Company "I" 97th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster
Remarks
ACHENBACH, William Captain Alton Sep 8, 1862 Resigned Mar 9, 1864
ACKERMAN, Francis Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Accidently killed, Nov 1, 1863
ASTLE, George Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
ASTLE, William Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
BARNETT, John T Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Feb 1863; disabil.
BARRETT, Charles A Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as private
BEACH, Franklin Wagoner Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Feb 1863; disabil.
BETHARD, John Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
BOOKER, John Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Aug 19, 1863
BURNS, John Musician Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
CAMPBELL, Wilson Captain Vandalia Not must'r'd MO July 29, 1865 as 1st Lt.
CAMPBELL, Wilson 1st Lt. Vandalia Nov 20, 1863 Mustered out July 29, 1865
CAMPBELL, Wilson 2nd Lt. Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Promoted [July 1, 1863]
CARNEY, Edward Recruit Fidelity Dec 23, 1863 Died at Morganzia, La., Aug 3, 1864
CARTER, Thomas Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Nov 21, 1862
CHALLACOMB, Henry Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as Serg't.
CLARK, John Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
CLOUD, John P Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
CLOUD, William J Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
COOLING, John Private St Charles, Mo Sep 8, 1862 Transferred to Co. G
CURE, H F Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Oct 3, 1863; disabil.
DAVIS, August Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Died at N. Orleans, May 3, 1865; wounds
DAVIS, Cyrus M Recruit Fidelity Apr 8, 1864 Trans. to 37th Ill. Inf.
EDWARDS, George Recruit Fidelity Dec 23, 1863 Trans. to 37th Ill. Inf.
ENGLE, Charles V Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as private
ENGLE, Cyrus G Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
FERGUSON, James Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Wounded, R.R. accident Nov 1, 1863. Disch, May 17, 1864
FRAZIER, James Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Killed, Vicksburg, May 19, 1863
FRAZIER, W William Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as Corp'l.
GIRARD, George Private --- Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
GIRARD, William Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Died, N. Orleans, Dec 17, 1863
GLENN, S Franklin Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as Corp'l.
GOULDING, Charles H Sergeant Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Jan 20, 1863
GREELING, Jacob Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
GROSJEAN, Francis Recruit Fidelity Dec 30, 1863 Trans. to 37th Ill. Inf.
HALADAY, William W Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as Serg't.
HALL, George Recruit Fidelity Dec 22, 1863 Trans. to 37th Ill. Inf.
HARPER, Hiram C Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Trans. to 37th Ill. Inf.
HENRISSON, John Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Jan 20, 1863
HICKMAN, Montgomery Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO May 22, 1865 as Serg't.
HIRSHY, Frederick Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Oct 1862
HOFFMAN, Charles Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Jan 20, 1863
HOWARD, J B S Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Mar 12, 1863; disabil.
HOWARD, Samuel L Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Absent, wounded at MO of Reg.
HOWARD, Samuel R Captain Alton Apr 11, 1864 Discharged May 18, 1865
HOWARD, Samuel R 1st Lt. Alton Sep 8, 1862 Promoted Adjutant
JOACHIMI, Max Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out Jun 17, 1865
KAYSER, Herman 2nd Lt. Alton Not must'r'd MO July 29, 1865 as Serg't.
KEYSER, Herman Sergeant Alton Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as Serg't. Com. 2d Lt [Aug 1, 1865]; not must'd.
KEHR, Samuel Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Died at Lexington, Ky., Oct 28, 1862
KORCHENBERGER, C Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
LANDFIELD, Edwin Private --- Sep 8, 1862 Transferred to Co. G
LARE, Richard Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Died, Paris, Ky., Nov 1, 1862
LASH, Henry Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
LAWSON, Jacob C Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
LAWSON, Nelson P Musician Alton Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Dec 9, 1862; disabil.
LINSIG, George Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
MAY, Charles W Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
McFARLAN, Stephen A Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out May 22, 1865
MENDOZA, Cidro Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out May 22, 1865
MERRILL, Daniel Sergeant Alton Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Jan 20, 1863
METTEN, Rudolph Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 1st Sgt. Deserted Jan 20, 1863
MILLER, John Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Jan 20, 1863
MILLER, John George Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Accidently killed, Nov 1, 1863
MOOK, Philip 1st Serg. Alton Sep 8, 1862 Red. Deserted Jan 20, 1863
MORTON, Reeves R Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as private
NORRIS, Tom Jeff Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Sep 28, 1862
OSBORN, N S Recruit Alton Sep 16, 1862 Accidently killed, Nov 1, 1863
PARKER, John Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Oct 3, 1863; disabil.
PARKS, John Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
PETERS, David Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
PETERS, Simon Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
PETERSON, James Corporal Alton Sep 8, 1862 Reduced. Died May 12, 1863
PEYTON, R D Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as private
PLATZ, August Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Tr. To V.R.C., Mar 15, 1864
POPE, Richard Recruit Fidelity Dec 23, 1863 Transferred to 37th Ill. Inf.
REEVES, Aquila Sergeant Alton Sep 8, 1862 Dropped deserter, May 9, 1863
SCROTT, Martin Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Killed at Ft. Blakely, Ala., Apr 9, 1865
SELZLER, August Private Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
SIGLER, John Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Disch, May 9, 1863; disabil.
SIGLER, Michael Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Died at Galveston, Tex., July 9, 1865
STIVERS, William Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Oct 3, 1862
STULL, Joseph M Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as Serg't.
SWENGER, John Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
SWETTLAND, Henry Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Transferred to 37th Ill. Inf.
THOMPSON, Benjamin F Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Disch, Jan 1, 1865; disabil.
USSERY, William T Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
WEIHARDT, Gustav Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
WEIHHAUPT, J Recruit Alton Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
WELCH, John A Corporal Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 MO July 29, 1865 as private
WHITT, Edward Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
WHITT, Henry Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Deserted Jan 20, 1863
WILSON, Noel Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Mustered out July 29, 1865
WOLF, George Private Vandalia Sep 8, 1862 Died Jan 27, 1863

Transcribed by Jim Willison



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