Corporal William H. Massey Corporal William H. Massey, aged twenty, farmer, was born in Hagerstown, Washington county, Maryland, removed to Illinois, and enlisted from Topeka. He served with his company until the close of the war, having in the meantime been promoted corporal, and was mustered out with the regiment. After the close of the war he removed to Missouri, and is supposed to be living at or near Long Branch, Monroe county. Corporal Conrad Nuhn Corporal Conrad Nuhn, aged twenty-four, single, farmer, born in Germany, emigrated to Illinois, and enlisted from Gilman, in Iroquois county. He served with his company until killed in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. Is buried at No. 9309 in the national cemetery at Marietta, Ga. Corporal Zimri N. Thomas Corporal Zimri N. Thomas, aged twenty-one, clerk, born in Columbus, Fayette county, Indiana, and enlisted from Havana, Ill. Was promoted corporal; slightly wounded in the fight at Buzzard Roost, Georgia, February 25, 1864; served to the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. After the close of his service, he settled at Oxford, Benton county, Indiana, where he died within recent years. Corporal Solomon Weideman Corporal Solomon Weideman, aged twenty-one, farmer, born in Switzerland, emigrated to Illinois, and enlisted from Topeka. He served with his company to the close of the war; was promoted corporal, and mustered out with the regiment. After the war he engaged in farming near Manito, Ill., and was accidentally killed in 1891 by his reaper running over him. Corporal William H. Wagoner Corporal William H. Wagoner, aged twenty-one, farmer, born in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, removed to Illinois, and enlisted from Havana. He served with his company to the close of the war; was promoted corporal, and mustered out with the regiment. He is a farmer, and now resides at Olathe, Johnson county, Kansas.

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