30 Muster Rolls and Equipment Records of Replacement Company in Illinois Regiment, 1865

This collection of 30 documents details the provisions and personnel changes in "New Company A" of the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Captain David Milliken. Most of the company came from Will County, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The full regiment was originally mustered in for three years in July 1861 as the first regiment from Chicago. It was commanded by Friedrich Hecker, a German immigrant who arrived after the failed Revolution of 1848 in Germany. Many members of the regiment were Germans, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Czechs.

The members of the new company that became New Company A were mustered in in late 1864 through March 1865, and they were mustered out on July 16, 1865. Thirty-three members of the company deserted twenty-eight of them in a group on October 22, 1864, from Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois. Three more deserted five days later.

[CIVIL WAR.] Archive of muster-rolls, receipts, returns, and other records, 1865, 30 documents, 41 pp. General toning; some edge and several fold tears.

Contents and Excerpts
- Muster-Out Roll of Ralph W. Marshall from 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry to accept Commission as 1st Lieutenant, March 1, 1865, Camp Butler, Illinois. 1 p., 10.5" x 31"

- Muster-Out Roll of Henry Van Dorn from 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry to accept Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, March 1, 1865, Camp Butler, Illinois. 1 p., 10.5" x 31"

- Receipt for clothing issued to Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, March 13, 1865, n.p. 1 pp., 16" x 24.5" With signatures of each soldier.

- Invoice of Clothing and Equipment turned over by Capt. John Eddy of 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, March 13, 1865, Camp Butler, Illinois. 1 p., 8.25" x 10"

- Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing for Pvt. Francis M. Cook, March 15, 1865, Camp Butler, Illinois. 1 p., 10.5" x 31"
"Transfered to Post Hospital at Camp Butler Ills. February 2d 1865. He received one Springfield Rifle musket with complete Equipment for which he is responsible."
[Endorsement:] "Deserted from USA General Hospital Camp Butler Ills May 6" 1865"

- Descriptive List of Deserters, with notice of desertion of John Schneider, a private in the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, March 16, 1865, Camp Butler, Illinois. 2 pp., 10.5" x 31"
"Arrested March 2/65 near Camp Butler, had on Citizen cloths when arrested and undoubtly intended to desert / Reward paid by the prisoner"

- Muster Roll of Ralph W. Marshall in new company in 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, March 22, 1865, [Camp Butler, Illinois?] 2 pp., 10.5" x 31"
"The muster of this Officer was delayed by Lt. Col. Jas Oakes for the reason that there was no evidence that a sufficient number of men were at the Draft Rendezvous to form the Company in which he was to be commissioned as Officer."

- Muster Roll of Officers Captain David Milliken, 1st Lt. Ralph W. Marshall, and 2nd Lt. Henry Van Dorn of new company in 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, March 22, 1865, [Camp Butler, Illinois?]. 2 pp., 10.5" x 31"

- Receipt for rifles and other equipment from Capt. David Milliken, March 28, 1865, Wilmington, North Carolina. 2 pp., 8.5" x 14"

- Abstract of Materials Expended or Consumed by undesignated Company in 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in First Quarter, 1865, [March 31, 1865], n.p. 1 p., 8.25" x 10.5"

- Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores for Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for Quarter ending March 31, 1865, signed by Captain David Milliken. 2 pp., 10.5" x 19"

- Invoice and Receipt for 2 tents, 6 canteens, and 6 haversacks to Capt. David Milliken, April 8, 1865, Goldsboro, North Carolina. 1 p., 8" x 10"

- Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing for Pvt. Milo Brown of Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, April 22, 1865, Near Raleigh, North Carolina. 1 p., 10.5" x 31"
"The above man has drawn $35.54 worth of clothing. He was detailed to drive ambulance in the 17th A.C. on the 9th day of April A.D. 1865."

- Return of Captain David Wilkens Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry for Month of April 1865, April 30, 1865, In the field. 2 pp., 10.5" x 16"
Lists Pvt. John Grote as "Regimental Prisoner."

- Invoice and Receipt for clothing, tents, and cooking equipment to Capt. David Milliken, May 22, 1865, near Alexandria, Virginia. 1 p., 8" x 10"

- Invoice and Receipt for clothing, blankets, and a drum to Capt. David Milliken, May 1865, "In the Field." 1 p., 8" x 10"

- List of Clothing, Camp, and Garrison Equipage to Capt. David Milliken, June 1, 1865, Washington, D.C. 1 p., 10.5" x 8"

- Receipt for "unserviceable" Ordnance and Ordnance Stores from Capt. David Milliken, June 1, 1865, Washington, D.C. 1 p., 8" x 10"

- Muster-Out Roll of one sergeant and five privates from Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, June 5, 1865, Washington, D.C. 1 p., 10.5" x 40"

- Invoice for clothing, blankets, and equipment to Capt. David Milliken, June 20, 1865, Louisville, Kentucky. 1 p., 8" x 10"

- Muster-Out Roll of Pvt. Charles B. Bucker from Company A of 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, June 26, 1865, Harewood Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1 p., 10.5" x 31"
"Bounty paid not stated Bounty due $66.66"

- Muster-Out Roll of Pvt. James Costello, June 28, 1865, Slough General Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia. 1 p., 10.5" x 31"
"This is taken from a Recruit Roll of that Regt. his name is not taken upon the Co Roll. / Mustered out in compliance with Par 6. G.O. No 77 A.G. O April 28/65"

- Inventory of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores turned over to Capt. David Milliken, June 30, 1865, Louisville, Kentucky. 1 p., 8" x 10"

- Abstract of Materials Expended or Consumed by Company A in 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in Second Quarter, 1865, [June 30, 1865], n.p. 1 p., 10.5" x 8"

- Receipt for clothing issued to non-commissioned officers and privates of Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, June, 186[5?], n.p. 1 p., 12.5" x 16"

- Receipt for Ordnance Stores from Capt. David Milliken, July 20, 1865, Chicago, Illinois. 2 pp., 8.5" x 14.25"

- Receipt for clothing, tents, cooking equipment, and drum from Capt. David Milliken, July 20, 1865, Chicago, Illinois. 1 p., 8" x 10"

- Statement of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores retained by Sgt. Scilas C. Scott, July 20, 1865, n.p. 2 pp., 8.5" x 14"

- Roster of Company, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, n.d., n.p. 1 p., 13" x 16.5"

- Inventory of clothing issued to [Company A, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry?], n.d., n.p. 4 pp., 8" x 12.5"

David Milliken (1822-1888) was born in New Hampshire. He went to Maine as a boy and attended Westbrook Seminary, after which he indentured himself to a dyer. In 1844, he married Jane Philena Johnson (1825-1913), and they had nine children between 1846 and 1869, five of whom died as infants. He worked at dyeing in Maine until 1855, when he moved to Chicago, where he clerked in the office of his brother, who was an attorney. In the spring of 1856, Milliken began farming in Will County, forty miles southwest of Chicago. He also taught each winter. He was one of four brothers who served in the Civil War. During the first two or three years of the war, he was captain of a company called the Monee Guards, and he helped with enlisting and drilling soldiers for the army. In the summer of 1864, Governor Richard Yates commissioned him as a captain, and he opened a recruiting office in Joliet. He served as a captain in the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and joined Sherman's army for its "March to the Sea" and the Carolinas campaign. He was mustered out with the regiment on July 16, 1865, in Louisville, Kentucky. After the war, he rejoined his family in Maine and resumed work in dyeing from 1865 to 1887 in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Ill health forced his retirement to a farm in southern Massachusetts.

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