Champaign County IL Archives Military.....20th IL Volunteer Infantry ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Celia Snyder cgsnyder@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu April 1997 Champaign County, Illinois CIVIL WAR PARTICIPATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20th ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY The 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was organized in May 1861 as the result of a bill passed by the Illinois legislature authorizing the raising of ten additional infantry regiments. Colonels * C. Carroll Marsh, Chicago - Resigned 22 Apr 1863 * Daniel Bradley, Champaign - Discharged 13 Feb 1865 * Henry King, Joliet - Mustered out as lieutenant colonel 16 July 1865 Lieutenant Colonels * William Erwin, Joliet - Killed at Ft. Donelson * Evan Richards, Mt. Pleasant - Killed in battle, 12 May 1863 * Daniel Bradley - Promoted Jan 1864 * Henry King - Promoted July 1865 Majors * John W. Goodwin, Joliet - Resigned Dec 1861 for promotion in the 2nd Artillery * Evan Richards - Promoted lieutenant colonel * Frederick A. Bartleson, Joliet - Promoted colonel of the 100th IL Infantry * Daniel Bradley - Promoted lieutenant colonel May 1863 * George W. Kennard, Champaign - Discharged 7 Jan 1865 * Roland N. Evans, Bloomington - Mustered out16 July 1865 Adjutants * John E. Thompson (no address) - Killed at Shiloh 6 Apr 1862 * John R. Conklin, Clinton - Mustered out 27 Nov 1864 * Frank Chester (no address) - Mustered out 16 July 1865 Quartermasters * John Spicer (no address) - Resigned * Lysander Tiffany, Chicago - Mustered out 16 July 1865 Surgeons * Christopher Goodbrake, Clinton - Resigned 17 Sept 1864 * Rolla T. Richards, Clinton - Mustered out 16 July 1865 Chaplains * Charles Button, Joliet - Resigned 24 Mar 1863 * Samuel Richards (no address) - Resigned 29 Jan 1864 Company A This was the first volunteer company from Champaign County. An asterisk indicates that the man reenlisted. Captains * John S. Wolfe, Champaign - Resigned 11 Nov 1861 * Daniel Bradley, Champaign - Promoted major * John H. Austin, Champaign - Mustered out 10 Nov 1864 * Andrew B. Rogerson, Champaign - Discharged 15 May 1865 First Lieutenants * Daniel Bradley - Promoted major * George W. Kennard, Champaign - Promoted captain of Co I * William Archdeacon, Champaign - Resigned 1 June 1862 * John H. Austin - Promoted captain * Andrew B. Rogerson - Promoted captain Second Lieutenants * George W. Kennard - Promoted 1st lieutenant * Eugene Fountleroy, Champaign - Dismissed 22 Nov 1862 * Andrew B. Rogerson - Promoted 1st lieutenant * Charles T. Dox, Champaign - Resigned 1864 First Sergeant * Henry M. Isom -Died at Cape Girardeau MO, 22 July 1861 Sergeants * Eugene Fountleroy - Promoted 2nd lieutenant * William Archdeacon - Promoted 1st lieutenant * John F. Waters - Discharged Nov 1861; disability Corporals * James Riley Willis E Lewis - Killed at Ft. Donelson, 15 Feb 1862 * *John W Turner - Mustered out 16 July 1865 * John H. Austin - Promoted 1st lieutenant Privates * Francis M. Barney - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Charles G. Blazoe - Died at St. Louis 8 Sept 1863 * August Brandt - Deserted 27 Feb 1863 * William Broderick - Killed at Champion Hill, 16 May 1863 * *George Budden - Mustered out16 July 1865 * Harley Calgrove - Discharged 13 June 1864 * *Thomas J. Carpenter - Mustered outo 16 July 1865 * Charles P. L. Cook - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Jacob Cook - Discharged 13 June 1864 * William H. Cooper - Deserted 12 Dec 1861 * *James M. Cox - Mustered out30 May 1865 * *William Creger (Crager) - Promoted sergeant; died of wounds, 21 July 1864 * David Dilts - William Doggett - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Sevier Doughty - Deserted 27 Feb 1863 * Charles T. Dox - Promoted 2nd lieutenant * *Calvin E. Duncan - Mustered out 16 July 1865 * Henry Fitzgerald - Discharged 1 May 1862; disability * Eugene M. Fuller - Discharged 13 June 1864 * *Christian Graine - Transferred to Co D 4th VRC, 21 Apr 1865 * Zephaniah B. Green - Discharged 17 June 1862; disability * Robert Grogan - Killed at Vicksburg, 27 June 1863 * Edwin P Groom - Discharged 15 Mar 1863; disability * John W Grove - Killed at Raymond, MS, 12 May 1863 * Joseph Grove - Died at Birds Point, MO, 23 Dec 1861 * Henry W. Gustin - Deserted 27 Feb 1863 * James Hamilton - Died at Birds Point MO, 31 Dec 1861 * *James Hazelwood - Mustered out 16 July 1865 * William N. Henrie - Drummed out of service 29 Aug 1861 * John J. Herr - Discharged 13 June 1864 * John Hoffman - Discharghed 13 June 1864 * Frank Holebaur - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Isaiah Hummel - Died of wounds at Louisville, 9 June 1862 * James H. Hunt - Discharged 13 June 1864 * John D. Hunt - Disch 15 Nov 1862; disabil * John P Hutton - Disch 7 Apr 1862; disabil * David Kelly - Disch 13 June 1864 * Jacob Kenestrick - Address shown as Alton, IL * Josiah Kindt - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Joshua Knox - Died near Dallas MO, 19 Oct 1861 * Ernst Lahmann - Discharged 7 Apr 1862; disability * Thomas 0. Lawhead - Died at Champaign IL, 1862 * *George H. List - Mustered out 16 July 1865 * *Andrew Lovelady - Mustered out 16 July 1865 * Henry C. Mallory - Discharged 13 June 1864 * *James McCally - Deserted 10 Aug 1864 * *James McGee - Died at Indianapolis, 20 Mar 1864 * *John McKown - Mustered out16 July 1865 * Thomas W McKenzie - Discharged 13 June 1864 * John McLaughlin - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Samuel R. McMahon - Deserted 4 Dec 1861 * Henry C. Merrell - Discharged 23 July 1862; disabil * William W Mickle - Died of wounds 13 May 1863 * Isaac Moore - Discharged 13 June 1864 * *John Moore - Mustered out 13 July 1865 * James W Myers - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Thomas Norvelle - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Cornelius O'Brien - Discharged 13 June 1864 * John Owen - Died of wounds, 21 Apr 1862 * David M. Palmer * Nelson Partlow - Discharged 13 June 1864 * *Henry S. Peach - Mustered out 7 June 1865 * David Peterman - Died at Champaign IL, 24 Nov 1861 * Hiram Poe - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Henry Power - Discharged for promotion in the 9th LA Colored Regiment * Michael Rafferty - Died at Vicksburg 22 July 1862 * John Schwizer - Deserted 27 Feb 1863 * Jerome B. Smith - Discharged 13 June 1864 * Henry Taylor - Died at Birds Point MO, 27 Sept 1861 * William A. Timmonds * James W Toops - Deserted 27 Feb 1863 * William W Topping - Discharged 13 June 1864 * *David Y. Waters - Promoted sergeant; killed by corporal Wm. Lane, 9th IA Infantry, while on duty * Lott Weeks - Discharged 28 May 1862; disability * Charles White - Died at Cairo IL, 15 Jan 1862 * Richard T. Whittle - Died at Cairo IL, 1 Nov 1861 * Edward Williams - Discharged 13 June 1864 Recruits * *James Howard - Mustered in 5 Jan 1864 * James Kelly - Mustered in 13 June 1861 * Benedict Mollett - Mustered in 13 June 1861 * Andrew R. Rogerson - Promoted 2nd lieutenant * Samuel Warner - Mustered in 10 Dec 1862 Champaign County Men in Other Companies of the 20th New Company A * Pvt. John McDonough, Homer - Deserted 22 Oct 1864 Company F * Pvt. Arthur E. Paddock, Homer - Mustered out16 July 1865 as corporal Company I * Capt. George W Kennard, Champaign - Promoted major * Pvt. Alfred J. Blake, Homer - Mustered out 16 July 1865 as sergeant * Rct. William Beck, Champaign Co. - Reenlisted as vet * Rct. Henry C. Dickerson, Champaign - Killed at Shiloh, 6 Apr 1862 Unassigned Recruits * Stephen M. Jones, Urbana - Enlisted 31 Mar 1864 http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/champaign/military/civilwar/20thinf.txt