Company "F" 56th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
AIKIN, Henry F Private Logansport Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1863. Name appears on original Company D
ALLYN, Edward R Corporal Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Deserted May 1, 1862
ARBRAUGH, John Rec. trans. from Co. D White Co Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Apr 24, 1863
AYERS, John 1st Lt. --- Not must'r'd MO Aug 12, 1865 as Serg't, Company A
BAIRD, William Private Cave-In-Rock Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Jun 9, 1865
BALLARD, William Private Fitz Hill Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Miss. Marine Brig. Apr 1, 1863
BALSH, John Recruit Alabama --- Died Apr 11, 1865
BANKS, Benjamin Private Olney Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Sep 8, 1862
BARNES, Emmerson Private Logansport Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Aug 1, 1863. MO Feb 27, 1865
BARNES, William B Private Logansport Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Inv. Corps, Aug 1, 1863. MO Feb 27, 1865
BLACKARD, Joshua Private Rolland Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Sep 8, 1862
BROCKETT, Matthew Private Enfield Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
BROCKETT, Michael Sergeant Enfield Feb 27, 1862 MO Feb 27, 1865 as private
CLARK, George Private White Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, Nov 1, 1862
COLEMAN, Bailey Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Oct 13, 1862
COLEMAN, John Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out May 31, 1865
CONE, Sylvester R Captain --- Not must'r'd Disch, Mar 22, 1865 as 1st Lt.
CONE, Sylvester R 1st Lt. --- --- Promoted [July 20, 1864]
COX, Andrew J Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Mar 23, 1864
COX, Jonathan Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Dec 3, 1863
CROFFORD, William Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
CROSSER, John D Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 MO Aug 12, 1865; wounded
DAWSEY, James Rec. trans. from Co. D White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 30, 1862; disabil.
DEAVERS, Michael J Recruit New Market --- Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
DEVERS, Ezekiel Musician Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Sep 8, 1862
DILLARD, Austin Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Died, Memphis, Apr 3, 1863
DILLARD, Wesley Corporal New Market Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Nov 10, 1862
DILLINGER, Herman F 1st Lt. Shawneetown Not must'r'd Commission canceled
DILLINGER, Herman F Sergeant Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Lost on steam Gen'l Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DODSON, Archibald Private Lynchburg Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Feb 28, 1863
DODSON, James Private Lynchburg Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DOWNEY, George W Private McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Prom. Com. Sergeant
DRESSELL, Augustus Private Harrisburg Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Lost on steam Gen'l Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DUNLAP, Hiram S 1st Lt. Troy Grove --- Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
DUNLAP, Hiram S 2nd Lt. Troy Grove Nov 1, 1862 Promoted [July 20, 1864]
DUNLAP, Hiram S Private Troy Grove Feb 27, 1862 Prom. Serg't, then 2d Lt. [Oct 17, 1862]
DURE, Simeon W Sergeant Macedonia Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Mar 26, 1863
EASON, Andrew J Private Jeffersonville Feb 27, 1862 Died at Jefferson Barracks, Sep 12, 1862
FLETCHER, Franklin Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died Mar 21, 1862
FOWLER, Benjamin Recruit Gallatin Co --- Deserted Mar 4, 1862
FRANKLIN, William Recruit Saline Mills --- Died at Whitesburg, Ala., Feb 29, 1864
FRY, David A Private Crittenden Co, Ky Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Jan 31, 1863
GARNER, William B Recruit McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 19, 1863, to accept pro. in 12th La. Col. Reg.
GLISSON, John Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
GOLDBURG, Gabriel S Recruit Mier --- Disch, Apr 29, 1862; disabil.
GOULDSBURG, Albert Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 29, 1862; disabil.
GREEN, Elisha Private Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
GREEN, Lewis Private McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 13, 1862; disabil.
HALE, Walker Rec. trans. from Co. D Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Apr 24, 1863; disabil.
HALL, John P Captain Morganfield, Ky Feb 27, 1862 Promoted Major
HALL, Joseph Recruit New Market --- Deserted Jan 31, 1863
HANCOCK, John J Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
HARDIN, Solomon Musician New Market Feb 27, 1862 Corp'l. Lost on steam Gen'l Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
HELMNER, Jacob Corporal Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Serg't. Lost on steam Gen'l Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
HILLMAN, Joseph Private Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Died in Mississippi, Aug 9, 1862
HOGUE, William H Corporal Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Apr 12, 1862
HOSICK, Francis M Private Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
HUMPHREYS, Matthew Private Lynchburg Feb 27, 1862 Corp'l. Lost on steam Gen'l Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
JENINGS, William F Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
JONES, Clifton A Private Elm Grove Feb 27, 1862 Deserted May 4, 1862
KERBY, James F Private Carrollton, Ky Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 30, 1862; disabil.
KERKHAM, John W Corporal Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Died at Shawneetown, Mar 20, 1862
LACER, John Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
LITTLE, William H Rec. trans. from Co. D White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Jan 24, 1862; disabil.
LUNSFORD, Wiley Recruit Abingdon, Va --- Tr. to Inv. Corps, Jan 5, 1864
MADDOX, Francis M Private Troy Grove Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
MADDOX, William C Corporal Triumph Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Dec 8, 1862
MATSELL, Charles H Rec. trans. from Co. D White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 22, 1862; disabil.
McCLURE, William D Private Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Aug 6, 1862; disabil.
McCOY, Simeon D 1st Serg. Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Aug 6, 1865
McDONALD, Alexander H Private Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
McDONALD, William P Private McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 14, 1862; disabil.
McGEHEE, Elisha Private Roland Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Nov 17, 1862; disabil.
McGEHEE, James Private Roland Feb 27, 1862 Died at Brownsboro, Feb 22, 1864; wounds
McKNIGHT, Jefferson Private Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Died, Nashville, Dec 4, 1863
McMAHON, Hiram Recruit Gallatin Co Mar 6, 1862 Died, Apr 15, 1862 at Paducah
McQUAY, James C Veteran Roland Apr 28, 1864 Deserted Jun 22, 1865
McWAY, James C Private Roland Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MILLER, Fletcher Recruit --- Dec 16, 1863 Killed at Savannah, Ga., Dec 11, 1864
MILLS, Alvis Rec. trans. from Co. D --- Apr 4, 1862 Deserted Jan 31, 1863
MITCHELL, Christopher Rec. trans. from Co. D Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Memphis, Apr 7, 1863
MITCHELL, James Rec. trans. from Co. D Saline Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, St Louis, Nov 20, 1862
MOORE, Jesse Recruit Lynchburg --- Deserted Feb 15, 1862
MOORE, Stephen Private Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
MORGAN, David Private Logansport Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
MORGAN, William J Private Lovilla Feb 27, 1862 Died at Jackson, Tenn., Jan 4, 1864
MOSS, William Rec. trans. from Co. D White Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
MULENAX, Henry Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Tr. to Miss. Marine Brig. Apr 1, 1863
MULENAX, James Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Disch, July 23, 1863; disabil.
NATIONS, Anderson W Private Logansport Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
NICHOLS, James A Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 15, 1862; disabil.
NICHOLSON, Marmaduke 2nd Lt. Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Promoted Adjutant
O'NEAL, John W Captain McLeansboro --- Resigned July 26, 1864
O'NEAL, John W 1st Lt. McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Promoted [Aug 31, 1862]
PERRY, James R Private Equality Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
PERRY, Leroy Sergeant Knight's Prairie Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
PHILLIPS, Zephaniah Private Equality Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Sep 26, 1862
PRESTON, David Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Killed, Vicksburg, Jun 17, 1863
PRESTON, David S Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Killed, Vicksburg, Jun 17, 1863
PRESTON, John F Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Oct 16, 1862; disabil.
PRESTON, John Finney Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Jan 22, 1863
PRIOR, William R Sergeant Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
PRYOR, William Rec. trans. from Co. D White Co Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Dec 10, 1862; disabil.
PULLEY, David Recruit Mier --- Disch, Dec 15, 1862; disabil.
ROBERTSON, William Private G Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
ROSE, John C Recruit New Market --- Deserted Sep 25, 1862
RUNYON, Isaac Recruit New Market --- Mustered out May 1, 1865
SEETS, Hardin Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Deserted Jan 21, 1863
SMALHOUSE, Alfred Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Corp'l. Lost on steam Gen'l Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SMITH, Foster Private New Market Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 18, 1862; disabil.
STAUB, Edward G Captain Frederick, Md Not must'r'd MO Aug 12, 1865 as Serg't.
STAUB, Edward G Veteran Frederick co, Md Apr 28, 1864 MO Aug 12, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
STAUB, Edward G Private Frederick, Md Feb 27, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
STEVENS, Jacob Corporal Mier Feb 27, 1862 Discharged Nov 13, 1862
SWARTZ, Jacob Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SWARTZ, John Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
SWEENEY, Rufus Private --- Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
TATUM, George Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Dishon. disch. Feb 4, 1865
TRIMBLE, John Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Died, Mound City, Feb 4, 1865
TUCKER, Martin S Private McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
TUCKER, Michael Private McLeansboro Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
VANWY, Isaac Private Caseyville, Ky Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
WATSON, James Rec. trans. from Co. D Gallatin Co Feb 27, 1862 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
WESTON, Charles W Private --- Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
WEYL, Robert Private Mier Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
WILKEY, John W Private Enfield Feb 27, 1862 Disch, Sep 8, 1862; disabil.
WILKINS, James Private --- Feb 27, 1862 Trans. to Co. K, May 1, 1862
WILLIAMS, Jerry Wagoner Carmi Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
WILLFORD, Wiley Private Shawneetown Feb 27, 1862 Lost on steamer General Lyon, Mar 31, 1865
WILSON, John 2nd Lt. --- Not must'r'd Commission canceled

Transcribed by Jim Willison


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