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
| 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 Co 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 |