Illinois Soldiers Dying at Fort Blakeley

There is an accounting of 63 Illinois soldiers that either died on the Blakeley Battlefield, April 9, 1865, or died shortly thereafter from wounds received there. This list is comprised of those soldiers that were buried in Mobile's National Cemetery or buried other than in Mobile, and/or for whom the facts are unknown. Walking through Magnolia Cemetery at Mobile, which includes the National Cemetery, it is obvious that the accounting is incomplete. There are many, many markers in both the Union and Confederate sections which simply say, "UNKNOWN."

There were 26 Illinois Regiments that were stationed on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay during the final days of the Mobile Campaign. The 76th Illinois suffered casualities amounting to 30, approximately half of the total loss from the state of Illinois. The list below divides the casualties into the 76th and the remaining Illinois regiments.

76th Illinois Deaths Attributed to Blakeley (*designates gravestone at Magnolia Cemetery)

  • Pvt. George Anderson * - Co. A
  • Sgt. William T. Duke - Co. K
  • Pvt. Micajah S. Moore - Co. A
  • Pvt. William Grimes - Co. H
  • Pvt. George H. Hopkins* - Co. C
  • Cpl.George F. Tremain* - Co. G
  • Pvt. Joseph Mailloux* - Co. D
  • 1st Sgt. Charles Perkins* - Co. I
  • Pvt. Bordman H. Noble - Co. I
  • Pvt. James O/C?. Endsley, Jr.* - Co. A
  • Cpl. Daniel O. Harrison - Co. C
  • Pvt. Jonathan Osborne* - Co. G
  • Pvt. Michael Kirchner* - Co. I
  • Pvt. Harvey B. Longnecker* - Co. A
  • Pvt. Eldrick Grouillette or Brouillette* - Co. D
  • Charles Goldwood, color bearer* - Co. I
  • Pvt. Oren Swan* - Co. F
  • Pvt. Joel Lesco - Co. A
  • Cedrick Dean
  • Pvt. Harlan B. Hunt* - Co. C
  • Pvt. George W. King - Co. A/F?
  • Pvt. Floyd Fuller* - Col. F
  • Pvt. John Collins - Co. I
  • Pvt. David L. Button - Co. C
  • Pvt. Walter B. Bates - Co. C
  • Pvt. Dennis O'Brien/Ennis Brion? - Co. C
  • Pvt. Samuel Daniel - Co. C
  • Daniel J. Green
  • Pvt. Jacob Obrecht - Co. I
  • Henry B. Hussey, color bearer* - Col. K (his rank may have been Corporal)

 Other Illinois Regiments Deaths Attributed to Blakeley (*designates gravestone at Magnolia Cemetery)

  • Pvt. Samuel Adams* - 124th Illinois, Co. F
  • Pvt. Francis M. Baugh* - 119th Illinois, Co. E
  • Pvt. James Boyd* - 37th Illinois, Co. I
  • Pvt. Robert G. Brown* - 92nd Illinois, Co. B
  • Pvt. Alonzo Curry* - 28th Illinois, Co. C
  • Pvt. William H. Dryer* - 8th Illinois, Co. H
  • Pvt. Thomas Easley* - 117th Illinois, Co. B
  • Cpl. James M. Erwin*, 108th Illinois, Co. H
  • Pvt. James P. Garwood* - 8th Illinois, Co. B
  • Sgt. Frank P. Hudson*, 91st Illinois, Co. K
  • Pvt. Reuben Jones*, 97th Illinois, Co. E
  • Pvt. James C. Lowry*, 119th Illinois, Co. F
  • Pvt. Matthew Manning* - 124th Illinois, Co. G
  • Pvt. John Myer* - 119th Illinois
  • Pvt. Joseph R. Oglesby* - 29th Illinois, Co. G
  • Pvt. Sherman Pierpont* - 8th Illinois, Co. E
  • Pvt. Georgie W. Richards* - 91st Illinois, Co. D
  • Sgt. Isaac H. Somonson* - 8th Illinois, Co. H
  • Pvt. E. H. Thompson* - 33rd Illinois, Co. I
  • Cpl. William Thumb* - 91st Illinois, Co. E
  • Sgt. James P. Vincent* - 8th Illinois
  • Cpl. Thomas Watson* - 119th Illinois
  • Pvt. Reuben White* - 46th Illinois, Co. F
  • Pvt. Thomas Wilson* - 94th Illinois, Co. A
  • Pvt. Wm. R. Wooten* - 81st Illinois, Co. A
  • Pvt. John Wyant* - 97th Illinois, Co. G
  • Pvt. Andrew W. Hess - 46th Illinois, Co. B
  • John A. Jameson -29th Illinois, Co. A
  • William Jenkins - 29th Illinois, Co. A
  • Simon Robinson - 99th Illinois
  • Lt. W. E. Smith - 124th Illinois
  • John Wagon - 29th Illinois, Co. A
  • John W. Young - 29th Illinois, Co. A
  • Philip M. Mulkey, Jr. - 97th Illinois, Co. C

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