Civil War Veterans - 85th Illinois Infantry

History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by
Henry J. Aten

Biographies - O

JOHN H. O'LEARY enlisted from Mason county at the age of twenty-two, served with his company until captured at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864. He was held a prisoner of war until the war closed, and was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ill., July 22, 1865. He resides in Bath, Ill. (Company B, Chapter 28, page 372)

CORPORAL ANDERS J. OPDYKE was born in Fort Wayne, Allen county, Indiana, December 26, 1836; removed with his parents to Illinois in 1854, and was married and a farmer when he enlisted from Mason county. He served with his company through all the campaigns in which the regiment was engaged until wounded at the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. His wound disabled him from further service and he was honorably discharged from the hospital at Camp Butler, Ill., February 18, 1865. He removed to California in December 1870, and is engaged in farming. He was postmaster at Cayton from 1884 to 1893. His address is Cayton, Shasta county, California. (Company C, Chapter 29, page 380)

RICHARD A. OSBORN was born at Danville, Steuben county, New York, in 1838, removed to Illinois in 1854, and was a farmer when he enlisted from Mason county. He served through the Kentucky campaign, and was discharged for disability from the regimental hospital at Nashville, Tenn., March 2, 1863. He returned to Mason county, resumed farming, and is now a lumber and coal dealer at Mason City, Ill. (Company C, Chapter 29, pages 388-389)

JOSEPH O’DONNELL, aged eighteen, born in Fulton county, Illinois, farmer, enlisted from Mason county. His health failing, he was sent to the hospital at Bowling Green, Ky., where he died November 23, 1862. Is buried at No. 10684, in the national cemetery at Nashville, Tenn.(Company C, Chapter 29, page 389)

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