nd etc. He enlisted with his brother Simeon in sept. 1862, however I have not found a discharge date.
Contributor Brent BrommelDate added 6/25/2005

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Wanda Koontz ProsserDate added 6/13/2005

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dolly Maxwell WheatlyDate added 8/23/2006

Company F

Private

Served in 98th Illinois Mustered in Sept. 3, 1862 until mustered out June 27, 1865. Died, March 7, 1870, as a result of Chronic Bronchitis Contacted at Bledsoe Creek in December of 1862 but remained on active duty through the war.
Contributor Keith KellerDate added 4/10/2007

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles ButlerDate added 9/26/2007

Company H

Private

Enoch Johnson is my Great grand father, was shot on Sept 20, 1863 at Chickamauga Georgia, and later was discharged July 6 1864
Contributor Jerry MaddingDate added 5/23/2009

Company I

Rank unknown

Born 1841 Ebenezer mustered into the 98th on 3 Sept 1862 at Dillborough, Iowa, USA. 7 Oct 1863 he was wounded at the Battle of Farmington Tennessee. He Died in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky and was buried at the National Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. He left a widow Hanna Jenkins Bostic. He was one of five Bostic brothers that served the Union during the Civil war.
Contributor Paul GuessHomepage http://www.tpguess.comDate added 10/6/2011

Company I

Rank unknown

Born in 1837 Richard Mustered into the 98 on 3 Sep 1862, at Dillborough, Iowa, USA. He mustered out 27 June 1865 at Nashville, Davidson County Tennessee, USA, one of five Bostic Brothers to serve the Union during the Civil War.
Contributor Paul GuessHomepage http://www.tpguess.comDate added 10/6/2011

Company I

Private

Enlisted as a private from Newton, Illinois on Sep 3, 1862. Applied for a pension on Apr 17, 1891.
Contributor Stephen StaruchDate added 1/25/2013

Company I

Corporal

Cpl. Charles Francis Marion Morey is my Great-Great Grandfather. He was wounded during the war in his hand which produced a hole that he would entertain my grandfather with by pulling a hankerchief through. He died in 1902 and is buried near Yale Illinois.
Contributor Dennis J. BridwellDate added 8/21/2005

Company K

Captain

Was killed along with 7 others and 75 wounded Sept. 8, 1862 at Bridgeport, Ill. in a train accident as the Regiment was moving to Louisville, Ky.
Contributor Mark AudiDate added 2/8/2009

Company K

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Peter WebbDate added 2/22/2014

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