Illinois Volunteer Infantry
By Henry J. Aten, 1901
Page 388
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Jeremiah Marshall, aged twenty-one, blacksmith, born at Cape May, N. J., and was enlisted from Mason county, Illinois. He served through the Kentucky campaign and was transferred to the Fourth regular cavalry at Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1862.
John W. Mosier, aged twenty-seven, born in Miami county, Ohio, married and a farmer when he enlisted from Mason county, Illinois, served with his company until captured at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, July 19, 1864; was held in rebel prisons until the close of the war, and was honorably discharged June 17, 1865. Returning to his former home, he lived at Easton, Ill., for several years, then moved to Carleton, Neb., and later to Chicago, Ill., where he now resides.
Joseph Moslander, aged thirty, born in Davidson county, Tennessee, single, plasterer, enlisted from Mason county, Illinois, served with his company until his health failed on the Atlanta campaign, when he was sent to the hospital on Lookout mountain, Tennessee, where he died July 22, 1864. Is buried at No. 1662, in the national cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.
William H. Neely, aged thirty-five, married, farmer, enlisted from Mason county, served with his company until severely wounded in the assault on Kennesaw mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. He was sent to the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., thence to Jeffersonville, Ind., where he died on July 28, following. Is buried at No. 507, in the national cemetery at New Albany, Ind.
Samuel Neely, Jr., aged twenty-four, born in Menard county, married, farmer, enlisted from Mason county, served to close of the war, but is marked, "Absent sick at muster out," of the regiment. Probably honorably discharged from the hospital, but the writer has been unable to get any further information concerning him.
William Newberry, aged twenty-nine, married, blacksmith, enlisted from Mason county, was severely wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and was discharged for disability at Harrodsburg, Ky., February 8, 1863. Last known address, Glasgow, Mo.
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.
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