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"The Fox River Regiment" and "Sheridan's Pets"

Organized: At Camp Hammond - near Aurora Illinois

Mustered In: September 23, 1861 by Colonel Brackett

Discharged: October 27, 1865 at Springfield, Illinois

Term of Service: Three years

Reenlistment: January 1, 1864 (not all) as a Veteran Regiment

The 36th took part in nearly every major engagement in the West. Unique to the 36th was that it had two companies of cavalry. These were later moved to become part of the 15th Illinois Cavalry.

Company Nicknames

Company A - Elgin Greys

Company B - Aurora Guards

Company C - Young America Guards

Company D - Lisbon Rifles

Company E - Bristol Light Infantry

Company F - Newark Rifles

Company G - Morris Guards

Company H - Woodstock Rifles

Company I - Oswego Rifles

Company K - Wayne Rifles

Company A Cavalry - Aurora Dragoons

Company B Cavalry - Plato Dragoons

 

Total Enrollment: 1,376

Killed and Died of Wounds: 11 Officers, 193 Enlisted - Total 204

Died of Disease, Accidents, In Prisons, etc.: 1 Officer, 127 Enlisted - Total 128

Total Men Who Gave Their Lives: 332

Source : A History of the 36th Illinois Regiment Volunteers from its recruitment to its mustering out by Randall Craig Kammrad. Thesis (MA) Western Illinois University, 1979

 

 


Company "B"

Alcott, Henry

Private

Aurora

Ansorge, Ernst

Private

Aurora

Avers, Charles G

Private

Aurora

Baker, Charles E

Recruit

Will Co

Bates, John

Recruit

Eldorado

Berger, George

2nd Lieutenant

Young America

Blakeslee, William F

Corporal

Aurora

Boyd, Thomas

Private

Monmouth

Brager, Rudolph

Private

Aurora

Brandon, William H

Private

Aurora

Brewer, George

Musician

Aurora

Brownlee, French

Sergeant

Monmouth

Brownlee, Oliver F

Private

Monmouth

Brunnemeyer, Christian

Private

Aurora

Burns, George H

Private

Aurora

Camp, Arba

Private

Aurora

Campbell, Adam R

Private

Young America

Campbell, Benjamin F

Captain

Aurora

Campbell, James B

Private

Young America

Campbell, Sylvester

Private

Young America

Campbell, William L

Private

Young America

Clark, Thomas

Private

Monmouth

Cowan, Thomas

Private

Monmouth

Davis, Daniel

Private

Big Rock

Deforrest, Augustus

Recruit

Bethel

Donnell, John C

Private

Monmouth

Donnell, Thomas

Private

Monmouth

Douglass, George P

1st Lieutenant

Aurora

Drane, Robert

Private

Aurora

Dugan, Frank

Private

Aurora

Dugan, William H

Captain

Big Rock

Eckhart, Carl

Private

Aurora

Eddy, James

Private

Aurora

Eddy, John

Private

Big Rock

Edwards, John W

Private

Aurora

Emde, Frederick

Private

Aurora

Erickson, Henry

Recruit

Jefferson

Esser, Nelson

Recruit

Evans, John W

Private

Big Rock

Field, Abner

Sergeant

Aurora

Fife, John

Private

Aurora

Flynn, Thomas

Corporal

Aurora

Folsom, George W

Recruit

Galloway, Leasonton

Private

Monmouth

Glendon, Richard

Recruit

Locust Grove

Granger, Charles H

Recruit

Flint

Gronberg, John H

Corporal

Aurora

Hartless, William H

Private

Aurora

Harvey, Charles M

Private

Elgin

Heine, Frederick

Private

Aurora

Heinze, Charles G

Private

Aurora

Hitchcock, Samuel

2nd Lieutenant

Aurora

Hodges, Dow

Private

Aurora

Hogue, David T

Private

Monmouth

Hornby, Thomas E

Private

Aurora

Hoselton, Emery D

Corporal

Aurora

Hughes, Owen

1st Lieutenant

Aurora

Jackson, William

Private

Aurora

Jones, John N

Recruit

Big Rock

Karl, John H

Private

Aurora

Keenan, John

Recruit

Monroe Co.

Kendall, Sidney E

Private

Aurora

Laha, Edward

Recruit

Lancaster

Latham, Henry B

Private

Big Rock

Lee, Warren

Recruit

Liberty Leet

Franklin

Private

Aurora

Levoy, Henry

Private

Aurora

Lilly, John F

Wagoneer

Aurora

Logan, Robert

Private

Big Rock

Logan, Robert

Private

Aurora

Loyd, Brayton

Private

Aurora

Mayhew, Elihu

Private

Aurora

Mc Clorg, David

Private

Monmouth

Mc Connell, Thomas A

Private

Monmouth

Mc Cutcheon, Nathaniel P

Private

Monmouth

Mc Gee, Joseph

Private

Aurora

Mc Gee, Joseph

Private

Peoria

Meak, August

Recruit

Chicago

Miller, George W

Private

Aurora

Miller, Harvey W

Recruit

Ross

Miller, Silas

Captain

Aurora

Moore, Nathaniel M

Private

Aurora

Ott, John

Private

Aurora

Ott, William

Private

Aurora

Parker, Ezra W

Corporal

Aurora

Pelican, Peter

Private

Aurora

Pettingell, Willard

Musician

St Charles

Pierce, Edward

Private

Big Rock

Pierce, Edward

Private

Aurora

Queen, John

Recruit

Andrew

Race, Van Wyck

Private

Reed, Jefferson

Private

Aurora

Reitz, Adam

Private

Aurora

Reitz, George

Private

Aurora

Reitz, Henry

Private

Aurora

Rhodes, Charles W

Sergeant

Aurora

Ribby, Henry L

Private

Aurora

Roberts, Daniel B

Private

Big Rock

Scheffer, William

Private

Aurora

Sears, Charles W

Private

Aurora

Sedgwick, Thomas W

Private

Snell, Henry A

Recruit

Aurora

Stevens, Fritz

Private

Aurora

Strong, Charles E

Private

Aurora

Terry, Daniel

Private

Aurora

Thompson, Frank

Private

Aurora

Thompson, Peter

Recruit

Joliet

Thompson, Robert N

Private

Aurora

Tobey, William A

Private

Aurora

Travis, Charles W

Private

Big Rock

Tuffee, John P

Recruit

Aurora

Van Ohlin, William

Private

Aurora

Walker, Joseph M

1st Lieutenant

Aurora

Wanner, William

Corporal

Aurora

Waterman, William S

Private

Big Rock

Way, Joseph E

Recruit

Big Rock

Weeden, Elnathan S

Private

Aurora

West, Alfred J

Private

Aurora

Wilder, Joel J

Private

Aurora

Williams, Charles

Recruit

Hickory

Winn, Jacob

Private

Aurora

Wokersein, Fritz

Private

Aurora

Woodard, James H

Private

Aurora

Zimmer, Christian

Private

Aurora


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