Company "M" 6th Illinois Cavalry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster		 Remarks
ADAMS, Joseph Veteran Alexander Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
ADAMS, Joseph Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
AYRES, Robert G 1st Serg. Caledonia Jan 9, 1862 ---
BABCOCK, Frank W Captain Jackson Co May 11, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BABCOCK, Frank W 1st Lt. Jackson Co Mar 19, 1865 Promoted [Mar 29, 1865 ]
BABCOCK, Frank W 2nd Lt. Jackson Co Jun 27, 1864 Promoted [Jan 24, 1865]
BABCOCK, Frank W Corporal Jackson Co Jan 9, 1862 Promoted 2nd Lt. [Jun 27, 1864]
BAGGETT, George W Recruit Peru Mar 12, 1865 Died at Eastport, Miss, Jun 25, 1865
BAGGETT, John H or W Recruit Peru Mar 12, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BALARD, John Veteran Perry Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BALLARD, John Private Tamaroa Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
BARRETT, Thomas S Private Du Quoin Jan 9, 1862 ---
BATTLE, John Recruit Cairo Jan 6, 1864 Discharged Jun 30, 1866: disabil.
BAYS, James B Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 M.O. Feb 13, 1865 to date Jan 9, 1865
BELL, Jacob S F Recruit Massac Co --- ---
BENNETT, Henry Recruit Cairo Jan 6, 1864 Mustered out Aug 30, 1865
BENSON, Bryant Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
BETTEBENNER, Benton E 1st Lt. Mt. Carmel May 11, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BETTEBENNER, Benton E 2nd Lt. Mt. Carmel Mar 28, 1865 Promoted [Apr 29, 1865]
BIVENS, Thomas P Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
BIVINS, John Recruit Union Co Dec 31, 1861 M.O. Feb 3, 1865 as Serg’t
BOGGS, John H Recruit Hope Feb 15, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BOON, Cyrus C Recruit Normal Feb 16, 1865 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Corp’l
BRADLEY, Charles S Recruit Alexander Co July 29, 1864 Dishonorable discharge Jun 1, 1865
BROWN, Henry Veteran Alexander Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BROWN, Henry Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
BROWN, John F Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BROWN, John F Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
BRYANT, Chesterfield Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 Deserted July 20, 1865
BRYANT, Chesterfield Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
BURCHAL, Thomas Recruit Union Co --- ---
BURKE, James Recruit Cairo Jan 14, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
BURKLEY, Joseph Recruit Jonesboro Mar 15, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
CARAKER, James Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
CARPENTER, George W Recruit Pope Co July 29, 1864 Mustered out July 5, 1865
CARTER, Marlinger Recruit Mineral Feb 3, 1865 Died, Nashville Feb 20, 1865
CHAPMAN, Joseph Veteran Johnson Co Mar 30, 1864 Discharged July 1, 1865: disabil
CHAPMAN, Joseph Private Johnson Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
CLARK, William Recruit Johnson Co July 28, 1864 Died, at Gallatin, Tenn Apr 10, 1865
CLINE, Thomas M Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
CLOUSE, William C Recruit Macon Feb 3, 1865 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Corp’l
CONLEY, John J Recruit Wetaug Apr 28, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
COOVER, John T 1st Lt. Williamson Co Jan 9, 1862 Mustered out Dec 12, 1864
COOVER, John T 2nd Lt. Williamson Co Jan 9, 1862 Promoted [Oct 12, 1861]
COOVER, John F Corporal Williamson Co Jan 9, 1862 Promoted 2nd Lt. [Oct 13, 1861]
CORBIN, William H Veteran Saratoga Mar 30, 1864 See Co QM Sergeant
CORBIN, William H QM Sergeant Saratoga Jan 9, 1862 ---
COUF, Michael Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
COVER, Abraham 1st Lt. Saratoga Jan 9, 1862 Resigned Jan 3, 1863
COOVER, William A Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Serg’t
COVER, William A Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
CRANOR, Andrew Recruit Vienna Dec 31, 1863 Deserted Dec 16, 1864
DAILY, Thomas Private Jonesboro Jan 9, 1862 ---
DANRON, Walter S Recruit Alexander Co July 29, 1864 Mustered out Jun 5, 1865
DAVIS, Frank Recruit Cairo Jan 6, 1864 Deserted Jan 19, 1865
DAVIS, William Private Johnson Co Jan 9, 1862 Mustered out Dec 12, 1864
DEMSEY, George L W Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
DILLS, Austin V Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
DODGE, Albert L Recruit Chicago Feb 18, 1865 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Corp’l
DONAHOE, James Recruit Cairo Jan 14, 1864 Deserted Dec 16, 1864
DONAHUE, James Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Discharged Feb 3, 1864; wounds
DONLEY, John Vet. Corporal Perry Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Serg’t.
DONLEY, John Recruit --- --- Re-enlisted as a Veteran
DORREL, James Private Johnson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
DORRIS, Thomas Private Johnson Co Jan 9, 1862 M.O. Feb 13, 1865; to date Jan 9, 1865
DRENNAN, David F Recruit Mineral Feb 3, 1865 Deserted July 20, 1865
DUNLAP, William R Recruit Logan Jan 25, 1865 Deserted Jun 15, 1865
DURHAM, Quincy Recruit Prairie Creek Feb 14, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
EASON, Elbert Private Franklin Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
EDMONDSON, Robert M Recruit Alexander Co July 29, 1864 Discharged Aug 31, 1864; disabil
EDWARDS, William Recruit Wetaug Apr 28, 1864 Dishonorable discharge Jun 1, 1865 to serve one year in military prison.
ENOS, James A Recruit Vienna Dec 31, 1863 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
ERWIN, William M Recruit Hope Feb 15, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
FENIL, Thomas J Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
FINCH, Edgar A 2nd Lt. Anna --- Resigned Jan 11, 1863
FINCH, Edgar A Recruit Anna --- Promoted 2nd Lt. [Mar 14, 1862]
FLOYD, Nicholas Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
FONDY, George W Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
FULLER, William H Recruit Jubilee Feb 15, 1865 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Corp’l
GOLD, John R Recruit Chicago Mar 24, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
GOLD, William W Recruit Vienna Dec 31, 1863 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
GOODMAN, Hardon D Recruit Union Co --- ---
GRANTURN, John T Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Reported died Mar 6, 1863 Smithland, KY.
HAMMONDS, Henry T Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
HARGRAVES, Charles P Recruit Jonesboro May 18, 1864 Mustered out Oct 3, 1865
HARRIS, Anthony C Recruit Marion Co Mar 16, 1865 Deserted July 20, 1865
HARTLEY, Rufus B Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Mustered out Dec 12, 1864
HELMS, Thomas Private Jackson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
HEMER, Lawrence Recruit Du Quoin --- ---
HENDERSON, Elijah W Private Johnson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
HENDERSON, Gillis V Private Johnson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
HETHERY, Garrett Recruit --- --- Never reported to Co. see Co. A
HICKS, Lucian B Private Massac Co Jan 9, 1862 Died Dec 14, 1861
HIGHT, Robert M Recruit Union Co Aug 18, 1862 Mustered out Jun 5, 1865
HILTON, Lionel V QM Sergeant Williamson Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Private
HILTON, Lionel V Private Williamson Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
HOLMES, Wellington Recruit Macon Feb 3, 1865 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Corp’l
HORN, James M Recruit Union Co Nov 23, 1863 Discharged Jun 21, 1864; disabil.
HORTON, John G Recruit Cairo Jan 27, 1864 First Sgt. Deserted July 20, 1865
HUSTON, Samuel Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Killed at Memphis, Tenn. Aug 21, 1864
HUSTON, Samuel H Recruit Union Co July 20, 1863 Killed at Memphis, Tenn. Aug 21, 1864
JACKSON, Harrison Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
JENKINS, James Recruit Vienna Dec 31, 1863 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
JOHNSON, James H JR Recruit La Salle Mar 24, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
JOHNSON, James H SR Recruit La Salle Mar 24, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
JONES, Stephen W Recruit Lamoille Feb 3, 1865 Never reported to Co. Died Feb 13, 1865
JONES, William T Private Louisville, KY Jan 9, 1862 ---
KELLEY, John P Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
KELLEY, John P Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
KILPATRICK, Perry Recruit Ullin Apr 4, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
KINCANNON, Francis M Recruit Chicago Mar 24, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
KING, George Private Tamaroa Jan 9, 1862 Mustered out July 16, 1865
KING, George Recruit --- July 20, 1863 In military prison under charge of highway robbery.
KINNEY, Edward Recruit --- July 20, 1863 Deserted July 10, 1864
LANCASTER, William Recruit Branley Feb 3, 1865 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Corp’l.
LANE, Francis D Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
LAWSON, Joseph Recruit Union Co July 29, 1864 Mustered out Jun 5, 1865
LEARY, Dennis Recruit Anna --- ---
LEMMING, Alonzo L Recruit Cairo Jan 27, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Serg’t.
LEWIS, Thomas S Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
LOONEY, Benjamin Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
LOONEY, Stephen Vet. Corporal Union Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Serg’t.
LOONEY, Stephen Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
LOONEY, William C Veteran Alexander Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
LOONEY, William A Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
LOOTEN, Daniel Recruit Casper Dec 31, 1863 Mustered out July 19, 1865
LOVELADY, Thomas A Recruit --- Aug 18, 1862 Promoted Hospital Steward
MANGOLD, Levi H Recruit Union Co Aug 18, 1864 Mustered out Jun 5, 1865
MARCH, Martin Recruit --- July 20, 1863 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
MARION, William H Recruit Cairo Feb 13, 1864 Deserted Dec 10, 1864
MARSH, James P Recruit Selby Feb 3, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
MARTIN, James Recruit Dimmick Apr 4, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
MARTIN, William A Recruit Branley Feb 3, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
MASEL, John E Sergeant Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
MASON, Calvin Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
MASON, Rufus J Recruit --- July 20, 1863 Mustered out July 16, 1865
MASON, William C Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Serg’t.
MASON, William C Recruit --- --- Re-enlisted as a Veteran
MAXON, Wesley A Private Massac Co. Jan 9, 1862 Mustered out Dec 12, 1864
MULLEN, Clark A Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
MEDLIN, Clark A Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
MEDLIN, James G W Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
MESSAN, David Recruit Cairo Jan 6, 1864 Deserted Jan 19, 1865
MILLER, Hugh C Recruit Jackson Co. --- ---
MOSELEY, James M Recruit Union Co Nov 23, 1863 Discharged Jun 3, 1865; disabil
MOSIER, Andrew Recruit --- July 20, 1863 Mustered out July 16, 1865
MULLIN, John Recruit Cairo Dec 31, 1863 Deserted Dec 10, 1864
MURPHY, Henry Recruit --- July 20, 1863 ---
MURPHY, John Private Franklin Co Jan 9, 1862 Dishonorable discharge Dec 25, 1861
McDANIEL, Felix A Recruit Cairo Dec 31, 1863 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Bugler
McDANIEL, Jackson Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
McGINNIS, John Private Anna Jan 9, 1862 ---
McLEMORE, John Recruit La Salle Co Mar 21, 1865 Deserted Oct 20, 1865
NEIGHBORS, Lycurgus L Recruit Jubilee Feb 15, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
NORTON, Burdell R Recruit Cairo Dec 31, 1863 Dishonorable discharge Jun 20, 1864 and sentenced to three years in military prison.
NOYES, Benjamin F Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
O'BRIEN, Patrick Recruit Cairo Jan 14, 1861 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
OLLER, George W Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
OWENS, Isaac N Recruit Logan Jan 25, 1865 Deserted Jun 14, 1865
PAGE, Wesley S Recruit Tamaroa --- ---
PATTERSON, William H Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
PEARSON, William H Recruit --- Nov 30, 1863 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Saddler
PENNELL, Benjamin Recruit Jubilee Feb 15, 1865 Deserted July 20, 1865
PENNINGTON, Stewart Private Washington Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
PERRY, James M Recruit Cairo Jan 27, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
PHILLIPS, Elijah T Captain Cairo Jun 6, 1862 Promoted to Major [Mar 28, 1865]
PHILLIPS, Elijah T 1st Lt. Cairo Mar 16, 1863 Promoted [Feb 28, 1863]
POWELL, George Recruit --- July 20, 1863 Deserted Jan 20, 1864
PRATER, Price Recruit Normal Feb 16, 1865 Deserted July 2, 1865
PRATER, Samuel S Recruit Normal Feb 16, 1865 Serg’t Deserted July 2, 1865
PULLEY, Braxton Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
REEVES, John Recruit Hope Feb 15, 1865 Deserted July 20, 1865
RICE, Jacob Recruit Cairo Feb 13, 1864 Deserted Dec 14, 1864
RIDGEWAY, John H Recruit South Pass Feb 13, 1864 Discharged Jun 3, 1865; disabil.
RIGGS, Charles T Veteran Alexander Co Mar 30, 1864 MO Nov 5, 1865 as Serg’t.
RIGGS, Charles T Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
RITCHEY, Van Buren Private Perry Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
RITCHIE, John Recruit Ottawa Apr 4, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
RIXLEBIN, Charles A 2nd Lt. Jonesboro Jan 9, 1862 Resigned Mar 14, 1862
ROACH, John P Recruit Paducah, KY July 29, 1864 MO Jun 5, 1865 as Bugler
ROBINSON, Samuel M Recruit Jubilee Feb 15, 1865 Deserted July 20, 1865
ROBINSON, William C Recruit Cairo Dec 31, 1863 Discharged Oct 11, 1865; disabil
RONAN, Thomas Recruit Paducah, KY July 29, 1864 Mustered out Apr 18, 1865
ROYSTER, Benjamin F Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Mustered out Dec 12, 1864
RUSSELL, Robert P Recruit Vienna Dec 31, 1863 Discharged for disability
SCOTT, John Recruit Vernon Jan 30, 1865 Deserted July 16, 1865
SHANKS, Wesley Recruit Wetaug Jan 6, 1864 Taken prisoner Feb 22, 1864 not heard from since.
SHAY, Charles Recruit Clarion Feb 3, 1865 Deserted July 20, 1865
SHEPARD, Louis Recruit Ottawa Apr 4, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
SHIRES, John R Veteran Alexander Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
SHIVES, John R Private Alexander Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
SHUTT, William Recruit --- --- ---
SIMMONS, Reuben Under Cook of A.D. Eastport, Miss Apr 23, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865 [A.D.=African Descent]
SIRAOTE, James H Recruit Alexander Co July 29, 1864 Mustered out Jun 5, 1865
SITTER, James N Recruit Jonesboro Dec 5, 1863 Died at Huff’s Ford La. Nov 9, 1864
SITTER, Marion J 2nd Lt. Union Co May 28, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
SITTER, Marion J Vet. Sergeant Union Co Mar 30, 1864 Promoted 2nd Lt. [Apr 29, 1865]
SITTER, Marion J Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran
SKELTON, John Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
SMITH, Charles A Recruit Chicago --- Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
SMITH, Daniel W Recruit --- July 20, 1863 Mustered out July 16, 1865
SMITH, John L Recruit Alexander Co Aug 18, 1862 Discharged for disabilities
SMITH, Tony Under Cook of A.D. Eastport, Miss Apr 23, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865 [A.D.=African Descent]
SPENCE, Thomas A Private Jackson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
SPERRY, Isaiah M Captain South Pass Jan 9, 1862 Resigned Feb 28, 1863
STEERS, Franklin P Recruit Clarion Feb 3, 1865 Died at Eastport, Miss. Jun 15, 1865
STEVENS, Archibald Private Tamaroa Jan 9, 1862 Discharged Aug 18, 1862
STILTS, Goldman Vet. Saddler Perry Co Mar 30, 1864 Deserted July 20, 1865
STILTS, Goldman Recruit Du Quoin --- Re-enlisted as a Veteran
SUTTON, David Recruit Vernon Jan 30, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
SWINNEY, Jordan Under Cook of A.D. Eastport, Miss Apr 23, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865 [A.D.=African Descent]
TAYLOR, Billington Sergeant Williamson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
THOMAS, Andrew J Recruit Cairo Dec 31, 1863 Deserted July 20, 1865
THREET, William Recruit Alexander Co Aug 23, 1862 MO Jun 5, 1865 as Serg’t.
TRESS, Benjamin F Corporal Jonesboro Jan 9, 1862 ---
VAN VOLTENBERG, Dan W Recruit --- July 20, 1863 ---
VAUGHN, James W Private Washington Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
VERBAL, Henry Recruit Chicago Feb 24, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
WADDINGTON, Joseph Private Jackson Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
WALKER, Andrew T Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
WALKER, George W Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 In hospital. Supposed to be M.O. Term expired.
WEAVER, Andrew J Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
WEBSTER, John B Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
WHITE, Jackson Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 ---
WHITE, Thomas Recruit Jefferson Feb 11, 1865 Transferred to U. S. Navy Apr 5, 1865
WHITE, Timothy Recruit Du Quoin Apr 14, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
WILLIAMS, Charles A Recruit Clarion Feb 3, 1865 Killed by sentinel for assault on guard, Apr 3, 1865, at Eastport, Miss.
WILSON, James Recruit Cairo Jan 14, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
WILSON, James Recruit Macon Feb 3, 1865 Killed by sentinel for assault on guard, Apr 3, 1865, at Eastport, Miss.
WILSON, Joseph P Recruit --- Nov 23, 1863 Sgt. Deserted Aug 26, 1865
WILSON, William A Recruit La Salle Mar 24, 1865 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
WRIGHT, Andrew Recruit Lupertown Feb 3, 1865 Deserted July 2, 1865
YATES, Enos T Veteran Union Co Mar 30, 1864 Mustered out Nov 5, 1865
YATES, Enos T A T Private Union Co Jan 9, 1862 Re-enlisted as a Veteran

Transcribed by Dr. William L. Baran

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