Statewide County IL Archives Military Records.....Town Index To Illinois, 1896 G.A.R. Members 1896 Other War ************************************************ 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: Martin W Johnson martinjohnson48@msn.com June 11, 2012, 11:51 pm TOWN INDEX TO ILLINOIS 1896 GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC G.A.R. MEMBERS ROSTERS. THESE ARE THE PAGE NUMBERS OF TOWNS MEMBERS NAMES, COMPANY & REGT. ARE NOTED. SOME TOWN G.A.R. POSTS HAVE A FEW MEMBERS. SOME HAVE SEVERAL PAGES. THE PAGE NUMBERS ARE THE PAGE A POST’S INF STARTS ON. MANY G.A.R. MEMBERS DIED BETWEEN THIS 1896 LIST AND THE OTHER PUBLISHED ILLINOIS 1913 LIST. THE 1896 LIST IS MISSING MANY G.A.R. POSTS MEMBER LISTS, BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO SEND THEM INTO THE WESTERN VETERAN NEWSPAPER, THAT INFORMED READERS IN THE U.S. THAT THEY WERE PUBLISHING THE BOOK. THE 1913 G.A.R. ROSTERS BOOK IS A MORE COMPLETE POST MEMBERSHIP LISTS, SINCE THE G.A.R. POSTS DID A GOOD JOB OF REPORTING MEMBERSHIP LISTS TO THE BOOK PUBLISHER. THIS 1896 BOOK IS IN CRUMBLING CONDITION. IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO GET THEM TO DIGITALIZE IT & PUT IT ONLINE. AT ILLINOIS DIGITAL ARCHIVES WWW.IDAILLINOIS.ORG IT IS MISNAMED AS 1896 ILLINOIS G.A.R. ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. THE 1913 BOOK IS SOLD ONLINE BY SEVERAL BOOK SELLERS. THE TWO KNOWN COPIES ARE AT CHICAGO HISTORICAL MUSEUM (ITS IN BETTER SHAPE, BUT THEY WOULD NOT DIGITALIZE IT). THE OTHER COPY IS AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. THIS BOOK NEEDS TO BE REPUBLISHED. SOME VETERANS THAT ARE ALIVE SHOW UP ON THE 1910 FEDERAL CENSUS. IT HAS A U.A. = UNION ARMY IN THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF CENSUS PAGE. 3RD COLUMN FROM RIGHT. AT END OF LIST IS A FEW PAGE ITEM NOTES. ILLINOIS G.A.R. POSTS TOWNS = I HAVE ADDED COUNTY IN TO TOWN IS IN THE INDEX. ALEDO, MERCER CO. P.91. ANNAPOLIS, CRAWFORD CO. P. 86. ASHLEY, WASHINGTON CO. P. 100. AUSTIN, COOK CO. P.51. BELLEVILLE, ST.CLAIR CO. P. 107. BLUE ISLAND, COOK CO. P. 59. BUDA, BUREAU CO. P. 88. CAIRO, ALEXANDER CO. P. 113. CAMDEN, SCHUYLER CO. P. 122. CAMP POINT, ADAMS CO. P. 114. CARLINVILLE, MACOUPIN CO. P. 99. CARLYLE, CLINTON CO. P. 112. CARRIERS MILLS, SALINE CO. P. 123. CARROLTON, GREENE CO. P. 106. CASEYVILLE, ST.CLAIR CO. P. 121. CENTRALIA, MARION CO. P. 81. CHARLESTON, COLES CO. P. 118. CHESTNUT, LOGAN CO. P. 121. CHICAGO & COOK CO. = MANY POSTS P. 37 – 67 & 124 – 129. CHRISMAN, EDGAR CO. P. 103. CISNE, WAYNE CO. P. 123. COBDEN, UNION CO. P. 104. COULTERVILLE, RANDOLPH CO. P. 90. CREAL SPRINGS, WILLIAMS CO. P. 120. DALLAS CITY, HANCOCK CO. P. 116. DOWNERS GROVE, DUPAGE CO. P. 108. EAST ST. LOUIS, ST.CLAIR CO. P. 110. ELDORADO, SALINE CO. P. 113. ELGIN, KANE CO. P. 76. ELIZABETH, JODAVIESS CO. P. 112. EVANSTON, COOK CO. P. 59. FAIRBURY, LIVINGSTON CO. P. 83. FORREST, LIVINGSTON CO. P. 80. FORRESTON, STEPHENSON CO. P. 119. FRANKLIN, MORGAN CO. P. 110. GALATIA, SALINE CO. P. 106. GALESBURG, KNOX CO. P. 75. GIBSON CITY, FORD CO. P. 82. GIFFORD, CHAMPAIGN CO. P. 120. GILLESPIE, MACOUPIN CO. P. 117. GRAND CROSSING, COOK CO. P. 56. GREENFIELD, GREENE CO. P. 101. GREENVILLE, BOND CO. P. 93. GRIDLEY, MCLEAN CO. P. 99. GRIGGSVILLE, PIKE CO. P. 106. HAMPTON, ROCK ISLAND CO. P. 116. HANOVER, JODAVIESS CO. P. 103. HARVEY, COOK CO. P. 67. HAZEL DELL, CUMBERLAND CO. P. 100. HENNEPIN, PUTNAM CO. P. 90. HIGHLAND, MADISON CO. P. 105. HILLSBORO, MONTGOMERY CO. P. 101. HOOPESTON, VERMILION CO. P. 84. IRVING, MONTGOMERY CO. P. 88. IRVING PARK, COOK CO. P. 67. JOLIET, WILL CO. P. 68. KEWANEE, HENRY CO. P. 117. KINMUNDY, MARION CO. P. 91. KNOXVILLE, KNOX CO. P. 90. LA GRANGE, COOK CO. P. 58 LA MOILLE, BUREAU CO. P. 81. LA PLACE, PIATT CO. P. 121. LATONA, JASPER CO. P. 88. MALTA, DEKALB CO. P. 86. MARENGO, MCHENRY CO. P. 87. MARION, WILLIAMSON CO. P. 95. MASON CITY, MASON CO. P. 85. MCLEAN, MCLEAN CO. P. 87. METROPOLIS, MASSAC CO. P. 100. MOLINE, ROCK ISLAND CO. P. 94. MOUNT ERIE, WAYNE CO. P. 109. MT. MORRIS, OGLE CO. P. 123. MOUNT PULASKI, LOGAN CO. P. 89 MULBERRY, GROVE, BOND CO. P. 115. NASHVILLE, WASHINGTON CO. P. 105. NEPONSET, BUREAU CO. P. 99. NEW ATHENS, ST.CLAIR CO. P. 118. NEW CANTON, PIKE CO. P. 117. NEW PALESTINE, RANDOLPH CO. P. 120. NUNDA, MCHENRY CO. P. 89. OAKDALE, WASHINGTON CO. P. 118. OAK PARK, COOK CO. P. 63. OCONEE, SHELBY CO. P. 93. OLNEY, RICHLAND CO. P. 83. ONARGA, IROQUOIS CO. P. 101. ORION, HENRY CO. P. 102. PALESTINE, CRAWFORD CO. P. 87. PEKIN, TAZEWELL CO. P. 77. PEORIA, PEORIA CO. P. 78. PEOTONE, WILL CO. P. 120. PERU, LASALLE CO. P. 119. PETERSBURG, MENARD CO. P. 82. PIPER CITY, FORD CO. P. 102. PITTSFIELD, PIKE CO. P. 11. PONTIAC, LIVINGSTON CO. P. 116. PORT BYRON, ROCK ISLAND CO. P. 119. PULLMAN, COOK CO. P. 61. QUINCY, ADAMS CO. (SOLDIERS HOME) P. 97. QUINCY, ADAMS CO. P. 121. RAMSEY, FAYETTE CO. P. 95. RANSOM, LASALLE CO. P. 91. REYNOLDS, ROCK ISLAND CO. P. 115. ROCKFORD, WINNEBAGO CO. P. 33. ROCKWOOD, RANDOLPH CO. P. 123. SAINT ELMO, FAYETTE CO. P. 120. SALEM, MARION CO. P. 84. SOMONAUK, DEKALB CO. P. 122. SORENTO, BOND CO. P. 110. SPRINGFIELD, SANGAMON CO. P. 71 & 74. STERLING, WHITESIDE CO. P. 98. STILLMAN VALLEY, OGLE CO. P. 113. SUMMERHILL, PIKE CO. P. 109. SYCAMORE, DEKALB CO. P. 69. THOMPSONVILLE, FRANKLIN CO. P. 92. THOMPSON, CARROLL CO. P. 115. TOULON, STARK CO. P. 96. TRENTON, CLINTON CO. P. 115. TRILLA, COLES CO. P. 111. URBANA, CHAMPAIGN CO. P. 86. VERMONT, FULTON CO. P. 96. WARREN, JODAVIESS CO. P. 95. WASHBURN, WOODFORD CO. P. 77. WAUCONDA, LAKE CO. P. 102. WHEELER, JASPER CO. P. 88. WILMINGTON, WILL CO. P. 70. WYNOOSE, RICHLAND CO. P. 121. WYOMING, STARK CO. P. 103. YORKVILLE, KENDALL CO. P. 108. ALSO IN THE BOOK ARE = P. 8 PAST ENCAMPMENTS DATES & PLACES LIST. (NOT G.A.R. ROSTERS). P. 9. HISTORY OF ILLINOIS G.A.R. P. 16 – 31. PAST ENCAMPMENT NOTES WITH A FEW DEATHS NOTED IN SOME. P. 10. B. F. STEPHENSON PICTURE. (= DR. BENJAMIN F. STEPHENSON). P. 13. JOHN M. PALMER PICTURE. P. 32. G. L. NEVIUS PICTURE. (= COL. GARRETT L. NEVIUS OF 11TH ILL.). P. 32. T. G. LAWLER PICTURE. (= THOMAS G. LAWLER) P. 37. THOMAS POST – PICTURE. P. 48. GEN. GEORGE A. CUSTER PICTURE. P. 52. COL. JAMES A. MULLIGAN PICTURE. P. 57. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PICTURE. P. 84. JOS. W. WHAM PICTURE. P. 114. JOSEPH P. LASLEY PICTURE. P. 122. HOMER MEAD MD. PICTURE. P. 133. ILLINOIS SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME AT NORMAL, ILL. INF.. P. 135 ILLINOIS SOLDIERS WIDOWS HOME AT WILMINGTON, ILL. INF.. P. 135. STATE OF ILLINOIS SOLDIERS HOME AT QUINCY, ILL. INF. P. 142. M. UMBDENSTOCK PICTURE. (= MICHAEL UMBDENSTOCK). P. 137, 139, 141, 143. ILLINOIS G.A.R. POSTS NUMBERS & LOCATION. P. 144 INDEX TO ILLINOIS G.A.R. POSTS ROSTER INF.. NO VETERAN NAMES. NAMES ARE IN ROSTERS ON A TOWNS PAGE NUMBER. MY INDEX ABOVE HAS MISSING INF. FROM CRUMBLING PAGE EDGES NUMBERS. PLUS ADDED COUNTY IT IS IN FROM ENTRY. MARTIN W. JOHNSON BELVIDERE, BOONE CO., ILL. ETC. HISTORIAN & GENEALOGIST. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/statewide/military/otherwar/other/towninde697gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 7.3 Kb