History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
By Henry J. Aten, 1901

Roster of Company "A"
Page 352

William D. Blizzard

William D. Blizzard was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1844, and enlisted as a farmer from Tazewell county. He served to the close of the war and was mustered out with the regiment. He is supposed to be living at Topeka, in Mason county, Illinois.


Hezekiah Barnes

Hezekiah Barnes was born in Mason county, Illinois, in 1844, and enlisted as a farmer from his native county. He served to the close of the war and was mustered out with the regiment.


John F. Cox

John F. Cox was born in Morgan county, Illinois, in 1830, and was unmarried and a farmer when he enlisted from Mason county. He was discharged for disability October 23, 1862.


John Cox

John Cox was born in Morgan county, Illinois, and was married and a farmer when he enlisted from Manito, in Mason county. He was discharged for disability at the age of thirty-four years, October 23, 1862. His widow, Mary E. Cox, is proprietor of the Cottage House, Manito, Ill.


Isaac Cogdall

Isaac Cogdall was born in Menard county, Illinois, in 1844, and enlisted from Manito, in Mason county, as a farmer. He served with his company to the close of the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. He is supposed to be living at Effingham, Effingham county, Illinois.


Eli M. Cogdall

Eli M. Cogdall was born in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois, June 10, 1836, and was a married mechanic when he enlisted from Manito, in Mason county. He served through the Kentucky and Murfreesboro campaigns, and was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., for disability March 8, 1863. He is a carpenter and builder and resides at Manito, Ill.


Edmund Cratty

Edmund Cratty was born in Trenton, N. J., in 1832, and was married and a farmer when he enlisted from Manito, in Mason county. His health failed in the Kentucky campaign, and he was left in the hospital at Danville. He is erroneously marked absent (sick) at the muster out of the regiment, when in fact he died December 26, 1862, and his remains were buried at No. 193 in the national cemetery at Danville, Ky.

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