62nd Illinois Infantry
Field & Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment
Date of Muster Remarks
ALEXANDER, Guy S Major Palestine May 5, 1865 May 28, 1865 Transf'd as consolidated
ALEXANDER, Guy S Adjutant Palestine July 11, 1863 Not must'r'd Declined commission
BRIDGES, Vernon R 1st Asst Surg. Mattoon Feb 20, 1863 --- Prom. Surgeon 126th Reg't.
BRIDGES, Vernon R 2nd Asst Surg. Mattoon Oct 13, 1862 --- Promoted
CAMERON, John W Surgeon Richview Jan 24, 1862 Mar 1, 1863 Transf'd as consolidated
CAMERON, John W 1st Asst Surg. Richview Jan 24, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Promoted
FERRIS, William P Adjutant --- Nov 20, 1863 Nov 25, 1863 Transf'd as consolidated
HATCH, Seth C 1st Asst Surg. Griggsville Mar 29, 1864 Apr 20, 1864 Transf'd as consolidated
McKINNEY, John W Surgeon Camargo Mar 6, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Resigned Aug 31, 1862
MEEKER, Stephen M Lt. Colonel Hardinsville Jun 27, 1863 Aug 13, 1863 Resigned Feb 9, 1865
MEEKER, Stephen M Major Hardinsville Jan 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Promoted
NABB, John Quartermaster Mattoon Feb 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Died at Mattoon, Ill., Sep 28, 1864
ROBINSON, Daniel B Lt. Colonel Bloomington Feb 18, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Resigned Jun 27, 1863
TREMBLE, Hiram M Chaplain Mattoon Jan 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out Apr 14, 1865
TRUE, James M Colonel Mattoon Dec 1, 1861 Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out May 1, 1865
TRUE, Lewis C Lt. Colonel Mattoon Feb 3, 1865 Mar 22, 1865 Transf'd as consolidated
TRUE, Lewis C Major Mattoon Jun 27, 1863 Aug 17, 1863 Promoted
TRUE, Lewis C Adjutant Mattoon Mar 10, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Promoted Captain Co. D
WALTERS, Henry F Quartermaster Lawrenceville Oct 26, 1864 Nov 2, 1864 Transf'd as consolidated
WILEY, Edmund R Jr Adjutant Springfield Jun 17, 1862 --- Prom. Major 2d Tennessee Volunteers, A.D. [A.D.=African Descent]
WUNDT, Charles L Surgeon --- Mar 26, 1862 --- MO to date Jan 11, 1863

62nd Illinois Infantry
Non-Commissioned Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment
Date of Muster Remarks
CARAWAY, John A Hosp. Steward Camargo Apr 10, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out May 1, 1865
HECKLER, Christian Prin. Musician Richview Feb 1, 1864 Mar 24, 1864 Trans. to Co. B, as consol.
JOHNSON, Simon Prin. Musician Lawrenceville Apr 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Reduced to ranks of Co. A
MAGEE, Thomas H Serg. Major Mattoon Feb 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Prom. 2d Lieutenant Co. F
MERTINS, Adolphus Serg. Major Salem Dec 15, 1861 Apr 10, 1862 Prom. 2d Lieutenant Co. E
MILNER, Jesse Musician Wayne Co Feb 3, 1864 Mar 30, 1864 Trans. to Co. C, as consol.
PARK, Eustace L QM Sergeant --- Jan 1, 1862 Jun 1, 1862 Disch, Jun 27, 1863 for pro. in 2d West Tenn. Inf. A.D. [A.D.=African Descent]
PEARCE, Jonathan T Prin. Musician Casey Apr 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Reduced to ranks of Co. C
STRUBLE, Austin F Serg. Major Lawrenceville Jan 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out May 2, 1865
STRUBLE, Austin F QM Sergeant Lawrenceville Jan 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Reduced to ranks of Co. A
WALTERS, Henry F Comm. Sergeant Lawrenceville --- --- Prom. Reg. Quartermaster
WATSON, Benjamin F Comm. Sergeant Lawrence Co Jan 1, 1862 Apr 10, 1862 Mustered out May 2, 1865

Transcribed by Jim Willison

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