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Quartermaster (1st Lt.) Alexander T. Cameron, Field and Staff
Alexander T. Cameron (b. April 5, 1840 in Scotland), of Ottawa, IL, was commissioned a First Lieutenant and made the Regimental Quartermaster on November 1, 1861. He was promoted to Captain, Company C, 1st Alabama Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.) on March 30, 1863. (His brother was Colonel James C. Cameron, commander of the 1st Alabama Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.).) He was mustered out with his company on March 29, 1864. He died on December 17, 1877 at the age of 37. He is buried in lot 353, section Summit, grave 8 at Santa Barbara Cemetery in Santa Barbara, California.
Image courtesy of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, Company C, USV.

 

Hospital Steward William H. Clutter, Field and Staff
No Image Available William H. Clutter (b. 1833?) enlisted as a Private in Company E on January 30, 1862. He was immediately promoted to Hospital Steward. He died on April 12, 1911 at the age of 78. He is buried at Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 

 

Quartermaster (1st Lt.) Edward G. Lewis, Field and Staff
No Image Available Edward G. Lewis (b. 1839?), of Freedom or Ophir, IL, enlisted as a Wagoner in Company A on October 25, 1861. He reenlisted as a veteran on December 31, 1863. He was promoted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on January 1, 1864. He became the Regimental Quartermaster, with the rank of First Lieutenant, on July 22, 1864. He was mustered out with his regiment on July 11, 1865. He died in 1930. He is buried in lot 84, section 16 at Restland Cemetery in Brimfield, Ohio.
 

 

Lt. Col. Michael W. Manning, Field and Staff
No Image Available Michael W. Manning, of Joliet, IL (later St. Louis, Missouri), was commissioned the First Lieutenant of Company E on December 31, 1861. He was promoted to Captain of Company E on October 4, 1862. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment on February 19, 1864. He commanded the regiment from July 22, 1864, when Colonel John Morrill was wounded, until November 12, 1864. He was mustered out on April 9, 1865. He died on July 21, 1916. He is buried at Oakwoods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
 

 

Maj. Frederick W. Matteson, Field and Staff
No Image Available Frederick W. Matteson, of Springfield, IL, was commissioned the Major of the regiment on September 25, 1861. He died while in the service on August 8, 1862. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois.
 

 

Adjutant (1st Lt.) Aaron E. May, Field and Staff
No Image Available Aaron E. May, of Tiskilwa, IL, enlisted as a Private in Company B on September 28, 1861. He was immediately promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant and became the regiment's Adjutant on January 12, 1862. He resigned his commission and left the Army on June 28, 1862. He died on March 25, 1884. He is buried at Mount Bloom Cemetery in Tiskilwa, Illinois.
 

 

Surgeon (Maj.) Dr. Henry A. Mix, Field and Staff
No Image Available Dr. Henry A. Mix, of Oregon, IL, was appointed the regiment's Second Assistant Surgeon (with the rank of First Lieutenant) on January 21, 1864. He was was appointed the regiment's First Assistant Surgeon (with the rank of Captain) on July 10, 1864. He was was appointed the regiment's Surgeon (with the rank of Major) on April 25, 1865. He was mustered out with the regiment on July 11, 1865. He died in 1903. He is buried at Daysville Cemetery in Daysville, Illinois.
 

 

Col. John Morrill, Field and Staff
No Image Available John Morrill, of Dayton, IL, was commissioned the Captain of Company A on September 26, 1861. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on September 12, 1862. He was promoted Colonel on February 19, 1864. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. He was promoted Brevet-Brigadier General on March 13, 1865. He was mustered out on July 3, 1865. He died on July 28, 1893. He is buried at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery in Ottawa, Illinois.
 

 

1st Asst. Surgeon (Capt.) Dr. William D. Plummer, Field and Staff
No Image Available Dr. William D. Plummer, of Smithville, IL, was appointed the regiment's First Assistant Surgeon (with the rank of Captain) on July 30, 1863. He died while in the service on July 10, 1864. He is buried in section G, grave 8829 at Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
 

 

Surgeon (Maj.) Dr. James T. Stewart, Field and Staff
No Image Available Dr. James T. Stewart (b. 1824), of Peoria, IL, was appointed the regiment's Surgeon (with the rank of Major) on December 1, 1861. He was discharged on December 22, 1864. He died in 1903. He died on April 12, 1901 at the age of 77. He is buried lot 2296b4, section Lawn Div., at Springdale Cemetery in Peoria, Illinois.
 

 

Maj. John W. Stewart, Field and Staff
No Image Available John W. Stewart (b. July 18, 1838 in Ohio), of Abingdon, IL, was commissioned the Captain of Company D on December 16, 1861. He was promoted to Major of the regiment on December 23, 1862. He resigned his commission and left the Army on June 3, 1863. At some point he became a minister. He died on February 23, 1907 at the age of 69. He is buried in lot N½ 55, section 7, Div. G, grave 4 at Greenwood Cemetery in York, Nebraska.
 

 

Maj. George W. Stipp, Field and Staff
No Image Available George W. Stipp, of Princeton, IL, was commissioned the Captain of Company B on September 27, 1861. He was promoted to Major of the regiment on August 8, 1862. He was discharged on November 19, 1862. He died on January 22, 1899. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Princeton, Illinois.
 

 

Adjutant (1st Lt.) Robert M. Woods, Field and Staff
No Image Available Robert M. Woods, of Springfield, IL, was commissioned a First Lieutenant and became the Adjutant of the regiment on June 27, 1864. He was promoted the Captain of Company A on July 13, 1865, but he was not mustered. He was promoted Brevet Major of Volunteers on March 13, 1865. He was mustered out on July 31, 1865. He died on May 29, 1919. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois.
 

 

Commissary Sergeant John G. Wright, Field and Staff
No Image Available John G. Wright, of Freedom, IL, enlisted as a Private in Company A on September 25, 1861. He was promoted Regimental Commissary Sergeant in March 1862. He was mustered out on September 30, 1864. He died on January 22, 1880. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois.
 

 

Chaplain (Capt.) Rev. Alfonso D. Wyckoff, Field and Staff
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Rev. Alfonso D. Wyckoff, son of Asher and Amarilla Wyckoff, was born in Brown County, Ohio [on] June 17th, 1830 and in 1838 removed with his parents to Putnam County, Illinois, where he spent his early life, being apprenticed to a cabinet maker when he was sixteen years of age. He joined the early gold seekers making the trip to California by the way of the Nicaragua Route in 1852. The sailing vessel on which he took passage on the Pacific being blown out of its course, finally put in at Honolulu where Mr. Wyckoff remained for six months, afterwards working his way to California as ship-carpenter on a sailing vessel. After working in the mines and at carpentering in California he returned to Illinois in 1855 and spent four years in acquiring a collegiate education at Wheaton College; he then entered the ministry, and was ordained in the Congregational church in 1863. He entered the army as Chaplain[, with the rank of Captain,] of the 64th Ill., Vol. Inf., serving until the close of the war; returning to Illinois he served as pastor at different places until 1872, when his eyesight having failed he was compelled to give up the ministry, and after engaging in the furniture business for a year or two he went into the drug business with his brother in the town of Chebanse, Iroquois County, Illinois. He moved from this place to Robert, Ford County, Illinois, and from there came to York [Nebraska] in 1850 [1880?], purchasing the building and drug store of Dr. W. H. Geer. In 1883 he erected the brick building now standing at No. 103 East Sixth Street, which was one of the first brick buildings to he built in the city. Mr. Wyckoff retired from active business in 1888, disposing of his interest in the drug business to Dr. A. J. Ryan. He was mayor of the city of York in 1888-1889. During his term of office the City Hall was built and the system of water works completed.

Mr. Wyckoff was married in 1852 to Lovina Beresford, who died in York in the year 1890. His children are Helen L. Wyckoff, who has been a teacher in the Omaha schools for nearly thirty years; W. W. Wyckoff, a well known resident of the city of York; Flora M. Cameron, who died in 1891, and Rilla L. Boynton now residing with her husband, C. M. Boynton in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Wyckoff was married to Mrs. Sarah M. McGraw in 1893, and in 1894 removed to Southern California where he is now living in Escondido, San Diego County. [He died on April 30, 1915 at the age of 84 and is buried in section 8, plot 1 at Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido, California.]

Note: All information on Capt. Wyckoff was obtained from the "Old Settler's History of York County Nebraska and Individual Biographies" (1913)
 

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