Units
recruited in Morgan County are listed below. Of course, there were
quite a few soldiers that
served in other units, but these Companies usually had only a few
out-of-county members.
Officially, there were 2732 men credited to Morgan Co. Realistically,
this was a more political
number than an actual one. I have also assembled a more
comprehensive list by searching for
community names. In addition, I have compiled a list based on the 1876
Morgan Co. History and
yet another list copied from the bronze tablets on the Civil War
monument in Jacksonville's
Central Park. Of course there are quite a few differences between them.
I have chosen to use the
names from a cemetery listing, when positively identified, or from the
monument as the most
accurate spelling. I am using the communities list as the most
comprehensive. There you will
find all the information I have on each soldier listed.
CIVIL WAR COMPANIES
RECRUITED IN MORGAN COUNTY
These rosters were downloaded from the Illinois State Archives Civil War database. You can go to the archives and search for other individuals, units, or residences in the database by clicking here. This link will take you to the Ill. State Archives. Be sure and look for all manner of creative spellings. Some are obvious, many are so far off that it is difficult to make a connection. You can reach the Dyer History or AGR History of any unit as well other AGR info by clicking this link and selecting the unit number. You will also find battle descriptions here.
LIST OF ALL ILLINOIS UNITS WITH
SOLDIERS FROM MORGAN
COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF MORGAN
COUNTY SOLDIERS
I built
this list by searching the AGR list above for the communities listed as
their home. Since
some community names existed in two or more places in the state, a few
of these soldiers may
not be from Morgan Co. There is also a possibility of some community
names disappearing or
changing since that time, therefore not being in this list. In
addition, I have found several names
from county borderline communities, such as Arenzville or Scottville,
where some from the
community are in the list, others, not on the list. In addition (lots
of additions here), there are
MANY misspellings in the AGR as quite a few of the soldiers couldn't
read or write and their
names were written phonetically. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE AGR DATA
HERE. In addition, I
am building a file for each man with any other data that I have
been given or have found. The
right-hand column is coded to indicate what information I have on the
soldier and where it came
from. An M in the right-hand column indicates the name is also on the
monument. An H
indicates that line is listed in the Morgan Co. History. A B indicates
that I have burial
information, and an O indicates that I have the obituary. If you have
information on any of the
men on this list that you would share, I would be pleased to add it on.
Just give me an e-mail.
All Morgan County Soldiers:
Surname
A
B C
D EFG
HI
JKL
M
NOPQ
R S
TUV
WXYZ
SOLDIERS FROM MORGAN COUNTY HISTORY
This
list was copied from the History of Morgan County (1876) which I found
in the Jacksonville
Library. I have also seen a copy of this book in the Ill. State
Archives in Springfield. I will have
an H in the last column of the comprehensive list above for each line
in the History roster. If you
have a question on it, just e-mail it to me.
MORGAN COUNTY SOLDIERS ON THE PARK MONUMENT
These
names were copied from the bronze tablets on themonument in Central
Park in
Jacksonville.There are 3148 names in this list, including
duplicates. I place the most faith in the
spellings here, although I have found a few obvious errors. I have
found a quite a few names
which are on the monument but not yet identified in the
AGR. When there was conflicting info,
or no obvious match, but there was someone who I thought might be the
listed soldier, I put it in
the right hand column. Many are in the AGR, but haven't been recognized
due to misspellings or
enlistment location not listed. Since the unit served in is not listed
on the monument, and where
the soldier served in more than one unit, some are listed
twice. I have added the unit when I
could find it. There are a surprising number of names from out of
county. I suspect that when
people were asked to submit names of family members, they submitted
them without regard to
where they served, even from other states. If you have information
clarifying any of this, please
e-mail it to me.
I am especially interested in identifying the units of each soldier on
the
monument. PICTURES OF THE
MONUMENT.
View of from the South side.
View of the main text
View of the bronze tablets.
View of the East side.
View of the West side.
LISTING OF NAMES ON THE MONUMENT. In the
complete list, the names are Infantry,
then the Cavalry, then the Artillery and Navy. Here is the
MONUMENT LIST, SORTED
ALPHABETICALLY, with all known unit numbers.
ABCD
EFGHIJK
LMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
If no unit is listed, I have not yet identified it. When there was
conflicting info, or no obvious
match, but there was someone who I thought might be the listed soldier,
I put it in the right hand
column. To look at individual soldier's data, look in the comprehensive
list above.
The list of soldiers who are known to have served, since their names
are in the AGR, but are not
on the monument is surprisingly large. A few
went in late in the war, some didn't return to
Morgan Co. after the war, or went West after the war. I believe most of
this list were just
forgotten because it was 55 years after the war that the monument was
erected. I plan to try a
compare with this list to census data in the near future. If you
have information on any of these,
please let me know.
101st Infantry
COMPANY A.
Company A was assigned to the General Bragg . I found
the following write-up on one of the
U.S.Navy websites.
COMPANY D.
Company D was assigned to the Rattler and Cricket.
THE HOLLY SPRINGS DISASTER . The101st Inf., along with several other units were sent to guard Holly Springs, Miss., where General Grant was establishing his supply center for the upcoming Vicksburg campaign, from attack by General Van Dorn's very effective cavalry. On Dec 19th, 1862, about half of the companies were stationed at the railroad station in Holly Springs and about half at the edges of town. Col. R.C. Murphy, the commander, was reportedly staying at a house in town, therefore somewhat out of touch with his troops. In the early morning of Dec 20, 1862, Van Dorn attacked, quickly overrunning and capturing the infantry troops camped at the edge of town, then quickly moving to the center of town. The remainder of the 101st escaped capture by falling back to Coldwater, a nearby town where there were reinforcements. The Dyer and AGR histories and the Official Records tell the story better than I.
COMPANY G . After the Holly Springs fiasco, CompaniesA, D, G, H, and K of the 101st were assigned temporarily to the 14th Infantry, serving under Capt. William Camm of Winchester, brother of Corpl. Bernard Camm of the 101st. In March they were reassigned to Ellet's Mississippi Ram Fleet. Their adventures are recounted here from the Official Records.
COMPANY H.
Company H was assigned to the Lafayette.
COMPANY K.
Company K was assigned to provost duty at General Grant's headquarters.
COMPANY B, C, E, F & HQ.
These companies were paroled, then sent to Memphis. After a few days, they were sent up-river to Camp Benton, just north of St. Louis to wait for prisoner exchange. Most of the officers resigned in January and many of the soldiers quietly went home. They were technically deserters, but the officers looked the other way, provided the men reported back when the exchange was complete. Several did not, some of which joined other units.The units were re-assembled in late June and sent south to join up with the remainder of the regiment. You can follow the regiment on nearly a daily basis from this point to muster out in Hassell Hopper's diary ..
GRIERSON'S RIDE.
I'll be working on this soon.
