| 79th Illinois Infantry Roster |
| NAME | RANK | COMPANY | UNIT | RESIDENCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, JOHN | SGT | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| ABBOTT, LAFAYETTE | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| ADAMS, JAMES W | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| ADAMS, JOHN | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR |
| ADAMS, JOHN | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | LOGAN |
| ADAMS, RICHARD | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| ADAMS, WILLIAM B | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ALDRID, NATHANIEL | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM T | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| ALEXANDER, ANDREW W | CPL | F | 79 IL US INF | OAK POINT |
| ALLEN, GEORGE W | SGM | HQ | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| ALLEN, GEORGE W | SGT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | CLARK OC |
| ANDERSON, WILLIAM | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | HERMITAGE |
| ARBOGAST, HENRY J | CPL | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ARBOGAST, MILES | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ARMENT, THOMAS J | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ARMENT, WILLIAM | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ARTERBURN, JAMES W | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| ARTERBURN, JOHN | SGT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| ARTERBURN, NORBEN | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| ARTERBURN, THEODORE | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| ASHLEY, FRANCIS M | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| BABER, WILLIAM | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| BACON, BENJAMIN M | CPL | C | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| BACON, HENRY M | REC | A | 79 IL US INF | |
| BACON, HENRY M | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | VERMILION CO |
| BAGLEY, OLIVER O | CPT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BAILEY, LEMAN | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | OAKLAND |
| BAILY, GEORGE | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | OAKLAND |
| BAIRD, GEORGE P | CPL | F | 79 IL US INF | MARTINSVILLE |
| BALL, DAVID | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BALL, JOHN | CPL | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BALSLEY, JOHN | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| BANE, BENJAMIN L | DRUM | HQ | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BANE, HARVEY | CPL | H | 79 IL US INF | COLES CO |
| BANTA, HENRY | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| BARE, WILLIAM C | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BARKLEY, JAMES M | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| BARNETT, ELBERT J | CPL | G | 79 IL US INF | |
| BARNETT, JAMES | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BASSETT, WILLIAM H | CPT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| BAUER, WILLIAM C | REC | B | 79 IL US INF | THORNTON |
| BAXTER, THEODORE C | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BAXTER, WILLIAM | CPL | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BEALL, ROBERT W | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | DARWIN |
| BEATTY, GEORGE R | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BEATTY, IRA H | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| BEATTY, WALTER | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BEEDLE, JOHN | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BEEDLE, WILLIAM M | CPL | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| BELL, ELISHA B | CPL | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BELL, JAMES G | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BELL, JAMES S | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BERRY, THOMAS | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| BEYLES, HENRY C | CPT | C | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BIGELOW, ANDREW J | CPT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BIGGS, JAMES S | REC | I | 79 IL US INF | COLES CO |
| BINGHAM, THOMAS C | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| BLACK, GEORGE | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | OAKLAND |
| BLESSING, MILES | REC | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| BLEVINS, THOMAS W | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| BOGGS, AARON | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BONDURANT, SAMUEL T | REC | E | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BONHAM, WILLIAM | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| BOON, CHARLES | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| BOWMAN, ADAM D | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| BOYER, PRESLEY P | 1LT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BOYER, PRESTON | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | CLARK CO |
| BRADDOCK, JAMES T | 1LT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BRADSHAW, CORNELIUS G | CHAP | HQ | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BRADY, ENOCH | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | PRAIRIE |
| BRADY, PHILIP | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BRAND, JOSEPH | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| BRANDON, THOMAS | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BRANNOCH, CYRUS | CPL | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| BROCK, GEORGE | CPL | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| BROCKET, JOHN | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BROWN, GIFFORD | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | COLES CO |
| BROWN, WILLIAM A | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| BROWN, WILLIAM H | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| BRYANT, ALLEN | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| BUCHANAN, WILLIAM W | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BUCKNER, ALLEN | COL | HQ | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| BUCKNER, ENOS | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| BUCKNER, NIXON S | CPT | I | 79 IL US INF | |
| BUOY, WILLIAM A | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| BURK, ALKANA | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | DARWIN |
| BURKET, JAMES M | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| BURTON, ALBERT | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| BURTON, JAMES P | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CALE, JAMES C | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CALEHAN, MATHIAS | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARTINSVILLE |
| CAMPBELL, ANDREW J | 2LT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CAMPBELL, JAMES P | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CANADAY, FRANCIS M | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | PRAIRIE |
| CANADAY, JOHN M | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| CANADAY, WILLIAM | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | BLOOMFIELD |
| CARPENTER, GEORGE H | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM H | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CASS, CHARLES | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CASTLE, DONNEL L | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | ELBRIDGE |
| CASTOR, ALBERT | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| CENTER, WILLARD | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| CHAMBERS, ALEXANDER | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| CHANDLER, WILLIAM | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| CHANNEY, JOHN | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| CHANNEY, SAMUEL | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | HUNTER |
| CLARK, AARON M | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | DARWIN |
| CLARK, ABSALOM C | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| CLARK, ELISHA | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CLARK, FIELDEN D | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| CLARK, HENRY H | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| CLARK, JOHN K | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | COLES CO |
| CLARK, TERRENCE | LTC | HQ | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| CLARK, TERRENCE | CPT | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| CLARK, TURNER A | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS |
| CLATFELTER, CHARLES | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| CLAYBAUGH, DANIEL | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CLAYBAUGH, JAMES | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CLAYBAUGH, WILLIAM | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CLEMENT, JOHN B | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CLINTON, ABNER P | REC | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CLOUD, WILEY | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | DARWIN |
| CLOWSER, DAVID | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CLUTTER, WILLIAM | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| COGGSHELL, JAMES M | REC | E | 79 IL US INF | NEWMAN |
| COLAHAM, DAVID M | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | MOULTRIE CO |
| COLE, WILLIAM H | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | BLOOMFIELD |
| COLLINS, WILLIAM | MUS | K | 79 IL US INF | OAKLAND |
| COMPTON, S HARRISON | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| COMSTOCK, THOMAS F | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| CONNER, DAVID L | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | LOGAN |
| CONNER, JAMES | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| COOK, JAMES | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| COONCE, JOSEPH | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| COOPER, GEORGE | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MELROSE |
| COOPER, JOHN C | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | LOGAN |
| COPPOCK, ISAIAH | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| CORNWALL, JOHN W | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| COSLETT, ISAAC | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| COSLETT, JAMES | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| COUCHMAN, GEORGE | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| COWAN, HUGH M | CPL | F | 79 IL US INF | MARTINSVILLE |
| COZAD, CLARK | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| CRAIG, MILTON H | 1SGT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| CRAIG, NINEVAH | CPL | F | 79 IL US INF | ANDERSON |
| CRAIL, IRISON T | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| CRAWLEY, ROBERT | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| CRETORS, EZEKIEL | SGT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CRISLER, JAMES M | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CRONS, JOHN | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| CROUCH, WILLIAM | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| CRUM, ANDREW J | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| CRUM, JOHN W | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | HUNTER |
| CRUM, LITTLETON | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| CRUMM, JOHN W | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CUMMINGS, JOHN | SGT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| CUNNINGHAM, JOHN W | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARTINSVILLE |
| CURTIS, DANIEL R | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| CURTIS, DAVID S | CPT | C | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| CURTIS, HEROD B | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARTINSVILLE |
| CUTLER, JOHN J | REC | A | 79 IL US INF | |
| CUTTLER, JOHN | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| DAGGY, SILAS | QMSGT | HQ | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| DAGGY, SILAS | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | |
| DANALS, ALMON | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | PRAIRIE |
| DANIEL, RAMSEY | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | CLARK CO |
| DAUNER, JOSEPHUS | SGT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| DAVID, JOHN M | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | EMBARRAS |
| DAVIS, CLINTON | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| DAVIS, JAMES E | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| DAVIS, JEHU W | CPL | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| DAVIS, MILTON | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM W | CPT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| DAWSON, ALEXANDER | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| DEHEART, DANIEL | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| DENNIS, EDWARD | SGT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| DEPRIEST, JACOB G | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| DEVINNEY, STACEY | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| DEVINNEY, THOMAS | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | MILTON |
| DITZENBARGER, CHARLES A | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| DODD, HENRY A | FIFE | HQ | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| DOLSON, JAMES | SGT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| DOMAN, ISAAC N | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| DORJAHN, JOHN | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| DRAKE, MARTIN C | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| DRAKE, WILLIAM M | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| DRISKELL, GEORGE W | SGT | C | 79 IL US INF | STRATTON |
| DUKEMAN, JONAS | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| DUKEMAN, STEPHEN | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| DUSTAN, JOHN S | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| DUVAL, LEANDER L | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | STRATTON |
| EASTON, LEVI W | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| EATON, PHILIP | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| EFAU, ANDERSON | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ELAM, WILLIAM L | CPL | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| ELLIOTT, DAVID B | CPT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ELLIOTT, GEORGE W | PVT | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| ELLIOTT, HAMILTON | CPL | C | 79 IL US INF | ELBRIDGE |
| ELLIOTT, HENRY C | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| ELLIOTT, THOMAS | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | ELBRIDGE |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| ELLIS, JOHN | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| ELLIS, STEPHEN | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| ESTES, CHARLES T | SGT | H | 79 IL US INF | GRANDVIEW |
| EVANS, IRADEL | CPL | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| EVERETT, GEORGE W | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | EMBARRAS |
| EVINS, JESSE | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| EWING, ISAAC N | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | ELBRIDGE |
| EWING, SAMUEL G | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | STRATTON |
| EWING, THOMAS E | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | ELBRIDGE |
| FALLIN, BARTON | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| FALLIN, JAMES | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| FARR, JACOB H | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | LIVINGSTON |
| FERGUSON, JOHN A | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| FISHER, SETH H | CPL | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| FLEMING, THOMAS | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| FORTNER, ALBERT | CPL | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| FORTNER, JONAH | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | PRAIRIE |
| FORTNER, SAMUEL | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | PRAIRIE |
| FOULKE, WILLIAM L | 1LT | C | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| FOUTS, REUBEN B | CPL | F | 79 IL US INF | MARTINSVILLE |
| FRAHM, JACOB | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| FRANCIS, JOHN | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| FRANKLIN, EDWARD | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | ARCOLA |
| FRANTZ, ANDREW R | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| FRANTZ, MARION | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| FRAZIER, JOHN W | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | HUNTER |
| FRAZIER, JONATHAN | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | BRUILLET'S CREEK |
| FREGON, JOHN | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| FROGGETT, WILLIAM H | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| FRY, JACOB | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| FRY, JOSEPH P | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| FULLER, BENJAMIN T G | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | KANSAS |
| FURMAN, JAMES | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| GALLOWAY, WILLIAM A | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | WINE |
| GARWOOD, BENJAMIN L | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | STRATTON |
| GAULDING, ROBERT | PVT | K | 79 IL US INF | OAKLAND |
| GILBERT, WILLIS W | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | AUBURN |
| GILL, EDWARD R | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| GILLOGLY, STEPHEN | REC | E | 79 IL US INF | NEWMAN |
| GOMEL, ORLANDO | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | COLES CO |
| GOOD, ABRAHAM | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MELROSE |
| GOOD, ABRAM | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | MELROSE |
| GOODMAN, ISAAC | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| GOODMAN, JOSEPH M | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| GOODSON, JOHN | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | TUSCOLA |
| GOODWIN, ELIJAH | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| GOODWIN, EPHRAIM | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ELWOOD |
| GOODWIN, SILAS | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| GOODWIN, WILLIAM | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | BELLE AIR |
| GRAHAM, JAMES W | PVT | H | 79 IL US INF | EDGAR CO |
| GRANT, JOHN | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| GREEN, DAVID | PVT | A | 79 IL US INF | ROSS |
| GREEN, GEORGE W | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| GREENLEAF, WILLIAM | CPL | D | 79 IL US INF | PARIS |
| GREGGERS, PETER | CPT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| GRIMES, STEPHEN | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | MOULTRIE CO |
| GRIMM, HENRY | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| GROVE, CHRISTOPHER | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MATTOON |
| GROVE, MARTIN | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | DARWIN |
| GROVE, ROBERT | REC | F | 79 IL US INF | SHELBYVILLE |
| GRUBB, JOHN | PVT | I | 79 IL US INF | YORK |
| GUESS, LARKIN G | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| GUINNIP, JAY | PVT | F | 79 IL US INF | MARSHALL |
| GUINNIP, LYMAN | COL | HQ | 79 IL US INF | DANVILLE |
| GUIRE, BEERS | PVT | G | 79 IL US INF | DOUGLAS CO |
| GULK, PETER | PVT | B | 79 IL US INF | BOURBON |
| GUTHRIE, LEHRIE | PVT | C | 79 IL US INF | HUNTER |
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