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Updated May 28th 2000


    BRITISH NORTH AMERICANS (CANADIANS)
    IN ILLINOIS REGIMENTS

    1st Artillery

  • Bigham Hamilton Coy D Home Fort Erie Canada Rnk Pvt.

    Artillery HENSHAW'S Battery

  • McCracken George Home Toronto (Ontario) Canada Rnk Pvt.

    7th Cavalry

  • Banning Benjamin Coy A Home REYNOLDS Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB Canada DLE 29 March 1865 DLD 1866 Other Info Canby Post No. 12 Miller Hand Co. SD Colonel Ellis Post No. 53 St. Lawrence Hand Co. SD
  • Prockcunier -or- McProcunier Fred M. Unit 7 Illi Cav. Coy E Home REYNOLDS Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1838 Canada DLE 1 March 1865 DLD 23 Sept. 1865 Other Info GAR General Steele Post #. 94 Custer Custer Co. SD

    8th Cavalry

  • Hawley Oliver A. Coy F Home DU PAGE Co. Illinois Rnk Pvt. to Sgt. DLB 1836 Canada West DLE 30 Sept. 1861 DLD 30 June 1865 Other Info GAR Kilpatrick Post #4 Huron Beadle Co. SD
  • Woodward Lowell M. Coy I Home KANEVILLE Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1843 Canada DLE 3 Jan. 1864 DLD Jan. 1865 Other Info GAR Miner Post No. 8 Vermillion Clay Co. SD

    9th Cavalry

  • Davison George Coy D Home Kinston (Ontario) Canada Rnk Pvt.

    10th Cavalry

  • Mahon Edward Coy D Home Toronto (Ontario) Canada Rnk BLKS (?)

    12th Infantry

  • Hall Asiel Coy H Home Canada Rnk Pvt. DLE 4 Aug. 1861 DLD 3 Aug. 1864 Other Info GAR Silas A. Strickland Post #127 Hot Springs Fall River Co. SD
  • Long James Coy B Home AMBOY Illinois Rnk Pvt. to Corp. DLB 1837 West Canada DLE 6 Sept. 1861 DLD 10 July 1865 Other Info GAR Farragut Post No. 52 Spearfish Lawrence Co. SD GAR Wm. L. Utley Post No. 126 Parkston Hutchinson Co. SD

    14th Infantry

  • Fisher Robert Coy D Home Middlesex County Canada West Rnk REC (?)
  • Lanphear Ephraim Coy F Home Montreal Canada Rnk Pvt.

    15th Infantry

  • Delany Patrick Coy D Home Toronto (Ontario) Canada West Rnk REC (?)
  • Hannah Robert Coy F Home FORRESTON Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB Montreal (Quebec) Canada East Other Info GAR Colonel Ellsworth Post #21 Lennox Lincoln Co. SD

    17th Infantry

  • Litherow -or- Lithgow William Coy B Home PEORIA Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1842 Canada DLE 24 May 1861 DLD 4 June 1864 Other Info GAR Keogh Post #. 64 Deadwood Lawrence Co. SD

    18th Infantry

  • Looney William J Coy I Home Hamilton (Ontario) Canada Rnk REC (?)

    19th Infantry

  • Skinner Uriah Coy E Home CHICAGO Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1848 Canada DLE 18 Aug. 1863 DLD June 1865 Other Info GAR Freeman Thayer Post No. 59 Watertown Codington Co. SD

    22nd Infantry

  • Linley Joseph Coy B Home Montreal Canada Rnk Pvt.
  • Lockhead Daniel Coy K Home Toronto Canada West Rnk Pvt.

    23rd Infantry

  • Stinson Charles W Coy HQ Home Canada Rnk Ass. Surgeon

    28th Infantry

  • Roby William A Coy A Home Chippewa Canada Rnk REC (?)

    31st Infantry

  • Mallow Alfred Coy K Home Montreal Canada Rnk Pvt.

    34th Infantry

  • Foster Thomas Coy H Home Canada Rnk REC (?)

    37th Infantry

  • Beyers -or- Byers David Coy A Home CAMDEN Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1840 Canada DLE Aug. 1861 DLD May 1866 Other Info GAR Kilpatrick Post #4 Huron Beadle Co. SD
  • Happa Frank D. Coy D Home Montreal (Quebec) Canada East Rnk Pvt.

    46th Infantry

  • Birdsell John A. Coy K Home Minn. Rnk Pvt. to Sgt. DLB 1839 Canada DLE 15 Aug. 1861 DLD Aug. 1865 Other Info Also in Coy F 10 Minn. GAR Wm. L. Utley Post No. 126 Parkston Hutchinson Co. SD

    47th Infantry

  • Godfrey William Coy B Home Elora Canada West Rnk Pvt.
  • Guinnette Charles Coy B Home Elora Canada West Rnk REC (?)
  • Hokins Monse Coy B Home Canada West Rnk Pvt.
  • Holsinger William H Infantry Coy B Home Canada West Rnk Pvt.
  • Humphrey Stephen D Coy B Home Canada West Rnk Pvt.
  • Moulton Joseph H Coy F Home LACON Illinois Rnk Pvt. to 1st Lt DLB 1839 Canada DLE 22 July 1861 DLD 22 Nov. 1862 Other Info GAR Joe Hooker Post No. 10 Sioux Falls Minnehaha Co. SD
  • Shorkey Arthurwyne Coy G Home Silar Canada East Rnk Pvt.

    51st Infantry

  • Mangan -or- Mangun Jerome Coy D Home PERU Illinois Rnk Pvt. to 1st Lt DLB 1837 Quebec Canada DLE 4 Nov. 1861 DLD 26 Oct. 1865 Other Info GAR Gen. G. M. Dodge Post # 69 Beresford Union Co. SD Also in 123 N. Y. Inf.

    53rd Infantry

  • Gould John H. Coy D Home CHEMUNG Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1849 Ontario Canada DLE Jan. 8 1862 DLD Dec.1862 Other Info GAR Sully Post #13 Pierre Hughes Co. SD

    58th Infantry

  • Smith Joseph Coy C Home SHABBONA Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1849 Canada DLE 28 Sept. 1864 DLD 6 June 1865 Other Info GAR Phil Kearney Post #7 Aberdeen Brown Co. SD

    59th Infantry

  • Peterkin James Coy D Home Montreal Canada Rnk REC (?)

    72th Infantry

  • Young Stephen Coy F Home Goodrich Canada Rnk Pvt.

    74th Infantry

  • Banks Horatio Coy E Home MARION Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1850 Canada DLE 9 Aug. 1862 DLD 10 June 1865 Other Info GAR Miner Post No. 8 Vermillion Clay Co. SD

    75th Infantry

  • Crawford Alex. D. Coy E Home SUBLETTE Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1827 Canada DLE 12 Sept. 1862 DLD 15 June 1864 Other Info GAR Ransom Post No. 6 Mitchell Davison Co. SD

    81st Infantry

  • Sullivan Eugene Coy I Home Toronto Upper Canada Rnk Pvt.

    93rd Infantry

  • Joy Levi Coy H Home NEPONSET Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB Windsor Ontario Canada DLE 14 Aug. 1862 Neponset Illi. Other Info Deserted June 24 1863.

    95th Infantry

  • Wheelon Albert Coy E Home MARENGO Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1844 Ontario Canada DLE July 1862 DLD 22 Aug. 1865 Other Info GAR Sully Post No. 13 Pierre Hughes Co. SD

    99th Infantry

  • Higgins Thomas J. (CMH) Coy D Home BARRY Illinois Rnk Corp. to Sgt. DLB Canada DLE Barry Pike County Ill. CMH

    104th Infantry

  • Houghton George L. (CMH) Coy D & B Home BROOKFIELD Illinois Rnk Pvt. DLB 1843 Canada DLE Aug.12 1862 Brookfield Cook County Ill. DLD 6 June 1865 Other Info GAR Keogh Post #64 Deadwood Lawrence Co. SD CMH

    139th Infantry

  • Chapman James E. Coy G Home LAMOILLE Illinois Rnk Sgt. to 2nd Lt. DLE 9 May 1864 DLD 18 Oct. 1865 Other Info GAR Silas A. Strickland Post #. 127 Hot Springs Fall River Co. SD Also in the 47th Illi. Inf.

    141st Infantry

  • Gillman George E Coy G Home Canada Corner Rnk 1st Lt.
  • Powers Wesley J. (CMH) Coy G Home GENEVA Illinois Rnk Pvt.

    142nd Infantry

  • Slater John Coy I Home Hamilton (Ontario) Canada Rnk Pvt.

    147th Infantry

    Special Powers Wesley J. (CMH) Coy G Home GENEVA Illinois Rnk Pvt.
    {Medal of Honor Rreport indicates 147th Infantry but rosters indicate 141st Infantry. Is this an error?}

    Table of Abbreviations
    Coy = Company AAE = Age at Enlistment
    Rnk = Rank DLB = Date and Location of Birth
    DLE = Date and Location of Enlistment DLD = Date and Location of Discharge
    KIA = Killed in Action MIA = Missing in Action
    POW = Prisoner of War DIP = Died in Prison
    DOW = Died of Wounds DofD = Died of Disease
    TLDD = Type, Location & Date of Death DOAI = Died of Accidental Injury
    NOR = Not On Rosters I found

    Congressional Medal of Honour Recipiants

    99th INFANTRY

    COY
    RNK
    NAME
    BORN IN.
    AG
    D/O/B
    D/O/E
    D/O/D
    CEMETARY
    LOCATION
    D
    Sgt
    Higgins, Thomas J.
    (CMH)
    Canada
    5/22/63
    Vicksburg Miss.

    104th INFANTRY

    COY
    RNK
    NAME
    BORN IN.
    AG
    D/O/B
    D/O/E
    D/O/D
    CEMETARY
    LOCATION
    D
    Pvt
    Houghton, George L.
    (CMH)
    Canada
    7/2/63
    Elk River Tenn.

    147th INFANTRY

    COY
    RNK
    NAME
    BORN IN.
    AG
    D/O/B
    D/O/E
    D/O/D
    CEMETARY
    LOCATION
    F
    Cpl
    Powers, Wesley J.
    (CMH)
    Canada

    CMH = Congressional Medal of Honor

    If you know of any other British North Americans (Canadians) please advise me.


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