Spanish-American War Veterans
Excerpt from the History of Knox County by Albert Perry, published in 1912, pgs.
243-245
At the outbreak of the Spanish War members of Company C and Company D volunteered and were mustered in with the rest of the regiment forming the Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The roster of these respective companies were as follows:
Company C of the Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry (*see note below*)
Captain: Thomas L. McGirr
1st Lieutenant: Conrad A. Byloff
2nd Lieutenant: Daniel K. Smith
1st Sergeant: Frank E. Johnson
Sergeants: Edwin C.
Reed
Carl J. L. Borine
Corporal: Walter F. Coolidge
Musicians: Thomas W.
Thomson
Mark J. Potter
Privates:
| Benjamin Anderson | Hugh K. Mullen |
| Alfred B. Bawman | John A. Nelson |
| Jacob C. Benedict | Ludvick Nelson |
| Ira E. Benson | Mart J. Nelson |
| Jacod D. Bir [Bird?] | Jacobs S. Palmer |
| Ivan Bohman | E. P. Peckenpaugh |
| Alvin P. Burkhalter | Charles R. Pendarvis |
| Willis E. Calkins | Albert Peterson |
| William Campbell | Howard L. Pettett |
| Victor N. Cochran | Charles A. Philblad |
| William H. Copp | Frank M. Pierce |
| Edwin J. Corbin | Noble F. Potts |
| Frank E. DeFord | Henry W. Raker |
| William Detrick | Charles J. Rose |
| Jacob C. Diefenderfer | Robert J. Samuelson |
| Joseph H. Dunn, Jr. | Charles A. Sandburg |
| George L. Elder | Carl H. Schneider |
| John Farrow | John Scott |
| Oscar Franden | Con Sequist |
| Fred W. Gottick [Gottrick?] | Philip D. Sharples |
| Oscar L. Hensel | Henry C. Smith |
| Benjamin W. Holcomb | Homer Spilman |
| Harry B. Hopkins | Frank N. Steele |
| Rolla C. Hopkins | William K. Steele |
| Herbert S. Hosler | James W. Stizer [Switzer?] |
| Charles V. Huew [Huey?] | Andrew P. Tanning |
| Richard D. Hulse | Edwin F. Tracy |
| William A. Jackson | Benjamin F. Underwood |
| Charles O. Johnson | Charles F. Wade |
| William A. Johnson | Leonard S. Wager |
| Roy E. Jones | Clyde R. Westfall |
| Lewis W. Kay | Jesse F. Wiley |
| Joseph H. Knutson | Warren Williamson |
| George R. Longbreak | Oscar S. Wilson |
| William H. McKinty | Charles H. Winders |
| George McLaughlin | Bert Wolf |
| George R. Martin | Harry C. Woodard |
Arthur A. Metcalf |
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Recruits:
| William P. Brown | David Murphy |
| Louis L. Cummings | Harry S. Murphy |
| William H. Dunlap | Dick W. Neely |
| George W. Folley | Arthur C. Palmer |
| Morton C. Freer | George C. Philblad |
| James S. Gentry | Herman H. Potter |
| Fred C. Harms | LaFayette Ryan |
| James B. Heflin | Emerson Spence |
| Grant G. Hoofnagle | Robert Spratt |
| Frederick A. Knock | John W. Thomas |
| Claude W. B. Lindstrum | James A. Weils |
| Ralph Matterson | Thomas M. West |
| David E. Moses | |
Note: All of the men in Company C gave Galesburg as their residence...in the Report of the Adjutant General (ninth volume).
Company D of the Sixth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry (*see note below*)
Captain: Frank W. Latimer
1st Lieutenant: Frank R. Trevor
2nd Lieutenant: Leonidas T. Reagor
1st Sergeant: James S. Barton
Sergeant: William T.
Johnson
Albert R. Maginnis
J. Arthur Whitwan [Whitwam?]
Corporals: James R.
Bacon
William H. Birdsall
Fred J. Fisher
Daniel H. Kennedy
John H. Smith
Max F. C. Stromlow
Privates:
| Glen C. Aiken | James H. Jones |
| Ash A. Atkins | Carl Jungstrom |
| Charles A. Atkins | Albert Kennedy |
| George E. Allen | Edwin Kennedy |
| Frank L. Angler [Angier?] | Earl Klock |
| Fred D. Armstrong | Bert C. King |
| Ed S. Babcock | John G. Krieg |
| Frank Bacon | John F. Leigh |
| William H. Banty [Bandy?] | Adelbert D. Lewis |
| Almendis B. Beard | Albert Linstrom |
| Charles L. Bomfarden [Bamgardner?] |
Harry E. Melvin |
| Seymour X. Briggs | Byron Merritt |
| George B. Burton | Grant F. Moore |
| William S. Carter | David J. Nordwall |
| Charles H. Clark | James W. Oman |
| John W. Cox | Charles Peabody |
| Frank Cramer | Arthur E. Peacock |
| Arthur Cross | William H. Pierce |
| David E. Davis | Frank Purdy |
| Clarence V. Earll | John M. Rankin |
| Lemuel T. Earll | Guy Robinson [Robertson?] |
| Robert B. Edwards | Edward A. Robinson |
| John W. Ferris | William R. Robinson |
| John J. Fickle | Sergeant Scanlan |
| Edwin Flake | Joe Shipplett |
| Mert Fletcher | John Stevenson |
| Wilbur George | Nile E. Stewart |
| James R. Goforth | Ira C. Swartz |
| George E. Gotch | Harry Tyner |
| James Handwright | Roy Wallis |
| Lewis A. Harshbarger | Walter H. Ward |
| Frank L. Henler [Heller?] | Harry Weston |
| Lester Hollister | Walter Woods |
| Charles Huddleston | Dale A. Woolley |
| Harry A. Johnson [Johnston?] | Arthur B. Wright |
Recruits:
| William A. Adams | Norman Litchfield |
| Philip O. Bowman | Clarence L. Miller |
| Frank W. Boynton | Charlie B. Moore |
| Edward H. Brandt | John L. Newkirk |
| Maurice L. Carr | Charles C. Paul |
| Lawrence E. Clarke | Frank W. Peterson |
| John W. Dailey | Frank C. Philbrook |
| Louis F. DeHass | Isaac P. Powell |
| Oria Harmon | Fred E. Ross |
| Lester D. Hittle | Frank Scanlan |
| Leander W. Hoy | Roy V. Spencer |
| George D. Judson | Judson S. Taylor |
| George E. Temple | |
Note: All of the men in Company D listed above gave Abingdon as their residence in the Report of the Adjutant General (ninth volume) except for the following:
Frank L. Angler [ Angier?]:
residence listed as Streator
Ed S. Babcock: residence listed as private
William H. Banty [Bandy?]: residence listed as Knoxville
William S. Carter: residence listed as Galesburg
Charles H. Clark: residence listed as Dahinda
Mert Fletcher: residence listed as Barry
George E. Gotch: residence listed as Humboldt, Ia.
Harry A. Johnson: residence listed as Galesburg
John G. Kreig: residence listed as Lincoln
Adelbert D. Lewis: residence listed as Galesburg
Albert Linstrom: residence listed as Galesburg
Guy Robinson [Robertson?]: residence listed as Milwaukee, Wi
William L. Robinson: residence listed as Lincoln
Edward A. Robinson: residence listed as Lincoln
John Stevenson: residence listed as Nebraska City
Nile E. Stewart: residence listed as Cleveland, Oh.
Roy Wallis: residence listed as Walnut
Walter H. Ward: residence listed as Table Grove
Knox County men who served in other units (as stated in the Report of the Adjutant General - Ninth Volume):
Clark M. Carr from Galesburg was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Illinois Infantry, Co. L.
Ira L. Duncan from Gilson was a private in the 6th Illinois Infantry, Company M.
Samuel J. Elston from Knoxville was a private in the 6th Illinois Infantry, Company B.
Frank H. Logan from Galesburg was a private in the 8th Illinois Infantry, Company K.
Jesse Rowe from Abingdon was an assistant surgeon in the 1st Illinois Cavalry, HQ.
John W. Stromberg from Galesburg was a private in the 6th Illinois Infantry, Co. H.
There were several men in the Illinois Artillery, Company A:
Joseph Krother, a private from Knoxville
James D. Cole, a private from Galesburg
Henry C. Hill, a private from Galesburg
Gustave J. Kohler, a corporal from Galesburg
Rolla Mount, a private from Galesburg
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