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117th Illinois Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Edmond J Avis IIIDate added 4/2/2010

Company A

Captain

Charles Smith Beath moved to Escanaba, Michigan and lived there many years. He spent his last ten years of life in Los Angeles and was buried in an unmmarked grave, until last month, I was able to secure a veteran's headstone.
Contributor Jane PowerDate added 8/5/2013

Company B

Private

Resident of Montgomery County, Illinois (but a native of North Carolina) where he enlisted in Co. B, 117th Illinois Vol. Inf. in September of 1862. He took part in the Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864, but died of, at this writing, unspecified causes on December 22nd.
Contributor Charles SummerfieldDate added 12/31/2004

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dorothy Sanderson HowardDate added 11/5/2010

Company C

Rank unknown

My Great, Great Grandfather's Grave site is in Gladstone, MI. [Family Plot] 'Long' Family
Contributor Craig LongtineDate added 8/11/2008

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tom BrousterDate added 1/1/2011

Company E

Sergeant

He was the son of Oromel and Harriet Maffett Curtiss. He was born 18 Feb 1842 in Trenton, Clinton Co, Illinois. He died in Danville, Vermilion Co, Illinois at the VA hospitial on 14 Nov 1918. His later years, he lived there until his death.
Contributor Nancy Marie Curtiss - GillDate added 6/29/2008

Company E

Private

James Jones enlisted as a private in Capt. Andrew J. Randall's Company E, 117th Illinois Infantry on 19 Sep 1862. On 5 Feb 1864, he was captured in Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi and sent to Andersonville Prison. There, he perished due to scurvy.
Contributor JennieDate added 10/1/2014

Company G

Private

Served three full years and lived into his 90s.
Contributor Cherie WeibleDate added 4/12/2008

Company G

Private

Discharged on disability; later served in 144th to guard prisoners.
Contributor Cherie WeibleDate added 4/12/2008

Company H

Private

When Hecke enlisted in the Army on August 14, 1862, he was living in Monroe Co., Illinois. He was mustered into service on September 19, 1862. He was mustered out on August 5, 1865.
Contributor Arturo E. LaraDate added 1/3/2015

Company I

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 16 January 1862. Enlisted in Company I, 117th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 16 January 1862. Died on 27 May 1864 in Vicksburg, MS. Suffered from Chronic Diarrhea.
Contributor Steve BadgleyDate added 9/21/2005

Company I

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 12 August 1862. Enlisted in Company I, 117th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 19 September 1862. Died Company I, 117th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 February 1863 in Memphis, TN.
Contributor Steve BadgleyDate added 9/21/2005

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Joe Date added 8/12/2006

Company K

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Janet M. ThompsonDate added 8/2/2008

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