Civil War Records:  Wisconsin Eighth Regiment Infantry, Company C, 
Eau Claire Co., 1861-1865

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WISCONSIN EIGHTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, COMPANY "C"

Source:  ROSTER OF WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-1865.,
VOL. I, page 583-4.  Compiled by Authority of the Legislature, Under the 
Direction of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adjutant 
General, 1886.

NOTE1:  If the name of the regiment is unknown, consult WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS, 
WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-1865,  Compiled by the Adjutant General's Office, 
1914.  It contains an alphabetical list of volunteers, along with the regiment 
name.

NOTE2:  To obtain military and pension files from the National Archives,
NATF Form 80 must be used.  This form can be requested from:

General Reference Branch (NNRG-P)
National Archives and Records Administration
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20408

NATF Form 80 can also be obtained by email.  Type "Form" in the subject.  In
the body state the number of copies of NATF Form 80 needed and give your name 
and snail mail address.  Send the request to:

inquire@arch2.nara.gov

NOTE3:  Regimental histories can be found in several sources including:
WISCONSIN IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION by William DeLoss Love, 1866.   They 
can also be found on the internet at:

<http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/cwregts/reglist.html>
<http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/cwregts/reglist.html>

Contributed by Cheryl Janke  (email:  jankeca@aol.com)


    NAME               RESIDENCE   DATE             REMARKS


CAPTAINS                          RANK FROM

PERKINS, John E.      Eau Claire  8/29/1861  Enl. July 29, '61; wnd.
                                             Farmington, Miss; died May 11,    
                                             '62, wnds.

WOLF, Victor          Eau Claire  5/11/1862  Enl. July 20, '61; 1st Lieut.,
                                             Aug. 29,'61; disch. Mar. 28,'65.


FIRST LIEUTENANT

BUTLER, Thomas G.     Eau Galle   5/11/1862  Enl. Aug. 14, '61; Sergt., 1st
                                             Sergt.; Capt. June 6, '45, not 
                                             mustered; M. O. Sept. 5, '65


SECOND LIEUTENANTS

McGUIRE, Frank        Eau Claire  8/29/1861  Enl. July 20, '61; res. Oct.,
                                             5, '61
PIERCE, Seth          Eau Claire  10/8/1861  Enl. Aug. 27, '61; 1st Sergt.;
                                             res. May 11, '62.
WOODWORTH, John       Eau Claire  5/6/1862   Enl. Aug. 19, '61; Sergt.
                                             Major, Sept. 20, '61; M. O. June 
                                             21, '61


ENLISTED MEN                      ENLISTED

AARON, Jacob          Maxville    8/20/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65

ANDERSON, Robert H.   Durand      8/20/1861  Sergt.; disch. Oct. 28, '62,
                                             disability.

ATWATER, James        Eau Claire  8/23/1861  Died May 28, '62, La Crosse,
                                             Wis., disease.

AVERY, William        Augusta     8/20/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

BARBER, George        Eau Claire  8/26/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65

BARNES, Alpheus R.    Eau Claire  8/17/1861  Corp.; M. O. Sept. 16, '64,
                                             term exp.

BARRETT, Frank        Eau Claire  8/24/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65

BECKER, Henry         Eau Claire  12/14/1863 M. O. Sept. 5, '65

BEEMAN, Alphonse      Eau Claire  8/24/1861  Died Dec. 4, '61, Ironton, Mo.

BRIGGS, Myron         Eau Claire  8/27/1861  Sergt.; M. O. Sept. 16, '64,
                                             term exp.

BROWN, George A       Eau Claire  8/1/1861   Died Mar. 22, '62, Cairo, Ill.

BROWN, Andrew         Eau Claire  8/16/1862  Trans. To V. R. C. Sept. 26,'63.

BROWN, Nathaniel K.   Mondovi     8/1/1861   Missing in action, Corinth,
                                             Oct. 3, '62.

BROWN, Adam           Eau Claire  3/7/1862   Disch. Mar. 7, '63 to enlist in
                                             Marine Brigade.

BUCK, Frederick R.    Eau Claire  8/17/1861  Corp.; M. O. Sept. 16, '64,
                                             term exp.

BUCKLEY, William      Eau Claire  7/15/1861  Disch. July 10, '62, wnds.
                                             rec'd Farmington, May 19, '62.

BURK, Phillip         Eau Claire  8/27/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65

BURKART, John         Eau Claire  8/27/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

BUTTON, Joseph B.     Sumner      8/24/1861  Vet., Corp., Sergt.; M. O.
                                             Sept. 5, '65.

CANFIELD, Nathaniel S.Eau Claire  8/24/1861  Died June 2,'62, Farmington,Miss.

CANFIELD, Stephen     Eau Claire  9/6/1861   Disch. Sept. 12, '62, disability.

CANNELL, William      Eau Claire  8/14/1862  Vet.; M. O. Aug, 2, '65.

CHATWOOD, William     Sylvester   10/19/1864 M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

COON, Thomas B.       Eau Claire  9/16/1861  Sergt,: disch. Dec. 29, '63,
                                             disability.

COWAN, Benjamin F.    Eau Claire  8/1/1861   Corp., 1st Sergt; prom. 2nd
                                             Lieut. Co. I, 30th Wis. Inf.; 
                                             disch. Aug. 5, '62.

CURTIS, Edmund R.     SpringBrook 8/4/1861   Killed in action. Oct. 3, '62,
                                             Corinth, Miss.

DELAP, William        Eau Claire  8/30/1861  Died Aug. 30, '63, Camp Sherman, 
                                             Miss.

DEMAREST, Burnett     Eau Claire  8/19/1861  Vet. Corp., 1st Sergt.; 1st
                                             Lieut., June 7, '65 not mustered; 
                                             M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

DEVOE, Isaac          Augusta     8/24/1861  Deserted May 11, '62

DICKEY, Harrison      Sumner      8/23/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

DICKERSCHIED, Martin  Eau Claire  8/14/1862  Vet; M. O. Sept, 5, '65.

DODGE, Robert         Augusta     8/24/1864  Corp.; M. O. Sept. 16, '64,
                                             term exp.

EMERY, Phillip        Eau Claire  7/31/1861  Vet.; pris. Corinth; M. O.
                                             Sept, 5, '65.

FARLEY, David         Dunnville   8/21/1861  Died July 11, '63, Young's
                                             Point, La.

FULLER, Solomon       Gilmanton   9/9/1861   Disch. July 17, '62.

FULLER, Dana S.       Gilmanton   8/21/1861  Disch. July 17, '62, by order.

GEBHARD, Gabriel      Anson       8/23/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

GODDARD, Marshall N.  Gilmanton   8/20/1861  Vet. Corp.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

GRASSER, Ferdinand    Eau Claire  7/26/1862  Trans. To V. R. C.; M. O. Sept.
                                             17, '65.

GRIFFITH, Shipman W.  Eau Galle   8/14/1861  Corp.; M. O. Sept. 16, '65.

GRINNEIL, Henry       Pepin       8/21/1861  Pris.; disch. Dec.22, '62,
                                             disability.

GUPPEE, William H.    Augusta     8/24/1861  Died Apr. 23, '62. Hosp. Boat
                                             "Empress."

HANSCOM, Newell       Eau Claire  8/17/1861  Killed Oct. 4,'62, Corinth, Miss.

HATH, Jacob           Eau Claire  8/23/1861  Disch. Mar. 6, '62, disability.

HAYNES, Benjamin F.   Augusta     8/20/1861  Wnd. Corinth; M. O. Sept. 16,
                                             '64, term exp.

HEDGE, Riley          Eau Claire  8/1/1861   Deserted Oct. 18, '62

HILL, John F.         Eau Claire  8/23/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

HILL, Thomas J        Eau Claire  8/23/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

HILL, Julius A.       Eau Claire  8/14/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

HITCHINGS, George     Oak Grove   1/8/1864   M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

HOMISTON, Edward      Eau Claire  8/23/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65. 

HOOPER, James W.      Northfield  8/17/1861  Died Nov. 19, '63, Memphis,
                                             Tenn., disease.

KIMBALL, John         Eau Claire  8/15/1861  Corp.; M. O. Sept. 16, '64,
                                             term exp.

KIRK, William G.      Waubek      8/21/1861  Corp.; disch. Dec. 29, '62,
                                             disability.

LENZ, George          Eau Claire  8/18/1862  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

LOOMIS, George A.     Gilmantown  8/2/1861   Deserted May 31, '62.

LOOMIS, Harrison B.   Gilmanton   8/30/1861  Deserted July --, '62.

McCAULEY, James D.    Augusta     8/24/1861  Disch. Feb., 13, '63, disability.

McCAULEY, Hugh        Waubek      8/23/1861  Prom. Q. M. Sergt., Dec. 25,'61.

McCORD, Wilbur F.     Eau Claire  8/26/1861  Disch. Aug. 2, '61, disability.

McFAIT, Charles       Eau Claire  8/25/1862  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

McGINNIS, James       Brunswick   8/1/1861   Died Sept. 19, '62, Jackson,Tenn.

McLAIN, David         Gilmanton   8/26/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

McLEOD, Collin S.     Eau Claire  9/12/1861  Deserted July 17, '62.

MEITH, Christian      Eau Claire  8/14/1862  Killed in action, Oct. 3, '62,
                                             Corinth, Miss.

MILES, Junius A.      Pepin       8/20/1861  Died Oct. 31, '62, Corinth,Miss., 
                                             wnds. rec'd Corinth, Oct. 3, '62.

MILLER, Christian     Eau Claire  8/18/1862  Trans. To V. R. C., Sept. 22,'63; 
                                             rej. Co.; M. O. May, 14, '65.

MONTEITH, William     Eau Claire  8/19/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

MORSE, Frederick      Chippewa    8/23/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64.

NOBLE, David          Eau Claire  8/17/1861  Vet., Corp., Sergt.; M. O.
                                             Sept. 5, '65.

OLESON, Peter Ole     Chippewa    8/24/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

PAGE, William F.      Eau Claire  8/1/1862   Disch. Jan. 5, '63, disability.

PALMER, George W.     Augusta     8/26/1861  Deserted Apr. 18, '62.

PALMETER, Silas M.    Augusta     8/24/1861  Disch. Oct. 6, '62, disability.

PARKER, Charles H.    Eau Claire  8/17/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

PARKER, Frank N.      Eau Claire  8/12/1862  Died July 5, '63, Young's
                                             Point, La. 

PHILLIPS, Charles J.  Eau Claire  8/1/1861   Corp.; M. O. Sept. 16, '64,
                                             term exp.

PHILLIPS, John W.     Eau Claire  8/17/1861  Disch. Feb. --, '63, to enlist
                                             in Marine Brigade.

PITWCH, Adolph        Chippewa    8/23/1861  Vet., Corp., Sergt.; M. O.
                                             Sept. 5, '65.

POPPEL, Nathaniel P.  Half Moon   8/30/1861  Vet., Corp., M. O. Sept. 5,'65.

PRINE, Elijah H.      Gilmanton   8/23/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

QUICK, Walter         Horicon     8/17/1861  Vet., Corp., M. O. Sept. 5,'65.

RANDALL, Nicholas D.  Eau Claire  7/31/1861  From Regt'l Band; disch. Feb.
                                             10, '62

REYNOLDS, David K.    Wheaton     8/31/1861  M. O. July 25, '65.

RILEY, George W.      Eau Claire  8/24/1861  Vet. Corp.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

RITGER, Andrew        Eau Claire  8/21/1861  Died June 29, '63, Young's
                                             Point, La.

ROBERTS, Edwin        Eau Claire  8/14/1861  Died Mar. 9, '62, Cairo, Ill.

ROBINSON, Charles W.  Eau Claire  8/17/1861  Pris. Corinth; M. O. Sept. 16,
                                             '64, term exp.

RUSSELL, Charles      Waubek      8/14/1861  Corp.; died Dec. 10, '63,
                                             Benton Barracks, Mo.

SARGENT, Charles M.   Augusta     7/25/1861  Died Mar. 4,'63, Germantown,Tenn.

SEGAR, Charles        Maxville    8/4/1861   Disch. Jan. 10, '63, disability.

SELB, Paul            Eau Claire  7/17/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

SIBBALD, Mark         Wheaton     9/3/1864   M. O. July 27, '65.

SCHMIDTMEYER, Francis Eau Claire  8/21/1861  Sergt.; disch. Dec. 31, '63,
                                             disability.

SCHOLKOFF, Christian  Eau Claire  8/1/1861   Vet. Corp. Sergt.; 2nd Lieut.,
                                             Sept. 13, '65, not mustered; 
                                             M. O. Sept. 5,'65.

SHIPMAN, Curtis F.    Eau Claire  8/20/1861  Disch. Feb. 12, '62.

SMITH, Dighton        Pepin       8/21/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

SOAL, John            Eau Claire  12/14/1863 M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

SALLMAN, Adolph       Augusta     8/26/1861  Corp.; M. O. Sept. 26, '64,
                                             term exp.

STRASBURG, Charles    Eau Claire  8/25/1862  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

STUKSBURG, Urial A.   Eau Claire  7/15/1861  Killed Aug. 7,'64, by Guerrillas, 
                                             near Waterford, Miss.

SWENSON, Hovel        Eau Claire  7/15/1861  Died Sept. 5, '63, Camp
                                             Sherman, Miss.

THIEL, August         Eau Claire  8/25/1862  Wnd. Corinth; disch. Feb. 3,'63.

THURSTON, Alfred      Springfield 8/24/1861  Wnd. Corinth; disch. Mar.28,
                                             '63 disability.

TUTTLE, Alfred        Eau Claire  8/26/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

TYRRELL, Andrew B.    Weston      8/20/1861  Wnd. Corinth; disch. Jan. 10,
                                             '63, disability.

WEST, Thomas          Eau Claire  8/26/1861  Vet.; Prls.; M. O. Sept. 5,'65.

WHITE, Harry D.       Eau Galle   8/14/1861  Vet. M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

WHITNEY, Milton F.    Lincoln     8/26/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

WILCOX, Ephraim, Jr.  Northfield  8/18/1861  M. O. Sept. 16, '64, term exp.

WORTH, Max            Eau Claire  7/17/1861  Died Aug. 7,'63, Bear Creek,Miss.

WYGANT, Sidney T.     Rock Creek  7/31/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.

WYMAN, Daniel A.      Chippewa    8/27/1861  Vet.; M. O. Sept. 5, '65.