Muster Roll

Company B, 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry


Some of the names below mught be slightly inaccurate due to the translation and poor handwriting on the original document. For some of the names, remakrs about the person is given.

And now is is my great honor to present to you the Muster Roll for the 3 year enlistment of Captain Benjamin F. Campbell , Co. B, of the 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, United States Army, Colonel Silas Miller, from the 31st day of December 1863, when last mustered, to the 31st day of August, 1864.

Most of the men enrolled in different location, though a vast majority enrolled at Aurora, Illinois, under either Captain Campbell or Colonel Brackett. They were officially mustered into service September 25th, 1863, by Colonel Brackett.

While the regiment was stationed at Rough & Ready, Louisianna, this assesment of command was made:

Discipline: Good

Instruction: Good

Military Appearence: Good

Arms: Fair Condition

Accoutrements: Worn

Clothing: Worn

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Captain

1. Benjamin F. Campbell - Taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863

Lieutenants

1. George P. Douglass--2nd Lt. - Detailed in Nashville, Tenn, March 5, 1864

Sergeants

1. William H. Dugan--2nt Sgt. - On veterans furlough since Aug. 3, 1864

2. Henry B. Latham--3rd Sgt. - Wounded in action, June 14, 1864

3. Owen Hughes--4th Sgt. - Reappointed Sergeant to date, from June 1, 1864

Corporals

1. George Berger--1st Corporal - Wounded in action, June 27. In hopital at "unlegible"

2. Christian Zimmer--2nd Corporal

Privates

1. Rudolph Brager

2. Arba Camp

3. Thomas Clark - Detailed as Teamster at Brig. H.Q.

4. Daniel Davis - Sick in Hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn.

5. James Eddy -Detailed as Teamster at Brig. H.Q.

6. John W. Edwards - Wounded near Dallas, GA. Is now in hospital

7. Fredrick Emde - Sick in Division Hospital since July 15, 1864

8. John H. Gronberg - Detailed as Brigade Bugler

9. Dow Hodges - Left Sick at Cleveland, Tenn. May 3, 1864

10. Hornby Thomas - Detailed as Regt. Butcher

11.Sidney E. Kendall

12. Robert Logan - Wounded June 27, 1864, now in Hospital at Chicago, Ills.

13. Elihu Mayhew - Sick at Athens, GA.

14. Joseph McGee - Wounded June 16th, 1864, now on duty at Chattanooga, Tenn.

15. John Ott

16. Peter Pelican

17. Edward Pierce

18. Van Wyck Race

19. Charles W. Sears

20. Charles W. Travis - Taken prison at Kennassaw Mt.. Jun 19, 1864

21. Fritz Wokerstien - In hospital at Chicago, Ills.

22. William Scheffer - Sick in hospital at Nashville, Tenn.

Recruits

1. John Fife - Was reinlisted as a veteran

2. John N. Jones

3. Peter Thompson

4. Joseph E. Way

Non - Veterans

Sergeants

1. Samuel Hitchcock -1st Sgt. - In hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn.

2. Abner Field -5th Sgt. - Sick in hospital at Nashville, Tenn.

Corporals

1. Emery D. Hoselton -3rd Corporal - Detailed as clerk at Brig. H. Q.

2. Thomas Flynn -4th Corporal - Detailed as Blacksmith with Div. Supply Train

3. Charles G. Avers -5th Corporal

4. Nathaniel P. McCutcheon -6th Corporal - Taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863

5. William L. Campbell -7th Corporal - Sick in Atlanta, GA

6. Henry A Snell -8th Corporal - Detailed as clerk in office of Chief of Police, Nashville, Tenn.

Wagoner

1. John F. Lilly - Detailed as teamster in Pioneer Corps, Dec. 2nd, 1863.

Privates

1. Oliver F. Brownlee - Detailed as nurse in hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn.

2. George H. Burns - Wounded at Kennasaw Mt., June 24, 1864, now in hospital

3. Adam R. Campbell - In hospital at Louisville, Ky.

4. James B. Campbell - Wounded at Kennasaw Mt., June 25, 1864, now in hospital

5. Sylvester Campbell - Detailed in Q.M. Dept., Chattanooga, Tenn.

6. Robert Drane - In hospital at St. Louis, MO

7. John Eddy - Detailed as brigade Wagonmaster, Dec. 5, 1862

8. John W. Evans - Detailed as teamster in Div. Supply Train

9. William H. Hartless - In hospital at Indianapolis, Ind.

10. David T. Hogue

11. William Jackson

12. Henry Levoy - Teamster at Div. H.Q. since July 28, 1863

13. Franklin Leet - Taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863

14. George W. Miller - In hospital at Nashville, Tenn.

15. William Ott

16. George Rietz

17. Jefferson Reed - Teamster at Div. H.Q. since July 28, 1863

18. Daniel B. Roberts - In hospital at Nashville, Tenn.

19. Thomas W. Sedgwick - Teamster in Div. Q.M. Dept., since Nov. 1

20. Daniel Terry

21. Alfred J. West - In hospital at Quincy, Ills.

22. Jacob Winn - Taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863

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Lord Brayton - Died Jan 16, 1863

Henry Alcott - Died June 10th, 1864

Henry L. Ribby - Died June 19, 1864

Charles G. Heinze - Died July 23, 1864


Many thanks to Jon-Erik Gilot for submitting this information.


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