Schuyler County, Illinois, Civil War Rosters, Littleton Township

LittletonTownship
Soldiersin the Civil War

We append a listof all the Soldiers that went from Littleton township to the late rebellion;showing the different regiments and companies in which they enlisted. Therecord was carefully kept by Dr. Hosea Davis, of Littleton, at the timewhen the parties departed for service, and may be relied upon as correct.

Sixteenth Illinois, CompanyG.
Abbott, Charles
Barnes, Wilber A.
Batchlett, Adam
Dodds, Webster
Dodds, William
Marlow, James
Marlow, William
McCoy, Josiah B.
Nelson, Teel
Pennington, Isaac – diedof disease.
Pittman, Byard – killedin battle.
Stodgel, Tillman – diedof disease.
Thrush, John – killed inbattle.

Tenth Missouri, CompanyA.
Abbott, Moses R.
Ainsworth, Albert S.
Applegate, B. T.
Bawden [Bowden], William- died of disease.
Briggs, William H. – loston Steamer Gen. Lyon.
Busby, Zebulon – died ofdisease
Castor, Lewis
Colt, A. R. – promoted Capt.of Colored Regiment
Craycraft, Charles
Cross, James H.
Daily, Michael
Davis, A. J. – promotedCapt. of Co. B, 10th Regt.
Dewitt, Edmund
Dewitt, James A.
Ellicott, William H.
Harbison, John S. – diedof disease
Horney, Leonard [Leonidas]- killed as Lieutenant Colonel at Champion Hills, Mississippi.
Legg, James M.
Logan, Benjamin R.
Long, Jacob Clement – diedof wounds
McCabe, Miles
Nichols, G. W.
Odell, Alfred J.
Odell, D. Clinton
Pennington, James
Pitman, Sandford – diedof wounds
Sellers, Andrew – lost onSteamer Gen. Lyon.
Sellers, Lafayette
Sellers, Leroy
Sheesely, Daniel
Snyder, David H.
Snyder, William
Snyder, William F.
Sprague, Samuel – died ofdisease
Stodgel, Francis M. – loston Steamer Gen. Lyon.
Thompkins, George W.
Thompson, Samuel S.
Thrush, George
Vosburg, Cornelius – diedof disease
Walker, Joseph – First Lieutenant,promoted to Major of Regiment.
Wilson, Elijah M., Jr. -Private
Wyckoff, James A. – Private

Sixty-second Illinois,Company I.
Ainsworth, Nelson
Barton, Elijah – died ofdisease.
Bates, James O.
Bates, Perry
Caldwell, John
Chandler, Seth – died ofdisease.
Cooper, Joel – died of disease.
Cooper, Lewis – died ofdisease.
Cooper, Noah A. – died ofdisease.
Detrick, Louis – died ofdisease.
Dewitt, George C. – diedof disease.
Dodge, John S.
Ellis, George W.
Ellis, William D.
Fream, David – died of disease.
Green, James W.
Jahn, Ferdinand – died ofdisease.
Lowderman, Austin – diedof disease.
Lowderman, Cornelius
McLain, Capt. Joseph
Pain, D. C.
Pain, John D.
Pershing, Charles
Raper, Smith M.
Ritchey, Daniel
Roberts, Thomas – promotedLieutenant.
Sites, John – died of disease.
Thrush, Robert
Toland, John W.
VanWinkle, James
VanWinkle, Moses C.
Wheat, David H.
Whiteman, Calvin
Whiteman, Mathias
Yaapt, Otto

119th Illinois, CompanyB.
Beard, James M.
Biggs, James P.
Black, John – died of disease.
Caldwell, William
Garrison, Henry V.
Hall, James
Irwin, Jerome – died ofdisease.
Irwin, William T.
Kepler, Frank
King, G. B.
Mahaley, John
Murphy, Patrick
Snediker, George
Stacker, Abraham

Seventy-third Illinois,Company G.
Colt, John Wesley – killedin battle.
Fuller, N.
Horton, Thomas
Horton, William H. – diedof disease.
Pennington, Alexander
Randall, Richard R. – FirstLieutenant, promoted Major of Regiment.
Thompson, James O.
Window, Thomas J. – promotedLieutenant.
Yaapt, Charles

Fiftieth Illinois, CompanyG.
Alexander, Seth
Ellis, Dewitt C.

Fiftieth Illinois, CompanyI.
Greer, Benjamin – Engineer.
Sheesely, Aaron – Engineer.
Sheesely, Josiah – Engineer.

129th Illinois, CompanyI.
Hutchinson, Henry C.

3d Illinois Cavalry, CompanyB.
Horton, John – died of disease.
Seward, David A.
Seward, Stephen H.

11th Illinois Cavalry,Company I.
Latier, Samuel W.

124th Illinois, CompanyI.
McCullough, Hugh
Muma, David
Newman, Peter – Engineer.

Seventy-eighth Illinois,Company I.
Neidy, Charles – died ofdisease.
Wyckoff, William

Eighty-fourth Illinois,Company A.
Odell, Wenen S.

Second Illinois Cavalry.
Roberts, William E.

Fifty-fifth Illinois.
Reed, Ami – died of disease.

Black Hawk Cavalry.
Seward, Garrett – died ofdisease.

The above named all enlistedfor three years service, and three of them were discharged and re-enlistedfor three years, viz:–Joel Cooper, David Fream and James M. Legg. Eightof the number enlisted as veterans,–Charles Abbott, Nelson Ainsworth,Adam Batchlett, James O. Bates, John Caldwell, Thomas Roberts, David H.Wheat and Otto Yaapt; and many more of the Sixty-second regiment offeredtheir services again, but were not accepted.

Following are the names ofthose who enlisted in the One Hundred days service:

137th Illinois, CompanyK.
Black, Richard
Dewitt, Theodore
Hand, Joseph
Noble, William
O’Neal, David
Ritchey, John I.
Ritchey, John L.
Thompson, Joseph A.

Eighth Illinois, CompanyK.
Sours, Samuel

Ninth Illinois, CompanyK.
Spoonamore, John – diedof disease.

15th Illinois, Co. K.–OneYear’s service.
Hand, Joseph
O’Neal, Daniel
Roberts, Charles
Sites, Henry
Speer, Bowlen
Winless, James B.

After the Township quotahad been filled, the following enlisted for one year and were creditedto other townships:–William Roberts, William Noble, Francis Noble, JeremiahBair, James R. McCullough and Richard Black, making in all, one hundredand forty-nine different persons that enlisted in the army from LittletonTownship during the war.

Source:
Combined History of Schuylerand Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882

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