81st Illinois US Infantry Volunteers
A list of men from Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, who served with the 81st Illinois US Infantry Volunteers and died in the Civil War. The names were compiled from the www.ilsos.gov web site while I was researching my family history (William Blackwood and Mack Blackwood, both of Murphysboro, Ill and served with Company B, 81st Illinois regiment.)
Donated by Herman Brown
Chronological order of deaths
Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois
This includes those from the 81st Illinois Infantry
List includes name, date of death, and location
1862
1. William Cashe, 8 OCT 1862, at Cairo
1863
2. Walter Hagler, 18 JAN 1863 at Memphis
3. William Jacobs, 19 JAN 1863 at Jefferson Barracks
4. George Hagler, 21 JAN 1863 at Memphis
5. John Holt, 3 FEB 1863 at Keokul, LA
6. Benjamin Upton, 8 FEB 1863 at Memphis
7. William Holder, 15 FEB 1863 at Memphis
8. James Jukes, 25 FEB 1863 at Memphis
9. Russell M. Winchester, 3 MAR 1863 at Memphis
10. George W. Trip, 26 MAR 1863 at Lagrange, TN
11. J. J. Brewster, 30 APRIL 1963, at Lake Providence, LA
12. Aden Holder, 19 MAY 1963 at Providence, LA
13 Charles M. Cromwell, 5 JUNE 1863
14. John Lype, 28 JUNE 1863 at Vicksburg
15. John Hiller, 11 JULY 1963 at St. Louis
16. William G. Arms, 4 AUG 1863, died at home
17. Abram Hiller, 8 AUG 1863 at Vicksburg
18. William Kanada, 12 AUG 1863 at Vicksburg
19. Lafayette Hampton, 31 AUG 1863 at Bayou Mason, LA
20. Holden Brantley, 9 OCT 1863, at Humbolt, TN
21. Van Peters, 16 NOV 1863 at Vicksburg
22. Stephen Golliher, 24 DEC 1863 at Vicksburg
1864
23. John Foster, 30 JAN 1864 at Vicksburg
24. Harrison Lype, 12 AUG 1864 at Marietta, GA
25. William R. Keys, 21 JULY 1864 at Vicksburg
26. Isaac A. Winchester, 17 OCT 1864 at Memphis
1865
27. Henry C. Walston, 9 JAN 1865
28. Henry S. Reynolds, 14 Feb. 1865 at Memphis
29. John Hinchlift, 29 FEB 1865 at Andersonville, GA, prison
30. William Henson, 11 MAR 1865 at Memphis
31. Robert Rowen, 12 JUNE 1865 at Memphis
On a personal note, William Blackwood was captured on June 10, 1864 during battle at Bryce Cross Roads near Gun Town, Mississippi. Blackwood was a 33-year-old farmer who volunteered in 1862. His younger brother, Mack Blackwood, was at the same battle, but was not captured. William Blackwood was released on July 11, 1865.