Company "D" 56th Illinois Infantry
(Part of Co. D consolidated with Co. F, and balance of company consolidated with Co. K, May 1, 1863)
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ABSHIER, Daniel M Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
ADAMS, John D Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 2, 1862; disabil.
AKENS, Henry F Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
ARBAUGH, Harvey Recruit --- --- Minor, Claimed by father
ARBRAUGH, John F Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Apr 24, 1863
AYERS, Green Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Killed at Corinth, Oct 4, 1862
AYRES, James Corporal Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died in general hospital
BAKER, Elijah Private --- Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
BAKER, James Corporal Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 25, 1862
BIXLER, Thomas Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
BOWLING, John Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Sep 8, 1862
BRANCH, Robert Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
BROCKETT, Matthew Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. F, Nov 7, 1862
BROCKETT, Michael Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. F, Nov 7, 1862
BURRIS, George Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
CLARK, George M Private Massac Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
CLARK, Jonathan Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Mar 25, 1862
COBURN, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Paducah, Apr 25, 1862
CONE, Sylvester R Captain Gallatin Co Not must'd. Com. canceled. 1st Lt. Co. F
CONE, Sylvester R 1st Lt. Gallatin Co May 31, 1862 Promoted [Oct 12, 1862]
CONE, Sylvester R 2nd Lt. Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Promoted [May 21, 1862]
COVEY, George Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Paducah, Apr 12, 1862
COVEY, James Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
COZORT, Robert Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
CROFFORD, William Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. F, Nov 1, 1862
CROSSER, John F Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. F, Nov 1, 1862
DAWSEY, Alden Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Transferred to Co. K
DAWSEY, James Musician White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 30, 1862; disabil.
DEMPSEY, Michael J 1st Lt. White Co Not must'd. Com. canceled. Prom. Co. K
DEMPSEY, Michael J 2nd Lt. White Co --- Promoted [Oct 12, 1862]
DEMPSEY, Michael J 1st Serg. White Co Feb 27, 1862 Promoted 2d Lieutenant [May 21, 1862]
DOBBS, Howel Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
ELDER, Samuel Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to 57th Ill., Oct 12, 1862
FINN, Thomas H Sergeant Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, disabil, Jeff'n Barracks
FISHER, Theodore Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 1, 1862; disabil.
FORD, Joseph Recruit --- --- Discharged Oct 3, 1862
GASTON, Elijah Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 7, 1862; disabil.
GOODWIN, Thomas Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 10, 1862; disabil.
GRAHAM, Rufus Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Camp Mather, Ill.
HALE, Walker Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 24, 1862; disabil.
HALL, James P Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at home, July 26, 1862
HAMBY, William Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Apr 6, 1862; disabil.
HARPOLE, James F Corporal Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Apr 25, 1862
HAYDEN, Samuel Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 21, 1862; disabil.
HESS, John Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 20, 1863; disabil.
HICKMAN, Benjamin Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Corinth, July 1, 1862
HUTCHINSON, Alex Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 3, 1862
JAMISON, Andrew M Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Apr 19, 1862
JENINGS, William M Corporal Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. F, Nov 1, 1862
LAFFERTY, William Corporal Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Returned as deserter to 26th Ill. Inf., May 13, 1862
LEVIL, William, 1st Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Apr 28, 1862. See Co. K
LEVIL, William, 2d Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 14, 1862; disabil.
LITTLE, William H Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Jan 24, 1862; disabil.
LONG, Jasper Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted July 9, 1862
MADISON, George Recruit Plymouth, Oh --- Prom. Musician. N.C.S.
MATSEL, Charles H Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 22, 1862; disabil.
McCLELLAN, George Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Paducah, July 26, 1862
McGILL, James Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Apr 9, 1865
MIERS, Isom Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, St Louis, Aug 25, 1862
MILIGAN, Elihu Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Paducah, Apr 5, 1862
MILLS, Alvis Recruit --- --- Transferred to Co. F
MITCHELL, Christopher Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Memphis, Apr 7, 1863
MITCHELL, James Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, St Louis, Nov 20, 1862
MODGLIN, John Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
MOORE, John Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Killed at Corinth, Oct 4, 1862
MOSS, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Transferred to Co. F
NICKOLS, James A Musician White Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. F, Nov 7, 1862
ONAN, Marion Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
PARKHURST, Marion Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
PRIOR, James Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
PRIOR, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 10, 1862; disabil.
PRIOR, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. F, Nov 7, 1862
REYNOLDS, Richard Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 7, 1862; disabil.
ROBINSON, Calvin Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Corinth, July 3, 1862
ROGERS, George Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted May 28, 1862
SEETS, Hardin Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Jan 21, 1863
SEETS, John H Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
SHARPNACK, Samuel Corporal White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 20, 1862; disabil.
SHERIDAN, John Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Aug 8, 1862
SLINGER, David Captain White Co Feb 27, 1862 Resigned Oct 12, 1862
STORY, George W Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
STOUT, Abraham Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Sep 8, 1862
STUM, Allen Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Shawneetown, Ill., Mar 17, 1862
TATUM, George Corporal Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. F, Nov 1, 1862
THOMAS, Hezekiah Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 3, 1862; disabil.
THORN, James Private Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Corinth, Nov 1862
THORN, Larkin A J Sergeant Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at home, Mar 20, 1862
TREMBLE, John Sergeant Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Transferred to Co. F
WATSON, James Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. F, May 1, 1863
WILLIAMS, Daniel Wagoner White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Danville, Ky., July 26, 1862
WILLIAMS, David Sergeant Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
WILLIAMS, Jerry Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. F, Nov 7, 1861
WILLIAMS, Phillip C Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
WILLIAMS, William F 1st Lt. Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died
WILLIS, Elijah Recruit White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 6, 1862; disabil.
WOODALL, William W Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 27, 1862; disabil.
WOODALL, William Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Returned; deserter to 26th Ill. Regt. May 13, 1862
WOOTEN, Jeremiah C Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 6, 1862; disabil.
WOOTEN, William Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 1, 1862; disabil.
YOUNG, Benjamin F Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died at Corinth, Sep 24, 1862
YOUNG, Lee Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, See Co. K

Transcribed by Jim Willison


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