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=== Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin === | ||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. <br> | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. <br> | ||
The following counties of origin are taken from the ''Adjutant General's Report'', found on the [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/reg_html/index.html Illinois Civil War Rosters] web site. Roster pages are from the same report found on the [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofadjutant07illi1#page/n6/mode/1up Internet Archives] web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. | The following counties of origin are taken from the ''Adjutant General's Report'', found on the [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/reg_html/index.html Illinois Civil War Rosters] web site. Roster pages are from the same report found on the [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofadjutant07illi1#page/n6/mode/1up Internet Archives] web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. | ||
*Company A (Also | *Company A (Also known as Grant's Escort) - many men from [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]] and [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle County]] - [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/county/cook.html Cook] and [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/county/lasalle.html LaSalle] county web sites - <br> | ||
*Company B - many men from [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]] and [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle County]] (Also known as Carrnichael's Cavalry Company) - [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/county/cook.html Cook] and [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/county/lasalle.html LaSalle] county web sites - <br> | *Company B - many men from [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]] and [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle County]] (Also known as Carrnichael's Cavalry Company) - [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/county/cook.html Cook] and [http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/county/lasalle.html LaSalle] county web sites - <br> | ||