Illinois 2nd Volunteer Cavalry, Company C (Union)

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Company mustered in on August 12th, 1861. Company mustered out of service on November 22nd, 1865.

Facts about this Company:

• Number of Soldiers: 202
• First Enlistment Date: 1861 (1 soldier)
• Most Common Enlistment Date: 1861-07-31 (64 soldiers)
• Most Common Muster Out Date: 1865-11-22 (58 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1861: Havana, Illinois (48 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1862: Havana, Illinois (12 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1864: Urbana, Illinois (10 soldiers)
• Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 16 -- Bailey, William F. (Corporal)
• Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 25 -- Brooks, John F. (Corporal)
• Average Age at Enlistment: 21.3 years old
• Median Age at Enlistment: 22.0 years old
• Wounded In Regiment: 1 (0%)
• Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 0 (0%)
• Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 15 (7%)
• Soldiers That Died While In War: 13 (6%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Adams, Robert D (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1862)
• Allison, Joseph (Saddler, July 1861 - May 1862)
• Aubere, Lewis (First Lieutenant/Commissary Of Subsistence, October 1862 - October 1864)
• Bailey, William F. (Corporal, January 1864 - August 1864)
• Baxter, Philip D (Sergeant, July 1861 - December 1861)
• Breeden, Orion (Corporal, July 1861 - October 1861)
• Brooks, John F. (Corporal, August 1861 - ?)
• Burnell, Aurelius Livingston (First Sergeant, July 1861 - November 1865)
• Butler, Albertus H (Bugler, June 1865 - September 1865)
• Chatfield, Clark S. (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Cotterman, Adam (Sergeant/Commissary Sergeant, July 1861 - June 1865)
• Crail, James M. (Bugler, July 1861 - ?)
• Creighton, Hugh R. (Second Lieutenant, December 1863 - March 1864; First Lieutenant, March 1864 - August 1865)
• Day, James (Sergeant, July 1861 - ?)
• Dorel, Francis (Saddler, June 1863 - ?)
• Duvier, Louis (%Saddler, ? - January 1863)
• Eakin, Ruloff S. (Corporal/Sergeant, July 1861 - August 1862)
• Fallis, John (%Qtr Master Serg/Quartermaster Sergeant, July 1861 - August 1862; First Lieutenant, August 1862 - October 1862)
• Frazier, John M (Sixth Corporal, January 1862 - April 1862; Fifth Corporal, April 1862 - December 1862; Third Corporal, December 1862 - March 1863; Second Corporal, March 1863 - July 1863; Corporal, July 1863 - October 1864)
• Fullerton, Hugh (Captain, August 1861 - August 1862; Major, August 1862 - November 1863)
• Gans, Henry (Quartermaster Sergeant, August 1861 - November 1865)
• Gillespie, Allen (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Goodhart, John (%First Sergeant/Sergeant, July 1861 - December 1861; Second Lieutenant/Lieutenant, December 1861 - August 1862)
• Hay, Henry S (Captain, 1861 - August 1862)
• Heller, Eli J. (Sergeant, June 1865 - November 1865)
• Holt, Peter (Second Lieutenant, October 1862 - November 1865)
• Johnson, William F. (Quartermaster Sergeant, March 1864 - August 1864)
• Kelly, Moses E. (Captain, June 1865 - November 1865)
• Kennard, Charles B. (Sergeant, August 1861 - June 1865)
• Lee, Stephen W. (Sergeant, July 1861 - June 1862)
• Looker, Albert S. (Farrier, July 1861 - May 1862)
• Maxwell, Volney H. (Sergeant, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Mosely, Robert J. (Corporal, July 1861 - June 1865)
• Mott, Nathan W (Second Lieutenant, June 1865 - June 1865)
• Nikirk, John E (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1864)
• North, Samuel F. (Searp, July 1861 - July 1861; Sergeant, July 1861 - November 1865)
• O'Rorke, John A. (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Orr, William F. (First Lieutenant, June 1863 - February 1864; Captain, February 1864 - August 1865)
• Otis, Benjamin H (Corporal, July 1862 - July 1864)
• Parkhurst, Hector C. (Quartermaster Sergeant, June 1865 - November 1865)
• Paul, Jeremiah (Sergeant, July 1861 - ?)
• Phelps, Daniel H. (Corporal, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Philbrick, John (^Sergeant, July 1861 - October 1862)
• Ringland, Thomas (Bugler, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Shook, John M. (Bugler, July 1861 - October 1864)
• Shroyer, George (Corporal, June 1865 - November 1865)
• Snyder, John E. (Sergeant, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Solenberger, David (Second Lieutenant, August 1861 - December 1861; Captain, December 1861 - June 1863)
• Stewart, Herman (Sergeant, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Swassing, Peter (Corporal, July 1861 - February 1863)
• Sweeney, Denis (Corporal/Sergeant, June 1865 - November 1865)
• Terry, Calvin (%First Lieutenant, August 1861 - August 1862)
• Thomas, John J (Corporal, July 1861 - March 1864)
• Tinker, Elnathan J. (Sergeant, July 1861 - November 1861)
• Totman, Eri (Blacksmith, July 1861 - August 1864)
• Trick, John (Corporal, June 1865 - November 1865)
• Tucker, Rufus J. (Prvt, November 1863 - August 1865)
• Vanorman, Orlando W. (Corporal, July 1861 - June 1862)
• Walker, Marcellus D. (Bugler, July 1861 - June 1865)
• West, John H. (Veterinary Surgeon, August 1861 - ?)
• Westerfield, Barton W. (Sergeant, August 1861 - August 1864)
• Whitaker, Samuel (Captain, October 1862 - November 1865)
• Zappa, Franklin (Saddler, January 1862 - January 1865)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Aholts, Henry
• Anderson, William J.
• Andrews, William J
• Barker, James T
• Barker, Samuel G. B.
• Bastian, Florint
• Beeman, William
• Bennett, Ira
• Biginhorst, John
• Bohlier, Candlip
• Bond, John
• Broderick, David S.
• Burrows, Charles E.
• Burrows, James
• Busby, Jacob F
• Bywater, George
• Clark, James P
• Cole, James M.
• Cole, William
• Conley, James
• Conwell, John
• Coon, William T
• Crosby, Lewis (%)
• Dacey, James
• Dalbow, George Washington
• Daniels, Thomas T.
• Davee, Grant
• Davis, John T. (%)
• Dunlap, John Q.
• Durborow, John M
• Eaton, Robert
• Ellsworth, William C.
• Fadely, Thomas
• Forker, William J.
• Foskett, William
• Gilliland, Andrew J
• Gilson, Edward
• Haines, Joseph H.
• Hall, Michael
• Hart, Alvin S.
• Hibbard, Edwin S
• Hill, William D
• Holden, William Henry
• Hudson, John D.
• Igon, Peter F
• Jackson, Isaac A.
• Jackson, John
• James, Harvey A.
• Johnson, Barney D (%)
• Johnson, William
• Johnson, William B.
• Kaufman, Elijah B (%)
• Kelly, Henry C.
• Kilgore, Mathis
• Knuppel, Henry
• Lee, George W.
• Lehman, Francis M.
• Lewis, Aubere
• Liston, Thomas J.
• Litler, William
• Littell, George W. C.
• Littles, William
• Long, Dennis J.
• Louden, William
• Martin, George
• Martin, Samuel F.
• Masker, Lewis
• Maxfield, Nelson
• Meeker, Abner
• Moffatt, Smith L.
• Moore, George
• Moore, Henry P.
• Morris, John B
• Morrisey, John
• Myers, William
• Nolder, Charles
• North, Michael J.
• Pettis, Charles
• Pierce, Palmer
• Potter, Sylvester A
• Price, Arthur
• Quigley, William G
• Rafley, John
• Randolph, Andrew J. (%)
• Reaves, Francis M. (%)
• Robinson, John R.
• Robinson, Monroe
• Rolly, William
• Ryan, Edward
• Schwartz, John G.
• Sellick, Henry
• Servoss, S M. B.
• Sexton, William H.
• Sharp, Peter A.
• Shirk, George W.
• Shroder, John
• Simmons, Alexander A. (%)
• Smith, John F.
• Smith, Robert D.
• Smith, William B
• Snowden, Thomas B.
• Stephens, Archibald
• Stephens, Edward
• Stiger, William H.
• Stolt, Christian
• Stone, Jacob F. (%)
• Stover, Henry C
• Thompson, Andrew
• Thompson, George A.
• Thompson, John E
• Thompson, William A
• Tippey, Willis
• Tippy, John
• Vanakeer, Manis
• Vinson, Joseph
• Wagner, William J
• Wallace, William A.
• Walsh, James
• Ward, Isaac A.
• Wayland, Albert G.
• Wenchel, Albert (%)
• Westfall, Marshall La
• Whitman, Albert G
• Wilkinson, George F.
• Williams, David
• Wilson, Thomas
• Wiser, John
• Woll, William
• Wood, Charles Young
• Wood, Mahlon
• Woolridge, Samuel
• Wright, William T.