Company "H" 78th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ALLEN, John K. Captain Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Res. Mar 30, 1864; disabil
ARNOLD, Edmund Private Carthage Sep 1, 1862 Captured Aug 4, 1864
ATHERTON, John R. Recruit Pontoosuc Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
BARTLETT, Joseph Private Pilot Grove Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 6, 1865
BECKWITH, Samuel Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 6, 1865
BEERMAN, John Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 6, 1865
BEERMAN, Joseph Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Died Sep 20, 1863; wounds
BEERS, George T. Captain Pontoosuc ----- Killed in battle Mar 19, 1965
BEERS, George T. 1st Lt. Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Promoted [Mar 30, 1864]
BEESLEY, Henry F. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 6, 1865
BEEZLEY, Francis M. Recruit Pontoosuc Feb 12, 1864 Tr to Co. G, 34th Ill. Inf.
BLAN, William H. Private Henderson Co. Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
BROWN, Martin M. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
CALEY, Wilson S. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
COKE, Joseph Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Died Nashville, Mar 7, 1863
COSGROVE, John D. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
DELBERT, Charles H. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Killed at Chickamauga, Sep 20, 1863
DEUSENBERRY, William Recruit Appanoose Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
DUNHAM, George Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
ECKLES, Stephen Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Jun 19, 1863
ELLIS, Martin Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Died near Nashville, Tenn., Feb 7, 1863
ETTEN, Isaac Private Payson Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
FLORY, Jonah Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
GABHART, John Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Deserted Feb 2, 1863
GASAWAY, George Recruit Dallas Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
GIBBS, John 1st Lt. Dallas ----- In hospital at M.O. of Reg
GIBBS, John Sergeant Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Promoted 1st Lieutenant [May 19, 1865]
GILBREATH, Henry Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
GREEN, William Private Henderson Co. Sep 1, 1862 Trans to Inv. Corps.
HANCOCK, Alvin Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
HETRICK, William Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 17, 1865 as Serg't; prisoner of war
HIGGINS, David J. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
HILB, Morritz Corporal Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Apr 18, 1863
HILLIARD, Daniel Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Trans to Invalid Corps
HOUK, Harmon Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
HOUSEWART, Robert Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Abs. Sick at M.O. of Reg.
HUCKINS, Jacob Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Trans to Invalid Corps
HUFF, Solomon Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Died at Franklin Tenn., May 9, 1863
HUGHES, Thomas J. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Discharged May 27, 1863
JONES, Thomas J. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Jun 1, 1863
KEIL, William Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Tr. to V.R.C., Jun 7, 1864
KINMAN, Martin V. Private Fairmont Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
KRAIG, George Private ----- Sep 1, 1862 Discharged at Quincy, Ill.
L'HOMMIDIEU, S.L. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Died at Goldsboro, Mar 30, 1865; wounds
LINCOLN, Albert Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Died at Franklin Tenn., Mar 9, 1863
LUDINGTON, Allen B. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
LUDINGTON, John M. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1865 as Corp'l
MARISE, Frederick Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Tr to Eng. Corps, July 13, 1864
McELHANEY, Andrew J. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
McLELIAN, Nash Under Cook of A.D. ----- Mar 3, 1863 Died Chat'nooga, Jun 1, 1864 [A.D.=African Descent]
McELHINEY, Gideon Z. Recruit Pontoosuc Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
McINTIRE, Elihu S. Private ----- Sep 1, 1862 Promoted Ass't Surgeon
McKIM, Edward Sergeant Honey Creek Sep 1, 1862 Killed at Bentonville, N.C., Mar 19, 1865
McNEIL, James M. Sergeant Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Jun 16, 1863
MENDENHALL, Benoni Corporal Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Disch. Oct 12, 1864; disabil
MILES, Cannon Under Cook of A.D. ----- Apr 1, 1863 Tr to Co. H., 34th Ill. Inf. [A.D.=African Descent]
MILLS, John H. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
MISNER, Peter Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Mar 31, 1865
MOTLEY, Francis Private Stone Prairie Sep 1, 1862 Captured Nov 30, 1864
MUDGE, Daniel W. Private Pilot Grove Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1865 as Corp'l
NICHOLS, John Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Mar 24, 1863
OGDEN, Philo Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1865 as Corp'l
PATE, John W. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb 7, 1863
PECK, Elera P. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Discharged May 11, 1863
PERKINS, Thomas B. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
PORTER, Lewis Private Henderson Co. Sep 1, 1862 Tr to Eng. Corps, July 13, 1864
RANDALLS, Hiram Recruit Dallas Sep 24, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
RAY, John Private Henderson Co. Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
REED, Elisha D.  Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
RICE, Jonathan Sergeant Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Discharged May 8, 1863
RICE, Thomas S. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
RICHARDS, James Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
RICHART, Cyrus C. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1865 as Serg't
RICHTER, Henry Wm. Private ----- Sep 1, 1862 Deserted Sep 19, 1862
RIEMAN, David R.P. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
ROBBINS, Edward M. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
ROBINSON, John W. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Abst sick at M.O. of Reg't
ROBINSON, Thomas Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Died Sep 2, 1864; wounds
ROSE, Henderson Corporal Dallas Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1865 as Serg't
RYNEARSON, Joel H. Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Discharged 1864
SANFORD, Elijah M. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
SCOTT, David Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 19, 1865
SCOTT, Thomas M. Captain ----- ----- Declined to accept
SCOTT, Thomas M. 1st Serg. Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Promoted Captain [Mar 30, 1864]
SEWARD, Oren P. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 17, 1865; pris war
SHAIN, Elijah A. Corporal Durham Sep 1, 1862 Discharged July 18, 1863
SHAW, Isaac M. Private Shokokon Sep 1, 1862 Died at Savannah Ga., Jan 15, 1865
SIMMONS, Samuel 1st Lt. Henderson Co. Not Must'd Disch. Mar 11, 1865 as 2nd Lt.
SIMMONS, Samuel 2nd Lt. Henderson Co. Sep 1, 1862 Promoted [Mar 30, 1864]
SPENCER, Austin W. Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
STANLEY, William H. Private Pilot Grove Sep 1, 1862 Died Sep 10, 1864; wounds
STRICKLER, Burris W. Private Pilot Grove Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
TAYLOR, Joseph Private Pilot Grove Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
THOMAS, William J. Corporal Durham Sep 1, 1862 Killed at Jonesboro, Ga., Sep 1, 1864
THOMPSON, Sails Private Appanoose Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
TULL, John B. Recruit Payson Mar 1, 1865 Tr to Co. G., 34th Ill. Inf.
UHLER, Francis Private Appanoose Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
VANHORN, John W. Corporal Durham Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1985 as private
WALKER, Joseph W. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Jun 7, 1865 as 1st Corp'l
WARD, Jeremiah Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865
WARD, William J.I. Corporal Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Died Nashville. Feb 28, 1863
WIBBELL, John Private Dallas Sep 1, 1862 Discharged Sep 14, 1864
WILLIAMS, Isaac Private Durham Sep 1, 1862 Discharged
WOOD, Waterman S. Corporal Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 M.O. Aug 9, 1865 as private
YOCUM, Elijah L. Private Pontoosuc Sep 1, 1862 Mustered out Jun 7, 1865

Transcribed by Susan Tortorelli


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