31st Illinois Infantry
Field & Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment		 Date of Muster Remarks
ALMON, Harry Major Pinckneyville Aug 15, 1863 Oct 1, 1863 Resigned July 27, 1864
CAPEHART, Charles H. Adjutant Washington D.C. Sep 17, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Resigned May 16, 1862
COLE, Jacob Chaplin DuQuoin Sep 18, 1861 Sep 18, 1861/Sep 18, 1864 Mustered out July 19, 1865
DAVIS, Joshua B. Quartermaster Pinckneyville Jun 20, 1865 Jun 26, 1865 Mustered out July 19, 1865
DUNN, David M. 1st Asst. Surg. Bethalto Aug 27, 1864 --- Discharged May 31, 1865
KUYKENDALL, Andrew J. Major Vienna Sep 8, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Resigned May 1, 1862.....
KUYKENDALL, Joseph B. Adjutant Vienna Feb 24, 1863 Apr 9, 1863 Resigned Jun 8. 1864
LOGAN, John A. Colonel Carbondale Aug 10, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Pro. Brig. Gen. Mar 21, 1862
McCOOK, Edwin S. Colonel Pekin Feb 24, 1862 Apr 9, 1863 Resigned Sep 26, 1864. Breveted Brig. General, 1865
McCOOK, Edwin S. Lt. Colonel Pekin Feb 16, 1862 --- Promoted Colonel
MERRIFIELD, Emery A. Surgeon --- Mar 1, 1863 --- Commission cancelled
MURPHY, Martin V.B. Major Anna July 1, 1863 --- Died Aug 15. 1863
OSBORN, Lindorf Colonel Murphysboro Apr 1, 1862 --- Resigned Feb 24,1863
OSBORN, Lindorf Quartermaster Murphysboro Sep 8, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Promoted Colonel
PEARSON, Robert N. Colonel Springfield Apr 3, 1865 --- Pr. Bvt. Br. Gen. 1865. M.O. July 19, 1865
PEARSON, Robert N. Lt. Colonel Springfield July 1, 1863 Aug 15, 1863 Promoted Colonel
PEARSON, Robert N. Major Springfield Feb 24, 1863 Apr 9, 1863 Promoted Lieutenant Colonel
PEARSON, Robert N. Adjutant Springfield May 16, 1862 May 17, 1862 Promoted Major
POTTS, Monroe J. Adjutant Harrisburg Jun 8, 1864 Dec 18, 1864 Promoted Captain Company G
REESE, John D Lt. Colonel Denmark Feb 24, 1863 Apr 9, 1863 Died of wounds July 1, 1863
REESE, John D Major Denmark May 1, 1862 --- Promoted Lieutenant Colonel
SEAMAN, James W. Adjutant St. Louis, MO Nov 10, 1864 Not must'r'd Declined Com. canceled
SHORT, William B. Lt. Colonel Kaukakee July 11, 1865 Not must'r'd M.O. July 19, 1865 as Major
SHORT, William B. Major Kaukakee Apr 20, 1865 May 23, 1865 Promoted Lieutenant Colonel
SUHFRAS, Gustave Surgeon Collinsville Dec 17, 1864 Jan 1, 1865 Mustered out July 19, 1865
SWORTZCOPE, Michael F. Quartermaster Murphysboro Apr 2, 1862 --- Mustered out Apr 6, 1865
THACKER, Francis B. Adjutant Vienna Apr 20, 1865 May 13, 1865 Mustered out July 19, 1865
VAN DYKE, Ebenezer 1st Asst. Surgeon --- Aug 10, 1863 Aug 27, 1863 Resigned Aug 27, 1864
WHITE, John H. Lt. Colonel Marion Sep 8, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Killed at Fort Donelson Feb 15, 1862
WHITNELL, David T. Surgeon Vienna Jan 16, 1863 Mar 26, 1863 Resigned Jun 10, 1864
WHITNELL, David T. 1st Asst. Surgeon Vienna Sep 8, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Promoted Surgeon
31st Illinois Infantry
Non-Commissioned Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment		 Date of Muster Remarks
ALLEN, Zachariah B. QM Sergeant Hamilton Co Dec 18, 1863 Dec 18, 1863 Mustered out July 19, 1865
ALMON, Harry Serg. Major Pinckneyville --- Sep 18, 1861 Promoted Captain Co. I
BILLINGS, Samuel D. Prin. Musician Centralia --- --- Mustered out
CARPENTER, Robert L. Comm. Sergeant Patoka Mar 29,1864 Mar 15,1864 Reduced at his request, Trans. to Co. K
DAVIS, Joshua B. QM Sergeant Pinckneyville Dec 17, 1863 Dec 17, 1863 Promoted, 1st Lieutenant Co. H
DUNN, David M. Hosp. Steward Bethalto Jun 1, 1862 Jun 1, 1862 Discharged Sep 9, 1864
FULLER, John J. Prin. Musician Pekin Jan 5, 1864 Jan 5, 1864 Mustered out
HOOVER, John S. QM Sergeant New Castle, Ind --- Sep 18, 1861 Promoted, 1st Lieutenant Co. K
JOHNSON, Jasper Comm. Sergeant Vienna --- Sep 18, 1861 Promoted 2nd Lieutenant Co. D
KUYKENDALL, Joseph B. Serg. Major Vienna --- --- Promoted 1st Lieutenant Co. B
MOORE, Robert Hosp. Steward Anna --- --- Promoted 2nd Lieutenant Co. E
MOUNT, Newton Serg. Major Vienna Jan 5, 1864 Jan 5, 1864 Promoted 1st Lieutenant Co. D
NICHOLS, Orson Prin. Musician Galesburg --- --- Mustered out
PEARSON, Robert N. Comm. Sergeant Centralia Sep 18, 1861 Sep 18, 1861 Reduced at his request, Trans. to Co. K
RAYMOND, John B. Serg. Major Peru --- --- Promoted 2nd Lieutenant Co. E
STEELE, Samuel P. Serg. Major Mound City Jan 5, 1864 Jan 5, 1864 Mustered out July 19, 1865
STEELE, Samuel P. Prin. Musician Mound City --- --- Reduced, Trans. to Co. E
SWORTZCOPE, Albert Comm. Sergeant Jackson Co Feb 7, 1864 Mar 6, 1864 Mustered out July 19, 1865
SWORTZCOPE, Michael F. QM Sergeant Murphysboro --- Sep 18, 1861 Promoted, Regimental Q.M.
TURRELL, John Prin. Musician Pekin --- --- Mustered out Sep 1864
31st Illinois Infantry
Unassigned Recruits
Name Residence Date of Muster Remarks
BOOTH, John C. Marion Jan 23, 1864 Deserted
BRUNIS, Urias Carbondale Jan 30, 1864 ---
DAVIS, William B. Blainsville --- Deserted
DOYLE, Benjamin F. Moweaqua Dec 30, 1863 ---
DOYLE, Harvey A.P. Moweaqua Dec 30, 1863 ---
EMILTON, Charles N. Henry Dec 16, 1863 Rejected....
GOODMAN, Allen L. Anna Jan 12, 1864 Died Ca'p Butler, Feb 19, 1864
GOODMAN, Talbert T. Anna Jan 23, 1864 ---
GULLEY, Robert --- --- ---
HARPENDY, John C Anna Feb 7, 1864 Deserted
HICKS, James F. Anna Feb 22, 1864 Died
HUTCHINSON, Dan'l J.C. North Fork Apr 13, 1865 Mustered Out May 11, 1865
JONES, Henry Flora Jan 24, 1865 Deserted Feb 3, 1865
LEWIS, William DeSoto Feb 29, 1864 Deserted
MAXLEY, John Clyde Mar 1, 1865 ---
NEELY, Thomas J Sulph'r Springs Jan 5, 1864 ---
NELSON, Alfred Delvin Mar 1, 1865 Died at Camp Butler, Ill
OWENS, Ellery Alabama Feb 4, 1864 Deserted
RICE, Henry Harrisburg Mar 5, 1864 ---
ROSE, Wiley A.J. Vienna Feb 9, 1864 Rejected
STEWART, Samuel Moweaqua Dec 30, 1863 ---
SMITH, John Flora Jan 24, 1865 ---
SMITH, Joseph W. Carbondale Apr 11, 1864 ---
VERNER, Thomas Moweaqua Dec 30, 1863 ---
WEIR, Robert G. Carbondale Feb 20, 1864 Rejected
WILHELM, Henry F. Anna Feb 26, 1864 ---
WILLIAMS, John H. Centralia Mar 16, 1864 ---
WILSON, Andrew Lost Prairie Apr 7, 1865 Mustered out July 8, 1865
31st Illinois Infantry
Unassigned Recruits, Substitutes & Drafted
Name Residence Date of Muster Remarks
ANDERSON,Henry Vermont Oct 3, 1864 ---
ARMBRUSTER, Peter --- Sep 22, 1864 ---
BLAIR, Dennis --- Dec 21, 1864 Substitute
CLESBEY, Edward Prairie Oct 18, 1864 ---
GREENE, James Saratoga Oct 19, 1864 Substitute
HAYS, John Wythe Oct 8, 1864 ---
HERVETH, Thomas C. Licking Oct 15, 1864 Substitute
JENDEN, William --- Dec 22, 1864 Substitute
KENNEDY, Edward B. Jefferson Oct 12, 1864 Substitute
LITTLE, William H. New Jersey Sep 30, 1864 ---
MEHR, James --- Dec 22, 1864 Substitute
O'BRIEN, John --- Dec 21, 1864 Substitute
O'NEIL, William --- Dec 13, 1864 ---
SEDGWICK, Christoph'r Fairfield Dec 21, 1864 Substitute
SMITH, John --- Dec 23, 1864 Substitute
SPONLEY, Michael --- Dec 17, 1864 Substitute
TECHNER, Frank --- Dec 21, 1864 Substitute
WELCH, Patrick Chicago Aug 19, 1864 Substitute
WRIGHT, William Evans Dec 15, 1864 Substitute
YOUNG, Augustus --- Dec 6, 1864 ---

Transcribed by Tammy Halterman

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