1st Regiment Illinois Light Artillery
Field & Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment		 Date of Muster Remarks
ADAMS, Charles H Lt. Colonel Jacksonville Oct 23, 1861 Apr 26, 1862 Mustered out Nov 2, 1864
ANDREWS, Edmund Surgeon Chicago Apr 3, 1862 Apr 3, 1862 Resigned Jan 18, 1863
BARRETT, Samuel B Major Chicago Feb 25, 1863 Jun 13, 1863 Resigned Feb 13, 1864
BRIDGES, Lyman Major Chicago Dec 21, 1864 Not must'r'd Declined commission, Mustered out as Captain
CAMPBELL, Charles C Major Ottawa Oct 23, 1861 --- Resigned Feb 25, 1863
CHENEY, John T Major Dixon Feb 13, 1864 Mar 1, 1864 Resigned Aug 25, 1864
COOPER, Edgar H Major Plainfield Dec 21, 1864 Not must'r'd MO July 28, 1865 as Capt.
DISMANT, John Jr Quartermaster --- Feb 8, 1862 Not must'r'd ---
FITCH, John A Major --- Dec 21, 1864 Jan 10, 1865 Mustered out Aug 12, 1865
HOUGHTALING, Charles Colonel Ottawa Aug 20, 1864 Not must'r'd MO Jun 14, 1865 as Major
HOUGHTALING, Charles Major Ottawa Jan 16, 1863 May 29, 1863 Promoted Colonel
KIRK, William T 2nd Asst Surg. Atlanta Sep 23, 1862 --- No record of muster in
PORTER, Jeremiah Chaplain --- Feb 1, 1862 Mar 4, 1862
Feb 1, 1865		 Mustered out July 31, 1865
ROMBAUER, Raphael G Major St Louis, Mo Aug 25, 1864 Oct 26, 1864 Mustered out Aug 7, 1865
TAYLOR, Ezra Colonel Chicago May 6, 1863 Oct 27, 1863 Resigned Aug 20, 1864
TAYLOR, Ezra Major Chicago Oct 23, 1861 --- Promoted Colonel
WATERHOUSE, Allen C Lt. Colonel Chicago Nov 2, 1864 Jan 19, 1865 Promoted B'v't Col. May 30, 1865. Disch. Aug 23, 1865
WATERHOUSE, Allen C Major Chicago May 6, 1863 Dec 17, 1863 Promoted Lieut. Colonel
WEBSTER, Joseph D Colonel Chicago Feb 1, 1862 Apr 26, 1862 Resigned May 6, 1863
WILLARD, Charles M Major Chicago Mar 1, 1862 --- Resigned Jan 16, 1863
WOODWORTH, John M Surgeon --- Jan 18, 1863 Apr 3, 1863 Mustered out July 28, 1865
WOODWORTH, John M 1st Asst. Surg. --- May 15, 1862 --- Promoted
1st Illinois Light Artillery
Non-Commissioned Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment		 Date of Muster Remarks
SHEPARD, William F Sergeant Major --- May 16, 1861 July 16, 1861 Mustered out July 20, 1864
TAYLOR, William M Sergeant Major --- May 16, 1861 July 16, 1861 ---
WHITFIELD, Thomas Hosp. Steward --- --- --- Mustered out July 8, 1864
WILCOX, Edward P Sergeant Major --- --- --- Prom. 1st Lt., new Bat. A
1st Illinois Light Artillery
Unassigned Recruits
Name Residence Date of Muster Remarks
ADAMS, John H Freeport Jan 14, 1864 Veteran
ALDRICH, Alfred S Chicago Jan 31, 1864 Rejected
ANDERSON, Ellis Middleport --- Deserted
ANDERSON, James Bloomington, In. Jun 14, 1864 ---
ANDERSON, John Wesley Nov 10, 1864 ---
ANDREUSS, Charles B York Oct 14, 1864 Died, Camp Butler, Nov 20, 1864
ARSINO, George Chicago --- Rejected
ATWOOD, Henry C Rockford Jan 6, 1864 ---
AVERY, Charles Chicago Nov 30, 1863 Deserted Nov 12, 1865
BALDWIN, John C Chicago Oct 7, 1864 Rejected
BARNES, Ambrose Wysox Oct 11, 1864 Mustered out May 11, 1865
BARNES, James Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
BARTRA, Parley A A Manhatten Oct 8, 1864 ---
BLACK, James S Lake Aug 17, 1864 Substitute
BLOOM, John Chicago Oct 15, 1864 ---
BONLANTER, Louis Lake Aug 9, 1864 Substitute
BRAINARD, Sylvanus Chicago Oct 6, 1864 Rejected
BROWN, William H Chicago Oct 5, 1864 ---
BRUMMITT, Henry Chicago Oct 1, 1864 ---
BRUMMITT, William Chicago Oct 1, 1864 ---
BUTLER, Harris Chicago Oct 14, 1864 ---
BUTTON, Earl S Wyoming --- Rejected
CADORE, Leander Martintown --- Veteran
CALLENDER, Peter Chicago Mar 18, 1864 ---
CAMP, Henry Hyde Park Jan 17, 1865 Deserted Jan 24, 1865
CAMPBELL, John Chicago Oct 4, 1864 ---
CARNY, Thomas Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
CARSON, John Chicago Dec 17, 1863 ---
CHANCY, Alexander D Centralia --- ---
CHANDLER, Isaac S Mulford --- ---
CHESTER, Henry Waukegan --- ---
CLARK, Joseph Henry Chicago Dec 31, 1863 Rejected
CLARKE, John Chicago Aug 12, 1864 Substitute
COCHRAN, Andy Chicago Dec 31, 1863 ---
COE, Charles Hyde Park Sep 19, 1864 ---
COLEMAN, William Chicago --- ---
COUCH, Madison Racine, Wis. --- ---
CRONK, Adolphus Chicago Mar 20, 1864 ---
DARST, Jonathan H Winfield Oct 26, 1864 ---
DAVIS, Martin H Mulford --- Rejected
DELANY, Joseph Green Bay, Wis. --- ---
DERY, Leopold Chicago Aug 12, 1864 Substitute
DOTY, Joseph Deer Park Oct 1, 1864 ---
DOWNES, Charles H Chicago Mar 12, 1864 ---
DUBOISE, Archie Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Died at Camp Butler, Ill.
DUNN, James Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
ECKSTEDT, John E Chicago Feb 24, 1864 ---
ESSLINGER, Edward Bloom Jan 24, 1865 ---
EVANS, Benjamin F Newell --- ---
FARMER, Hugh Chicago Dec 26, 1863 Deserter from 23d Ill. Inf.
FEENY, John Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
FENTON, Seneca Harlem Sep 28, 1864 Rejected
FIGG, William T Chicago Oct 8, 1864 Mustered out May 1865
FLANAGAN, Daniel Chicago --- ---
FREARSON, Samuel J Wilton Oct 11, 1864 Died Dec 3, 1864
FRIES, Nicholas Chicago Aug 11, 1864 Substitute
FULLER, Frederick E Willow Creek Jan 25, 1864 Discharged
GILBERT, William Chicago Dec 31, 1863 ---
GODFREY, Charles Chicago Sep 26, 1864 ---
GOSS, Victor Springfield --- ---
GOWER, Eben W Sunbury Jan 18, 1864 ---
GRIFFITH, Zachariah Chicago Feb 22, 1865 ---
GUDGEL, Thomas Chicago --- ---
GUGERKE, Conrad Springfield --- ---
HANLEY, Edward Bloom Jan 24, 1865 ---
HANTED, Peter Bourbonnais Feb 16, 1864 ---
HARRISON, Daniel Chicago Dec 23, 1863 ---
HARRLE, Benjamin Niles Feb 21, 1865 Mustered out Jun 3, 1865
HEATON, James H Chicago Mar 12, 1865 ---
HENDERSON, Charles Chicago Aug 19, 1865 Substitute
HERRICK, William Chicago Aug 13, 1865 Substitute
HILL, Robert Dayton Nov 10, 1864 ---
HOFFMAN, Samuel Springfield --- ---
HUTCHINS, George Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
HUTCHINSON, George Chicago Aug 24, 1865 Substitute
JOHANSON, Johan Chicago Aug 27, 1864 Substitute
JOHNSON, Patrick Peotone Oct 8, 1864 ---
JOHNSTON, James H Zuma Oct 21, 1864 ---
JONES, Maxwell Pierce Oct 8, 1864  
JONES, Samuel H Dunleith Mar 9, 1864 ---
JONES, William H East St Louis --- ---
JORDEN, John Dixon Dec 23, 1863 ---
KAISER, William Chicago Aug 8, 1864 ---
KELLY, Thomas Lake View Sep 21, 1864 ---
KEYS, Edwin Chicago Mar 31, 1864 ---
KIESCHLING, Jacob Chicago Aug 18, 1864 Substitute
KING, John Pierce Oct 8, 1864 ---
KNOTT, John Chicago Aug 10, 1864 Substitute
KRANS, John H Chicago Oct 7, 1864 ---
KUHN, Simon P Palmyra Apr 1, 1864 ---
LANTHENSEN, Allen Chicago Oct 5, 1864 ---
LARKINS, Patrick S Chicago Oct 4, 1864 ---
LEISTERSON, Albert Chicago Aug 18, 1864 Substitute
LEWEY, William Chicago Oct 6, 1864 ---
LOWREY, James Schaumburg Sep 26, 1864 Rejected
LYNCH, Peter Chicago --- Discharged Mar 10, 1864
LYNDS, Halley Harlem Sep 28, 1864 ---
MAHONEY, John Chicago Oct 3, 1864 ---
MARKLEY, Thomas Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
MARTIN, John Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
MARTIN, John A Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
McAULIFF, Daniel Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
McCARTY, Charles Wheatland Jan 4, 1865 ---
McCARTY, Daniel F Chicago Mar 31, 1864 See Battery L, 2d Ill. Art.
McDERMOTT, William Chicago Jan 31, 1864 Veteran. Deserted
McDONALD, James Mascoutah Jan 22, 1864 ---
McDONALD, John M Chicago Dec 21, 1863 ---
McDONALD, John W --- --- Mustered out Aug 4, 1865
McFADDEN, Warren H Worth Jan 19, 1865 Mustered out May 11, 1865
MERRILL, William Wesley Nov 10, 1864 ---
METZE, George Wheatland Jan 4, 1865 ---
MILLER, C W Chicago --- ---
MILLER, William Chicago Oct 7, 1864 ---
MITCHELL, George Evanston Sep 21, 1864 ---
MOORE, George Chicago Mar 20, 1864 ---
MOORE, George W Middleport --- Deserted
MORGAN, John Chicago Mar 20, 1864 ---
MORLAND, John Chicago Dec 20, 1864 ---
MORRIS, Miller Chicago Sep 29, 1864 ---
MORRIS, Wilson Chicago Dec 1, 1863 Deserted Dec 8, 1863
MULLEN, Daniel Springfield --- ---
MULLIGAN, Edward Ottawa --- ---
MULLINS, Michael Dayton Nov 3, 1864 ---
MURPHY, John Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
MYER, John Hartland Oct 11, 1864 ---
NEWMAN, Augustus Chicago Mar 14, 1864 ---
NEWMAN, Martin Chicago Mar 31, 1864 ---
NIROIS, Louis Alton City Mar 29, 1865 Mustered out May 11, 1865
O'BRIEN, William J Morris Dec 31, 1863 ---
OLLMAN, Henry Chicago Aug 26, 1864 Substitute
O'NIEL, William Chicago Aug 24, 1864 Substitute
OWENS, William Evanston Sep 21, 1864 ---
PALMER, John W Chicago --- ---
PARKE, George W Chicago Oct 4, 1864 ---
PARKER, George W Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Mustered out May 11, 1865
PASLAY, John H Proviso --- See Battery I
PATTON, Albert Lake Aug 17, 1864 Substitute
PAUL, Huston Belmont Dec 18, 1863 Deserted Dec 2, 1863
PELTIER, Adam Chicago Aug 13, 1864 Substitute
PETERSON, Franklin Dixon Dec 21, 1863 ---
POOL, Henry Elk Grove Jan 16, 1865 Rejected
RAFFERTY, William Chicago Aug 22, 1864 Substitute
RANDOLPH, Samuel Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
REILEY, Thomas Lake View --- ---
REINER, Francis J Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
RENTER, Peter Freeport Sep 4, 1864 ---
RYE, Thomas Chicago Aug 17, 1864 Substitute
SCHWEEGOR, Henry Chicago Oct 17, 1864 ---
SCOTT, John Chicago Aug 24, 1864 Substitute
SHARP, George Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
SHAW, John Dayton Nov 3, 1864 ---
SHEEHAN, John Springfield --- ---
SIMONS, James Wilton Oct 8, 1864 ---
SMITH, Charles L Waukegan Feb 29, 1864 ---
SMITH, Charles P Chicago Sep 24, 1864 ---
SMITH, James Stonington --- ---
SMITH, Levi Chicago Mar 20, 1864 ---
SMITH, Samuel Orland Dec 20, 1864 ---
SMITH, William Chicago Oct 5, 1864 ---
SMITH, William Waukegan Feb 29, 1864 ---
SOHN, John Chicago Oct 15, 1864 ---
STODDARD, Andrew Chicago Sep 30, 1864 ---
STONE, William Dayton Nov 10, 1864 ---
SULLIVAN, James Chicago Oct 17, 1864 ---
SULLIVAN, John Sullivan --- ---
SWEENY, William Chicago Dec 21, 1863 Deserted
THOMAS, Henry Springfield --- ---
THOMAS, Noah Palmyra Feb 2, 1864 Discharged July 2, 1864
THOMPSON, John Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
TOWNSEND, John Chicago Feb 29, 1864 Died, Camp Butler, Mar 8, 1865
TURNER, George W Ottawa --- ---
VAN DYKE, Mulford Salem --- ---
WALKER, Craine Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
WALTER, Christian Chicago Aug 11, 1864 Substitute
WARD, Henry L Chicago Oct 4, 1864 ---
WARD, James Athens Mar 20, 1864 ---
WARDAUGH, George Springfield --- ---
WATSON, Simeon D Greenbush Apr 13, 1864 ---
WATSON, William Chicago Dec 31, 1863 Deserted Jan 9, 1864
WELLS, A F Chicago Dec 23, 1863 ---
WELLS, John Charleston --- Discharged Mar 26, 1864
WELSH, Joseph Chicago Oct 7, 1864 ---
WESTON, Frank Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
WESTPHAL, Rudolph Chicago Sep 29, 1864 Rejected
WHELAN, John Chicago Aug 17, 1864 Substitute
WHITE, Frederick Chicago Feb 29, 1864 ---
WHITE, Sedgwick Chicago Oct 21, 1864 Re-enlisted from 100 days Regiment. See Chicago Mercantile Battery
WHITNEY, William C Chicago Jan 31, 1864 ---
WILLIAMS, George Chicago Aug 12, 1864 Substitute
WILLIAMS, Thomas K Marine Aug 10, 1864 Substitute
WILSON, John Chicago Oct 20, 1864 ---
WYNNE, Hugh Springfield --- ---
YOUNG, John M Chicago --- ---

Transcribed by Jim Willison

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