Company "K" 8th Illinois Cavalry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ALDERMAN, Robert S Recruit McHenry Oct 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BACKMAN, John Recruit Bloom Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BACON, Lawrence T Private Somonauk Sep 18, 1861 Disch, May 1, 1862; disabil.
BAILEY, Matthew Veteran Ottawa Dec 29, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
BAILEY, Matthew Private Ottawa Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BAKER, George L Recruit Somonauk Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BAKER, John T Recruit Somonauk Feb 24, 1864 Vet. Bugler. Killed at Frederick, Md., July 8, 1864
BARFOOT, James Recruit Peoria Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
BATES, William Veteran Leland Dec 29, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as saddler
BATES, William Private Leland Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BEAL, William Veteran Serena Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BEAL, William Private Northville Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BECKWITH, Arnold Recruit Belleville Apr 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BECKWITH, John S Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
BECKWITH, John Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BEEBE, Orsamus Recruit Oswego Feb 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BENNETT, James Recruit Somonauk Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BIGELOW, William H Recruit Somonauk Apr 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BLUM, Francis Recruit Orland Dec 22, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BOCKMAN, John Veteran Plainfield Nov 30, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BOCKMAN, John Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BOND, Charles T Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 Died at Pittsburg, Pa., Mar 16, 1864
BOND, Charles Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BOYD, Albert H Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Discharged; term expired
BROWN, Alden Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BROWN, Alden Recruit Victor --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
BROWN, Charles D Sergeant Victor Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
BROWNSON, Colman Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BROWNSON, Henry H Recruit Plainfield Mar 7, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BRUSO, Henry T Recruit State of N.Y. --- Died at Yorktown, Va., Aug 22, 1862
BULLOCK, Daniel Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 MO Sep 28, 1864 as Corp'l.
BURNHAM, Sumner M Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 8, 1862; disabil.
BURRELL, George H Recruit Newark Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
BUSHNELL, Joseph Veteran Big Grove Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
BUSHNELL, Joseph Sergeant Big Grove Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BYERS, Henry F Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
CARNAHAN, David Recruit Brooklyn Oct 13, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
CHESLEY, Charles W Recruit Union Grove Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
COLGROVE, Lannis F Veteran Chicago Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
COLGROVE, Larius Private Wheaton Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
COLLINS, John F Recruit Chicago Oct 6, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
COLTER, Alfred P Private Granville Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 8, 1862; disabil.
DEAN, Degrass L Veteran Somonauk Nov 30, 1863 Mustered out Aug 3, 1865
DEAN, Degrass Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
DeFORREST, William Recruit Afton Oct 4, 1864 Died at Camp Stoneman, D.C., Nov 9, 1864
DENHAM, Charles Recruit New Milford Sep 18, 1861 See veterans of Co. L
DENO, Peter H Recruit Marengo Nov 30, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
DICE, William Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
DOW, Collin Recruit Wheatland Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
DUCAT, Andrew Private Aurora Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 8, 1862; disabil.
DUCKWORTH, John Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
DUCKWORTH, Richard Corporal Saratoga Sep 18, 1861 MO Sep 28, 1864 as Serg't.
DURAND, Francis Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
DUTTON, Whitney Private Somonauk Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Sep 29, 1862; disabil.
ELLENSWORTH, Charles Private Huntley Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 8, 1862; disabil.
FALVEY, Peter Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Died Sep 11, 1863
FARNSWORTH, Eben J Captain St Charles Dec 25, 1861 Prom. Brig. Gen. Jun 28, 1863. Killed July 3, 1863
FELLOWS, George W or M Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
FENTON, Francis H Private Wyanett Sep 18, 1861 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Dec 6, 1863
FLAGG, George W 1st Lt. Plainfield --- Resigned Jan 24, 1862
FLEMMING, George H Veteran Chicago Jan 1, 1864 Tr. to US Navy, Sep 17, 1864
FLEMMING, George H Private Chicago Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
FOLLETT, Frederick Recruit Chicago Sep 28, 1864 Mustered out Jun 21, 1865
FOLLETT, John Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
FRANK, Frederick Recruit Sycamore --- Killed at Zoar Church, Va., Mar 30, 1863
FREELOVE, Sylvester B Veteran Plainfield Jan 1, 1864 MO Jun 16, 1865 as Serg't.
FREELOVE, Sylvester B Corporal Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
FREEMAN, Julius A Captain --- --- Resigned Dec 14, 1861
GAGE, Elbridge F Veteran Chicago Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
GAGE, Elisha F Recruit Chicago --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
GALBRAITH, George Recruit Wheatland Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
GARDNER, Jefferson S Recruit Leland --- Disch, Aug 15, 1862; disabil.
GEORGE, Abram Veteran Mendota Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
GEORGE, Abram Private Leland Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
GEORGE, Daniel G Private Leland Sep 18, 1861 Died Jan 3, 1863
GODFREY, Francis Recruit Chicago Jan 31, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
GOODYEAR, Ezra Recruit --- Aug 17, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
GORDON, David G Recruit Chicago Mar 31, 1864 Disch, Apr 1, 1865, for prom. in Colored Regiment
GOULD, George Corporal Victor Sep 18, 1861 MO Sep 28, 1864 as priv.
GRAHAM, Forrester Recruit Sandwich --- Deserted Oct 6, 1862
GREENVILLE, Charles Veteran Victor Dec 20, 1863 Killed at Frederick, Md., July 9, 1864
GREENVILLE, Charles Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
GREENWOOD, Horace Private El Paso Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Jan 30, 1863; disabil.
HALL, Jacob M Private Somonauk Sep 18, 1861 Killed at Hazle River, Va., Oct 17, 1863
HALLIDAY, Lafayette Veteran Newark Nov 30, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
HALLIDAY, Lafayette Private Newark Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HEATON, William H Private Chicago Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
HEINTZELMAN, George R Veteran Plainfield Dec 20, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
HEINTZELMAN, George A Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HETTINGER, John Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
HETTINGER, Joseph W Recruit Chicago Sep 28, 1864 Mustered out Jun 21, 1865
HOLMES, George W Private Green Garden Sep 18, 1861 MO May 20, 1862; pris. war
HOLT, Simon H Recruit Vandalia Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
HOUGHTON, Stephen A Private Whiteside Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 8, 1862; disabil.
HOWE, Philo Private Chicago Sep 18, 1861 Promoted Battalion Saddler
HUBBARD, Henry W Recruit Oswego Apr 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
HUBBARD, Lysander Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Died at Alexander, Va., Mar 9, 1862
HUNT, David T Recruit --- --- Prom. Bat. Vet. Surgeon
HUNTINGTON, Averell Recruit Somonauk Apr 4, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as bugler
HUPP, George C 1st Lt. Northville May 20, 1865 Mustered out July 17, 1865
HUPP, George C 2nd Lt. Northville Dec 10, 1864 Promoted [May 8, 1865]
HUPP, George E Veteran Adams Jan 1, 1864 Prom. Serg't, then 2d Lt. [Sep 18, 1864]
HUPP, George Sergeant Northville Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
INGERSOLL, Harley J Captain Plainfield May 20, 1865 Mustered out July 17, 1865
INGERSOLL, Harley J 1st Lt. Plainfield Dec 10, 1864 Promoted [May 8, 1865]
INGERSOLL, Harley J Veteran Plainfield Dec 20, 1863 Pro. Serg't, then 1st Lieut. [Sep 18, 1864]
INGERSOL, Harley J Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
JONES, James C Recruit Plainfield Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
KEEN, Anson C Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
KEITZMILLER, Henry Veteran Plainfield Dec 20, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
KEITZMILLER, Henry Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
KENNICOTT, Ira Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
KENNICOTT, Ira Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
KENNICOTT, John T Recruit Knoxville Mar 31, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
KIMBALL, Nathan T Recruit --- --- Transferred to Co. G
KING, George W Recruit McHenry Oct 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
KING, Orlando Veteran Chicago Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
KING, Orlando Recruit Round Grove --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
KINLEY, John A Captain Wheatland Dec 10, 1864 Resigned Apr 11, 1865
KINLEY, John A 2nd Lt. Wheatland Mar 1, 1864 Promoted [Sep 18, 1864]
KINLEY, John A Sergeant Wheatland Sep 18, 1861 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [July 1, 1863]
KIRKPATRICK, Isaac Recruit Somonauk --- Disch, July 22, 1862 as Serg.; disability
LANGDON, David L Recruit Freeport Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
LEAVENS, Alfred D Recruit Brooklyn Oct 13, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
LEONARD, Mason J Veteran Plainfield Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
LEONARD, Mason J Corporal Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
LOWE, John T or P Recruit Hanover Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
MACK, Samuel J Recruit Somonauk Apr 4, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
MARGRITZ, George O Recruit Waddam's Oct 14, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
MASON, James H Private Newark Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Apr 19, 1862; disabil.
McBRAYTON, George Recruit Somonauk Apr 4, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as bugler
McLAUGHLIN, James Recruit Chicago --- Deserted Dec 11, 1862
McMULLEN, John H Recruit --- Aug 17, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
MEAD, Chauncy Private Somonauk Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
MIGHELL, Franklin H Veteran Jericho Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
MIGHELL, Franklin Recruit Sugar Grove --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
MINNIGUS, Joseph Recruit Northville Oct 5, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
MITCHELL, Isaac G Recruit Ward's Grove Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
MOORE, Wallace M Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 9, 1862; disabil.
MOULDING, William R Private Blackberry Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 9, 1862; disabil.
NOOAK, Joseph Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
OAKS, George W Recruit Ward's Grove Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
OSBORN, Henry S Veteran Chicago Jan 1, 1864 Corp'l. Disch, Oct 11, 1864, for prom. in Col'd Reg't.
OSBORN, Henry S Recruit Chicago --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
PELLING, William Recruit Somonauk Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
PETTINGILL, Samuel Veteran Green Garden Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865; blacksmith
PETTINGILL, Samuel Private Green Garden Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
PETTYS, Ira Veteran Green Garden Dec 20, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
PETTYS, Ira Private Green Garden Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
PETTYS, Warren Private Green Garden Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Jan 18, 1862; disabil.
PIERCE, Elisha T Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Died at Alexander, Va., Apr 25, 1862
PLATTS, Martin Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Dec 25, 1862; disabil.
POMEROY, Peter Veteran Plainfield Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
POMEROY, Peter Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
PREY, Lewis C Recruit Peoria Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
RICKER, George T Recruit Will Sep 30, 1864 Mustered out Jun 21, 1865
ROBERTSON, Walter S Recruit Chicago --- See Veteran non-commissioned staff
ROWE, Orasmus C Veteran Frankfort Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
ROWE, Orasmus C Private Frankfort Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
RYAN, Horton Recruit Afton Oct 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
RYAN, John Recruit Afton Oct 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
SCHENDLER, William, 1 Recruit Chicago Sep 29, 1864 Mustered out Jun 21, 1865
SCHENDLER, William, 2 Recruit Chicago Sep 28, 1864 Mustered out Jun 21, 1865
SCOVILLE, Frederick E Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 MO to date Mar 8, 1865, as of 1st enlistment
SCHOVILLE, Frederick E Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
SHEPLEY, Mathew Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
SHERMAN, Henry J Recruit Peoria Co Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
SHOESMITH, Stephen Recruit Ward's Grove Oct 14, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
SIDLOW, John W Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
SMITH, Albert Recruit Viola Oct 13, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
SMITH, Frederick Recruit Elk Grove Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
SPRINGSTEAD, David Private Northville Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Mar 8, 1862; disabil.
STEIN, William A Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Died at Camp Relief, D.C., Jun 20, 1864
STOCKHAM, DeWitt C Veteran Victor Dec 20, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as Corp'l.
STOCKHAM, Dewitt C Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
STOWELL, Harvey Recruit McHenry Co Sep 18, 1861 Died at Hanover, Va., Jun 9, 1864
STULL, Morris C Recruit McHenry Co Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
SULLIVAN, Darius Captain Newark Aug 8, 1863 Mustered out Sep 18, 1864
SULLIVAN, Darius 1st Lt. Newark Jan 28, 1862 Promoted [Jun 29, 1863]
SULLIVAN, Darius 2nd Lt. Newark --- Promoted [Jan 18, 1862]
SUYDAM, Cornelius R Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Died at Alexandria, Va., Jan 27, 1862
SUYDAM, Simon Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 MO Sep 28, 1864 as Corp'l.
SWEENEY, Samuel Recruit Fenton Oct 11, 1864 Transferred to Co. C
THOMPSON, Charles W Recruit Fulton Sep 27, 1864 Mustered out Jun 21, 1865
THOMPSON, Seneca Recruit Wheatland Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
THORSON, John Recruit Chicago Feb 29, 1864 MO Jun 5, 1865; pris. war
TRASK, Ira Wayland 1st Lt. Ottawa Aug 6, 1863 Mustered out Sep 18, 1864
TRASK, Ira Wayland 2nd Lt. Ottawa Jan 28, 1862 Promoted [Jun 29, 1863]
TRASK, Ira Wayland 1st Serg. Ottawa Sep 18, 1861 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [Jan 28, 1862]
TREEMAN, Sevellan H Recruit Oswego Feb 4, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
TRIAM, Peter A Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
TRIPP, Calvin Private Somonauk Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
TURNER, Festus G Corporal Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Feb 20, 1863; disabil.
VAN FLEET, Alfred Veteran Victor Dec 20, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
VAN FLEET, Alfred Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
VINSON, John J Veteran Wheatland Dec 20, 1863 MO July 17, 1865 as Serg't.
VINSON, John J Private Wheatland Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
VINSON, Richard C Corporal Wheatland Sep 18, 1861 Serg't. Killed at Williamsport, Md., July 6, 1863
VINSON, Thomas Recruit Wheatland Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
VORHEES, Peter Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
VORHEES, Peter Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WARNER, Warren B Veteran Green Garden Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as wagoner
WARNER, Warren B Private Green Garden Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WARREN, Walter W Recruit Guilford Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out July 5, 1865
WATRAUS, Hiram A Recruit Chicago Sep 18, 1861 Mustered out Sep 28, 1864
WATSON, John G Recruit Ward's Grove Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
WATTERS, James H Recruit Newark Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
WELDON, Dayton E Private Plainfield Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Jan 18, 1862; disabil.
WELLS, George R 2nd Lt. --- May 20, 1865 Mustered out July 17, 1865
WELLS, George R Private Serena Sep 18, 1861 Promoted Hosp. Steward
WELLS, Hiram H Corporal Tonica Sep 18, 1861 Died at Alexandria, Va., July 27, 1862
WELLS, Solomon A Private Serena Sep 18, 1861 Disch, Aug 14, 1862; disabil.
WESSON, Silas D Veteran Victor Jan 1, 1864 MO July 17, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
WESSON, Silas D Corporal Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WHITSON, Jonathan F Recruit Plainfield Feb 29, 1864 Disch, Jun 25, 1864; disabil.
WILLARD, William Veteran Victor Dec 20, 1863 Mustered out July 17, 1865
WILLARD, William Private Victor Sep 18, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WILLING, Andrew J QM Sergeant Nettle Creek Sep 18, 1861 Promoted Hosp. Steward
WILSON, Henry G Recruit Wheatland Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865
WILSON, James H Recruit Somonauk Feb 24, 1864 Mustered out July 17, 1865

Transcribed by Jim Willison


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