Officers and Enlisted Men of the 36th


Col. Nicholas Greusel in a post war picture
Col. Silas Miller
Died July 27, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Col. Silas Miller
Died July 27, 1864
Anonymous Collection
1st Lt. Isaac Beebee, Co. D
Discharged May 20, 1865
Anonymous Collection
1st Lt. Orville Merrill, Co. I
Dismissed Dec. 13, 1864
Anonymous Collection
2nd Lt. William Sutherland, Co. I
Mustered out Dec. 11, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Capt. Albert M. Hobbs, Co. E
Resigned Sept. 26, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Capt. Albert M. Hobbs, Co. E
Resigned Sept. 26, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Capt. A.M. Wakeman, Co. K
Killed at Chickamauga, GA
Sept. 20, 1863
Anonymous Collection
Capt. Benjamin Campbell, Co. B
Mustered out Oct. 8, 1865 as Lt. Col.
Anonymous Collection
Capt. Edward P. Cass, Co. D
Resigned Sept. 2, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Capt. George Biddolph, Co. K
Mustered out Feb. 18, 1865
Anonymous Collection
Capt. George Douglas, Co. B
Mustered out Nov. 15, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Capt. Linus Austin, Co. G
Discharged Nov. 18, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Capt. Irving Parkhurst, Co. G
Resigned Nov. 8, 1862
Capt. Silas Miller Co. B(Standing)
Died July 27, 1864
Lt. Abel Longworth Co. B
Resigned Feb. 3, 1863
Anonymous Collection
Chaplain William Haigh
Discharged Nov. 16, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Cpl. Horace H. Chittenden, Co. H
Mustered out Oct. 8, 1865
The Late Herb Peck Jr. Collection
(Whereabouts Unknown)
Pvt. William Coultrip, Co. F
Discharged March 31, 1863; wounds
Source to be later named
Lt. Charles Case, Co. I & Adjutant
Died from wounds at Franklin, TN
Nov. 30, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Unknown Members from Gemtype
10 casualties at Stones River, TN
The Late Herb Peck Jr. Collection
(Whereabouts Unknown)
Lt. Col. Porter Olson, Co. I
Killed at Franklin, TN
Nov. 30, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Pvt. Erasmus Anderson, Co. F
Discharged Sept. 22, 1864
Marge Hiney
Lt. George Douglas, Co. B
Mustered out Nov. 15, 1864
Mark Krausz
Lt. John Turnball, Co. C
Resigned due to wounds Nov. 4, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Lt. John Van Pelt, Quartermaster
Mustered out Sept. 22, 1864
Mark Krausz
Lt. Orison Smith, Co. E
Killed at Chickamauga, GA
Sept. 20, 1863
Anonymous Collection
Lt. John F. Elliott, Co. K
Discharged May 30, 1864
Descendent Supplied
Maj. George Sherman, Co. A
Mustered out Dec. 12, 1864
Anonymous Collection
The Miller Brothers

Anonymous Collection
Pvt. Leonard Mann, Co. A
Discharged Nov. 8, 1864
Anonymous Collection
Pvt. George R. Pollock, Co. H
Killed at Stones River, TN
Dec. 30, 1862
Monmouth College Oracle
Pvt. Robert N. McCutchan, Co. B
Missing at Chickamauga, GA
Sept. 20, 1863
Monmouth College Oracle
Sgt. William A. Mitchell, Co. C
Mustered out Oct. 8, 1865
Monmouth College Oracle
Pvt. Robert J. Caldwell, Co. C
Killed at Frankin, TN
Nov. 30, 1864
Monmouth College Oracle
Sgt. David S. Irvine, Co. C
Killed at Nashville, TN
Dec. 16, 1864
Monmouth College Oracle
Cpl. William Giles, Co. K
Killed at Perryville, KY
Oct. 8, 1862
Monmouth College Oracle
The 36th Illinois Regt. Band
Mustered out Jan. 20, 1862
Anonymous Collection
Pvt. Thomas Mill, Co. H
Deserted Feb. 19, 1862
Anonymous Collection
Rct. Willis Olmstead, Co. E
Mustered out Oct. 8, 1865
John Wernick Collection
Pvt. Newell Newton J Abbot, Co. D
Transfered to VRC June 15, 1864
John Wernick Collection
Pvt. Remington F. Gilmore, Co. D
Transfered to VRC April 30, 1864
John Wernick Collection
Surgeon W.P. Pierce
Mustered out for 88th IL Promotion; Feb. 16, 1863
Anonymous Collection
Chaplin's Tent, bakery building of the Regt, barracks, and hospital wagon
Anonymous Collection
36th Illinois Chapel at Cowan, TN
1864
Anonymous Collection
Inside view of the Chapel
1864
Anonymous Collection
Pvt. Frederick Carl Schmidt, Co. H
Wounded at Nashville
Roger Schmidt Collection
Sgt. Sanford H. Wakeman, Co. A
Wounded and captured at Stones River, TN
Held at Libby Prison
Killed at Chickamauga
Joseph Hart Collection
Pvt. James Black, Co. C
Mustered in 1864
Anonymous Collection
Pvt. Edward Nute, Co. A
Enlisted in 1861, and wounded slightly at Chickamauga
Anonymous Collection
Pvt. William Peck, Co. D
Enlisted in 1861, died at Rienzi, Miss.
Anonymous Collection
Sgt. William J. Willett, Co. E
Enlisted in 1861, killed at Chickamauga.
With his wife
Anonymous Collection
Sgt. Day Elmore, Co. H
Enlisted in 1861 and died Dec. 9 from wounds sustained at Franklin, TN
Lt. Andrew Turner, Co. I
Enlisted in 1861 and mustered out in Oct. of 1865.
Mark Krausz
The Three Jims of Co. E
Confederate Veteran; Sept. 1915
Mark Krausz
Cpl. William Ward, Co. C
Enlisted in 1861, captured at Chickamauga and mustered out in 1865.
Darren Deskin
Pvt. Eugene Newell, Co. A Dragoons
Enlisted in 1861, captured at Holly Springs and parolled.
Transfered to Co. I, 15th Cav.
Consolidated to Co. M, 10th Cav. in Jan. of 1865.
Mark Krausz
Sgt. Richard H. Watson, Co. F
Enlisted in 1861
Mustered out Oct. 8, 1865
Mark Krausz
Cpl. Nelson B Sherwood, Co H
Enlisted in 1861 and wounded at Stone's River.
Mustered out in 1865.
William Turton
Sgt. William Duckworth, Co. D
Enlisted in 1861 and wounded at Dallas, Ga and Kennesaw Mountain, GA
Pvt. William Kerns, Co. G
Enlisted in 1861
Morris Historical Society
Pvt. William Kerns, Co. G
Accidently wounded in 1862.
Mustered out in 1865
Morris Historical Society
Possible 36er