Illinois Volunteer Infantry
By Henry J. Aten, 1901
Page 365
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Corporal Lewis Boarmaster, aged forty-one, enlisted as a private, was promoted to be corporal and served with his company until killed at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864. His remains are buried at No. 3284 in the national cemetery at Marietta, Ga.
Corporal James Greathouse, aged thirty-three, enlisted as a private from Mason county, and served through all the campaigns in which his company was engaged, was promoted corporal, and mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Illinois, and now resides in Bath, Mason county, Illinois.
Corporal Thomas Hutton, aged forty-three, enlisted as a private, was promote to corporal, served to the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Illinois, and died in the Mason county poor house in 1868.
Corporal John Johnston, aged eighteen, enlisted as a private, was promoted corporal, and served with his company until killed at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864. His remains are buried in the national cemetery at Marietta, Ga., at No. 1911.
Corporal Massena B. Nott was born in Morgan county, Ohio, July 19, 1839, and removed with his parents to Illinois in 1855. He enlisted from Fulton county as a private, served through the Kentucky campaign with his company, and at Nashville, Tenn., he was detailed to man the guns in Company I, Second Illinois Light artillery, serving fourteen months, when he returned to his company. He was promoted corporal, served to the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Fulton county, resumed farming, and now resides at Lewistown, Ill.
Corporal Alex C. Ratliff, aged twenty-three, enlisted from Fulton county as a private, was promoted corporal and served with the company to the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Fulton county and died in about 1880.
Corporal David Sigley, son of Daniel Sigley and Eliza Atkins, was born in Hanging Rock, Lawrence county, Ohio, January 13, 1839, and removed with his parents to Kentucky in 1843. From there he removed to Illinois in 1851, and enlisted as a farmer from Havana, in Mason county. He was promoted corporal, and served through all the campaigns in which the regiment was engaged until disabled by wounds. He was twice slightly wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, and at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864, he was severely wounded in both arms and fell into the hands of the enemy. One wound caused the amputation of his right arm near the shoulder, but it was a busy time with the rebel surgeons, and his wounds were not dressed until they arrived at Macon, Ga., on the 27th. He was confined in prison at Andersonville and Milan, and exchanged at Savannah, Ga., November 21, 1864. He was honorably discharged from the general hospital at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 2, 1865, after recovering from a second amputation. He resides at Havana, Ill.
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