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20th Illinois Infantry

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10 entries

Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Steve BadgleyDate added 9/21/2005

Company Unknown

Chaplain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jack BarnesDate added 2/17/2009

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor John WasleyDate added 11/30/2007

Company D

Private

Died at Bridgeport, AL
Contributor Andrew BlackburnDate added 8/15/2012

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.
Contributor Craig AylerDate added 7/26/2004

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor J.W.HendersonDate added 1/9/2010

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Darin LawtonDate added 7/4/2009

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor David BristonDate added 8/28/2005

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.
Contributor Jack BarnesDate added 2/17/2009

Company Field & Staff

Surgeon

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jack BarnesDate added 2/17/2009

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