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James "Rufus-?" O'Neal
James "Rufus" O'Neal was born to possibly Donald O'Neal. He was born ABT 1750,
we believe in Ireland. We are not sure of the middle name. Record show James
came over to the US first before returning to Ireland to get Frances. James
married twice, Frances McCloud married ABT 1790, which they had 7 children,
Elizabeth, John 1790), Custis (1792), Phebe, James Mullen (1796), Rebecca and
Rachel. His 2nd wife Nancy Unknown I have no children. James moved his family
to Wilson County, Tenn. where he did ABT 1820. James first wife Frances died ABT
1800, we believe in North Carolina.
Frances McCloud
Frances McCloud was born ABT 1770, we believe in Dublin, Ireland. Record shows
James came over to US first and then return to get Frances. Frances married ABT
1790, which they had 7 children, Elizabeth, John 1790), Custis (1792), Phebe,
James Mullen (1796), Rebecca and Rachel. James moved his family to Wilson County, Tenn.
Frances died ABT 1800, we believe in North Carolina.
We have records that we have not gone through for hopefully more info and proof.
James Mullen O'Neal
James Mullen O'Neal was born about 1796 in North Carolina (possibly Guilford County) to James and Frances McClound O'Neal.
James had 6 other siblings, two of them were to James and Nancy Unknown O'Neal. He married Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger on Jan 20, 1817
in Wilson County, Tennessee where they had 8 of there 9 children. From Wilson County, Tennessee James and Elizabeth moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi
stopping in the 1830 in Henderson, Tennessee. James probably came to Williamson County, Illinois to look for land about 1839, where
he brought his family there about 1842. The land was near Pleasant Grove Church.
In the 1820 census, James was living in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee with his wife Nancy and son Samuel and daugther Annie.
To view his wife and children click there names. Then in the 1830 census they moved to Henderson, Tenn.
In the 1840 census, James was in Illinos and the family was in Southern Division, Marshall, Mississippi living with other family.
In 1842 James moved his family to Williamson County, Illinois to live on there new farm.
In the 1850 census, we have James as head of household with his children: William, Esther, and Frank. His wife Nancy passed away
Aug 23, 1849 in Williamson County, Illinois.
On Nov 13, 1851 in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, James married Sarah Baker Pulley of Tennessee. Sarah's daughter Sarah Catherine Pulley will
later marry James son William Martin O'Neal. In July 1852 they had a son James M. O'Neal. In the 1860 census, James and Sarah were living alone in
in Williamson County, Illinois.
To view his wife and child click on there name.
We have James O'Neal in the Marion, Williamson County, Illinois census in 1865 so we know he was alive in 1865 and living in Marion.
From there we have nothing else showing anything on James. James's first wife Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger O'Neal is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Which is where we think James is buried also but have not found any proof of that. After James death, we have his second wife Sarah traveling with his son William Martin
O'Neal and his wife, Sarah's daughter, Sarah Catherine to Forsythe, Missouri in the 1880 census.
Rachel O'Neal
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Elizabeth O'Neal
Elizabeth married Henry Moser on Jun 25 1816 in Wilson County, Tenn.
I have her in the 1830-1860 with a large family but only child I have
name for is Elizabeth from the 1850 census. Henry did not show in the
1860 census only Elizabeth. I could not find her past that census so most
likely passed away before then. Public family tree shows the names for the
children but Elizabeth does show on 1850 census. The rest of the children
match up with the 1830 census on ages. Albert middle name is his grandfathers
name Adam Moser. I am still working on proving the children.
Phebe O'Neal
Phebe was born to James R and Frances McCloud O'Neal she married Hugh Henry
on July 19, 1811 in Wilson County, Tenn. The children are from a public tree
so will need to still investigate that info but so far only showing 1820 census.
Rebecca O'Neal
Rebecca was born to John R and Frances McCloud O'Neal on Dec 01, 1802 in
we believe Hyde County, North Carolina. The family moved to Wilson County,
Tennessee. Where she married Midget Brooks on June 24, 1820, I believe,
the brother to her sister Rachel's husband Jeremiah Brooks. They had 7 children,
which I have found info on 5 of them. They moved to Missouri around 1856. We have
them in census's from 1850-1870. Rebecca died on Christmas in 1870 and her
husband Midget died Feb 03, 1875.
Nancy Unknown
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Andrew J Blakeman
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Custis O'Neal
Custis was born to James R and Frances McCloud O'Neal on 1792 in North Carolina.
Custis married Polly Brooks on June 6 1816 in Wilson County, Tenn. We have no record of kids.
Custis was a private in the REG'T (PIPKIN'S) WEST TENNESSEE MILITIA and was discharged.
We have no record of death but do believe he lived his life in Tenn.
John O'Neal
John O'Neal born to James R and Frances McCloud O'Neal Abt. 1775 in North Carolina.
John moved with his parents to Wilson County, Tenn. Where he married Dorcas Midgett
on Feb 24, 1812, who's family came also from North Carolina. They had at least 5
children before John's death before 1830. We assume it was in Tennesse possibly in
Smith County which is next to Wilson. In the 1830 census we have his wife Dorcas living.
with there children. Dorcas married Grief B Hawkins on Nov 1 1833 in Wilson County, Tenn.
They had 1 child in the marriage. I have Dorcas in the 1830, 1850, 1870 and 1880 census
never leaving Wilson County, Tenn. She is living with her kids in the 1870 and 1880 census.
Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger
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Samuel Caplinger O'Neal
Samuel Caplinger O'Neal was born July 25, 1818 to James Mullen O'Neal and Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger in Wilson Couny Tennessee.
Samuel was the first of nine children born between 1818 and 1840. The 1820 Census has the O'Neal family living in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.
The family starting their move to Illinois stopping in Henderson County, Tennessee.
By 1840 the family was living in South Division, Marshall County, Mississippi.
On Jan 6, 1842 Samuel married Nancy "Biddy" Caroline Jernigan, of Missouri, in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. They had 7 children
from 1844 to 1861 all born in Williamson County, Illinois. We have records of them between Crab Orchard
, Marion, and Pleasant Grove Williamson County. Which is basically all the same location. TO view his wife and childres click on their name.
They moved to Williamson County around 1843-1844 where they started there family. In the 1850 Census Samuel and wife were living in Williamson County, Illinois
with there first two children.
Samuel's wife Biddy died Aug 06, 1864 in Crab Orcahrd, Williamson County, Illinois.
On Sept 05, 1865 in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois Samuel married Mary Caroline Simms. Samuel had 6 more children with Mary all born in Pleasant Grove, Williamson County, Illinois
beween 1866 to 1874 info on names below. Samuel lived out the rest of his life with Mary and died Sept 18, 1910 in Crab Orchard, Williamson County, Illinois. He is buried
in Pleasant Grove Cemetery next to 2nd wife Mary. His first wife "Biddy" is also buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Annie Anis Ault O'Neal
Annie is the 2nd child to James Mullen O'Neal and Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger,
born Mar 12, 1820 in Wilson County, Tenn. She was named after her grandmother on
her moms side. She moved with her family to Marshall County, MS. She married Robinson King
on June 9, 1840 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS. They had 4 children, James, Martha,
Robert and Nancy all born in Illinois except James who was born in Mississippi. She died
Aug 1, 1876 and believed to be buried with husband in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Crab
Orchard, Williamson County, ILL.
Martha Patsey O'Neal
Martha Patsey O'Neal was the 3rd of 9 children of James Mullen and Nancy Elizabeth
Caplinger O'Neal. She was born Oct 13, 1824 in Wilson COunty, Tennessee. She moved
with her parents to Henderson County, Tennessee and then to Marshall Mississippi
before moving to Marion Williamson County, Illinois. Where she married James Burl
Baker on May 30, 1844 in Marion Williamson County, Illinois. They had 4 known children
between 1845-1855. James passed away in 1855 and Martha stayed in Williamson County
till 1880 census which they show her and the children in Murphysboro, Jackson County,
Illinois. Martha passed away on May 17, 1882 believed in Jackson County, Illinois.
I am still looking for her but have not yet been to Jackson.
Raleigh S O'Neal
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Leonard H O'Neal
We have very little on Leopard except he was the 5 of 9 children to James
Mullen and Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger O'Neal. He was born Aug 5, 1828 and
died Jul 7, 1848. He is buried with his most of his family in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
William Martin O'Neal
William Martin O'Neal was 6th of 9 children to James Mullen and Nancy Elizabeth
Caplinger O'Neal. He was born on Sep 5, 1831 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He moved
with his parents to Henderson County, Tennessee and then to Marshall, Mississippi.
The family moved to Marion, Williamson County, Illinois where he married Sarah Catherine
Pulley on Nov 05, 1857. William and his family started there move to Taney County, Missouri
after 1865 when his father passed away stopping in Jasper County, Missouri for about 20
years. They bought land in Taney County, Missouri which is part of the Ozark now. The
O'Neal homestead is just about 30 yards south of the O'Neal Cemetery, which is in the
Ozark state park. I've been to the cemetery which William and Sarah are buried and there
is only 4 tombstones in the cemetery but about 30 or more unmarked graves. The Cemetery
is a little worn down and we are going to try to get it cleaned up with help of Leslie Wyman
who is part of line of O'Neal. The homestead still has the a couple stone walls of the
cellar but nothing else. William Martin lived the rest of his life at the homestead until
he passed away on Dec 9, 1910. Sarah passed before his on Jan 18, 1904. The land was given
to the Ozark National Park. To get the cemetery and homestead you need a 4 wheel drive vehicle
with high ground clearance due to the road goes through a river bed. The homestead faced the
river and the house was about 15 yards off the river bed.
Esther Jane O'neal
Esther Jane O'Neal was born to James Mullen and Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger
O'Neal on May 19, 1834 in Wilson County, Tennessee. She moved with her family
to Williamson County, Illinois and married Andrew Jackson Grant on Nov 08, 1852.
They had 4 children but Andrew died young on May 31,1862. Esther married John Newton
Mathews on Jul 15, 1864 in Williamson County, Illinois. She had another 5 known
children with John before dying on Feb 09, 1924.
Nancy C O'Neal
Do not have much on Nancy, she was born to James Mullen and Nancy Elizabeth
Caplinger O'Neal on Dec 02, 1836 in Wilson County, Tennessee. She moved with
her parents until her death on Jul 05,1853 in Williamson County, Illinois.
Where she is buried in the O'Neal cemetery known as Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Crab Orchard.
Franklin Thomas O'Neal
Franklin Thomas was born to James Mullen and Nancy Elizabeth Caplinger O'Neal ABT 1840 in Miss. Franklin married Mary Ann Fuller and had a daughter Ceclia Elizabeth O'Neal.
The Thirty-first Regiment of Illinois Infantry, except
Companies I and K, was mainly composed of men from the southern
part of the State, the counties of Williamson, Perry,,
Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Saline and Union furnishing the
larger number. Its rendezvous was Camp Dunlap, Jacksonville,
Illinois; but it was organized at Cairo by John A. Logan, and
was there mustered into the service by Captain Pitcher, U. S.
A., on the 18th of September, 1861, and went into camp of
instruction in the Brigade of General McClernand.
With less than two months, drill, the Regiment took part
in the battle of Belmont, Mo. , November 7, 1861, cutting its
way into the enemy camp, and with equal valor, but less
hazard. Cutting its way out again. On the 7th of February,
1862, the Regiment was at Fort Henry Tenn., and after emerging
from the muddy environments of that stronghold, it traversed
the hills of Fort Donelson, and there, amid winter snows, on
the 15th of the same month, it lost 260 men killed and
wounded--the Regiment having performed, in this engagement the
difficult evolution of a change of front to rear on tenth company,
in the heat of the battle, among tangled brush and on uneven
ground. From Donelson, the Regiment was transported by steamer
to Shiloh, Tenn., and thence it moved towards Corinth, Miss., with
the main body of the army, and reached that place only to find it
evacuated by the enemy. From Corinth the Thirty-first marched to
Jackson, Tenn., and the summer of 1862 was spent in guarding
railroads, skirmishing in the country of the Forked Deer River, and
scouting in the direction of Memphis, to Brownsville and
beyond. Ordered to the support of Gen. Rosecrans, at Corinth,
the Regiment reached that place in time to follow the
retreating foe to Ripley, Miss., where the men fed on fresh
pork, without salt, or crackers, or coffee. On this expedition
it was engaged in the skirmishes of Chewalla and Tuscumbia,
ending the 6th of October, 1862. The Regiment was with Grant
in the first campaign against Vicksburg, sometimes called the
Yokona expedition, and passed through Holly Springs to
Coldwater, at which place the men, destitute of rations in
consequence of the capture and destruction of supplies at Holly
Springs by the enemy, showed their characteristic adaptability
by carrying out at once the suggestion of Logan to convert the
timber into ashes, and, by means of the ashes, the corn of the
surrounding country into hominy.
Upon the termination of this campaign the regiment, with
the army under Grant, was transferred to a new field, that of
the operations which finally resulted in the downfall of
Vicksburg. On the 15th of January, 1863, it set out for
Lagrange, Tenn., and thence went to Memphis, by way of
Colliersville. Leaving Memphis March 10,1863, it embarked for
Lake Providence, La.; and after assisting in the attempts to
open a route by water to a point below Vicksburg, it moved,
upon the abandonment of the attempts, to Milliken's Bend, and
thence to Wanesborough. Having crossed the Mississippi below
Grand Gulf, April 30,1863, the next day the Regiment, without
waiting for rations, though hungry and weary enough, hurried
forward to the support of the comrades then engaged in battle
at Thompson's Hill, near Port Gibson, and quickly forming on
McClernand's left, under the eyes of Generals Grant and Logan,
it moved upon the right wing of the enemy at the charge step,
routing him completely, and helping to secure a speedy victory.
Governor Yates, in civilian garb of swallow tail coat and high
shirt collar, and overflowing with enthusiasm and patriotism,
witnessed this charge. After crossing the Bayou Pierre, the
men of the Thirty-first again met and dispersed their foes
at Ingram Heights, May 3, 1863, and pushed on to Raymond, where
on the 12th the Regiment hurled from its front the fragments of
a brigade which the enemy had thrown against the advance of
Grant. Moving onward, in almost ceaseless march, it took
part in the battle of Jackson, Miss,, May, 14, 1863, and thence
at midnight, on the 15th, through drenching rain, it marched
toward Vicksburg, to meet the enemy anew. About ten o'clock in
the morning of the 16th the men spread their cartridges to dry
in the sun, in an old field about five miles from Champion
Hills, from which latter point was soon after heard the sound
of battle. The men hastily gathered up their ammunition and
seized their muskets, and the Regiment followed the head of the
column at double-quick, effecting a formation with its brigade
on the right of our embattled line, where it rested for a
moment, the men lying on their faces while the hostile shells
whistled and shrieked and exploded above them. At the command
"attention" the line stood erect, with bayonets fixed; the
Brigade-commander, General John E. Smith, gave the word; McPherson
said with a smile, "give 'em Jesse!" and Logan shouted "remember
the blood of your mammies! give 'em hell!" and then the brigade
sprang forward, broke and routed the two column formation over
which waved the Confederate flag, captured the opposing battery,
turned its guns upon the retreating enemy, and took as many
prisoners as there were men in the charging brigade. In this
encounter there was crossing of bayonets and fighting hand to hand.
Sergeant Wick, of Company B, used his bayonet upon his foe, and
Sergeant Hendrickson, of Company C, clubbed his musket in a duel with
one of the men in gray.
From this point the Regiment, with the main army, followed
the retreating enemy to his entrenched lines at Vicksburg,
where it took part in the bloody assaults of the 19th and 22d
of May; its gallant Lieutenant Colonel, Reece, meeting death by
the explosion of a grenade while planting the Regimental Colors
upon the ramparts. Here the flag received 153 bullets, and the
staff was shot asunder in four places.
During the sedge the Regiment took a prominent part in the
operations against Fort Hill; and when the Fort was blown up,
on the 25th of June, by the explosion of a mine beneath it,
there came a time that tested the stuff the men were made of.
Here in the night, in that crater remembered as the "slaughter
pen," the soldiers fighting by reliefs, and within an arms
length of the enemy--some had their muskets snatched from their
hands--under a shower of grenades and of shells lighted by
port-fires, while the voices of Pearson, Goddard, Mooningham
and others, rising at times above the terrific din of combat,
cheered on their men--were deeds of valor performed which would
adorn the heroic page.
On the morning of July 4, 1863, the place of honor having
been assigned to the Brigade, the Thirty-first Regiment marched
proudly across the rents and chasms of Fort Hill into Vicksburg,
Haying made the expedition to Monroe, La., under General
Stephenson, the Regiment went into camp at Black River, Miss.,
the scene of Lawler's splendid victory, and here, on the 5th of
January, 1864, three-fourths of the men again enlisted in the
service. That night the men, formed in line, with lighted
candles held in the shanks of their bayonets, marched to the
quarters of General Force, commanding the Brigade, who appeared
before his tent and catching the splendor from the candles full
in his face cried out with enthusiasm, "Three cheers for the
Thirty-first!" But the "boys" were not going to cheer for
themselves and there were no others present to do it, so they
stood in their ranks, silent and with military air, and cheered
not nor stirred; whereupon the General shouted, "Cheer yourselves, boys!
hip! hip!" and then the cheers were given with a will, followed by
a "tiger" for the Union, and three groans for the Confederacy.
The Regiment was with General Sherman in the campaign
against Meridian, Miss., after which the re-enlisted men the
"Veterans"-took their furloughs, starting for home the 19th of
March, 1864. Having returned to the front, by way or Cairo,
the Regiment camped from the 6th to the 15th of May at Clinton,
on the Tennessee River, and thence marching by way of Rome,
Ga., sometimes collecting, herding and driving beef-cattle, and
sometimes skirmishing with the enemy, it joined Sherman's army
at Ackworth Station. It was in the skirmish at Big Shanty, and
at brush Mountain the assault upon Kenesaw on June 27, 1864;
also in the battles around Atlanta, on the 21st, 22d and 28th
of July, of which that on the 22d. was the most terrible,
the men fighting sometimes on one side of the earthworks,
sometimes on the other. The Regiment was also engaged in the
battles of Lovejoy Station and Jones borough, and was with
Sherman in the mock pursuit of Hood upon his invasion of
Tennessee. Retracing its steps, the Regiment reached Atlanta
on the Thirteenth of November, and on the 15th it there
beganwith Sherman the triumphant march to the sea, and on it
marched, with that magnificent army, cutting roads through
tangled forests, bridging streams for the passage of the troops,
tearing up railroad- tracks, twisting the rails "as crooked as
rams, horns" "discovering" and devouring sweet potatoes and
other provender, surging over the country "from Atlanta to the
sea," "shouting the battle cry of freedom" and proceeding by
way of Millen, it arrived the 10th of December, 1864, at
Savannah. Here the Regiment went into camp on the rice
plantation of Dr. Owen, where the rice was consumed for
food, the husks being first beaten off by means of wooden
mortars and pestles appropriated from the slave quarters near
by. One of the incidents of the day was the encountering of a
battery mounted on a flat car, pushed along the railroad by a
locomotive,
4th of January, 1865, the Thirty-first bade farewell to
Savannah, and shipped on the steamer Harvest Moon, and after
the novel experience and sights of a sea voyage, disembarked at
Beaufort, S. C., where it remained, enjoying the luxury of
fresh oysters at low prices, until the 13th. To this succeeded
some skirmishing at Fort "Pole-'em-till-they-go," as the men
called it--which was evacuated by the enemy. On the 30th of
January the march began through the Carolinas, by way of
Salkahatchie, Orangeburg--which was captured, after some
fighting by the Regiment's skirmishers,--Columbia scourged by
destroying flames--Winsborugh, Cheraw, Fayetteville captured by
foragers--and Bentonville--scenes of the last great struggle of
Johnston's army, and the Regiment came out of the swamps, out of
the pine forests, "out of the wilderness", the men ragged, dirty,
many of them barefooted, to Goldsborough, N. C. , where it
arrived the 24th of March, 1865, and where letters from home and
news from the world were received. These and the prospects of the
nearing of the end were cheering and refreshing to the men who
for 54 days had been without communication with home or the world,
and were weary with long marching and fighting.
On the 14th of April, 1865, the Regiment was with the army
at Raleigh, N. C. Signs of the ruin of the Confederacy and the
dispersion of its armed forces were apparent on every hand.
Soon came the surrender of Johnson's army--the only force which
could oppose the onward march of the Union troops to Richmond,
and the Regiment formed a part of the host to which that army
surrendered.
On the 9th of May the Regiment was at Richmond, on the
19th at Alexandria and on the 24th of May, with faded and
tattered uniforms, tent with martial step and bearing, in
column of company, eyes front, it marched through the principal
avenues of the capital, in that grand review of the returning
armies in presence of the great leaders, civil and military, of
the republic--the most magnificent and imposing spectacle ever
witnessed by the city of Washington. The end had been attained!
Soon afterwards the Regiment was moved to Louisville, Ky.,
arriving at that place on 11th of June, where it was assigned
to provost-guard duty. On the 19th of July, 1865, it was
mustered out of the service, by Lieutenant Aug. P. Noyes, A. C.
M., 3d Division 17th Corps. It was then moved to Springfield,
Ill., where it arrived on the 23d of July, 1865 and there on
the 31st of the same month, the men received their final
discharge, and separated for their homes those who were left of
them.
At the time of the discharge there were present 25
officers and 677 enlisted men. When first organized the
Regiment numbered 1,130 men. It had recruited 700. The
casualties, including men discharged before final muster out,
amounted to 1,128. In the course of its existence the Regiment
had been commanded by four Colonels, and had had five
Lieutenant-Colonels and six Majors. Of the 25 officers
discharged at the final muster out, all save the chaplain had
risen from the ranks.
In the campaigns of Sherman this Regiment had marched
2,076 miles. This part of its history is included in that of
the Brigade to which it belonged--the 1st Brigade, 3d
Division, 17th Corps Army Of Tennessee. The Regiment
marched 2000 miles under Grant, and on expeditions other than
those of Sherman. It served in the hostile States of Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Before January 1,
1863, the history of the Regiment is comprised in that of the
1st Brigade, 3d Division, Reserve Army of Tennessee.
Always efficiently commanded, and evincing soldierly
qualities in its first battle, the Regiment became in the days
of its "veteran" existence. one of the best drilled in the
service. It was, while encamped at Black River, Miss.,
after the Vicksburg campaigns, that the Regiment, under the
skillful management of Lieutenant Colonel Pearson, attained
that high degree of discipline and proficiency in drill for
which it became known, and towards which it had been directed,
under Logan and White, in the earlier days of the war. The
latter fell at Donelson and deserved the title "The bravest of
the brave."
Colonel Pearson had seen service under General Prentiss
before the organization of this Regiment, and early showed an
aptitude for tactics and drill which made him a favorite with
the field and staff, while his soldierly qualities displayed at
Henry and Donelson endeared him to the rank and file. Hence he
rapidly rose from the ranks, being promoted to Commissary
Sergeant March 1, 1862, to Adjutant, May 16, 1862; to Major,
February 4, 1863 by the unanimous vote of the officers; to
Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1863, and to Colonel September 26,
1864. On the 13th of March, 1865, he was breveted Brigadier
1865. General of Volunteers, for gallantry during the war.
Many of the officers and soldiers of the Regiment deserve
special mention and lasting remembrance, tent the space
allotted forbids a more extended account. To some of the men
were awarded medals for gallantry; among them Sergeant George W
White,of Company C, who, severely wounded in the battle of
Atlanta, July 22, 1864,resolutely and persistently refused to
be carried to the rear.
The fighting qualities of this Regiment were displayed in
14 battles and 25 skirmishes, of various degrees of importance.
It witnessed the surrender of Buckner and the garrison at
Donelson, the capitulation of Pemberton and his army at
Vicksburg, the humiliation of Johnson and his force at
Bentonville, and their final surrender near Raleigh. And a
brilliant gem in its crown of glory is the fact of its
organization as a "veteran" Regiment, at a time when
the Union cause stood so much in need of trained and tried
soldiers to complete the overthrow of armed rebellion, and to
establish upon the ruins of anarchy and slavery "a government
of the people, by the people, for the people"
Source: Illinois Adjutant-General's Report, vol. 2, p. 574
Battles Fought
Fought on 7 Nov 1861 at Belmont, MO.
Fought on 15 Feb 1862 at Fort Donelson, TN.
Fought on 8 Mar 1862.
Fought on 14 May 1862.
Fought on 22 Jul 1862.
Fought on 5 Sep 1862 at Burnt Bridge, TN.
Fought on 20 Oct 1862.
Fought on 20 Dec 1862 at Trenton, TN.
Fought on 18 Jan 1863 at Grand Junction, TN.
Fought on 1 May 1863 at Thompson's Hill, MS.
Fought on 12 May 1863 at Raymond, MS.
Fought on 16 May 1863 at Champion's Hill, MS.
Fought on 21 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 23 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 27 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 27 Jun 1863 at Fort Hill, Vicksburg.
Fought on 28 Feb 1864 at Canton, MO.
Fought on 20 Apr 1864.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864.
Fought on 27 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 2 Jul 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 21 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 23 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 29 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 8 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 15 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 4 Sep 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 19 Sep 1864.
Fought on 19 Oct 1864.
Fought on 31 Oct 1864.
Fought on 22 Mar 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
James M O'Neal
James M O'Neal was born to James Mullen and Sarah Baker Pulley O'Neal on Jul
1852 in Williamson County, Illinois. He is with his Uncle in the 1860 census
but back with his mother in the 1870. Most likely his middle name is Mullen
but no proof of that. He married Mary Ellen Smith on Aug 11, 1878 in Jasper
County, Missouri. We have Mary born in 1865 but nothing else on her. James and
his mother Sarah followed his uncle William to Taney County, Missouri. We do
not have anything else on him at this time.
Martha Henderickson
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Caroline O'Neal
Caroline was born to Raleigh S and Martha Henderickson O'Neal ABT 1851 in Macon,
Tennessee. She married John R Ireland on Aug 17, 1872 in Jasper County, Missouri.
John was previously married to Catherine Unknown and had a child Charles R Ireland,
which shows in the 1880 and back in 1910 census. There is no record of John and Caroline
having children. In the 1900 census Caroline's brother Lawrence D O'Neal sons Lambert and
Harry were at during the census. John and Caroline moved to Texas and probably died there
but no record of there deaths or F.A.G.
Elizabeth O'Neal
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Lawrence D O'Neal
Lawrence D O'Neal was born to Raleigh S and Martha Henderickson O'Neal about 1855 in
Illinois. Lawrence moved to Taney County, Misouri with his parents. Where he married
Elizabeth R Ireland somewhere in Missouri. They started a family in 1884 and 1886 Lambert
Bruce and Harry O'Neal. In the 1900 census you will not find the children with them because
they were with his sister Caroline and John R Ireland, which is Lawrence's wife's brother.
Lambert and Harry were living together in the 1910 census. Lambert married Della C Blair
They moved from Missouri to Washington going through New Mexico before heading up to Pierce County,
Washington. Lambert and Della had Robert E O'Neal in New Mexico in 1928. Lambert died right after
the 1930 census was taken in Sunmer County, Washington. Lamberts son Absolum Lambert was named after
Lambert and then Della's father name Absolum. We have death record for their son Lawrence D O'Neal
in Washington but no F.A.G. Also, there son Oren died in Snohomish, Washington but have not found
a F.A.G on him. Jessie C O'Neal married a Tony Gonzales, she passed away in Sumner County,Washington.
Nancy Jane O'Neal
Nancy Jane O'Neal was born to Raleigh S and Martha Henderickson
O'Neal on Feb 1857 in Illinois. Nancy moved with parents to Taney
County, Missouri where she married William R Wright on Sep 1894.
Nancy and William show in Arkansas in the 1900 census. Then moved
to Hughes County, Oklahoma in the 1910 census. They show living
with her sister Mary E O'Neal Ireland. Then I have her in the 1920
census in Creek County, Oklahoma with a child Charles N F Wright
showing as a son born 1901. But I do not show him anywhere in the 1910
census. Then Nancy moved up to Delaware County, Oklahoma in the 1930
census where we believe she passed away but no info on it.
Mary E O'Neal
Mary Elizabeth O'Neal was born to Raleigh S and Martha Henderickson
O'Neal about 1858 in Illinois. Mary moved with her parents to Taney
County, Illinois but on the way she met Hugh Lewis(Louis) Ireland and
married on Oct 02, 1876 in Christian, Missouri. They moved onto Jasper,
Missouri. Hugh passed away before 1910 and we have Mary living with her
sister Nancy Jane O'Neal Wright in Hughes, Oklahoma. We show one of the
children living and dying in California. There is a Martha Elizabeth Brown
in Riverside County, California that died in 1946 and the death record shows
father a O'Neal and mother a Wyman. This also shows her as a Martha not Mary.
Samuel R O'Neal
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Seigle McPhearson O'Neal
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Franklin Thomas O'Neal
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Becky O'Neal
I am not the one showing this but my uncles show Becky was born to Raleigh S
and Martha O'Neal. I am still going through my uncles records so I am hoping
I will have more on Becky.
Kenny O'Neal
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Alice Crossley
Alice was the 2nd wife of Raleigh S O'Neal, they married on June 12,
1898 in Crab Orchard, Williamson County, Ill. They married soon after the death of Raleigh's
1st wife Martha. We do not have a death date nor do we know where she was buried at.
William Clinton O'Neal
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Loney Melvon O'Neal
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Raleigh Harvey O'Neal Sr
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Bertha Elizabeth O'Neal
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Floyd O'Neal
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Raleigh Harvey O'Neal Jr
Raleigh Harvey O'Neal Jr. was born to Raleigh Sr and Lena Marie
Koehn on Jan 10, 1925 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma were he
lived his whole life. He was the oldest of 9 children, people knew
him as Harvey O'Neal, who married Carlora Ruth Oliver in Enid. They
had 3 children who were all born in Enid. Harvey managed a few gas
stations in Enid for Kerr McGee gas line. Harvey did a lot of traveling
with his family, plus did genealogy with his brothers and sister.
Harvey's wife Carlora, well known as Ollie, lived there whole lives
together in Enid until they passed.
Margie Jean O'neal
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Ernest O'Neal Sr
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Violet O'Neal
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Jimmy Dale O'Neal
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Robert Eugene O'Neal
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Betty Allen O'Neal
Betty was born to Raleigh Harvey and Lena Marie Koehn O'Neal Sr, born on Aug 7th 1936 Enid,
Garfield County, Oklahoma. She sadly departed this life on July 6th 1937 in Enid. She is buried
in the same cemetery as her father, Mennonite Brethen Cemetery.
Cecil Ray O'Neal
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Cleva Dee Ann O'Neal
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Timothy Ray O'neal
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Jeffrey Allen O'neal
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Ruth E Sullivan
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Laura Ann O'Neal
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