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Twenty-fifth Wisconsin, Company G:--“(Geo. W. Ide; died June 2, 1864, at Dallas, Ga., of sunstroke.”

First Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company H:--“Geo. W. Eller; killed Feb. 10, 1863, in a personal difficulty,1 in Wayne Co., Ky.

Fifth Tennessee Cavalry (Union), Company F:--“J. N. Gilliam; killed near Tracy City, Tenn., by guerrillas,2 Aug. 4, 1864.”

Eighteenth Wisconsin, Company B:--“Redmond McGuire; killed April 10, 1862, in prison, by rebel guard, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Thirty-eighth Ohio, Company K:--“Jacob Thomas; killed Nov. 17, 1861, by the falling of a tree, at Wild Cat, Ky.

One Hundred and Sixty-second New York, Company E:--“John Murphy; shot while endeavoring to escape the guard at New Orleans, April 5, 1863.”

Eighth New York, Company A:--“A. Lohman; died of poison while on picket, by drinking from a bottle found at a deserted house.”

Thirtieth Wisconsin, Company C:--“E. Olsen; killed in a draft riot, September 10, 1863, at New Lisbon, Wis.

Eightieth New York, Company C:--“John Edleman; killed by explosion of ammunition, August 8, 1864, at City Point, Va.

Sixteenth Wisconsin, Company A:--“George Halsey; drafted----; died February 27, 1865, Lynch Creek, S. C., of fatigue.”

One Hundred and Seventy-ninth New York, Company E:--“Charles Clements; killed November 14, 1864, by falling from cars while on furlough.”

Thirty-ninth Illinois, Company D:--“John Hays; killed in a row, July 4, 1865.”

Second Ohio, Company B:--“George D. Wilson; executed by the Rebels at Atlanta, Ga., June 18, 1862; charged with being a bridge-burner.” (One of the famous party who captured a locomotive at Big Shanty, Ga.

Fifth New York Cavalry, Company H:--“Edgar C. Shephard; drowned April 22, 1863, while en route home on furlough.”

One Hundred and Fifty-ninth New York, Company D:--“A. W. Rackett; killed April 17, 1863, by a shot from a house while filling his canteen at a well near Vermillion Bayou, La.”

Fifth Ohio, Company H:--“Thos. Kelly; murdered by a comrade.”

Eighth Tennessee (Union), Company C:--“G. H. Houston; dropped to rear sick, and murdered by enemy on the Cumberland Mountains, August 25, 1863.”

Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, Company E:--“John Long; died of poison at Wartrace, Tenn., April 18, 1862.”

Fifty-second Indiana, Company B:--“William Tyler; frozen to death near Fort Pillow, December 31, 1863.” (The rolls of this company show that Lieutenant Edwin Alexander and five men were frozen to death in a snow-storm on an island in the Mississippi river, while on a scouting expedition.)

Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, Company C:--“J. C. Clifton; killed in a fight with one of his own company February 7, 1865.”

Ninety-second Illinois, Company B:--“R. J. O'Conner; shot by Lieutenant Pointer, C. S. A., while a prisoner of war, and died April 23, 1864.”

In the United States Volunteer Register, the officers' roster of the Indian (Kansas) regiments is given, from which the following items are taken:

First Indian Guards:--“Captain Tul-se-fix-se-ko; killed February 1, 1863.”

First Indian Guards:--“Captain Ah-ha-la-tus-ta-nuk-ke; died at Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 23, 1863.”

1 A frequent item in the Tennessee and Kentucky rolls.

2 A frequent item in the Tennessee and kentucky rolls.

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