117th Illinois Infantry
Field & Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment
Date of Muster Remarks
DENEEN, Samuel H Adjutant Lebanon Oct 9, 1862 Oct 9, 1862 Resigned Nov 16, 1864
FIKE, Henry F Quartermaster Mascoutah Aug 26, 1862 Aug 26, 1862 Resigned July 4, 1865
GILHAM, John D Chaplain Edwardsville Sep 26, 1862 Sep 26, 1862 Resigned May 16, 1864
HOOD, Humphrey H 1st Asst Surg. Clinton Co Nov 7, 1862 Nov 7, 1862 Prom. in 3d US Heavy Art., (col'd), Sep 6, 1863
JENNINGS, Thomas C 2nd Asst Surg. Clinton Co Nov 15, 1862 Mar 8, 1863 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
KRAFFT, James F Adjutant --- Nov 16, 1864 Nov 21, 1864 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
McWILLIAMS, Robert Major Hillsboro Apr 13, 1864 Jun 28, 1864 Resigned Jan 29, 1865
MERRIAM, Jonathan Lt. Colonel Tazewell Co Sep 19, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
MILLER, Monroe J Quartermaster --- Aug 5, 1865 Not must'r'd MO Aug 5, 1865 as QM Sgt.
MOORE, Risden M Colonel Lebanon Sep 19, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
NEWSHAM, Thomas J Major Edwardsville Sep 19, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Resigned Apr 13, 1864
OLDEN, William P Major Moro Jan 29, 1865 Feb 26, 1865 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
WHITE, John B Chaplain --- Aug 4, 1864 Oct 12, 1864 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
WILEY, Martin Surgeon Trenton Oct 9, 1862 Oct 9, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865

1117th Illinois Infantry
Non-Commissioned Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank
or Enlistment
Date of Muster Remarks
BEATH, Charles H QM Sergeant McLain Aug 7, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Prom. 1st Lieut. Co. A
BLACKWELL, Joseph R Prin. Musician Hillsboro Aug 14, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
HILL, Emmet C Hosp. Steward Trenton Aug 14, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Disch, July 28, 1864, to join U.S.A.
KRAFFT, James F Serg. Major Belleville Aug 8, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Prom. Adj't, Nov 21, 1864
McGOWAN, John H Serg. Major Butler Aug 14, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
McGOWAN, John H Comm. Sergeant Butler Aug 14, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Prom. Sergeant Major
MILLER, Monroe J QM Sergeant Lebanon Aug 12, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
PARKER, Joseph T Serg. Major Lebanon Aug 12, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Returned to Co., Jan 13, 1863
SCOTT, Edward J Comm. Sergeant Belleville Aug 12, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
TUTTLE, John W Hosp. Steward Trenton Aug 12, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865
TUTTLE, Samuel E Prin. Musician O'Fallon Aug 12, 1862 Sep 19, 1862 Mustered out Aug 5, 1865

117th Illinois Infantry
Unassigned Recruits
Name Residence Date of Muster Remarks
ENNIS, John Waltham Mar 7, 1865 ---
GRIFFEN, Isaac H Shiloh Mar 3, 1864 Died, Camp Butler, Apr 8, 1864
HAYS, William P Troy Mar 31, 1864 Died, Camp Butler, May 1, 1864
LEDAKER, James A Alton Aug 15, 1864 Sub. Tr. to 45th Ill. Inf.
MORRIS, William Wilton Oct 8, 1864 Rejected
WILLIAMS, William C Fosterburg Mar 14, 1864 ---

Transcribed by Jim Willison

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