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26th Illinois Infantry
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Company A
Rank unknown
real name Simon LaVois served as teamster
Company B
Private
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Company B
Asst Surgeon
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Company C
Private
Pvt Co C 26 IL inf; Born KY; Home: Greenville, Bond Co, IL; age 24 years; 6'; light hair; blue eyes; light complexion; single; Occupation: farmer; Joined 15 Sep 1861, Greenville, IL for 3 years; Mustered in 20 Sep 1861, Quincy, IL; Died 7 Dec 1861, Hannibal, MO of disease before seeing battle; burial unknown.
Company D
Private
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Company E
Private
Silas Washington Bardwell
Company ''E'' 26th Illinois Infantry
Silas Washington Bardwell
Born: Tunkhannock twp., Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania
Enlisted: Bruce La Salle County, Illinois August 2, 1861 in the 26th Illinois Infantry Co. E
Re-enlisted Veteran January I, 1864
Wounded in Tenneeese in 1863
MIA November 3, 1864 ( captured ) Paroled by Confederate Forces april 1865.
Moved to Kansas in 1878.
Died June 1, 1909 Great Bend Barton County, Kansas
Buried Great Bend Cemetery Family Plot ''Section Q '' Great Bend Barton County, Kansas
Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans
NAME RANK COMPANY UNIT RESIDENCE
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BARDWELL, SILAS W PVT E 26 IL US INF BRUCE
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26th Illinois Infantry Regiment
Roster of Company E 26th Illinois Infantry
Company ''E'' 26th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster Remarks
BARDWELL, Silas W. Veteran Ottawa Jan 1, 1864 Missing Nov 3, 1864. M.O. July 15, 1865
BARDWELL, Silas W. Private Bruce Aug 2, 1861
Company E
Private
Discharged for disability September 1862. Brother of William A. Kain, Co. E, 104th Illinois.
Company F
Captain
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Company K
Private
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