72nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Roster of Men from Schuyler County in 72nd Infantry
Enlisted for Three Years Service
Compiled from various sources including obituaries, newspapers, Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882 and Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Schuyler County, 1908.
Regimental Stats.
Stats. Officers Men Killed 7 78 Disease 3 130 Wounded 10 120 Prisoners 3 76 Total
427
Company C
Name Military Info Note Flannery, John private, absent, prisoner of war at mustering out of regt.
Company G
Name Military Info Note Goble (Gobble), C. private, tranferred to 33rd, Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865
Johnson, Alonzo private, mustered out August 7, 1865
Company H
Name Military Info Note Andres, Armenis private, killed at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864
Brooks, G. S. private, mustered out August 7, 1865
Burtis, Stephen H. recruit, tranferred to 33rd Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865
Husted, Henry private, discharged February 26, 1862
Husted, Frs. M. private, mustered out August 7, 1865
Jones, John G. private, deserted October 24, 1862
Libby, Marshall L. recruit, mustered out May 16, 1865
Loep (Loop), George W. recruit, tranferred to 33rd Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865
McCaslin, Henry recruit, tranferred to 33rd Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865
Rhodes, William H. recruit, tranferred to 33rd Illinois Infantry, mustered out November 24, 1865
Ridenour, W. private, died at Helena, Arkansas, April 20, 1863
Scott, James W. private, died at Columbus, Kentucky, November 17, 1862
Stout, Hezekiah second lieutenant, resigned June 8, 1863
COMING SOON
SUMMARY
Was organized at Chicago, as the first regiment of the Chicago Board of Trade. Was mustered into service August 23, 1852, and on the same day started for Cairo. It served out its full term of service, and was mustered out at Vicksburg, Aug. 6, 1865, and returned to Chicago, where it received final payment and discharge.
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