Civil War-78th Infantry

Roster of Men from Schuyler County in 78th 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.

Summary

Company A

Name	Military Info	Note
Avery, Stephen	private, discharged March 31, 1863, disability
Bain, Alexander	private, mustered out June 7, 1865, prisoner of war
Ball, Albin	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Barton (Burton), James E.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Barton (Burton), William C.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Belete (Belote), James E.	private, killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863
Belote, Darwin	private, died at Franklin, Tennessee, March 5, 1863
Bessell, Augustus C.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865, prisoner of war
Blackburn, Robert S.	captain, major, mustered out June 7, 1865
Bodenhamer (Bodenhammer), Henry C.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Bodenheimer (Bodenhamer), Christian (Christopher) G.	recruit, prisoner of war since November 27, 1864
Bodenheimer (Bodenhammer), Isaac H.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Box, John	private, mustered out June 17, 1865, prisoner of war
Brooks, Oliver	recruit, sergeant, died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 31, 1864, wounds
Brown, George A.	second lieutenant, first lieutenant, died June 30, 1864
Brundage, George W.	private
Brundage, James	private
Burmood, Peter	recruit, mustered out June 7, 1865
Burnett (Brunett) , William	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Chipman, Philip	first lieutenant, resigned February 1, 1863
Clark, James T.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Corris (Corria), John D.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865, prisoner of war
Cox, Christopher C.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H., 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Cox, William	private, discharged May 5, 1865, disability
Curtis (Curtise), James	private, absent, wounded at mustering out of regiment
Curtis (Curtise), Jesse	sergeant, mustered out June 7, 1865
Curtis (Curtise), John	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Curtis, Joseph	recruit
Curtis (Curtise), William H.	private, discharged March 11, 1865, wounds
Davis (Davise), Beneger	private, died at Chattanooga, October 7, 1863, wounds
Davis, John	private, died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 18, 1863
Davis, John H. (W.)	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Davis, Philip	private
Davis, Robert H.	recruit, discharged December 8, 1864, disability
Davis, William H.	recruit, killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863
Driver, Samuel R.	private, died at Franklin, Tennessee, February 19, 1863
Ewing, George W.	recruit, mustered out June 7, 1865
Ewing, Samuel M.	private, died at Nashville, Tennessee, August 2, 1863
Frakes, Joseph	private, discharged May 8, 1863, disability
Frakes, Robert	recruit, deserted January 20, 1865
Frisby, Abraham	private
Fugate, Martain V.	private
Fugate, Samuel H.	private
Gilleiland (Gilleland), Benjamin C.	private, tranferred to Engineer Corps, July 25, 1864
Gott, John B. (R.)	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Graham, Archibald H.	second lieutenant, first lieutenant, resigned April 5, 1863
Graham, Shepard	private, died at Franklin, Tennessee, March 28, 1863
Grainger (Granger), Robert	recruit, mustered out June 7, 1865
Groves, James M.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Harrison, George	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Hellyer, George	private, mustered out June 17, 1865, was prisoner
Hellyer, William	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Hite, Abraham	private, absent, wounded at mustering out of regiment
Hite, Abraham L.	private, discharged December 31, 1862, disability
Hite, Christian W.	second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, mustered out June 7, 1865
How, Isaac C.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
How, James	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
How, Samuel W.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Howell, John	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Husted, Talmen	private
James, Samuel J.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Johnson, John	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Lacy, John S.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Landsden (Lansden), William H.	private, died in Andersonville prison, October 6, 1864, No. of grave 10,419
McClain, William H.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
McKee, William	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Miller, John	private, died Chattanooga, September 27, 1863, wounds
Miner, Samuel J.	private, deserted February 3, 1863
Mints, Lorenzo	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Morgan, Edward T.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Mullen, John W.	recruit
Mullin, Martin	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Neida, Charles S.	recruit, died at Nashville, Tennessee, July 13, 1864
Noel (Noeli), Theodore C.	private, mustered out June 17, 1863 (1865?), was prisoner
Pelsor (Petsor), Tracy	private, died at Quincy, Illinois, April 27, 1863
Peterson, Francis M.	corporal, mustered out June 7, 1865
Pitney, Orvill L.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865, as corporal
Record, Josiah S.	private, deserted January 30, 1863
Reed, John E.	private, died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 28, 1863
Rigby (Rigsby), George W.	private, died at Quincy, Illinois, October 11, 1862
Robinson, Israel	private, discharged April 7, 1843, disability
Robinson, Nimrod	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Robinson, Richard	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Ruggles, William K.	recruit, tranferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 4, 1865
Sapp, David M.	corporal, mustered out June 7, 1865
Sapp, John W.	recruit, died at Nashville, Tennessee, November 23, 1864
Scott, Amos	first lieutenant, private
Scott, Hiram (Herman)	private, died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 27, 1863
Scott, Richard W.	recruit
Shamell, Alexander	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Soward (Seward), Charles W.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Steen, John	private, died at Vining, Georgia, July 22, 1864, wounds
Stevens, Noah Alexander
Stewart, James	recruit
Tankersley, Andrew J.	private, discharged September 30, 1863, disability
Thomas, James	recruit, killed at Kenesaw Mt., June 27, 1864
Toland, Solomon	private
Toland, William	private
Throp (Thorp), Lorenzo D.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Vandiver, Henry	recruit, died at Atlanta, September 20, 1864, wounds
Vandiver, John	private, mustered out June 17, 1865, was prisoner
Vandiver, Nelson	corporal, mustered out June 7, 1865
Walker, John H.	corporal, mustered out June 7, 1865
Walker, William T.	private, died at Nashville, Tennessee, February 28, 1865
Wheeler, Edward H. (N.)	recruit, tranferred to Co. H. 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865, wounded
Wheeler, Joel B.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Wheeler, John H.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
White, Benjamin F.	private, discharged September 12, 1863, disability
Wier, William	corporal, mustered out June 7, 1865
Wier, Wm. H.	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Wilds, Henry H.	private
Wilds, Howard	recruit, tranferred to Co. H, 34th Illinois Infantry, mustered out July 12, 1865
Wilson, Charles L.	recruit, discharged March 15, 1865, wounds
Wilson, Jasper	private, killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863
Woods, Nathan P.	second lieutenant, resigned April 21, 1864
Woods, William S.	private, tranferred to Engineer Corps, July 25, 1864
Wycoff, Wm. H. H.	private, mustered out June 7, 1865
Wyles, Henry H.	private, tranferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 22, 1864

Company B

Name	Military Info	Note
Glass, Geo. H.

COMING SOON

SUMMARY

Company A, Seventy-eighth Illinois Infantry, was recruited by Capt. Robert S. Blackburn at Brooklyn, Schuyler County, and upon the organization of the regiment at Quincy, he was elected Major and Lieut. Christian W. Hite was promoted to Captain. The regiment was mustered into service September 1, 1862, and the Adjutant General's report states that during the war about 400 men were killed and wounded. The regiment participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain,, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro and Bentonville. After Lee's surrender the regiment marched north through Richmond, Va., arriving at Washington May 19, and participating in the Grand Review May 24, 1865. The regiment was mustered out June 7, 1865, and sent to Chicago, where it was paid off June 12, 1865.

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