*Company G, Sixteenth Infantry, was the first company recruited in Schuyler County, and it
was organized by Capt. William H. McAllister, of Rushville, who was elected Captain. The regiment was organized and mustered into service at Quincy under the
"Ten Regiment Act" on the 24th day of May, 1861. It first moved to Grand River, Mo., in June, 1861, where it guarded the railroad, and the first skirmish
that resulted in loss of life took place at Monroe Station, when 1,600 mounted rebels made an attack. Early in 1862 the regiment was sent to Missouri, and
attached to the Army of the Mississippi. In April, of that year, the regiment was moved to Tennessee, where it participated in several battles and was
attachned to the Army of the Cumberland.
On December 20 to 31, 1863, the regiment re-enlisted as veterans and the volunteers were
granted a thirty days' furlough. May 5th, the Sixteenth moved with Sherman's army on the Atlantic campaign, and was in the advance at Buzzard's Roost, where
the regiment lost 18 killed and wounded.
After the investment of Atlanta the regiment held a position on the front line and was
constantly engaged in skirmish fighting. It was in the thickest of the fight at Jonesboro and in the famous charge of the Fourteenth Army Corps at that
place, in which Hardee's line was broken, a large portion of it captured and Atlanta won, the Sixteenth charged with fixed bayonets and empty guns. Owing to
the depression of the ground over which the regiment charged, its loss was less than thirty, while regiments to the right and left lost twice that
number.
After the capture of Atlanta the regiment was transferred to the Army of Georgia, and
participated in the famous march through Georgia to the sea. Being on the most advanced post at the evacuation of Savannah, it had the honor of being the
representative regiment of the Fourteenth Army Corps to take formal possession of the city. It marched north through the Carolinas, and assisted in the
capture of Columbia and Fayetteville, and was in the fierce fight at Averysboro, where suring the afternoon of March 16, 1865, the regiment lost 15 or 20
killed. At Bentonville the Division of which the Sixteenth was a part, stood for five hours the repeated charges of Johnson's entire army. At this engagement
the Sixteenth, aided by the Fourteenth Michigan, charged the rebel line and captured 800 prisoners. The second day of the battle these same two regiments,
through a mistake order of the Colonel of the Michigan regiment, made a charge into the center of the rebel force and, for over a quarter of an hour, was
under as murderous a front and flank fire as ever rained on troops. In this brief space of time a third of the regiment fell. This was the last battle of the
war the Sixteenth was engaged in, but it was the most terrible of them all.
The regiment then marched with General Sherman to Durham Station, where General Johnson
surrendered, and then on to Richmond and Washington, where it participated in the Grand Review, May 24, 1865. The regiment was mustered out at Louisville,
Ky., after a term of service of four years and three months.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Wilson, James H., Commissary Sergeant, mustered out June 28, 1865
Baxter, Jas., Regimental Band, Third Class, formerly of Co. B. M. O., May 8, 1862
Company A
*Odell, Alfred C.
*Hoskinson, William O.
Company B
Baxter, James, mustered out July 12, 1865.
Bowers, Martin [*Marion], mustered out July 12, 1865.
Brown, Wallace, mustered out July 12, 1865.
*Cole, John
Effert [*Eifert], Philip, mustered out July 12, 1865.
*French, Wellington J.
*Points, Francis M.
Plymate, Benson, mustered out July 12, 1865, wounded.
McKinley, Charles [*Estes], vet., Pro. Sergeant, mustered out July 8, 1865, wounded.
Thompson, Isaiah, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Company C
*Dodds, Webster
Roberts, John, discharged July 8, 1862.
*Seevers, Adonijah
Company E
Brumback, Irvine, mustered out June 12, 1865.
Cox, David [*Daniel] J., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Moore, William B. [*R.], vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Pennington, Isaac, died December 13, 1864.
Company G
Abbott, Charles, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Applegate, Albert, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
*Atkinson, Daniel, recruit.
Baker, William H.
Barnes, Wilber A., recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Barnhart, George, Sergeant.
Barry, John, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Belomy [*Bellamy], Matthew H., Sergeant, discharged July 17, 1862.
Bennett, John, tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Berry, Frederick E., tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Blackburn, Thomas J., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Blair, James, recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Botchlett, Adam, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Bowman, Jacob L. [*S.], vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Boyce, John D., recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
*Burson, Jesse A., recruit.
Cannon, William, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
*Clark, Benjamin M.
Collins, John, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
*Connors, Patrick, recruit.
Cramer, Walter, died October 16, 1861.
Crook, Reuben I., vet., tr. to Co. A, 16th Illinois, April 1, 1864.
Currier, Elon T., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Curtis, Jefferson E.
Dimmick, James M., tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864, discharged.
Dimmick, Joseph W., tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864, discharged for disability.
Dodds, William J., Sergeant, tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864, mustered out June 28, 1865.
Dunken, John, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Dupo, Moses, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Easley, Barton W., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Eaves, Enoch, recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
*Ellis, William A.
Gapen, E. [*Eli] U., recruit.
Garrison, Lewis E. [*W.], Second Lieutenant, mustered out as Sergeant, July 8, 1865.
Heiser, Joseph F., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Howe, Edward, recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Howe, James C., recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Hunter, William A., vet., muster out July 8, 1865 as Corporal.
Jones, Elijah, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Jordan, James M., tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Kelly, Thomas, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Kunkell, John A., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Lander, John, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Lashmet [*Lashmett], Thomas A., Corporal, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Leonard, Orlando, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Lester, Cyrus, vet., deserted June 3, 1864.
Lyman, Ryley, Corporal.
Manlove, Marcus D. L., Captain, resigned (as Lieutenant) July 27, 1863, commission canceled.
Manlove, Solon L., recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Marlow, James E., vet.
Marlow, William S., First Lieutenant, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Marsh, Lemuel G., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Matthews, Ebenezer D., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
McAllister, William H., Captain, resigned June 21, 1862.
McAnley [*McAuley], James, recruit, discharged January 1, 1865.
McFarland, James E., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
McGrath, Thomas C., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Milby, William, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Mitchell, Edward, vet., missing in action March 20, 1865.
Moriarty, John, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Naught, Charles, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Nelson, Andrew H., tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Newell, Thomas, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Nokes, Ranson, tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Owens, Andrew J., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Owens, Francis M., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865 as Corporal.
Owens, Washington W., tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Parrott, George W., First Lieutenant, resigned January 7, 1865.
Pitman, Baird D., recruit, killed at Nashville, December 15, 1864.
Prickett, John J., recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Riddings [*Ridings], David A., recruit, mustered out June 12, 1865.
Ritchey, William G., Captain, dismissed June 7, 1863.
Rhodes, Isaac N., recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Rose, William B., recruit, mustered out June 13, 1865 as Corporal.
*Ryley, Lyman, Corporal.
Schofield, George, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Shaw, Samuel, vet., killed Bentonville, N.C., March 18, 1865.
Sidebotham, Isaac, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
*Sidebottom, Isaac, vet.
Smith, John E., Corporal, tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Stockburger, Matthias, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865 as Sergeant.
Stodgell, Tilman, died March 9, 1862.
*Teel, Nelson, recruit, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Tole [*Tolle], Reuben H., recruit, discharged.
*Tracy, Levi C., recruit.
Trush [*Thrush], John, Sergeant, killed at Columbia, September 10, 1862.
Westlake, Jesse, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865 as Corporal
Westlake, Matthew, vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Willard, Marshall, tr. to 60 Illinois, January 1, 1864.
Wilson, Jeremiah M., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Woods, Enoch, recruit.
Wyat, Andrew A., vet., mustered out July 8, 1865.
Company K.
*Fielder, John
*Fielder, Joseph W.
*Fielder, William R.
*Ledgewood, Newton G.
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