Pvt. William G. Buckler, Company H
	William G. Buckler, of Paris, IL, enlisted as a Private in Company H on December 20, 1863. He died at Marietta, Georgia on October 10, 1864. He is buried in section G, grave 8290 at Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
Image courtesy of Gene Harmon, of the 2nd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters, Company A (aka. 64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company A).

Pvt. John A. Crosby, Company H
	John A. Crosby, of Paris, IL, enlisted as a Private in Company H on February 3, 1864. He died while in the service near Atlanta, Georgia on August 4, 1864. He is buried in section J, grave 9997 at Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
Image courtesy of Gene Harmon, of the 2nd Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters, Company A (aka. 64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company A).

Cpl. Silas Mishler, Company H
	Silas Mishler, of Paris, IL, enlisted as a Private in Company H on February 3, 1864. At some point he was promoted to Corporal. He was absent, sick when he was mustered out with his company on July 11, 1865. Unbeknownst to the regiment, his death at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 30, 1865. He is buried in the buried in section 200, row I, grave 213 at Mount Moriah Cemetery (Soldiers Lot) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Grave image courtesy of http://mtmoriahvets.150m.com/. Newspaper image courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Thank you to Eileen Campos for her assistance with this information.

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