Company "C" 56th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ASHTON, Perry Corporal Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Private. Lost on steamer Gen. Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BARKER, John E Captain Hamilton Co Feb 2, 1864 Mustered out Apr 4, 1865
BARKER, John E 1st Lt. Hamilton Co Jan 14, 1863 Promoted [Nov 4, 1863]
BARKER, John Emet 1st Serg. --- Feb 27, 1862 Promoted 1st Lieutenant [Sep 3, 1862]
BEAVERS, John A Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Vicksburg, Sep 10, 1863
BEAVERS, Joseph M Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BOYD, Isaac C Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Shawneetown, Ill., Mar 19, 1862
BRADSHAW, William Private Franklin Co Feb 27, 1862 Sergeant. Lost on steamer Gen. Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BRANSTON, William Cook Private Equality Feb 27, 1862 Died at Corinth, Oct 1862
BRIGHT, John B Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Nov 3, 1862
BRITTAIN, George R Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 18, 1862; disabil.
BRITTAIN, John D Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Feb 27, 1865
BROWN, William Veteran Walpole Apr 28, 1864 Deserted Jun 23, 1865
BROWN, William Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BRYAN, Dennis Private St Louis, Mo Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BURNETT, Charles Veteran Elm Grove Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
BURNETT, Charles Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BURNS, Joseph M Private Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 MO Aug 12, 1865; was pris.
CANNADAY, William W Private Franklin Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
CANTRELL, Tilmon Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 29, 1862; disabil.
CARROLL, Robert Veteran Walpole Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
CARROLL, Robert Recruit Hamilton Co --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
CARTER, John B Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 23, 1862; disabil.
CARTER, William H Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 3, 1862; disabil.
CLINTON, James F Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 25, 1862; disabil.
COCKRILL, Montgomery Veteran Shawneetown Apr 28, 1864 MO Aug 12, 1865 as Corp.
COCKERILL, Montgomery Recruit Gallatin Co --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
COLBERT, Andrew J Corporal Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
CRAWFORD, Alexander Marion Musician Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 25, 1864; disabil.
CRIDER, Samuel S Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 17, 1862; disabil.
CULLEY, Richard R Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 17, 1862; disabil.
DARNELL, Henry M Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Corinth, Oct 2, 1862
DARNELL, Josephus D Veteran Hamilton Co Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
DARNELL, Josephus D Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
DARNELL, Silvester Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Mar 6, 1863; disabil.
DAVENPORT, Thomas Veteran Equality Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
DAVENPORT, Thomas Private Equality Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
DUCKWORTH, Doctor F Veteran Walpole Apr 28, 1864 Deserted Jun 27, 1865
DUCKWORTH, Doctor F Recruit Hamilton Co --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
DUNNIVAN, John Recruit --- Sep 7, 1863 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
EILENSTINE, Hugo Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Jun 17, 1865
EILENSTINE, Oscar Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Drowned in Hatchie River, Apr 27, 1863
ELDER, Martin L Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
ESCUE, John W Veteran Cave-in-Rock Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
ESKEW, John W Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
EVANS, Alfred Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Keokuk, Ia., July 21, 1862
FISHER, Benjamin C Corporal Franklin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 20, 1862; disabil.
FLANNIGAN, James W 1st Lt. Lane's Cross Road Feb 27, 1862 Resigned Sep 3, 1862
FLANNIGAN, James W Jr Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 5, 1862; disabil.
FREELS, John Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Feb 27, 1863
GREEN, Homer Clark Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 23, 1862; disabil.
GRIGGS, George O 2nd Lt. Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Resigned Dec 31, 1862
HALL, Aaron Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Jefferson Barracks, Aug 15, 1862
HAMILTON, James M Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Farmington, Miss., Jun 24, 1862
HATLEY, John Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Died near Corinth, July 12, 1862
HEARD, Richard Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
HICKS, Josiah L Recruit State of Ala. July 26, 1864 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
HINTON, William J 2nd Lt. --- Not must'r'd MO Aug 12, 1865 as private
HURD, Thomas H Recruit Hamilton Co --- Disch, Sep 3, 1862; disabil.
HURST, John Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
IRWIN, Benjamin F Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
JOHNSON, Albert E Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
JOHNSON, Isaac Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Corporal. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
JOHNSON, Jesse M Private Pope Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 26, 1862; disabil.
JOHNSON, William M Veteran Walpole Apr 28, 1864 Deserted Jun 21, 1865
JOHNSON, William M Jr Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
LACEY, George Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 2, 1862
LANIER, Asa Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 26, 1862; disabil.
LANIER, Thomas A Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
LEAHEY, William Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 15, 1862; disabil.
LEWIS, John C 1st Lt. Hamilton Co Dec 6, 1863 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
LEWIS, John C 2nd Lt. Hamilton Co Oct 3, 1863 Promoted [Aug 25, 1863]
LEWIS, John C Sergeant --- Feb 27, 1862 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [Dec 31, 1862]
MAYHALL, Jesse A Recruit State of Ala. July 26, 1864 Absent, sick at MO Reg't.
MEZO, Constant Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Corporal. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
MEZO, John B Corporal Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
MEZO, Thomas G Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
MURPHY, James Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Corporal. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
NASH, John P Recruit Hardin Co --- Disch, July 25, 1862; disabil.
OGLESBY, Wade H Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 29, 1862; disabil.
OLIVER, Thomas Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Killed, Vicksburg, Jun 25, 1863
PATRICK, Christopher C Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Farmington, Miss., Jun 13, 1862
PATTERSON, Golson Corporal Pope Co Feb 27, 1862 Private. Lost on steamer Gen. Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
PATTILLO, Lemuel J Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Mar 5, 1863; disabil.
PEEPLES, George Washington Corporal Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Private. Lost on steamer Gen. Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
RANDALL, George W Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 2, 1862
REED, Daniel Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 28, 1862; disabil.
REED, William M Corporal Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Private. Died at St Louis, Dec 3, 1862
ROBINSON, William R Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 12, 1862; disabil.
RODGERS, Ansbra'gh H Veteran Roland Apr 28, 1864 MO Aug 12, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
RODGERS, A H Sergeant --- Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
RODGERS, Ausbraugh H 1st Lt. Roland Not must'r'd MO Aug 12, 1865 as Serg't.
RODGERS, Ausbraugh H 2nd Lt. Roland Not must'r'd Commission canceled
ROSE, Levi J Recruit State of Ala. July 26, 1864 Died at New York City, Jan 1865
SEELY, Samuel Private Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SHASTEEN, Chester B Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SHERRILL, Alexander Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SMITH, Jasper Recruit Palestine Jan 30, 1865 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
SMITH, Solomon Recruit Hamilton Co Aug 2, 1864 Absent, sick at MO Reg't.
SMITH, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Corporal. Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SWANNER, Benjamin F Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
TADLOCK, John B Wagoner Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 26, 1862; disabil.
VARNEY, Abel Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to I.C. MO Feb 27, 1865
WALKER, Marion Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Farmington, Miss., Jun 17, 1862
WALLACE, Hugh Recruit Sparta Jan 27, 1865 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
WALLER, Archibald N Private Franklin Co Feb 27, 1862 Sergeant. Lost on steamer Gen. Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
WARREN, Andrew J Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 28, 1862; disabil.
WELSH, Pinckney J Captain Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Prom. Major, Aug 25, 1863
WILGUS, Charles Musician Harrisburg Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Mar 6, 1863; disabil.
WILLIS, Benjamin Franklin Sergeant --- Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Feb 26, 1865
WILSON, James J Private Hamilton Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 9, 1862; disabil.
WINEMILLER, John Sergeant --- Feb 27, 1862 Died, Andersonville prison, Aug 7, 1864. Gr. 4941
WINN, James Private Hardin Co Feb 27, 1862 Sergeant. Lost on steamer Gen. Lyon, Mar 31, 1865

Transcribed by Jim Willison


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