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Franklin Kerns, aged twenty-five, married, farmer, born near Astoria, Fulton County, Illinois. Served through the Kentucky campaign, and died at Nashville, Tenn., April 1, 1863. Is buried at No. 3250 in the national cemetery near that city. (Company G, Chapter 33, page 444)

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Sergeant Newton King was born in Somerville, Somerset county, New Jersey, May 2, 1839, and removed with his parents to Illinois in 1841. He enlisted from Mason county, and was chosen corporal at the organization of the company. He was promoted to be sergeant March 25, 1863, and participated in all the campaigns in which the regiment was engaged. He was captured at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864, but was included in the exchange of September 20, 1864, when he returned to duty, served to the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. A farmer before the war, he has been a farmer and merchant since. He removed to Nebraska, and is now a real estate dealer in Lincoln. (Company A, Chapter 27, pages 346-347)

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First Sergeant Charles T. Kisler was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1842, and removed with his parents to Illinois in 1855. He was a farmer when he enlisted as a private from Mason county. While the regiment was at Louisville, Ky., he was detached and placed in charge of confiscated property. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864, and was promoted to be first sergeant. He was commissioned captain on May 19, 1865, but the company was then too small to permit his muster, and he was mustered out with the regiment as first sergeant. He returned to Mason county, where he is engaged in farming, and now resides in Havana, Ill. (Company B, Chapter 28, page 362)

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Daniel Koozer was born in Peoria, Ill., in 1841, and was a farmer when he enlisted from Tazewell county. He served with his company until mounted as a scout at brigade headquarters, and was wounded while scouting near the close of the campaign in the Carolinas. He died from the effects of this wound at Goldsboro, N. C., March 27, 1865, his remains being buried at No. 106 in the national cemetery at Raleigh, N. C. (Company A, Chapter 27, page 355)

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Benjamin F. Kratzer was born in Warren county, Indiana, November 9, 1835, and removed to Illinois in 1855. He was wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and was transferred to the marine brigade at Nashville, Tenn., in March, 1863. He served with that organization on the Mississippi river until discharged at Vicksburg, Miss., January 17, 1865. He removed to California in 1888, and served as a justice of the peace in San Diego county. He is now an inmate of the Soldiers' Home in Los Angeles, Cal. (Company B, Chapter 28, page 370)

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David Kratzer was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, 1839, and was an unmarried farmer when he enlisted from Tazewell county, Illinois. He served with his company until wounded in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, and died from the effects of wounds at Big Shanty, Ga., June 29, 1864. (Company A, Chapter 27, page 355)

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Musician Alonzo F. Krebaum was born in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, May 15, 1844, enlisted from that county, and was appointed musician at the organization of the company. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863, but served at the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment.  He returned to his native county at the return of peace, is an engineer, and resides at Duncan's Mills, Fulton County, Illinois. (Company B, Chapter 28, page 366)

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Corporal Nathan Kellogg, age eighteen, farmer; enlisted from Pekin, was chosen corporal at the organization of the company and served until severely wounded at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864.  His remains are buried at No. 4249 in the national cemetery at Marietta, Ga.  He, too, was erroneously reported as mustered out with the regiment. (Company F, Capter 22, page 423)

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