Company Unknown
Lt. Colonel
Enlisted as Captain of Co C Oct 14, 1863. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
Killed at Kennesaw Mountain, GA June 27, 1864.
Union service · illinois
88th Illinois Infantry
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Company A
Corporal
James Holmes Jones is my great great great grandfather. He mustered in August 27, 1862 as a private and mustered out June 9, 1865 as a corporal. He died January 12, 1913 in Moultrie Co., Illinois.
Company H
Private
Enlisted Aug. 27, 1862. Wounded. Mustered out March 10, 1865. Father originally from Virginia. Greatgrandfather served in 3rd Cont. Army under Gen. Washington. 2nd cous. 3x removed.
Company H
Private
Died Sept 25, 1863 at Chattanooga, TN from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Company H
Private
The little I know about my Great Uncle is that he is listed as a deserter after the Battle of Stones River. However, a year later, he is a soldier with a New York Infantry Regiment. Can anyone explain to me how this could come about ? Thank you.
Company I
Sergeant
John Brown joined the 88th Infantry, Illinois in Sept 1861. He was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Chickamauga. He was in the First Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps in Sept 1863. He was not able to walk well after being wounded so was put in charge of keeping the cattle.
He returned to Niles, Illinois after the war in 1867 and lived with his wife and children. He eventually moved to and died and was buried in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.