Spanish American War
Roster of Sixth Illinois Infantry
Company B, United States Volunteers
Includes a short list of Henry Co men serving in Company M
Submitted by Susie Martin-Rott
| NAME |
RANK |
RESIDENCE |
MUSTERED |
REMARKS |
| OFFICERS |
| REIG John W |
Captain |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WANNER William A |
1st Lt. |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HILL James |
2nd Lt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| ANDERSON Emil |
1st Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| LAVINE Albert J |
2nd Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| GOSS William C |
Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FERRY Herbert W |
Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| RISTAU Fred |
Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| REIG Freeman G |
Qtr Msr Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| DAVIS Charles G |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| STROM Harry |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CEDERLOF A. Nathan |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| PRESCOTT Lawrence D |
Cpl |
Mendola |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| EBERT John B |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FREW T. Henderson |
Cpl |
Atkinson |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| GOODMAN Thomas M |
Cpl |
Atkinson |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| SLEEPER John S |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CARDIFF Ira D |
Cpl |
Galva |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FEHLMAN Fred G |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
14 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HUNTER Leander C |
Cpl |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| TAYLOR Walter G |
artificer |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FITZKEE John W. |
wagoner |
Atkinson |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| KIEFER William A |
cook |
Amboy |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| STORY Pearl E |
musician |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WANNER Howard |
musician |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| TROOPS |
| ALLEN Alva |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BACHUS Eugene |
Pvt |
Galena |
10 May 1898 |
Trans Co M 6th IL Vol Inf |
| BARNES William |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BROWN Fred C |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BROWN Leslie R |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Died on hospital ship "Relief" 08 Sep 1898 |
| BRUNK Elhannan |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BRYAN John C |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BOYD Clinton |
Pvt |
Alpha |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BECKSTEIN Theodore |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| BOLAND Joseph |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
16 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CLOUGH Leslie V |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CRAIN Albert |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CHERRY Frank A |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CRONAU Julius |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| CHAMBERLIN Allan D |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| DALTON George J. B. |
Pvt |
Atkinson |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| DALBY Charles N |
Pvt |
Springfield |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| DAVID James B |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| DEARTH Edgar P |
Pvt |
Moline |
26 Apr 1898 |
Drowned Potomac River
28 Jun 1898 |
| ELSTON Samuel L |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FEHLMAN George W |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
11 May 1898 |
Trans 6th Reg. Band |
| FITZKEE Archie M |
Pvt |
Atkinson |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FORD A Berry |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FOWLER Frank |
Pvt |
Ormo WI |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| FRAZER Thomas |
Pvt |
Galena |
10 Ma 1898 |
Trans to Co M 6th IL Vol Inf |
| FREW William S |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| GARDNER Will J |
Pvt |
LaSalle |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| GOLDSWORTHY Thomas E |
Pvt |
Elizabeth |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| GOEMBEL Louis |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| GRAY Frederic O |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HAMILTON Harry |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HARCK Gustav |
Pvt |
Lee Center |
10 May 1898 |
Discharged 10 Jun 1898 |
| HASWELL Albert |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HENDERSON William |
Pvt |
Orion |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HIGLER Clarence |
Pvt |
Dixon |
10 May 1898 |
Trans to Co G 6th Il Vol Inf |
| HILLBERT Richard T |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HOLT Harry |
Pvt |
Lee Center |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HODGSON George F |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HODGE John |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HODGE William |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HATFIELD Obadiah |
Pvt |
Edinburg |
17 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| HOLL Henry |
Pvt |
Moline |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| IVEY Frank |
Pvt |
Galena |
10 May 1898 |
Trans Co M 6th IL Vol Inf |
| LLOYD Lyle L |
Pvt |
Atkinson |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| LAWRENCE Lester |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| MALCOLM Charles |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| MASON George |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| MASTERS Joseph |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| MARSH Edward B |
Pvt |
Springfield |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| McLEAD James W. |
Pvt |
LaSalle |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| NEISWENDER Charles |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| NEUMAN Oscar |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| NOBLING Henry |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| O'CONNELL Matthew |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| PATTEN George W |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| PAGE William R |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| PECK Ellis D |
Pvt |
Edinburg |
17 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| PEET William |
Pvt |
Nunda |
17 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| PORTER A Dean |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| POLSON August |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
11 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| REECE Frank |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| REESER Edgar |
Pvt |
Mendota |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| ROBINSON Harold A |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| ROWLEY Frank |
Pvt |
Elizabeth |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| RUMMELL Harry |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| RUMMELL Alfred S |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| SCRANTON Charles |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| SEMKEN Charles |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| SIEBERT Walter S |
Pvt |
Polo |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| SHAKLEE Albert O |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| SHARREN John |
Pvt |
Galena |
10 May 1898 |
Trans Co M 6th IL Vol Inf |
| STICKLEY Carl |
Pvt |
Elizabeth |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| STONEBERG Henry |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| TALBOT Henry E |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| TAYLOR Elwood |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| TIETZ Frank |
Pvt |
Kewanee |
17 Jun 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| THOMAS Harry |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
11 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WENNER Alva |
Pvt |
Galena |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov1898 |
| WAHLERT Ernest |
Pvt |
Geneseo |
25 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WALTERS Jesse L |
Pvt |
Quincy |
11 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WANNER Frank P |
Sgt |
Geneseo |
26 Apr 1898 |
died in hosp. Philadelphia Pa 10 Sep 1898 |
| WHIPPLE Harry |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WILSON Evert W |
Pvt |
Flora |
17 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| WILLIAMS Guss |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
09 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| ZIGLER Evert |
Pvt |
Springfield |
10 May 1898 |
Mustered out 25 Nov 1898 |
| |
| Henry County Men |
Company M |
Second IL Infantry |
United States Volunteers |
War with Spain |
| SHEESLEY William M |
Cpl |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 26 Apr 1899 |
| BURKE Edward L |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 26 Apr 1899 |
| WELTON Clarence W |
Pvt |
Cambridge |
26 Apr 1898 |
Mustered out 26 Apr 1899 |
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