CLARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS MILITARY DATABASE

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Company "G" 54th Illinois Infantry

(Part of Kentucky Brigade)

Name	Rank	Residence	Date of Muster	Remarks
BANCROFT, Benjamin	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
BELKNAP, Richard W	Captain	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Resigned Sep 16, 1862
BLAIR, William	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	MO Oct 15, 1865 as Corp'l.
BLAIR, William	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
BLALOCK, William C	Recruit	Casey	Mar 30, 1864	Mustered out Jun 20, 1865
BOND, George H	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
BULLION, John	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
BOULLION, John	Private	Marshall	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
BURKE, Oakley	Recruit	Oak Point	Mar 30, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
CHANSLER, William L	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
COFFMAN, Charles W	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
COFFMAN, Charles	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
COLE, William	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
COOK, Melvin L	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
CRANE, Jeremiah	Recruit	Casey	Oct 11, 1862	Prom. Sergeant Major
DECKER, William H	Private	Clark Co	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
DOUGHTY, James P	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Prom. Principal Musician
DOUGHTY, James P	Recruit	Casey	---	Re-enlisted as Veteran
DOUGHTY, Stanley D	Private	Clark Co	Feb 18, 1862	Disch, Aug 13, 1864; disabil.
EARLE, Clement	Corporal	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
GORDON, Patrick	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Mustered out Feb 17, 1865
HENLEY, Jacob	Veteran	Martinsville	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
HENLEY, Jacob	Private	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
HUNTINGTON, Silas	Veteran	Casey	Feb 24, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
HUNTINGTON, Silas	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
JOHNSON, Carson	Veteran	Martinsville	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
JOHNSON, Carson	Private	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
KINLIN, John	Recruit	Cumberland	Feb 25, 1865	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
MALONE, Claiborne	Veteran	Oak Point	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
NEER, John W	Veteran	Martinsville	Jan 23, 1864	---
NEER, John	Private	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran. Killed at Charleston, IL.
PIERMONT, Franklin W	Corporal	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
PIERMONT, G W	Corporal	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
RAINES, George W	2nd Lt.	Westfield	Not must'd.	MO Oct 15, 1865 as Serg't.
RAINES, George W	Veteran	Westfield	Jan 23, 1864	MO Oct 15, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
RAINES, George William	Corporal	Westfield	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
ROOKS, Samuel C	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
RYAN, Jacob M	Captain	Casey	Apr 10, 1865	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
RYAN, Jacob M	1st Lt.	Casey	Nov 1, 1862	Promoted [Mar 27, 1865]
RYAN, Jacob M	2nd Lt.	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Promoted [Sep 16, 1862]
SHEPPARD, David A	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
SHEPPARD, David A	Private	Clark Co	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
SHERMAN, David	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Mustered out Feb 17, 1865
SMITH, Jacob	Private	Clark Co	Feb 18, 1862	Mustered out Feb 17, 1865
SMITH, William	Private	Cumberland	Feb 18, 1862	Mustered out Feb 17, 1865
SMITH, William H	Recruit	---	Jan 28, 1862	---
SNIDER, Jonathan	Private	Clark Co	Feb 18, 1862	---
STURDEVANT, DeWitt	Musician	Casey	Sept 1, 1862	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
SWIM, Alfred	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	---
SWIM, Alfred	Recruit	---	---	Re-enlisted as Veteran, Killed at Charleston, IL.
SWIM, Alfred	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---
TOMAN, Henry	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
TOMAN, Henry	Corporal	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
TRUMP, Simeon H	Private	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	---
WATSON, Aaron T	Veteran	Martinsville	Jan 23, 1864	MO Oct 15, 1865 as Corp'l.
WATSON, Aaron T	Private	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
WAYMAN, James K P	Veteran	Casey	Jan 23, 1864	Dishon. disch, Mar 2, 1865
WEST, Jerome	Veteran	Martinsville	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
WEST, Jerome	Private	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
WEST, William C	Veteran	Martinsville	Jan 23, 1864	Mustered out Oct 15, 1865
WEST, William C	Corporal	Martinsville	Feb 18, 1862	Re-enlisted as Veteran
WILSON, James H	Private	Casey	Feb 18, 1862	---

Duty in Tennessee and Arkansas
Battles/Campaigns Engaged in: Operations against Vicksburg [Siege of Vicksburg]
[See also 54th in Misc. IL Units]

Organized at Camp Dubois, Anna, Ill., as a part of the Kentucky Brigade, and mustered in February, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., February 24, 1862. Attached to District of Cairo to March, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., to September, 1862. District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), to December, 1862. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Kimball's Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to August. 1863. 1st Brigade. 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Department of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to October, 1865.

SERVICE - Moved from Cairo to Columbus, Ky., March 4, 1862, and duty there till December 18, 1862. Three Companies at Humboldt, Tenn. Expedition down Mississippi River to Fort Pillow, Tenn., May 19-23 (2 Cos). Merriweather Ferry, Obion River, Tenn., August 16. Moved to Jackson, Tenn., December 18, and duty there till May, 1863. (2 Cos. at Mendon Station and 2 Cos. at Toone's Station January to April, 1863.) Operations against Forest In West Tennessee December 20-28, 1862. Union City, Tenn., December 21, 1862 (Detachment). Captured by Forest. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 30 - June 2, 1863. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 2 - July 4. Moved to Helena, Ark., July 24. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark., August 1 - September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Veterans on furlough March and April. Riot at Charleston, I11., March 28. Veterans. Moved to Little Rock April 12-30, thence to Brownsville May 18. Pursuit of Shelby May 19-31. Moved to Duvall's Bluff and Clarendon June 25-29. Action at Clarendon June 25-26. Guard Memphis and Little Rock R. R. till August 24. Actions with Shelby, at Jones' Hay Station, Long Prairie and Ashley's Station August 24. Regiment mostly captured, except Companies "F" and "H." Paroled at Jacksonport, Ark., and reached Benton Barracks, Mo., September 9. Exchanged December 5, 1864. Arrived at Hickory Station, on Memphis & Little Rock R. R., January 18, 1865. On railroad guard duty till June 6. Moved to Pine Bluff June 6-9, and duty there till August 18. March to Fort Smith, Ark., August 18-30. Moved to Little Rock, Ark., October 4-6. Mustered out October 15, 1865, and discharged at Camp Butler, Ill.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 171 Enlisted men by disease. Total 185.

NOTE: January 1864, three-fourths of the Regiment re-enlisted, as veteran volunteers, and were mustered February 9th, 1864. Left for Mattoon, Illinois, for veteran furlough, March 28th. Veteran furlough having expired, the Regiment re-assembled at Mattoon. The same day an organized gang of Copperheads, led by Sheriff O�Hair, attacked some men of the Regiment at Charleston, killing Major Shubal York, Surgeon, and four privates, and wounding Colonel G. M. Mitchell. One hour later the Regiment arrived from Mattoon and occupied the town, capturing some of the most prominent traitors.

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