Company A, 1st Illinois Infantry

Company A, First Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Photo believed to be taken at Tampa Florida (1898)

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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 A, 1ST ILLINOIS INFANTRY

NAME	RANK	NAME	RANK
ALSPAUGH, NOEL E.	PVT	MC DOWELL, LOUIS D.	MUS
BAGLEY, WILLIAM S.	CPL	MICKELSON, HENRY J.	CPL
BAKER, WILLIAM R.	PVT	MILES, JAMES	1LT
BECKMAN, FRED B.	PVT	MOORE, CHARLES H. JR	CPL
BECKMAN, WILLIAM H.	PVT	NELSON, EMIL A.	PVT
BELL, FRANK B.	PVT	NESBITT, WILLIAM E.	PVT
BORGMEIER, ADOLPH J.	PVT	NOWLAN, LOUIS J.	PVT
BOYESEN, HAROLD L.	PVT	OSTEN, ALBERT G.	PVT
BRECK, FRANK	PVT	OWNBY, CHARLES W.	PVT
BRECK, THEODORE	PVT	PATTON, SAMUEL T.	PVT
BROWN, TAYLOR E.	CPT	PERRY, JAMES A.	PVT
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM	PVT	PIERCE, DONALD	QMSE
CARPENTER, THOMAS R.	PVT	PORTER, GEORGE R.	CPL
CHAPPLE, ALBERT P.	PVT	RAMSAY, ALEX C.	ART
COFFIN, PERCY B.	1SG	RAMSAY, JOHN R.	PVT
COLVIN, DAWSON W.	WAG	RAMSBURG, ALFRED K.	PVT
CURTIS, HUBERT O.	PVT	RUMRILL, CHARLES C.	PVT
DAVIS, EDWARD	2LT	SALINSKI, THEODORE	PVT
DYAS, WILLIAM K.	PVT	SCHAEFER, ELMER P.	PVT
EDGERTON, THOMAS R.	PVT	SELLER, WILLIAM T.	PVT
FORBES, ALEXANDER J.	PVT	SENDELL, JOSEPH P.	PVT
FOX, H RAY	PVT	SHEFFIELD, GEORGE W.	SGT
FRIEDLANDER, ALBERT L.	PVT	SMITH, ADOLPH H.	PVT
GEORGE, JOHN G.	CPL	SMITH, ALBERT E.	SGT
HECKMAN, FRANK L.	PVT	SQUIER, ALEX T.	PVT
HEINE, OTTO C.	PVT	STACY, THEODORE E.	SGT
HOHMANN, CHARLES F.	PVT	STEACY, BENJAMIN J.	SGT
HOWARD, GEORGE M.	PVT	STONE, WILLIAM JR.	PVT
HUSSEY, EUGENE A.	PVT	STRUCKMEYER, FRED C.	PVT
JOHNSON, HANS L.	PVT	TAGGART, JOHN A.	PVT
JOHNSON, JOHN B.	PVT	TAYLOR, CHARLES E.	PVT
JOHNSON, LOUIS D.	MUS	THOMPSON, FRENCH M.	PVT
JOHNSTON, T W JR.	PVT	THOMPSON, WILLIAM S.	PVT
JONES, RUSSELL S.	PVT	TIDYMAN, GAY F.	PVT
JORDAN, ROBERT C.	PVT	TURRELL, FRANK L.	PVT
JORNDT, GEORGE D.	PVT	VAN DUSER, JOHN M.	PVT
KNIGHT, EDMOND S.	PVT	VOEGELI, HENRY E.	PVT
LANGLUND, ARTHUR A.	PVT	WALDRON, JOSEPH	CPL
LAY, THEODORE A. JR	PVT	WEBB, WILLIAM W.	PVT
LYONS, ERNEST H.	PVT	WELLS, HORACE H.	PVT
MARTIN, FRED	PVT	WHITING, EDWIN W.	PVT
MAURER, ARTHUR B.	PVT	YOUNG, SAMUEL	PVT

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