Civil War Rosters
85th Infantry

Three years service.

The 85th Regiment, Illinois volunteers was organized at Peoria, in Aug., 1862, by Col. Robert S. Moore, and was mustered into service August. 27th, 1862. On the 6th of September, 1864, it was ordered to Louisville, Ky., and assigned to the Thirty-sixth Brigade, Eleventh Division, Third Army Corps, Col. D. McCook, commanding Brigade, Brig. Gen. P. H. Sheridan commanding Division, and Maj. Gen. Gilbert, commanding corps. October 1st, 1862, the regiment marched in pursuit of the enemy under Gen. Bragg, and was engaged in the battle of Chaplin Hills, at Perryville, Kentucky, Oct. 8th, and moved with the enemy to Nashville, Tennessee, arriving Nov. 7th, 1862.

It was mustered out June 5, 1865, at Washington, D. C., and arrived at Camp Butler, Illinois, June 11th, 1865, where they received final payment and discharge.

*Company E.
*Byers, Enos.

Company G.
Adkinson, Perry - Corporal, *private, deserted January 10, 1863.
Atwater, M. L. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Atwater, Wm. - private, discharged March 1, 1863, disability.
Brewer, Aaron - private, died McAfee, Georgia, January 23, 1864.
Brown, Perry - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Brown, Simpson - private, discharged August 31, 1863, disability.
Brown, Thos. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Bryant, Wm. F. - Corporal, deserted January 10, 1863.
Cunningham, Alex. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Curless, Joseph - private, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Corporal.
Curless, LaFayette - First Lieutenant, resigned November 12, 1862.
Curless, Lorenzo D. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Douglass, Jno. W. - private, tr. to V. R. C., February 3, 1865.
Edmonds, Benj. F. - private, deserted October 8, 1862.
Fawsett, Levi - private, discharged June 1, 1863, disability.
Gould, L. D. - Sergeant, died at Atlanta, Georgia, November 1, 1864.
Hagan, Jno. B. - private, tr. to Co. H, died in Nashville, Tennessee, January 28, 1862.
Hays, Daniel - private, died at Louisville, Kentucky, December 1, 1862.
Hensley, J. W. - private, absent, not mustered.
Horton, Thomas - Corporal, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Sergeant.
Jones, James W. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Kelly, William - private, discharged July 18, 1863.
Kennedy, J. F. - Corporal, tr. to V. R. C., September 21, 1864.
Kerns, Franklin - private, discharged April 1, 1863.
Livingston, Stephen - private, deserted October 5, 1862.
Longfellow, Daniel G. - private, Sergeant, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, 1864.
McClelland, Wm. - Captain, resigned December 21, 1862.
McComb, Anderson - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
McKay, Francis M. - private, tr. to Co. H, mustered out June 5, 1865.
*McKay, John - private.
O'Donnell, Thomas - private, deserted October 8, 1862.
Parker, Wm. B. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Post, Lewis - Sergeant, tr. to V. R. C., August 27, 1863.
Prentice, Berry - private, killed at Kenesaw Mt., June 27, 1864.
Prentice, Wm. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Reed, G. W. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Reever, Peter - private, Corporal, missing since the battle of Kenesaw Mt., Georgia, June 27, 1864.
Robertson, John M. - First Lieutenant, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Roe, Wm. - Corporal, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Sergeant.
Sandridge [*Sandidge], Daniel - private, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Corporal.
Severns, Marion - private, killed at Kenesaw Mt., June 27, 1864.
Seymour, Louis [*Lewis] - private, tr. to Engineer Corps, July 31, 1864.
Shargo, George W. - private, discharged October 1, 1862, disability.
Shargo [*Sharge], Joseph - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Shields, James - private, killed at Kenesaw Mt., June 27, 1864.
Shores, John - private, killed at Kenesaw Mt., June 27, 1864.
Simmers, Samuel - Musician, deserted October 5, 1862.
Smith, Alford - private, died at Nashville, Tennessee, February 16, 1863.
Smith, Lewis C. [*G.] - private, discharged April 1, 1863, disability.
Smith, Wm. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Sergeant.
Snodgrass, John W. - private, tr. to Co. H, died at Chattanooga, October 8, 1862.
Stephenson, James N. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Still, Robert - private, discharged April 1, 1863, disability.
Still, Samuel - private, died at Danville, Kentucky, December 5, 1862.
Still, Solomon - private, tr. to V. R. C.
Taylor, David - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Thomas, Aaron - private, tr. to V. R. C., June 1, 1863.
Thompson, John - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
*Wheeler, Thos. - private.
Workman, George - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.

Company H.
Barnes, Geo. W. - private, discharged January 29, 1863, disability.
Barnes, Joel A. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Bloomfield, Henry - private, died Nashville, Tennessee, February 11, 1863.
Bransen, Chas. R. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Bushnell, John - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Collins, Wm. - private, discharged December 20, 1864, wounds.
Crable, Joseph - private, discharged February 3, 1863, disability.
Dobson, Martin K. - Musician, mustered out June 5, 1865, as private.
Duncan, Chas. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Corporal.
Dutton, Daniel - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Elliott, Eliser J. - Corporal, killed at Marietta, Georgia, June 17, 1864.
Elliott, Luke - First Lieutenant, resigned November 12, 1862.
Freitley, Wm. H. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Gossage, Jeremiah - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Harris, Wm. A. [*H.] - private, mustered out June 17, 1865, was prisoner.
Horn, Jacob - private, tr. to V. R. C.
Horton, Andrew J. - First Lieutenant, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Horton, Jonathan B. - private, discharged January 19, 1863, disability.
Horton, Marion - private, absent, sick at mustering out of regiment.
Hughes, Chas. A. - private, died at Ackworth, Georgia, June 20, 1864.
Hulburt, Wm. H. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Kingery, John F. - private, absent, sick at mustering out of regiment.
Mardis, Ira A. - Captain, mustered out June 5, 1865.
McClaren, John W. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Newberry, George W. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Osborn, Wm. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Palmer, Joel - private, discharged January 10, 1863, disability.
Perkins, John H. - private, tr. to Engineer Corps.
Rodgers, Michael - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Saffer, John N. [*M.] - private, killed at Marietta, Georgia, June 27, 1864.
Salsbury, Jas. - private, tr. to Engineer Corps.
Shaw, Geo. W. - private, died at Nashville, Tennessee.
Shields, Benjamin F. - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Shields, Eli - Sergeant, killed at Marietta, Georgia, June 27, 1864.
Shields, Henry - Corporal, discharged March 9, 1865, disability.
Shields, Washington M. - Second Lieutenant, resigned February 16, 1863.
Snodgrass, Robert - private, mustered out June 5, 1865.
Swann, John W. - Corporal, mustered out June 5, 1865, as private.
Thompson, Jno. A. - private, died at Chattagooga, Tennessee, July 7, 1864, wounds received in action.
Thompson, Samuel - private, mustered out June 5, 1865, as Corporal.
Zellers, Fred. F. - private, mustered out June 17, 1865, was prisoner.
Zimmerman, John T. - Corporal, mustered out June 17, as private, was prisoner.

*Company I.
*Collins, Albert O. - Captain.
*Curless, Edward - First Lieutenant.
*Severns, Francis M. - unassigned recruit.

Unassigned recruits.
Fleming, Daniel - recruit, mustered out May 11, 1865.
Zimmerman, Joseph - recruit, mustered out May 11, 1865.

 

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

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