John Romine joined the Union Army for 3 years on 25 October 1861 in Carrollton, Illinois. He was single, 5' 8 1/2" tall, had black hair, blue eyes and a "ruddy" complexion. His residence was listed as Wilmington, Illinois (Wilmington was later renamed Patterson) and he was a farmer. John's nativity (birthplace) was shown in his Civil War record as Overton Co., Tennessee. He mustered in on 5 February 1862 in Carrollton, Illinois and was assigned to Co A, 61st Illinois Infantry. He reenlisted on 1 February 1864 in Little Rock, Arkansas and was captured near Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 15 December 1864. John was confined in the Confederate Prison at Andersonville, Georgia. He was paroled at Jacksonville, Florida on 28 April 1865 and reported to Annapolis, Maryland on 14 May 1865 He mustered out of the service 28 June 1865 in Springfield, Illinois as a veteran-prisoner of war. John had contracted typhoid fever in prison and never recovered from it. Mother-in-law, Susannah Pryor Kimmitt, said she nursed him through his bouts of diarrhea until his death in 1877; she added that she had known him for 7 years prior to his marriage to her daughter Hannah as he had worked for her husband, Oris." On 19 February 1877, John died at home from typhoid fever.

*Some information from "The Romine Family" by Mildred F. McDonnell, page 247. The "Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916" shows that John Romine died on 19 February 1878 at age 40 years; however, his tombstone reads: "Died 1877". Other sources such as his mother-in-law quoted above state he died in 1877. Researched by Donald J. Barnard

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