The ILGenWeb

Civil War Scrapbook

General Information:
- Orders - Copies of original documents relating the assassination of President Lincoln
- Siege of Fort Blakeley, Alabama - 26 Illinois regiments partici d in this, the final battle of the Civil War. This page will include items of interest related to the regiments serving.
- Terminology Explained - Paroling, Oath of Allegiance, Substitution, etc.
- Corps Badges used by the Union Army in 1865
- Galena Daily Gazette, March 18, 1864 - read an article on the Civil War
- Obituaries - Hardin County Civil War Veterans
- Biography of Joseph A. Robinson, Co. A, 188th Pennsylvania Regiment
- Re-enactment Photos
- Re-enactment Photos - Skulker's Mess at Ft. Massac, John Marler at Mill Springs
- Robert Pate Newspaper Article
- GAR List
- Battlefield Monuments and Markers - photos and descriptions
- List of Illinois Veterans, GAR Post #10, Snohomish, Washington
- Illinois Memorial at Vicksburg
- Kennesaw Mountain Photos - including the Illinois Monument
- Harrisburg, Illinois Civil War Veterans Reunion, 1930
- POW listing from Camp Ford, near Tyler, Texas
- Crawford County Civil War Veterans
- Decoration Day Exercises
- Civil War Veterans Visit Martinsville High School
- Old Timers Work in Marshall
- G.A.R. Meeting, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois
- G.A.R. Reunion Photo, 1903, Clay City, Illinois
- G.A.R. Monument, County Courthouse Grounds, Great Bend, Kansas
- Descriptive Roll of Recruits for Mississippi Marine Brigade
Unknown Regiment:
- Letter from E. W. Atwood
- William A. Galloway Letter
- Obituary - Charles H. Willard
1st Illinois Light Artillery:
- Biography of Charles B. Knobbs
- Diary of Charles D. Gammon, Company M
2nd Illinois Light Artillery:
- Discharge Papers - Benjamin Stout, Battery G
- Enlistment Papers - Benjamin Stout, Battery G
- Muster Rolls - Benjamin Stout, Battery G
- Pension Papers - Benjamin Stout, Battery G
3rd Illinois Light Artillery:
- Promotion Papers - Ward Bartram, Battery K
2nd Illinois Cavalry:
- Article - Dr. Jerome B. Tenney, Company B
- Biography - James Charles Williams, Company D
3rd Illinois Cavalry:
- Discharge Papers - George North Neff, Company I
- Muster Roll - George North Neff, Company I
4th Illinois Cavalry:
- Unwritten History of the War by 1st Sergeant W. O. Rogers, Company L
- The Cotton Raid in Mississippi by Prentice Williams
- Lottinville Family History - Samuel Lottinville, Company A
5th Illinois Cavalry:
- Descriptive Roll, Company M
7th Illinois Cavalry:
- Medal - received by Joseph F. Gooch, Company B
- Article about Catherine Sharp, Nurse, Company F
- Biography - Albert Taylor Shenneman, Company I
- GAR Reunion - Melchior Pabst, Company M
7th Illinois Infantry
- Discharge Papers - Thomas Hill, Company I
8th Illinois Cavalry:
- Biography of William D. Stites, who was at Ford's Theatre when President Lincoln was shot; includes his own account of what happened
8th Illinois Infantry
- FOUND - Brass medal in shape of shield, 1916 - J. A. Braxton, Company K. The item was found in San Antonio, Texas in January 1999. Contact John M. Prather
9th Illinois Cavalry:
- Letter from Lt. Abner Westbrook
10th Illinois Cavalry:
- Story - Jesse W. Holeman, Company A
10th Illinois Infantry
- Military Record - James E. Paisley, Company A
- Obituary - Hezekiah Kibby, Company H
11th Illinois Infantry
- Pension Application - John Cornwell, Company E
- Diary/Letters of Thomas Benjamin Fisher, Company H
12th Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - John Charles Michie, Company K
13th Illinois Cavalry:
- Discharge and newspaper article - Ernst Strecker, Company C
- Muster Roll - Ernst Strecker, Company C
- Article regarding Zopher A. Johnson, Company H
13th Illinois Infantry:
- Pension File - Zachariah Mathuss, Company C
14th Illinois Cavalry:
- A Love Story - John Janeway, Company E
- Documents - John B. Reed
14th Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers - William Parthum
15th Illinois Infantry:
- Personal War Sketch - Daniel J. Benner, Company E
- Commendation, etc. - Anson W. Parks, Company G
- Discharge - George S. Briggs, Company I
16th Illinois Infantry:
- Citizenship Petition - Alfred Reed Tomlinson, Company H
- Pension File - John Shinn, Company K
17th Illinois Cavalry:
- Note to Simeon Shaver, Company E
- Discharge, John Hartsell, Company L
18th Illinois Infantry:
- A Comrade's Lament - Letter from O. D. Schooley to parents of Samuel Peshall, Company G
20th Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - George R. Watt, Company E
- Obituary - Lewis LaFountain, Company C
- Obituary - Frederick Stricker, Company G
- Battle of Britton's Lane in which the 20th participated
- Reminiscences of the War
21st Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - Elias D. Wilkin, Chaplain
- Obituary - Nixon Buckner
- Obituary - Harrison Black, Company H
- Obituary - Morton Wilson, Company H
- Journal - Samuel Broughton, Company I
- Discharge Papers, 1864 - Samuel Broughton, Company I
- Discharge Papers, 1865 - Samuel Broughton, Company I
- Obituaries - Samuel Broughton, Company I
22nd Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers - Archibald C. Gresham, Company D
25th Illinois Infantry:
- Letter and Obituary - Robert Walsh, Company G
27th and 42nd Illinois Infantries:
- Newspaper Clipping - Report of Casualties
28th Illinois Infantry:
- Biography of Ansel W. Sloat, Company G
29th Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - George White
- Adjutant General's Report - Company A - actual images
- History of the 29th Illinois Infantry, Company A - actual images of the pages from the Adjutant General's Report
- Letters and Diary - Sergeant William S. Bolerjack, Company G
30th Illinois Infantry:
- Richard B. Ashmore's Story
- Biography/Article - Woodford D. Hand, Company D
31st Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - James Lawrence Evans, Company B
- Discharge Papers - John W. Purnell, Company B
- Gold Medal of Honor - Thomas Yates, Company E
- Battle for Recognition - the case of William McCarver, Company H
- Discharge papers - Britton H. Yarber, Company I
- Obituary - James Lawrence Evans
32nd Illinois Infantry:
- Ex-POW Certificate and Discharge Papers for Reuben Peter Bobb, Co. C
- GAR Ribbons - Reuben Peter Bobb, Co. C
- Letters - Dewitt Callaway, Co. D
34th Illinois Infantry:
- Lines on the Death of Lieut. Daniel Riley - by Alexander Allen, Company C
- Discharge - John S. Hastings, Company F
- Letters - Dr. Orson Q. Herrick, Company G
- Biography - Elias W. Smith, Company I
35th Illinois Infantry:
- Biography/Letter - Captain William Lewis Oliver, Company E
36th Illinois Infantry:
- Muster Roll - Company B
- 36th Illinois Infantry book available - The history of the 36th written by L. G. Bennett has been published; names are being collected for the index and any available information on the 36th is being collected. If you have documents and/or are interested in being included in this project, please contact Jill Bennett Polsby
37th Illinois Infantry:
- Biography - John Charles Michie, Company F
- Letters - Thomas R. Brown, Company K
38th Illinois Infantry:
- "Civil War Prisoner - Not Equal to Describe Hell on Earth," by John H. Conrad, Co. G
39th Illinois Infantry:
- Medal of Honor? Overlooked Medal of Honor for Henry Day. Company A
- Additional Information on the regiment
- Letters Home from Alexander Gray, Company E
- Medal of Honor Recipient, Henry M. Hardenberg, Company G
- Letter from William Henry Harrison Reed, Company A
40th Illinois Infantry:
- Excerpt from the Diary of Joseph Phillips, Company F
- Memoirs - Dr. John T. Hunt, Company A
- Article regarding Christopher and James Johnson, Company A
42nd Illinois Infantry:
- Newspaper Article regarding Silas A. Simonton, Company B
- Letter reporting the death of George Weir, Company C
- Letters from Len Norton, Company E
46th Illinois Infantry:
- Enlistment Papers for Henry Stork, Company C
- Letter from Alexander R. Barker, Company F
- Letters to and from Van R. Strong, Company F
47th Illinois Infantry:
- Edward Northcraft Phillips documents, Company B
- William Askey discharge papers, Company I
- Muster and Descriptive Roll - David Bidleman, Company K
48th Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge papers for Frederick H. Layman, Company H
- Obituary - Allen H. Michael, Company H
50th Illinois Infantry:
- Pension file of George W. Haworth, Company A
- Pension file of Levi Roberts, Company H
51st Illinois Infantry:
- Merritt Lewis Diary (pdf - to be converted)
52nd Illinois Infantry:
- Spalding's Base Ball - Edward Burson Spalding
53rd Illinois Infantry:
- Jesse Reynolds discharge papers, Company D
- Diary of H. E. Ranstead, Company D
53rd U.S. Colored Infantry
- Memorial Address for Captain Thomas Brown Rhodes
54th Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary of Captain B. F. Schooley
- Obituary - Carson Johnson, Company G
55th Illinois Infantry:
- Petition for Milton Lorenzo Haney by members of Company F
56th Illinois Infantry:
- Photo of Company E at Huntsville, Alabama
- Parole Paper for Sam Roper, Company K
57th Illinois Infantry:
- Encampment Photo - outside Cornith, Mississippi
- FOUND! - Discharge paper for Robert A. Howard, Company C
- Disability Discharge Papers - Isaac D. Page, Company K
59th Illinois Infantry:
- Pension record of Solomon Asberry Cadle, Company C
- Letters from Robert Park Drake, Company K
- Various Documents for Robert Park Drake, Company K
60th Illinois Infantry:
- Letter from Martha Clark, Nurse, to her son
61st Illinois Infantry
- History of Regiment and of John Romine, Company A and William T. Baird, Company E
- Biography - John Cooley, Company C
- Obituary - George H. Coons, Company F
62nd Illinois Infantry:
- Survivors, 14 April 1915 - Company C
- Obituary - John Garner, Company C
- Civil War Record - Garret Burkett, Company E
63rd Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - Salathiel Leonard
- Biography - Marshall C. Woods
- Biography/Pension Record - Mathias Nidey, Company G
- Letter/History of Co. H, by Sylvester G. Parker
- Photo - Captain Ingham Starkey and Others, Company K
64th Illinois Infantry:
- A Foreign Agent Unmasked: George Bell
65th Illinois Infantry:
- Letter to James William Prouty
- Story written by James William Prouty
- Reunion Photo - Companies A, B, C, D, E, H and K
72nd Infantry:
- Letter Home - Martin Heberlein/Haberlin, Company A
- Letter to Hemingway Foundation - Anton Hemingway, Company D and David Peabody, Company G
73rd Infantry:
- Eighteenth Annual Reunion of the Survivors of the Seventy-Third
- Obituaries, death list, etc. from the 25th and 26th Reunion Booklets
- Ribbon from the Sixth Annual Re-Union
- William Martin Claim - Company C
- Testimony of Captain Tilmon D. Kyger for Jacob Martin - Company C
- Obituary of John C. Clower - Company I
- Poem by Joseph Wier - Company K
75th Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary of Patrick Comfort, Company E
76th Illinois Infantry:
- Lottinville Family History - Samuel Lottinville, Company D
- Letter to the widow of Oliver P. Rhinehart, Private, Company G
- Group Photo, Company H
- Diary - Leonard Pierpont, Company K
79th Illinois Infantry:
- His Story - Nixon S. Buckner
- Praise for Col. Buckner - Allen Buckner, Colonel
- Obituary - Henry W. Shonk, Company F
- Biography/Obituary - Iredell Evans, Company I
- Biography - William W. Miller, Company I
- Obituary - W. O. Pinnell, Company I
- Injury Report and Muster Rolls - Felix Lardner, Company K
80th Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers for John A. Hust, Company A
81st Illinois Infantry:
- Enlistment Papers for John Willoughby, Company E
- Recruitment Papers for John Willoughby, Company E
83rd Illinois Infantry:
- Letters from Francis Marion Dally, Company A
- Letter from J. A. Wallace, Company A
- Letter from C. L. Atwood, Company G
84th Illinois Infantry:
- Muster Roll - Company H
85th Illinois Infantry:
- Report - Report to Headquarters - Atlanta Campaign
- Macomb GAR - John R. Powell, Company H
86th Illinois Infantry:
- Letter - Written by William S. Sparling (Co. B) to his children "My Civil War History", April 1862
- Diary - Written by Captain James L. Burkhalter, Company F
- Biography of Captain James L. Burkhalter, Company F
- Obituary - John West, Company F
- Reunion Roster, 1887
- Reunion Roster, 1888
87th Illinois Infantry:
- Muster Roll - Company I
88th Illinois Infantry:
- Letters from George Surtees, Company E
89th Illinois Infantry:
- Alfred D. French Memoirs - Company A
90th Illinois Infantry:
- A Sunday in the South, by Lt. William White, unknown company
- Letter, Lt. William White, unknown company
91st Illinois Infantry:
- Pension File - Francis marion Gudgel, Company B
- Letters - John Reilly, Company D
92nd Illinois Infantry:
- Info/Letter - James Parley Bloss, Corporal, Company K
- Diary - Lucias C. Runion, Company K
95th Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers and Miscellaneous Artifacts - Henry Lindsey, Company I
96th Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers for John Hoffman, Company H
- The Michael Hileman Memoirs, Michael Hileman, Companies K and H
97th Illinois Infantry:
- Photo of Trunk/Bio of Major Samuel Willard, Surgeon
98th Illinois Infantry:
- "An Incident at the War of the Rebellion" - George V. Tracy, Company D
- Disability Discharge; Biography - Washington O'Dell, Company I
- Pension - John A. Martin
100th Illinois Infantry:
- Great Battle at Murfreesboro - Company D
101st Illinois Infantry:
- Badge belonging to John D. Cawood - Company B
102nd Illinois Infantry:
- Image of "Special Provision Return" - Captain Atchison Company
- Discharge/Furlough Papers - James F. Barnett, Company G
103rd Illinois Infantry:
- Pension Story - Benjamin Brown, Company C
- Discharge and Pension Papers - Nathaniel D. Miller, Company K
104th Illinois Infantry:
- Letter from Davidson McCampbell, Company B
- Biography for Aaron G. Bardwell, Company F
105th Illinois Infantry:
- Biography and Obituary - Louis Mesenbrink, Company I
106th Illinois Infantry:
- Diary of Martin Luther Houser, Company F
107th Illinois Infantry:
- Newspaper Account relating portions of a letter written by Milton Colwell
- The Last Recruit - George W. Scott and R. W. Gambell, Company A
- Col. Tom Snell's Raid on Pie Peddlers, A Brief History of the 107th Illinois Infantry
- Letter - Jonathan Clevenger
- Obituary - John Cassell
- Obituary - Joseph Schalfke, Company D
111th Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers - James Y. Topping, Company G
112th Illinois Infantry:
- Diary of Milo D. Dailey
- Biography of J. A. Hart, Company A
- Transcript of discharge papers for Stephen P. Otis, Company D
115th Illinois Infantry:
- Company C - Reel Family History
- Company D - Newspaper Articles - the Battle of Buzzard Roost Gap and regimental reunions; photos of Buzzard Roost Gap, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga National Cemetery; roster of the men of Company D
- Photo of the 115th Infantry at the dedication of their monument at Chickamauga Park
- Original surrender document signed by Captain Samuel Hymer
120th Illinois Infantry:
- Henry Mullinax Discharge Papers Found - Contact Helga Aviles
- Obituary - Aaron T. Lane (Lain), Company B
- Commission Papers - Thomas Jefferson Carr, Company E
- Biography - Captain William Roark, Company F
- Transcription, Vicksburg Illinois Memorial
123rd Infantry
- Obituary - Christian Murphy
- Biography - Orville Wilhoit, father of James
- Obituary - John Garner, Company F
- Biography - John H. Miller, Company F
- Pension Record/Obituary - Grandville Henderson Bishop, Company G
- Muster-Out/Obituary - Amaziah Murphy, Company G
- Pension Record/Obituary - Jessie Sims, Company G
- Diary of Ben Keighley
124th Illinois Infantry:
- Muster List - Company A
125th Illinois Infantry:
- Letter - A Reminiscence of the Civil War by Jeanette Langley
- Biography - Hon. James Weston Langley
- Report - Report to Headquarters - Savannah Campaign
- 125th History and Maps - history of the 125th and maps showing the routes they traveled with battles marked with a history of the Weston-Langley families
- Obituary - Benjamin Houston
- Letters - Dr. Eli Martin Hewitt, Company I
- Letters - Joseph Anderson, Company K
- Letter Home - James Henry Blakeney, Company K
130th Illinois Infantry:
- List of Missing - Companies G & K
- Letters home from Job Bartlett, Company K
- Pension Application - Thompson Rector Cornwell, Company K
- Diary - Leonidas H. Bradley, Company K
131st Illinois Infantry:
- Plaque, listing the regiment, on the Illinois Memorial at Vicksburg
- Biography - John T. Ledbetter, Company F
- Obituary - George White
137th Illinois Infantry:
- Certificate of Thanks - John P. Little, Company I
142nd Illinois Infantry:
- Discharge Papers - 2nd Lt. Caleb Shonk Ransom, Company I
143rd Illinois Infantry:
- Biography and Letter - William Buzzard
144th Illinois Infantry:
- Muster Roll - George A. Hitchcock (Hicock), Company B
147th Illinois Infantry:
- Enlistment Papers - James Carroll Gray, Company B
- Discharge Papers - James Carroll Gray, Company B
- Lottinville Family History - Thomas and Henry Lottinville, Company K
- Newspaper Article/Obituary - Anton/Andrew Weisrock, Company K
148th Illinois Infantry:
- Enlistment Certificate - John T. Whitney
152nd Illinois Infantry:
- Photo - Headquarters, Memphis - 1865
154th Illinois Infantry:
- Military Biography for Edward Harrison Moffett
155th Illinois Infantry:
- Obituary - Henry Baker, Company C
- Obituary - John Reynolds, Company C

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