Sergeant John H. Cleveland Sergeant John H. Cleveland enlisted from Mason county at the age of twenty-five years, was chosen corporal at the organization of the company, and was promoted sergeant. He served with his company through all the campaigns and battles in which the regiment was engaged until wounded at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864. As a result of this wound his right arm was amputated, and he was confined in the hospital to the close of the war. He was absent on account of wounds when the regiment was mustered out, and was honorably discharged from the hospital soon after. A piece of a percussion cap from his gun struck him in the face in one of the battles he was engaged in, making what was thought at the time an insignificant scratch. But that slight wound never healed, and now he is supposed to be dying at his home in Easton, Ill., from the effects of a wound from the poisonous cap. Sergeant Thornton S. Pierce Sergeant Thornton S. Pierce was twenty-two years of age when he enlisted from Mason county as a private. He was promoted sergeant and served with his company through all the campaigns the command was engaged in until he was wounded in the wrist and right arm at the assault of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. He died from the shock of his wounds during the night of June 27, 1864. Sergeant Thomas Cluney Sergeant Thomas Cluney, aged nineteen years, enlisted as a private and served with his company to the close of the war. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Peach Tree creek, was promoted sergeant, and was mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Fulton county, and now resides at Bernadotte, Ill. Corporal Isaac Mann Corporal Isaac Mann, aged thirty years, enlisted from Fulton county, and was chosen corporal at the organization of the company. He served with his company to the close of the war and was mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Fulton county and was a farmer near Sepo, Ill., when he died about September 1, 1900.

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