Cogswell's Artillery

Organized in Ottawa, Illinois on November 12, 1861

Submitted by Carol Ryan Spenader

Cogswell's Regiment History

ABBREVIATIONS: M.O.= Mustered Out, Trans. = Transferred, Prom. = Promoted

Soldier: Rank: Residence: Date of Muster: Notes:
ADDINGTON, William S. Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
ALLEN, Horace Private Wyoming 3/28/1864 Killed Huntsville AL 4/11/1864
ALLEN, John Private Paw Paw 2/18/1862 Disability Discharge 3/2/1863
ALLEN, John Private Wyoming 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
ALLINGHAM, Michael Private Minonk 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
AMES, Christian Private Leland 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/6/1864
ANDERSON, Albert A. Private Lockport ----- Died Memphis Tn. 7/10/1862
ARCHAMBAULT, Joseph Private West Joliet 9/13/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
ARCHER, John Private Lockport 3/4/1862 M.O. 8/14/1865
BABCOCK, Henry Private Rutland 10/11/1864 Died Nashville Tn 2/19/1865
BAKER, Henry D. Private Lockport 2/24/1864 M.O. 6/23/1865
BARNES, George Private Morris 2/4/1862 M.O. 6/5/1865
BARTRAM, David Private LaSalle 4/25/1864 Died Nashville Tn 6/23/1864
BAUMGARDNER, Michael Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
BEACH, Augustus R. Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 7/18/1865
BEARDSLEY, Eli A. Private Freedom 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
BECKWITH, Charles J. Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
BOATMAN, Stephen Private Ancona 3/7/1862 Deserted 5/26/1862
BOSLEY, Lorenzo Private Ottawa 1/27/1862 M.O. 6/5/1865
BOYCE, Charles Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 4/25/1862
BOYCE, Charles Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
BOYLE, Philander W. Private Ottawa 2/18/1862 Deserted 7/27/1862
BRADY, Michael Private Freedom 11/12/1861 Discharged 8/18/1862
BRAYTON, Sanford Private Somonuak 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
BRINK, Edward Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 8/18/1862
BROWN, Charles Private Chicago 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
BURGESS, William Sergeant Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Promotions - 1st Sergt. to 2nd Lieut.
BURNHOLT, John Private Blue Island 11/12/1861 Died Steamer Citizen Tenn River 5/26/62
BURNS, James Private Minonk 11/12/1861 DisabilityDischarge5/1/1862
CAMPBELL, John W. Private Long Point 11/12/1861 Killed Accidently LaGrange Tn R.R. 1/29/1863
CASTLE, Curran H. Corporal Ottawa 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 11/13/1862
CASTLE, Daniel Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
CHASE, Samuel Private Chicago 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 7/25/1862
CHOWN, Joseph Private Joliet 2/24/1862 Disability Discharge 8/24/1862
CLARK, James Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
CLARK, Thomas Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Corporal
CLEGG, Thomas Private Minonk 2/17/1862 M.O. 6/5/1865
CLEZOTT, John Private Long Point 2/18/1862 Trans. 5/1/1864
CODY, Jay Private Freedom 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
COGSWELL, William Captain Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/8/1864
COGSWELL, William H. Musician Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
COLEMAN, William Private Dayton 11/12/1861 Died Dayton Illinois 10/15/1864
COMPTON, James F. Private Ancona 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
COMPTON, William J. Private Ancona 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
CONDON, James Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 7/27/1862
CONWAY, James Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
COOPER, David W. Private Somonauk 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
COOPER, John Private Somonauk 11/12/1861 Discharged 8/18/1862 Prom. to Corporal
COX, George R. Private Rutland 10/7/1864 -----
CRAWFORD, James Private Leland 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
CRAWFORD, William T. Private Leland 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge
CUMMINGS, John Private LaSalle 11/12/1861 Deserted 3/18/1862
CUNNINGHAM, William G. Private Chicago 4/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
CUSHMAN, Horace Private Sterling 11/12/1861 Deserted 6/16/1863
DAVIS, James Private Ancona 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 7/16/1863
DAVIS, James Private LaSalle 5/3/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
DEEVER, William H. Corporal to Sergt Ancona 11/12/1861 Died Vicksburg Miss 8/7/1863
DUCKWITH, William Sergeant Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/9/1864
DUFFEY, Peter Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 7/27/1862
EAGLEHART, Jacob Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 Killed Huntsville Ala. 4/11/1864
EDDY, Henry G. 1st Lieut. Lockport 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
EGERNESS, Lars Private Leland 11/12/1861 Died Nashville Tn 7/16/1864
EGERNESS, Thomas L. Private Leland 11/12/1861 Killed Gravel Ridge Tn 5/19/1862
ELEFRITS, Joseph Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 8/18/1862
ELTING, William R. 1st Sergt., Ottawa 11/1/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Promotions - 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut., Captain
EVANS, Benjamin Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
FOGLE, George Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
FOLEY, John Private Vernon Twp, PA 8/15/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
FREDENBURGH, Henry Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864 Prom. to 1st Sergeant
FRIBS, John Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865 Prom. to Corporal
GALVIN, William Artificer Ottawa 11/12/1861 Trans. Promoted to Corporal
GEDULDING, Anthony Artificer Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864 demoted to Private
GEDULDING, Henry Private Chicago 9/29/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
GELSON, Philo D. Private Farm Ridge 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
GEORGE, Clinton A. Private Farm Ridge 10/13/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
GERGENTHEN, Joseph Private Chicago 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Corporal
GERMAN, Simeon Private Freedom 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
GERMAN, William G. Private Lewistown 4/1/1864 Deserted
GIBBINS, Michael Private Ancona 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
GILBERT, Curtis T. Private LaSalle Co. 5/28/1863 M.O. 8/14/1865
GORDON, John Private Chicago 11/12/1861 Deserted 3/18/1862
GRAHAM, James E. Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
GRAHAM, William Private LaSalle Co. 5/28/1863 M.O. 8/14/1865
GREGG, Thomas Private Ottawa 1/21/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
GURNEA, August Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
HARPER, George W. Private Reading 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
HARRIMAN, Henry A. Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
HARRINGTON, Robert Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Discharged 8/18/1862
HARRISON, William Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
HAWLEY, Chancy Corporal to Sergt Farm Ridge 11/12/1861 Died 5/15/1862
HILL, Manley Private Newton 2/8/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
HILLS, Nathan F. Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
HINKLEY, Seth D. Private Leland 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864 Prom. to Corporal
HODKINSON, Henry Corporal Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
HOLORING, John Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
HOPKINS, Alonzo Artificer Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865 Prom. to Sergeant
HOWARD, Rodney Private Freedom 2/28/1862 Died Bolivar Tn 7/24/1862
HOWARD, Sylvanus Private Freedom 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Corporal
HUBBARD, George Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
HUBERT, Francis Private Joliet 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 11/13/1862
HUDSON, William Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
HUGHS, Thomas Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Discharge by Civil Authority 3/8/1862
HUMPHREY, William Private Tonica 2/28/1862 Killed Huntsville Ala. 4/11/1864
HUNT, Norman V. Private Ottawa 1/1/1862 M.O. 6/5/1865
IDE, George W. Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 2/24/64
IDE, Sherman Private Reading 3/28/1864 M.O. 5/27/1865
JOHNSON, Albert Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
JOHNSON, Andrew Private Leland 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
JOHNSON, Richard Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
JONES, Casper Private Farm Ridge 3/31/1865 M.O. 8/14/1865
KALTHOFFER, John O. Private Farm Ridge 10/15/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
KELLEY, William Sergeant Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864 demoted to Private
KELLOGG, Ralph Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Accidently Killed LaGrange Tn. 1/29/63
KELLY, James Private Vernon, PA 8/26/1864 Deserted 9/1/1864
KELLY, Martin Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
KILBRIDE, Terrance Private Eagle 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Corporal
KINNEY, Loyal Corporal Ancona 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
KIRCH, Frank Private Chicago 12/23/1862 M.O. 8/14/1865
KNIGHT, David Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 12/18/1862
KNIGHT, Taylor Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
KYSER, Timothy Private Ancona 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
LASS, John Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Trans. 5/1/1864
LAWNSBERY, Charles Corporal Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/3/1864 Prom. to Sergeant
LAWRENCE, George A. Corporal Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Sergeant
LEHAMANN, William Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
LELAR, Henry Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Qrt. Master Sergeant
LEONARD, Henry M. Private Fox 9/6/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
LEWIS, Moses Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
LIDDLE, John Private Farm Ridge 10/21/1864
LINHEN, Thomas Private Ottawa 2/3/1862 M.O. 8/14/1865
LOY, John M. Private Ottawa 11/12/1861
LUND, Osmund Private Leland 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
MALONEY, Patrick Private Ottawa 3/23/1863 M.O. 8/14/1865
MARTIN, Alex J. Private Chicago 3/19/1862 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Artificer
MARTIN, John Private Ottawa 1/9/1862 M.O. 2/17/1865
MAX, John Private Lemont 11/9/1862 M.O. 3/4/1865
METCALF, Orman P. Private Freedom 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
MILLER, Frank E. Corporal Freedom 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865 Prom. to Bugler
MILLER, James R. Sergeant Ottawa 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 11/24/1862
MORGAN, Charles Private Long Point 3/23/1863 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Sergeant
MORGAN, James Perry Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
MORGAN, Nathan Private Long Point 2/8/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
MULLIGAN, Edward Private Ottawa 12/31/1862 M.O. 8/14/1865
MCCARTY, Charles Private Memphis Tn 11/1/1862 Deserted 1/22/1863
MCCLARY, S. Hamilton 1st Lieut. Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 9/17/1862
MCCLAURY, Hamilton S. Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to 2nd Lieut.
MCFARLAND, Robert Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 8/18/1862
MCKERINAN, Tobias Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 6/20/1862
MCKINLEY, Leroy L. Private Freedom 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
MCWILLIAMS, John Private Springfield 6/10/1864 Deserted
NELSON, George H. Private Lockport 1/1/1862 Deserted 5/27/1862
NEWELL, James G. Private Adams 9/27/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
NICHOLSON, Stephen Private Ottawa 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
NOLAN, Thomas Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Discharged by civil authority 3/17/1862
O'BRIEN, George Mc Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Dishonorably discharged sent to prison 10/9/1863
OLDSON, John Private Leland 4/4/1864 Deserted
OLESON, Barney Private Leland 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865 Prom. to Corporal
OLESON, John Private Leland 11/12/1861 Killed Huntsville Ala. 4/11/1864
OLESON, Yance Private Leland 11/12/1861 Died Memphis Tn 10/28/1862
PATTON, John A. Corporal Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 1/25/1863
PATTON, William S. Sergeant Toledo Ohio 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/22/1864
PAYNE, Frank Private West Joliet 9/13/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
PEMBROOK, John W. Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
PIERCE, William H. Qt. Master Sergt Chicago 11/12/1861 Discharged for Promotion 5/27/1863
POPE, James M. Private Farm Ridge 3/31/1865 M.O. 8/14/1865
POPE, John B. Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
POPE, Lawson C. Private Ottawa 2/8/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
POTTER, Ira Private Long Point 9/14/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
PRATT, Andrew J. Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
PRATT, Lorenzo D. Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
PRATT, Victor S. Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
PRESCOTT, Hiram S. 2nd Lieut. Ottawa 11/12/1861 Resigned 3/26/1862
RAFFERTY, Patrick Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
RANEY, Robert Private Chicago 3/1/1862 Deserted 4/10/1862
RANKIN, Robert Private Ottawa 3/31/1863 Deserted
RAY, Robert Private Ancona 11/12/1861 Died Memphis Tn 9/11/1862
REEDY, Albert Private Lemont 2/28/1862 Died Gravel Ridge Tn 2/29/1862
ROGERS, Murry Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
ROUCH, David Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Killed Huntville Ala 4/11/1864
ROYCE, Charles Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 Deserted 1/25/1864
RYAN, Jerry Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
RYAN, Timothy Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
RYAN, William Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Died of Wounds, Huntsville AL 4/12/1864
SAWYER, Andrew J. Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865
SAWYER, John Private Long Point 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Sergt
SCOVILLE, Samuel L. Private Sunbury 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
SEELY, Daniel Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/3/1864
SETTER, Annas T. Musician Leland 11/12/1861 Disability Discharge 6/6/1862
SHACKLETER, Charles Private Ottawa 1/4/1864 Died Camp Butler Springfield IL 2/22/1864
SHOEMAKER, Franklin Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/3/1864
SHOPE, Emanuel D. Artificer Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864 Prom. to Sergeant
SIMONDS, Joseph Private Wesley 10/12/1864 -----
SINGER, Walter A. Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
SISCO, Orlando Corporal Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864 demoted to Private
SLOSS, James Private Urbana 3/1/1862 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom. to Sergeant
SMITH, Alfred M. Private Ottawa 1/21/1864 Rejected
SMITH, John Private Memphis Tn 8/31/1862 P.O.W. Memphis Tn
SMITH, Othello Private Leland 2/24/1864 Died Camp Butler Springfield IL 5/17/1864
SMITH, Wilson L. Sergeant Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 4/5/1862
SNELLING, John A. Corporal 11/12/1861 Trans. to 15th Cav. 1/1/1862
SNOW, John Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Died LaGrange Tn 1/28/1863
STROBLE, Joseph Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864
STYTES, Alfred O. Private Chicago 11/12/1861 Deserted 1/15/1862
SUMMERS, Joseph Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 6/5/1865
SWARTHOUT, James W. Private LaSalle 5/3/1864 Rejected
SWARTHOUT, John P. Private Ancona 11/12/1861 Deserted 9/22/1864
SWARTOUT, Orsamus Private Ancona 11/12/1861 Died Montgomery AL 7/11/1865 Promotions - Sergt. Articifer
TOMPKINS, Thomas Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 7/14/1865
TUCKER, Byron R. Private Freedom 4/25/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
TUCKER, Daniel E. Private Ottawa 2/8/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
TUCKER, David S. Private Freedom 2/25/1864 M.O. 5/20/1865
VANDOREN, Chester W. Private Farm Ridge 11/12/1861 M.O. 8/14/1865 Promotions - Sergt. to 2nd Lieut.
WALLACE, Oliver Private Minonk 11/12/1861 M.O. 12/3/1864
WARREN, Huron Private E. Joliet 9/6/1864 M.O. 6/5/1865
WARREN, Lewis S. Private W. Joliet 9/6/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
WATROUS, Russell B. Private Ottawa 1/24/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
WATSON, George Private Ancona 3/28/1864 Killed 4/11/1864 Huntsville AL
WEST, Louis Private DuPage 9/6/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865 Prom to Sergeant
WHEELER, Edward P. Private New Orleans La. 5/28/1863 M.O. 6/5/1865
WILLIAMS, Asa 2nd Lieut. Chicago 11/12/1861 Court Martial and Dismissed 9/17/1862
WILLIAMS, Patrick Private Jackson 10/12/1864
WILSON, Charles Private Ancona 3/28/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
WINTERS, Charles F. Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 Deserted 5/30/1862 Prom. to 1st Sergeant
WOODCUTTER, John Private Farm Ridge 10/15/1864 M.O. 8/14/1865
WOODEN, George S. Private Ottawa 11/12/1861 M.O. 11/20/1864

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