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Spanish Campaign Medal

In Honor & Remembrance
 

Company C, First Illinois Infantry

Company C, First Illinois Infantry
Photo taken at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Illinois on May 16, 1898

 
Mustered into federal service 13 May 1898 at Springfield, Illinois as the 1st Illinois Infantry. Fought in the trenches at Santiago, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Mustered out of federal service 17 November 1898 at Chicago.

The Spanish Campaign Medal (pictured above photo), was awarded to all officers and men who saw active service during the war in Cuba prior to July 17, 1898, in Puerto Rico prior to August 13, 1898 and the Philippines prior to August 16, 1898.

 
Note: All the following members of the company listed their residence as Chicago.
 
ROSTER
COMPANY C, 1ST ILLINOIS INFANTRY
 

NAME

RANK

ADDISON, CECIL O. PVT
BARTLEY, CHRISTIAN B. PVT
BATTERSHALL, CHARLES E. PVT
BELL, JAMES E. PVT
BOLTE, ANSON L. CPT
BROWN, THOMAS E. WAG
BUCKLEY, ELSON A. PVT
BURNS, JOHN W. PVT
COLLOM, HORACE E. PVT
CONE, CHARLES B. PVT
COOPER, ARCHIBALD CPL
CRESSWELL, THOMAS A. PVT
CRIPPIN, PHILIP R. PVT
DANIELS, GEORGE C. SGT
DONAHUE, JOHN H. PVT
FAIRCLOTH, DOUGLAS B PVT
FARR, EUGENE H. PVT
FISHER, EDWARD G. PVT
FLANDERS, KNIGHT F. PVT
FLEMING, DAVID G. ART
FOSTER, WARREN PVT
FOWLER, SAMUEL W. CPL
FREDERICKSON, WILLIAM PVT
GILLESPIE, HARVEY T. PVT
GRIFFITH, JESSE J. SGT
GUNLOCK, PHILIP L. PVT
HALL, CHARLES E PVT
HAMILTON, JOHN L. PVT
HARDY, LIBBURN M. PVT
HARKNESS, FREDERICK E. QMSG
HARLAN, RALPH P. PVT
HARPER, DAVID N. PVT
HARTMAN, RUDOLPH PVT
HAWLEY, THOMAS G. PVT
HILL, HARRY PVT
HUBER, CHARLES E. PVT
HULL, JOHN G. PVT
JARDINE, ROBERT D. PVT
JONES, CARROL S. PVT
JONES, CHARLES F. D. PVT
JONES, JOSEPH F. MUS
KEATOR, HARRY F. CPL

NAME

RANK

KIRTLAND, WILLIAM W. PVT
LINEAWEAVER, WALTER PVT
LLOYD, ELIPHALET A. PVT
MARKHAM, JOHN F. PVT
MATHER, CHARLES W. PVT
MC ARTHUR, WALTER S. PVT
MC DONALD, HUGH PVT
MILLS, FREDERICK A. 1SG
MOORE, WILLIAM A. PVT
MORAST, JOHN F. PVT
MUMFORD, EDGAR W. PVT
NEIGLICK, FRANK J. PVT
NELSON, CHARLES A. SGT
NOTEWARE, PHILIP J. PVT
PARKINSON, LEE D. PVT
PECKHAM, EVERETT W. 1LT
RANDALL, HARRY E. PVT
REED, CHESTER B. PVT
REYNOLDS, FRANK B. PVT
RICKARD, FRANK F. PVT
RITCHIE, ROBERT M. 2LT
ROBB, GEORGE M. PVT
SECORD, BURTON F. PVT
SHEAN, DANIEL E. PVT
SHEPARD, HARRY E. JR. PVT
SIMKIN, WALTER PVT
SIMPSON, WILLIAM H. MUS
STARR, JOHN M. PVT
STEVENSON, JOHN W. PVT
STULL, GEORGE R. PVT
TREAT, VERN I. PVT
VAN KIRK, JAY C. PVT
WAGNER, CHARLES L. CPL
WALLACE, HENRY L. CPL
WELLS, WILLIAM R. PVT
WEST, ALBERT H. CPL
WILKE, EDWARD J. PVT
WILSON, PAUL W. PVT
WOOD, FIRMAN S. PVT
WRIGHT, JAMES A. PVT
WRIGHT, JOHN R. PVT
 
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