Cumberland County

Muster Rolls of the Civil War

Below is the muster roll of the Fifth Illinois Calvary, Company A. The original source is the Adjutant General's Report, copies of which were sent along to Illinois Trails by Bruce Cox. All transcription errors are mine, and you are advised to check my interpretations against the original. Names are in the original order with the original terminology and abbreviations

Read the history of the 5th Calvary here. This tells in what battles this unit fought and tracks their movements throughout the Civil War.

Name & Rank	Residence	Date of rank or enlistment	Date of muster	Remarks
Captains
Edward W. Pierson	Prairie City	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug 31, 1861	Resigned Jan. 27, 1863
Jacob M. Cullers	Cumberland Co	Jan. 10, 1863	June 2, 1863	Mustered out Jan. 9, 1865
Gordon Webster	"	Jan. 9, 1865	--	Mustered out Mar. 7, 1865
Joshua Tuthill	Buckhart	Oct. 27, 1865	not must'r'd	M.O. Oct. 27, '65 as Adjt.
First Lieutenants
Charles Nisewanger	Greenup	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Resigned July 27, 1862
Gordon Webster	Cumberland Co	July 27, 1862	--	Promoted
John D. Rawlings	Coles Co	Jan. 9, 1865	--	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Second Lieutenants
Gordon Webster	Cumberland co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Promoted
Jacob M. Culle[n?]s	"	July 27, 1862	Aug. 19, 1862	Promoted
Lyman Clark	"	Jan. 10, 1863	June 2, 1863	Promoted Company H
Warren Harper	"	Oct. 26, 1865	Not must'r'd	M.O. Oct. 27, '65, as Serg't
First Sergeant
DeWitt C. Robertson	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Q.M. Sergeant
Harrison Jones	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Disch. Dec. 28, '62: disabil.
Sergeants
James M. Ferguson	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Disch. Mar. 14, '61; disabil
John D. Rawlings	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Francis M. Easton	Coles Co	"	"	Captured Oct. 17, 1863
Lyman Clark	Cumberland Co	"	"	Promoted 2d Lieutenant
Corporals
Reuben Beals	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Jacob H. Mumper	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
William [T?]. Reynolds	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
William B. Phillips	"	"	"	Disch. Mar. 9, '63; disabil.
Marcus Davis	"	"		--
Levi Schooley	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
James M. Humphrey	"	"	"	Disch. Sept. 23, '62; disabil
Wilson Farmer	"	"	"	Priv. died at Pocahontas, Ark., Apr. 29, 1862
Bugler
John W. Childers	Coles Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Farrier
Robert Cleghorn	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Disch. July 7, '63; disabil
Blacksmith
Joel Smith	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Saddler
Matthew Hurst	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Wagoner
James A. Cook	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Disch. July 21, '63; disabil

Name & Rank	Residence	Date of rank or enlistment	Date of muster	Remarks
Privates
Abraham, Alexander	Cumberland Co	Aug. 31, 1861	Aug. 31, 1861	Deserted in 1861
Adkins, Rodney	"	"	"	Disch. Feb. 26, '63; wounds
Browning, Asbury J.	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark, Apr. 20, 1863
Bolin, George	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Bartlow, Jacob	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Bolin, Henry	"	"	"	Died, Vicksburg, Nov. 13, ' 64
Barden, Lewis	"	"	"	Discharged for disability
Barnum, Presly E.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Brown, Nicholas	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Ballard, John L.	"	Nov. 4, 1861	"	Disch Feb. 13, '63; disabil
Cleghorn, Lorenzo D.	"	Aug. 31, 1861	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Cook, Joseph W.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Carrell, Henry	"	"	"	Disch. Feb. 21, '63; disabil
Coleman, Elias	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Cory, William C.	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark., Nov. 22, 1862
Cullers, Jacob M.	"	"	"	Promoted 2d Lieutenant
Duncleberger, James	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark. Apr 9, 1863
Estes, Joseph W.	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark. June 3, 1862
Fulfer, William S.	"	"	"	Deserted July 25, '62. Killed in attempt to escape from guard
Freeman, William	"	"	"	Died May 12, 1864
Gressel, Gabriel	"	"	"	Disch. Jan. 22, '63; disabil
Glazener, Asa H.	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Glazener, Jesse P.	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Havens, Joseph	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Harper, Warner	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Horton, Richard J.	"	"	"	Died at Jefferson Barracks, Dec. 24, 1863
Howard, John W.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Hill, George J.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Harper, William B.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Harding, Berry	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Harding, John	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark. Nov. 27, 1862
Jobe, Daniel	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Kilgore, LeRoy P.	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark. Oct. 29, 1862; wounds
Lookabill, Frederick	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Lloyd, William	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Lloyd, James M.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Larne, Robert T.	"	Oct. 31, 1861	"	Corp'l. Shot by guerrillas at Little Cypress, Ark. Aug. 15, 1862
Munholland, Robert	"	Aug. 31, 1861	"	Discharged for disability
Merriwether, William	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Misner, Robert	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Miller, William	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Corp'l
McMillen, Charles	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Co. Q. M. Serg't
Norman, Alexander	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Niccum, Isaac	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Niccum, Ethelbert	"	Oct. 31, 1861	"	Died Oct. 1, 1863; accidental wounds
Orr, George M.	"	Aug. 31, 1861	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Serg't
Oakes, Thomas	"	"	"	Disch. Dec. 28, '63; disabil
Phelps, Henry S.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Pickering, Thomas B.	"	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Phillips, David	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Pitcher, Lyman G.	"	"	"	Discharged for disability
Pitcher, Charles E.	"	"	"	Disch. Dec. 28, '63; disabil
Phipps, William	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Corp'l
Phillips, John A.	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Page, James R.	"	"	"	Serg. Died at Milldale, Miss., July 26, 1863
Powell, Rees	Marengo	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Corp'l
Ray, Alonzo	Cumberland Co	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Reese, Levi	"	"	"	Died, Keokuk, Iowa. Oct. 2, '62
Rhoades, Samuel A.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Robins, Benjamin S.	"	Oct. 31, 1864	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Smith, William A.	"	Aug. 31, 1861	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Snodgrass, James T.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Corp'l
Seeley, John W.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864 as Serg't
Shiplor, Thomas J.	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Whittington, Joseph	"	"	"	Died at Helena, Ark. Nov. 14, 1862
Wyat, James R.	"	"	"	Died at Helena Ark. Dec. 14, 1862
Wright, Elijah	"	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Wilder, George H.	Greenup	"	"	Farrier. Died at Helena, Ark. Sept 28, 1862
Wickizer, Elijah C.	Greenup	"	"	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Wickizer, John	Cumberland	Oct. 31, 1861	"	Disch. Dec. 8, '63; disabil
York, S. Francis	"	"	"	Re-enlisted as Veteran

Name & Rank	Residence	Date of rank or enlistment	Date of muster	Remarks
Veterans
Bolin, George	Prairie City	Jan. 1, 1864	Feb. 2, 1864	Died, Cairo, Ill., Nov. 8, 1862 (this is probably a typo)
Cleghorn, Lorenzo D.	Greenup	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Glasener, Asa H.	Woodberry	"	"	Deserted Aug. 2, 1865
Glasener, Jesse P.	"	Mar 1, 1864	Mar. 10, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Harper, Warner	"	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as 1st Sgt. Com. 2d Lt but not must'd
Merriwether, William	"	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as Co. Com. Serg't
Misener, Robert	Prairie City	Jan. 1, 1864	Feb. 2, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as Serg't
Nisewanger, John A.	Farmington	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Phillips, John H.	Greenup	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as Serg't
Reynolds, William F.	"	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Rawlings, John D.	"	"	"	Prom. Serg't then 1st Lt.
Rawlins, Benjamin S.	"	"	"	Prom. Com. Serg't Died at Vicksburg, Nov. 12, '64
York, S. Francis	Farmington	"	"	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as Corp'l

Name & Rank	Residence	Date of rank or enlistment	Date of muster	Remarks
Recruits
Brown, Chester	Neoga	Nov. 23, 1863	Dec. 31, 1863	Deserted Jan. 20, 1864
Bolton, David	--	Nov. 7, 1863	Nov. 30, 1863	Deserted July 26, 1865
Bell, Henry H.	Greenup	Dec. 11, 1863	Dec. 11, 1863	Corp. deserted July 5, '65
Boyd, James H.	Greenup	Jan. 4, 1864	Feb. 8, 1864	Died Vicksburg Nov. 20, '64
Badger, Richard C.	Effingham	Mar. 31, 1864	Apr. 21, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Bennett, William A.	Woodbury	Dec. 25, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Bennett, John M.	"	Dec. 25, 1863	Feb. 8, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Chidster, William A.	Greenup	Dec. 11, 1863	Dec. 11, 1863	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Cleghorn, James M.	"	Dec. 26, 1863	Mar. 9, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Collins, John G.	"	Dec. 26, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Died, Vicksburg, Aug. 28, '64
Eggers, John G.	Woodbury	Jan. 21, 1864	Mar. 9, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Fowler, James H.	Campbell	Dec. 25, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as Co. Q. M. Serg't
Fowler, John W.	Campbell	Dec. 25, 1863	Mar. 9, 1864	Deserted June 28, 1865
Freeman, James B.	Greenup	Dec. 26, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Dishon. disch. Dec. 10, '65 to date Oct. 27, 1865
Glasener, Aaron	Woodbury	Dec. 24, 1863	Dec. 24, 1863	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Gibson, John T.	Charleston	Jan. 11, 1864	Mar. 9, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Hallett, George W.	Campbell	Dec. 29, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Mustered out May 17, 1865
Harper, Samuel	--	June 30, 1862	--	Tr. to V.R.C. Mar. 15, '64
Harper, George E.A.	Woodbury	Dec. 24, 1863	Dec. 24, 1863	Died, Vicksburg, Nov. 12, '64
Hastings, Calvin T.	"	"	"	Died Vicksburg, Nov. 28, '64
Jones, Harrison	Greenup	Dec. 26, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Jones, George M.	"	"	"	Mustered out May. 27, 1865
Kellum, Christopher C.	"	Dec. 11, 1863	Dec. 11, 1863	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865 as Serg't
Kelley, Edward	--	Oct. 18, 1864	Nov. 13, 1864	in mil. pris. at M.O. of Reg.
Lee, Zacheus H.	Greenup	Dec. 26, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Deserted June 28, 1865
Minio, John C.	Hazle Dell	Apr. 13, 1863	Apr. 14, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
McDowell, James	Greenup	Dec. 11, 1863	Dec. 11, 1863	Mustered out June 19, 1865
Niece, Ezekiel	Cumberland co	Aug. 31, 1861	Sept. 13, 1861	Died at Keokuk, Iowa
Nisewanger, John	"	--	--	Re-enlisted as Veteran
Porter, Samuel	Tuscola	Jan. 4, 1864	Jan. 5, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Price, Martin	Cumberland co	--	--	Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864
Patterson, Wm. (alias James Asberry)	Charleston	Dec. 24, 1863	Dec. 24, 1863	Arr'd as des'r from Co. G. 11th Ill; trans to that Reg.
Russell, George H.	Campbell	Dec. 26, 1863	Jan. 31, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Swinshart, Joseph P.	Cumberland Co	Aug. 5, 1862	Aug. 31, 1862	Mustered out June 15, 1865
Seeley, William	"	Feb. 4, 1862	Feb. 4, 1862	Mustered out Feb. 15, 1865
Starbuck, Matthew	Greenup	Jan. 4, 1864	Jan. 31, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Scholes, Joseph T.	Woodbury	Feb. 29, 1864	Apr. 11, 1864	Deserted Mar. 25, 1865
Sullivan, William	--	Sept. 16, 1864	Sept. 16, 1864	Deserted Dec. 19, 1864
Sullivan, James G.	Vandalia	Apr. 11, 1864	May 24, 1864	Deserted
Toll, William	--	Nov. 7, 1863	Nov. 30, 1863	Deserted Dec. 11, 1863
Tyler, John	Moultrie	Dec. 11, 1863	Dec. 11, 1863	Abs., sick at M.O. of Reg.
Webster, John S.	Cumberland co	Oct. 1, 1862	Oct. 31, 1862	Disch. Sept. 13, '64; wounds
Wilson, George W.	Greenup	Dec. 11, 1863	Dec. 11, 1863	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865
Yaw, Isaac	Island Creek	Mar. 12, 1864	Apr. 21, 1864	Mustered out Oct. 27, 1865