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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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