72nd Illinois Infantry Field & Staff
Name	Rank	Residence	Date of Rank or Enlistment	Date of Muster	Remarks
BACON, Ebenezer	Adjutant	Chicago	Aug 21, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Died, Memphis, Jan 16, 1863
BARNES, Henry E	Chaplain	Chicago	Aug 22, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Resigned Jun 20, 1863
BEERS, Edwin A	2nd Asst. Surg.	McHenry	Oct 17, 1862	Oct 17, 1862	Resigned Apr 1, 1864
BUCHER, Charles A	1st Asst. Surg.	Batavia	July 8, 1864	Aug 1, 1864	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
CHESTER, Henry W	Major	Chicago	Aug 21, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Resigned Feb 14, 1863
DURHAM, Benj. Jr.	1st Asst. Surg.	Chicago	Aug 22, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Prom. Asst. Surgeon of Vol. MO Jun 8, 1864
GIBBS, Albert G	Quartermaster	Chicago	Feb 16, 1863	Jun 10, 1863	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
HEAFFORD, George H	Adjutant	Chicago	Apr 1, 1864	Jun 29, 1864	Mustered out Apr 7, 1865
JAMES, William	Major	Chicago	July 7, 1863	Oct 29, 1863	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
POWELL, Edwin	Surgeon	Chicago	Aug 22, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
STARING, Frederick A	Colonel	Chicago	Aug 21, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 21, 1865
STOCKTON, Joseph	Lt. Colonel	Chicago	July 7, 1863	Oct 16, 1863	Pro. Bret. Brig. Gen. Mar 13, 1865. MO Aug 7, 1865
STOCKTON, Joseph	Major	Chicago	Feb 14, 1863	Apr 20, 1863	Promoted
THOMAS, Benjamin W	Quartermaster	Chicago	July 31, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Resigned Feb 16, 1863
UNDERWOOD, Benj. W	Adjutant	Chicago	Jan 16, 1863	Aug 15, 1863	Resigned Apr 1, 1864
WRIGHT, Joseph C	Lt. Colonel	Chicago	Aug 21, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Died, Chicago, July 6, 1863, of wounds rec'd at Vicksburg

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72nd Illinois Infantry Non-Commissioned Staff
Name	Rank	Residence	Date of Rank or Enlistment	Date of Muster	Remarks
ANNIS, John B	Hosp. Steward	---	Sep 8, 1862	Sep 8, 1862	Died, Vicksburg, Aug 14, 1863
BATCHELOR, Merritt P	Serg. Major	Chicago	Nov 24, 1862	Nov 26, 1862	Prom. 1st Lt. Co. A
BLAKE, Charles V	Serg. Major	Chicago	Aug 6, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
CURTISS, George W	Comm. Sergeant	Harrison	Aug 9, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
FORD, Delavan	QM Sergeant	Chicago	Aug 14, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
GIBBS, Albert G	QM Sergeant	Chicago	Aug 6, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Promoted Quartermaster
GRATTON, Emory O	Hosp. Steward	Humboldt	Aug 9, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
HEAFFORD, George H	Serg. Major	Chicago	July 23, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Promoted Adjutant
HEAFFORD, William H	Comm. Sergeant	Chicago	Aug 11, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Disch, Feb 23, 1865; disabil.
MORGAN, Elisha Jr	Serg. Major	Beloit, Wis.	Aug 8, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Promoted 2nd Lt. Co. E
POTTER, Edwin B	Prin. Musician	Stockton	Aug 14, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
SCOTT, Benjamin B	Prin. Musician	Channahon	July 28, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
SMITH, James M	Serg. Major	Chicago	July 25, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Promoted 2nd Lt. Co. A
WILSON, George B	Serg. Major	Chicago	Aug 11, 1862	Aug 21, 1862	Returned to Co. C

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72nd Illinois Infantry Unassigned Recruits
Name	Residence	Date of Rank or Enlistment	Date of Muster	Remarks
AYRES, James	Chicago	Oct 3, 1864	Oct 3, 1864	---
BARBER, William	Chicago	Feb 18, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
BATCHELOR, Merritt P	---	Nov 24, 1862	Nov 24, 1862	Prom. Sergeant Major
BAXTER, Joseph	Lake	Jan 10, 1865	Jan 10, 1865	---
BAYLE, James	Chicago	Sep 15, 1864	Sep 15, 1864	---
BEEMAN, John	Chicago	Dec 4, 1863	Jan 31, 1864	Mustered out July 15, 1865
BENET, Hiram E	Chicago	Mar 30, 1864	Mar 30, 1864	---
BICKNELL, Andrew	Champaign	Dec 29, 1863	Dec 29, 1863	---
BRINKWATER, Thomas	Chicago	Mar 9, 1864	Mar 10, 1864
BROOKS, William	Quincy	Sep 23, 1864	Sep 24, 1864	Mustered out May 23, 1865
BROWN, Henry W	Rockton	Nov 14, 1864	Nov 16, 1864	---
BRUHER, William	Maine	Sep 12, 1864	Sep 12, 1864	---
CAALIS, William	Chicago	Oct 6, 1864	Oct 6, 1864	---
CAIN, Benjamin F	Chicago	Feb 2, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	Mustered out May 23, 1865
CHIPPGARD, Ole	Chicago	Oct 5, 1864	Oct 5, 1864	---
CLARK, James	Wheeling	Jan 7, 1865	Jan 7, 1865	Discharged May 23, 1865
CLARK, James	Chicago	Dec 16, 1863	Dec 16, 1863	Mustered out May 21, 1865
CLARK, John	Chicago	---	---	Deserted Dec 29, 1863
CONNELL, Morris	Bloom	Jan 23, 1865	Jan 23, 1865	---
COOK, John	Chicago	July 29, 1864	July 29, 1864	Representative recruit
COON, William	Chicago	Mar 23, 1864	Mar 23, 1864	---
CORELY, Thomas	Chicago	Feb 23, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	Deserted
CORNELL, Lewis	Chicago	Jan 28, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
COTELLERY, Joseph	Chicago	Apr 12, 1865	Apr 12, 1865	---
CROWELL, William	Rich	Feb 29, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
DALPHIN, William	Chicago	---	---	Deserted Dec 21, 1863
DANN, Daniel	Chicago	Mar 11, 1864	Mar 12, 1864	---
DEVLIN, John	Chicago	Jan 16, 1865	Jan 16, 1865	Mustered out May 21, 1865
DOBBINS, William	Lake	Jan 10, 1865	Jan 10, 1865	---
DOUGHERTY, William	Chicago	Jan 16, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
DOYLE, Michael	Chicago	Mar 30, 1864	Mar 30, 1864	---
DUANE, William	Bloom	Jan 23, 1865	Jan 23, 1865	---
DUGGAN, John	Chicago	Dec 26, 1863	Dec 26, 1863	---
EASTWOOD, Austin	Chicago	Mar 9, 1865	Mar 9, 1865	---
EBERT, Julius	Chicago	Dec 23, 1863	Dec 23, 1863	Deserted Dec 29, 1863
EHU, Gustave	Chicago	Jan 14, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
FANNER, John	---	---	--	---
FILLMORE, W Orlando	Somers	---	---	Rejected
FINLEY, Edward	Dimick	Jan 20, 1865	Jan 21, 1865	---
FOGARTY, John	---	---	---	---
FORBES, Richard S	Thornton	Sep 24, 1864	Sep 24, 1864	---
FORSTER, Peter	Rich	Feb 29, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
FOSTER, James H	Chicago	Jan 20, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	Deserted
FRANNAN, Charles R	Chicago	---	---	Discharged
GALVIN, John	Chicago	Feb 17, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
GATLEY, Thomas	Chicago	Mar 15, 1864	Mar 30, 1864	---
GILL, Charles	Chicago	Jan 19, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
GOLDSMITH, John H	Chicago	---	---	Arrested as a deserter Dec 17, 1863
GROB, William	Addison	Oct 8, 1864	Oct 8, 1864	Rejected
HALL, Frank	Chicago	Sep 28, 1864	Sep 28, 1864	---
HARDYMASTER, John	Jefferson	Jan 18, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
HARRIS, George E	Chicago	Apr 11, 1865	Apr 11, 1865	Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
HARRIS, Jerel	Chicago	Mar 17, 1864	Mar 20, 1864	---
HEDMAN, George E	Chicago	Jan 15, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
HEINRICKS, Peter	York	---	---	---
HEINREIS, Christopher	York	Oct 8, 1864	Oct 8, 1864	---
HEMER, John H	Chicago	Mar 9, 1864	Mar 10, 1864	---
HINKLE, John H	Chicago	Jan 14, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
HOFFMAN, Joseph	Chicago	Mar 17, 1865	Mar 17, 1865	Mustered out May 29, 1865
HOGARTY, John	Chicago	Sep 30, 1864	Sep 30, 1864	---
HOLMES, Elbert	Chicago	Oct 4, 1864	Oct 4, 1864	---
HOURMAN, Isaac	Abingdon	Feb 8, 1864	Apr 28, 1864	---
HOWARD, Charles	Chicago	Dec 28, 1863	Dec 28, 1863	---
HOWARD, John	Chicago	Jan 1, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
HUBER, Michael	Chicago	Apr 5, 1865	Apr 5, 1865	Mustered out Aug 17, 1865
HUGH, James	Chicago	---	---	---
HUGHES, Thomas	Chicago	Oct 6, 1864	Oct 6, 1864	---
HUNTER, John	Chicago	Feb 3, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
HUNTINGTON, Harry	Chicago	Feb 24, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	Deserted
HUTTON, Chas. B	Chicago	Sep 30, 1864	Sep 30, 1864	Discharged May 29, 1865
INSLEY, Henry	Chicago	Mar 9, 1865	Mar 9, 1865	Mustered out May 23, 1865
IRWIN, Thomas H	Leyden	Jan 10, 1865	Jan 10, 1865	---
JAMES, Henry P	Chicago	Mar 31, 1864	Mar 31, 1864	---
JOHNSON, Chas. E	---	---	---	Died May 14, 1864
JOHNSON, Edward	Chicago	Mar 26, 1864	Mar 26, 1864	---
JOHNSON, Henry	Chicago	Jan 13, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
JONES, Charles	Wheeling	Jan 7, 1865	Jan 7, 1865	---
KANE, John	Chicago	Jan 5, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
KELSEY, Thomas	Chicago	Feb 8, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
KIMBALL, Newton	Chicago	Oct 3, 1864	Oct 3, 1864	---
KING, Charles	Chicago	Oct 6, 1864	Oct 6, 1864	Rejected
KREIDLER, Samuel	---	---	---	Belongs to 60th Ill. Inf.
LADNER, Frank	Proviso	Sep 26, 1864	Sep 26, 1864	---
LEMON, James	Evanston	Sep 22, 1864	Sep 22, 1864	Rejected
LORDEN, John	Chicago	Feb 11, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	Deserted
MADOX, Bazil	Chicago	Mar 14, 1864	Mar 14, 1864	Mustered out May 11, 1865
MALONE, Patrick	Chicago	Dec 14, 1864	Dec 14, 1864	Rejected
MANTHE, Ignatz	Chicago	Jan 15, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
MASON, Adam	Calumet	Oct 22, 1864	Oct 22, 1864	---
McDONALD, James	Walkerville	Apr 4, 1865	Apr 5, 1865	---
McDONALD, Thomas	Chicago	Feb 8, 1864	Feb 8, 1864	---
McGHEE, Michael	Chicago	Oct 3, 1864	Oct 4, 1864	Rejected
McGRAW, Michael	Chicago	Jan 5, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
McKEAY, Thomas	Chicago	Feb 25, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
McSWEENEY, Edward	Evanston	Sep 22, 1864	Sep 22, 1864	---
MEYER, Charles	---	---	---	---
MILES, Lambert	Chicago	Jan 4, 1865	Jan 31, 1865	---
MILLER, James	Chicago	Mar 9, 1864	Mar 9, 1864	Transferred to US Navy
MOORE, John	Chicago	Jan 28, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
MYERS, John	Chicago	Oct 4, 1864	Oct 24, 1864	---
NEWHOUSE, Peter	Addison	Oct 8, 1864	Oct 8, 1864	---
NORMAN, George	Chicago	Oct 8, 1864	Oct 8, 1864	---
O'CONNELL, Patrick	Breman	Jan 10, 1865	Jan 11, 1865	---
O'NEIL, William	Chicago	Jan 9, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	Died, Camp Butler, Feb 2, 1864
OSBORN, Charles	Lake	Jan 13, 1865	Jan 12, 1865	---
PEEK, William	Chicago	Jan 16, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
PHILLIPS, Richard	Chicago	Feb 9, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
PLOTTS, Andrew	---	---	---	Rejected
QUINN, Andrew	Chicago	Feb 11, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	Deserted
REAP, Thomas	Chicago	Oct 4, 1864	Oct 4, 1864	---
RECHENBACKER, Fred	Chicago	Jan 5, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	Died, Camp Butler, Jan 21, 1864
RICHARDSON, Thomas	Chicago	Feb 8, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
ROSS, Charles	York	Oct 14, 1864	Oct 14, 1864	---
ROSS, William	Chicago	Jan 19, 1865	Jan 19, 1865	---
RYAN, Patrick	Chicago	Jan 7, 1864	Jan 7, 1864	---
SALON, Henry	Chicago	Dec 10, 1863	Dec 30, 1863	Deserted Dec 12, 1863
SANBYE, Christopher	Chicago	Oct 20, 1864	Oct 20, 1864	---
SEMON, George	Rich	Jan 7, 1865	Jan 7, 1865	---
SCHATTMAN, Ernst	Addison	Oct 8, 1864	Oct 8, 1864	---
SKENTON, John	Chicago	Jan 12, 1865	Jan 12, 1865	---
SMITH, Charles V	Chicago	Jan 8, 1864	Jan 8, 1864	---
SMOTHERS, Elisha	---	---	---	Mustered out Aug 14, 1865
SPARKS, Edward	Manhattan	Oct 6, 1864	Oct 6, 1864	Rejected by Board
STAGGS, John M	Chicago	Jan 18, 1864	Jan 18, 1864	---
STEEL, Edwin	Evanston	Jan 12, 1865	Jan 12, 1865	---
STEVENS, Charles S	Chicago	Dec 22, 1863	Dec 31, 1863	---
STOUT, Josiah	Chicago	Jan 12, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	Died, Camp Butler, Apr 27, 1864
SULLIVAN, Caleb J	Chicago	Feb 2, 1864	Feb 2, 1864	---
SWIFT, William H	Walkerville	Apr 4, 1865	Apr 5, 1865	---
TAYLOR, Michael	Thornton	Sep 22, 1864	Sep 22, 1864	---
THORP, James J	Chicago	Jan 14, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
TOBY, Patrick	Chicago	Jan 5, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
VINTON, Hammond	Chicago	Feb 22, 1864	Feb 29, 1864	---
WALSH, John	Walkerville	Apr 4, 1864	Apr 5, 1864	---
WALKER, John	Chicago	Jan 4, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	---
WARD, Louis	Jefferson	Jan 23, 1864	Jan 23, 1864	---
WARNER, Henry	Chicago	Oct 4, 1864	Oct 4, 1864	---
WATKINS, Oliver T	Chicago	Oct 3, 1864	Oct 3, 1864	---
WILLIAMS, James	Palatine	Jan 11, 1865	Jan 11, 1865	---
WILLIAMS, John	Wheeling	Jan 7, 1865	Jan 7, 1865	---
WILLIAMS, William M	York	Oct 14, 1864	Oct 14, 1864	---
WILLS, John	Barrington	Oct 19, 1864	Oct 19, 1864	---
WILSON, Charles	Proviso	Sep 28, 1864	Sep 28, 1864	---
WILSON, George R	Maine	Jan 16, 1865	Jan 16, 1865	---
WOOD, Charles	Evanston	Jan 13, 1865	Jan 13, 1865	---
WOOD, George A	---	---	---	---
WOODWARD, Samuel W	Chicago	Jan 8, 1864	Jan 8, 1864	---
YEKLE, Joseph	---	---	---	Discharged Mar 21, 1865
YOUNG, John	Chicago	Jan 20, 1864	Jan 31, 1864	Deserted

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72nd Illinois Infantry Unassigned Recruits, Substitutes & Drafted
Name	Residence	Date of Rank or Enlistment	Date of Muster	Remarks
ABLE, John	Chicago	Aug 22, 1864	Aug 22, 1864	Substitute
BAKER, John	Chicago	Aug 12, 1864	Aug 12, 1864	Substitute
BOYLE, Hubert C	Chicago	Aug 29, 1864	Aug 29, 1864	Substitute
BRASE, John Jacob	Chicago	Aug 8, 1864	Aug 8, 1864	Substitute
BROWN, James	Chicago	Aug 29, 1864	Aug 29, 1864	Substitute
CARR, William	Chicago	Aug 29, 1864	Aug 29, 1864	Substitute
COOK, John	Chicago	July 29, 1864	July 29, 1864	Representative Recruit
CROWLEY, Dennis	Chicago	Aug 15, 1864	Aug 15, 1864	Substitute
DALEY, James	Chicago	Aug 31, 1864	Aug 31, 1864	Substitute
DAVIS, Frank	Chicago	Aug 27, 1864	Aug 27, 1864	Substitute
DONOVAN, William	Chicago	Aug 24, 1864	Aug 24, 1864	Substitute
ELI, George B	Chicago	Aug 31, 1864	Aug 31, 1864	Substitute
FISHER, John	Chicago	Sep 1, 1864	Sep 1, 1864	Substitute
FOLEY, Timothy	Chicago	Aug 31, 1864	Aug 31, 1864	Substitute
FREDERICK, George	Chicago	Aug 3, 1864	Aug 3, 1864	Substitute
GRANT, Patrick	Chicago	Aug 8, 1864	Aug 8, 1864	Substitute
HURLBUT, Martin	Chicago	Sep 6, 1864	Sep 6, 1864	Substitute
OLLISON, Thomas	Chicago	Aug 27, 1864	Aug 27, 1864	Substitute
RILEY, John	Chicago	Aug 18, 1864	Aug 18, 1864	Substitute
RUSSELL, Simon B	Chicago	Aug 23, 1864	Aug 23, 1864	Substitute
SMITH, James	Chicago	July 29, 1864	July 29, 1864	Representative recruit
TENNER, John	Chicago	Aug 26, 1864	Aug 26, 1864	Substitute
TERNEY, Dennis	Chicago	Aug 24, 1864	Aug 24, 1864	Substitute
THOMPSON, John	Chicago	Aug 19, 1864	Aug 19, 1864	Substitute
TRIPP, John	Chicago	Aug 26, 1864	Aug 26, 1864	Substitute
VAN AMBURG, Charles	Chicago	Aug 19, 1864	Aug 19, 1864	Substitute
WELCH, Patrick	Chicago	Aug 19, 1864	Aug 19, 1864	Substitute
ZEMFETER, Peter	Chicago	Aug 13, 1864	Aug 13, 1864	Substitute

Transcribed by Jim Willison

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