Company A
Private
Peter Quinn was a Great Great Uncle and was captured ca Nov 1863 and was held at Andersonville Prison. He died in Nov 1864 from scurvy and his grave at Andersonville is 10531. He was 20 years old.
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52nd Illinois Infantry
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Company B
Sergeant
Promoted to Full Sergeant
Enlisted as a Corporal on 17 September 1861
Enlisted in Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 October 1861.
Reenlisted in Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 25 December 1863
Mustered out Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 06 July 1865
Company B
Rank unknown
b:12-25-1840 Bureau county, Illinois d:1-26-1886 Newton, Kansashe was one of the old veterans of company 'B' 52 Reg. Ill. Vol. enlisted Sept. 17, 1861, and was discharged on account of typhoid fever Sept. 24, 1863, reenlisted Feb. 21, 1864 and was honorably discharged at the close of the war
Company C
Private
Eli Clemmens was born in about 1841 in Sycamore,IL. He was living in Sycamore, IL when he was mustered in the 52nd Illinois Infantry on November 19, 1861. He re-enlisted and was mustered in the regiment again on January 9, 1864. He mustered out of the service on July 6, 1865. He moved to Blue Earth County, MN where he married Susan Latimore. The couple had six children. Eli died July, 5, 1913 in Clay County, MN. He is buried in the cemetery at Atlantic Lutheran Church, near Ulen, MN
Company C
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company D
Rank unknown
Have a diary of part of his time in the war. Looking for any more information.
Company E
Private
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Company E
1st Lieutenant
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Company F
Sergeant
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Company G
Sergeant
Enlisted as a Private on 25 September 1861.
Mustered in Company G, 52nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 19 November 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Mustered out on 6 July 1865.
Company G
Private
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Company G
Private
Did he see combat.?
Company H
Musician
b:12-7-1827 Ludlow Hampden county, Mass. d:3-2-1915 Newton, Kansas, buried Greenwood cemetery, Newton. Edwin was in the regiment band.
Company I
Private
Addison D, Prouty was from Kane county, Illinois. He served in company I, 52nd Illinois. He died at Beaufort, NC, Feb, 24, 1865.
Company I
Private
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