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72nd Infantry


Three years service.

Was organized at Chicago, as the first regiment of the Chicago Board of Trade. Was mustered into service August 23, 1852, and on the same day started for Cairo. It served out its full term of service, and was mustered out at Vicksburg, Aug. 6, 1865, and returned to Chicago, where it received final payment and discharge.

The following little table of statistics, will give an idea of what their service has been.
Number of officers killed in service - 7. Number of men killed in service - 78.
Number of officers died of disease - 3. Number of men died of disease - 130.
Number of officers wounded - 10. Number of men wounded - 120.
Number of officers taken prisoner - 3. Number of men taken prisoner - 76.
Total - 427

Company C.
Flannery, John, private, absent, prisoner of war at mustering out of regt.

Company G.
Goble [*Gobble], C., private, tr. to 33d, Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865.
Johnson, Alonzo, private, mustered out August 7, 1865.

Company H.
Andres, Armenis, private, killed at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864.
Brooks, G. S., private, mustered out August 7, 1865.
Burtis, Stephen H., recruit, tr. to 33d Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865.
Husted, Henry, private, discharged February 26, 1862.
Husted, Frs. M., private, mustered out August 7, 1865.
Jones, John G., private, deserted October 24, 1862.
Libby, Marshall L., recruit, mustered out May 16, 1865.
Loep [*Loop], George W., recruit, tr. to 33d Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865.
McCaslin, Henry, recruit, tr. to 33d Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865.
Rhodes, William H., recruit, tr. to 33d Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865.
Ridenour, W., private, died at Helena, Arkansas, April 20, 1863.
Scott, James W., private, died at Columbus, Kentucky, November 17, 1862.
Stout, Hezekiah, second lieutenant, resigned June 8, 1863.

 
 Sources:
Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882
*Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Schuyler County, 1908

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