La Porte County Civil War Union Veterans
Companies of the 87th Regiment
3 Years service

Source: Packard, Jasper, History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor & Company, La Porte, 1876
Chapter 20, Military Records:
Transcribed for La Porte County Gen Web by Christine Scott
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT---THREE YEARS SERVICE        
NAME ENLIST DATE RANK MUSTERED OUT OR OTHER ADDED NOTES
         
COMPANY A        
         
BLYMER, WM. S. 09/19/1863     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY B        
         
COLE, NELSON V. 09/19/1863     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY C        
         
BLOKER, JOHN H. 09/19/1863     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY D        
         
GROOMS, BENJAMIN 10/28/1864     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
GROOMS, JAMES 10/28/1864     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY E        
         
ACKLEY, JACOB 09/19/1863     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
WILLS, PHILIP H. 09/19/1863     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY F.        
         
VAN ANKIN, CHARLES 09/19/1863     Tranferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY G        
         
HARDING, SOLOMON E. 08/31/1862 1st Sgt.   Killed at Chicm. 09/20/1863
STOCKMAN, ISAAC S. 08/31/1862 Sgt.   Discharged 11/03/1863
DOW'D, JOHN H. 08/31/1862 Sgt. MO. 06/10/1865  
HARDING, THOMAS D. 08/31/1862 Sgt.   Discharged 11/13/1863
         
CORPORALS        
         
DUNHAM, GEORGE A. 08/31/1862     Died at Manchester, Tenn. 07/04/1863
SCHOLTS, DAVID 08/31/1862     Died at LaPorte, Ind. 12/07/1863
DUDLEY, HENRY H. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
MILLER, JACOB V. 08/31/1862     Discharged 03/20/1863
SALER, THOMAS A. 08/31/1862     Discharged 04/29/1863
BURDEN, JAMES 08/31/1862     Died at Tunnel Hill, GA. 12/09/1862
HOOTEN, BENJAMIN F. 08/31/1862 Musician   Died at Indianapolis, IN. 07/15/1863
CULP, JOHNSON W. 08/31/1862     Dicharged 07/30/1863
CLOSSER, JERONE B. 08/31/1862 Wagoner   Discharged 01/29/1863
         
PRIVATES        
         
BERGET, CHARLES 08/31/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
BILLMAN, WILLAM 08/31/1862     Discharged
BAKER, HENRY 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/19/1863
CASGRIFF, ARTHUR 08/31/1862     Died at Nashville, Tenn. 02/18/1864
CROLL, AUGUST 08/31/1862     Dischrged 03/17/1863
CHERRY, JOSEPH 08/31/1862     Died at Richmond Prison, VA. January 1864
COLE, ANDREW 08/31/1862     Died at Chattanooga, Tenn 09/30/1864
CANNEL, JOHN F. 08/31/1862 1st. Sgt. MO. 06/10/1865  
CLOPER, JOSEPH A. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/30/1865 Transferred to V.R.C.
CHRONISTER, JOSEPH A. 08/31/1862     Died at Nashville, Tenn.03/17/1863 02/18/1864
CAMPBELL, CHARLES 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/02/1863
CRUZAN, WILLIAM 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/28/1863
CORNELL, CHARLES 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/20/1863
DUNN, HENRY 08/31/1862     Died at Stevenson, Ala. 01/30/1864
DAY, ALDEN E. 08/31/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
DAUPHIN, NICHOLAS 08/31/1862     Discharged 12/06/1862
DUDLEY, MILTON 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
DAVIS, JAMES H. 08/31/1862     Discharged 11/24/1862
FOGLE, JACOB R. 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/17/1863
FISHER, THOMAS 08/31/1862     Killed at Chattanooga, Tenn. 11/25/1863
FESSENDEN, MAJOR 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/01/1863
GILFOYLE, MICHAEL 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/19/1863
GARNER, JOHN 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/20/1863
GRAVES, WILLIAM H. 08/31/1862     Discharged 07/27/1863
JACOBUS, ANDREW, J. 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/17/1863
JONES, ADAM B. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
JONES, AARON S. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865 Absent, no leave
LIGHTFOOT, ENOCH 08/31/1862     Died at Stevenson, Ala. 10/10/1863
LIGHTFOOT, ELI H. 08/31/1862     Discharged 03/29/1863
MOORE, ROBERT 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
MCNEAL, ISAAC 08/31/1862     Died at Nashvilled, Tenn. 01/02/1864
MOORE, THOMAS 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/25/1863
MONTGOMERY, THOMAS 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
MOFFIT, EPHRAIM 08/31/1862     Died at Gallatin, Tenn. 01/25/1863
MCDONALD, EBENCZER 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/20/1863
POWERS, LEWIS 08/31/1862     Died at Chattanooga, Tenn 11/18/1863
PRINCE, LYMAN 08/31/1862     Died at Gallatin, Tenn. 12/10/1862
POINTER, WILLIAM 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/20/1863
POINTER, THOMAS 08/31/1862     Died at Chattanooga, Tenn 12/03/1863
RODY, JOHN 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/20/1863
ROGERS, AMOS 08/31/1862     Transferred to Veteran Engineer Corps.
ROACH, MICHAEL 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
RICE, GEORGE 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
SIDDLES, JOHN A. 08/31/1862     Died at Danville, VA. 11/29/1864
SMOOTZER, CHARLES 08/31/1862     Died at Chattanooga 09/25/1863
SHARP, BENJAMIN 08/31/1862     Died at Louisville, KY. 12/07/1863
START, JOHN 08/31/1862     Deserted 10/06/1862
URQUHART, GEORGE 08/31/1862     Discharged 07/13/1864
VANTASSSEL, ALONZO 08/31/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
VANTASSEL, ANDREW 08/31/1862     Discharged 12/17/1862
WARBURTON, PETER 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/29/1863
WARINER, ORY 08/31/1862     Transferrred to Marine Bragade 04/22/1864
YOUNG, MARTIN 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
AMES, JAMES S. 08/31/1862 Recruit   Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865, substitute
BURGETT, PHILIP 08/31/1862 Recruit   Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865, substitute
MILLER, JACOB V. 08/31/1862     Died at Lookout Mountain 08/28/1864
         
COMPANY H.        
         
SELLECK, JOHN E. 08/31/1862 1st. Sgt. Promoted to 2nd Lieut.    
LOGAN, ALBERT C. 08/31/1862 Sgt. Promoted 1st. Lieut.    
LOOMIS, HENRY B. 08/31/1862 Corporal   Discharged 01/10/1863
MARTIN, ALEXANDER A. 08/31/1862 Corporal   Transferred to V.R.C.
WEED, CHANCELLOR 08/31/1862 Corporal   Transferred to V.R.C.
BROWN, HENRY C 08/31/1862 Sgt. MO. 06/10/1865 Arm amputated
WAY, IRA 08/31/1862 1st Sgt. MO. 06/06/1865  
POSTEN, JOHN A. 08/31/1862     Discharged 12/29/1862
         
PRIVATES        
         
ALLEN, SILAS 08/31/1862 Sgt. MO. 06/10/1865  
ASH, JAMES G 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/06/1864
BLACKMAN, HOMER O. 08/31/1862     Tranferred to Engineer Corps 07/29/1864
BLODGETT, HENRY H. 08/31/1862     Died at Nashville, Tenn. 03/31/1863
BRYSON, EPHRAIM M. 08/31/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
CARPENTER, LEONARD 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/18/1863
CARPENTER, EMORY 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/27/1863
CUTLING, JOHN B.
CATLIN, JOHN B - correction to spelling
08/31/1862 Promoted Captain   Company I
EWING, WILLIAM A 08/31/1862     Dropped as a deserter
FIERCE, HENRY 08/31/1862   MO. 06/29/1865 Transferred to V.R.C.
FIERCE, WILLIAM W. 08/31/1862     Discharged
FINCH, EDDY S. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
FLETCHER, FRANKLIN 08/31/1862     Discharged 01/22/1863
GEE, JOHN F. 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/27/1863
HALL, CHARLES H.G. 08/31/1862     Died at Louisville, KY. 10/02/1863
HASS, WILLIAM 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/22/1863
HARSEN, SYLVESTER D. 08/31/1862     Discharged
JONES, JOHN M. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/13/1865  
LINARD, DANIEL J. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/15/1865  
LYNCH, WEBSTER 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865 Hospital stew'd
MAHANNY, DANIEL 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/17/1863
MANDERVILLE, AB. C. 08/31/1862     Discharged 03/29/1865, wounds
MILLER, WM. S. 08/31/1862     Died at South Tunnel, Tenn. 11/19/1862
NEIHARDT, WILLIAM 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
NELSON, ISAAC N. 08/31/1862     Transferred to Engineer Corps 07/24/1864
OBRIEN, JAMES 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
PIERSON, JAMES W. 08/31/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
PITCHER, ALONZO 08/31/1862     Died at Chattanooga, Tenn. 10/11/1863
POSTEN, ELIAS B. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
PRATT, EUGENE A. 08/31/1862     Killed at Chicamauga 09/19/1863
RICHARDS, ORRIN M. 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/08/1863
SCHERMERHORN, J.C. 08/31/1862     Dropped as a deserter
TAYLOR, JOHN S. 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/19/1863
TITUS, NELSON J. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
WEED, POPE C. 08/31/1862   MO. 07/07/1865 Transferred to V.R.C.
WELLMAN, WILSON R. 08/31/1862     Discharged 12/28/1863
WILSON, JONATHAN H. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
WILLIS, WILLIAM C. 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
WOOLEY, SAMUEL 08/31/1862     Discharged 02/15/1863
YOUNG, ANDREW 08/31/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
         
RECRUITS        
         
BIG, JOHN 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
BROOKS, JACOB 12/30/1863     Died at Chattanooga, Tenn. 02/17/1864
BURNSTEAD, WN. T. 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
BROWN, WILLIAM 03/12/1864     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
BROWN, DANIEL L. 03/23/1864     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
CAMPBELL, BENJAMIN F. 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
CLARK, ERSKINE C. 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
CARPENTER, DANIEL 03/12/1864     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
DENNISON, GEORGE S. 09/19/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
FESSENDEN, GEORGE M 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
FESSENDEN, HARRISON C. 09/19/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
GROVER, STEPHEN K. 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
GREEN, THOMAS     MO. 08/01/1865  
HARVEY, ANSON 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
MCKILEN, WILLIAM 09/24/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
MORRIS, MORTON P. 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
TEEPLE, CHARLES B. 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
TURNER, FRANCIS 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
TITUS, HORACE W. 04/08/1864     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865, drafted
WISE, BERNARD 12/30/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865, drafted
WORDEN, CHARLES G. 12/30/1863   MO. 08/18/1865  
WILSON, MILDEN H. 03/12/1864     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
         
COMPANY I        
         
BILLINGS, ELIHU M. 09/12/1862 1st Sgt   Died at Danvilled 12/06/1863
MCCOLLUM, DEWITT C. 09/12/1862 Sgt. Promoted 1st Lieut.   Company A
MCCASKEY, ISAAC W. 09/12/1862 Sgt.   Discharged, wounds
FOX, GEORGE G.P M. 09/12/1862 1st Sgt MO. 06/10/1865  
ROOT, EDWARD 09/12/1862 Sgt.   Discharged 01/02/1863
         
CORPORALS        
         
ROBINSON, ASA S. 09/12/1862      
LOWE, WILLIAMS F 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
SABIN, ORLANDO W. 09/12/1862     Died at Chattanooga, Tenn. 11/02/1863
LEARN, WILLIAM 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
JOHNSON, SAMUEL V. 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/20/1863
ALLEN, WILLIAM C. 09/12/1862 Sgt. MO. 06/10/1865  
COPELIN, JAMES 09/12/1862     Discharged 014/01/1863
BEAR, BENJAMIN E. 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865 Transferred to V.R.C.
WILKINSON, CLINTON C. 09/12/1862 Musician   Discharged 05/01/1863
MCNALLY, SILAS 09/12/1862     Transferred to V.R.C. 04/28/1864
CHRISTEON, ABRAM 09/12/1862 Wagoner MO. 06/10/1865  
         
PRIVATES        
         
ARMSTRONG, J.W. 09/12/1862 Sgt. MO. 06/10/1865  
CARR, SANFORD 09/12/1862     Died at Bowling Green, KY 12/31/1862
CARR, SMITH 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
CALER, PETER 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
CRAIG, ORRIN 09/12/1862     Died at Nashville 11/05/1863
CRAWLEY, JAMES 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
CROSBY, LYMAN B. 09/12/1862 Promoted 2nd Lieut.   Company K
HEALD, GEORGE F. 09/12/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
HOMER, ISAAC 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/14/1863
IRWIN, JAMES 09/12/1862     Discharged 03/02/1863
JOHNSON, WILLIAM 09/12/1862     Transferred to V.R.C. 04/14/1864
JONES, CALVIN 09/12/1862     Deserted 01/30/1863
JONES, ERWIN M. 09/12/1862     Deserted 01/30/1863
KELLY, THOMAS 09/12/1862     Discharged 03/30/1863
LANE, ALONZO 09/12/1862     Transferred to Pion. Corps. Died at Nashville 11/06/1863
LIENEN, JOHN 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/01/1864
LOWE, LEWIS M. 09/12/1862     Missing in action at Chicma. 09/29/1863
LONG, WRIGHT, 09/12/1862     Discharged 12/13/1862
LYONS, JEROME 09/12/1862     Died at Gallatin, Tenn. 12/23/1862
MAPLE, BENJAMIN 09/12/1862     Disharged 03/14/1863
MASON, ASA C. 09/12/1862     Transferred to V.R.C. 02/15/1864
MATSOL, JACOB 09/12/1862 Corporal MO. 06/10/1865  
MARTIN, HENRY 09/12/1862     Died 10/06/1863, wounds
MCCLELLAN, HIRAM M. 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/01/1863
MEAD, WILLIAM H. 09/12/1862   MO. 06/21/1865  
MILLS, DANIEL S. 09/12/1862     Discharged 12/02/1862
MORRIS, MORTON P. 09/12/1862     Transferred to Company H
MAYER, CHARLES H. 09/12/1862     Deserted 06/12/1863
PAIROT, DAVID W. 09/12/1862     Died at Gallatin, Tenn. 02/04/1863
PENOYER, JOSEPH 09/12/1862     Died at Chattanooga 10/24/1863
PHILIP, HENRY 09/12/1862     Deserted February 1863
PIKE, WILLIAM 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
PROUTSMAN, GEORGE W. 09/12/1862     Transferred to V.R.C. 02/17/1864
ROBINSON, JOHN H. 09/12/1862     Discharged 03/11/1863
SHELLEVITLE, JOSEPH 09/12/1862     Discharged 03/01/1864
SHURTE, ANDREW J. 09/12/1862     Transferred to V.R.C. 01/10/1864
SMITH, WILSON P. 09/12/1862   MO. 06/10/1865  
SMITH SAMUEL P. 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/01/1863
TAYLOR, JOHN H 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/08/1863
VAIL, AUGUSTUS W. 09/12/1862     Died at Danville, KY,. 06/22/1863
VANDUSEN, ENOCH 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/31/1863
VERT, NICHOLAS 09/12/1862     Died at Nashville 04/01/1863
WILSON, WILLIAM H. 09/12/1862     Deserted February 1863
WILSON, WILLIAM 09/12/1862     Discharged 12/27/1862
WILSON, HENRY M. 09/12/1862     Died at Nashvilled 02/24/1863
WILKINSON, CHAUNCEY C. 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/08/1863
WOOD, GEORGE W. 09/12/1862     Discharged 02/03/1863
XANDER, JOHN 09/12/1862     Died at Gallatin, Tenn. 01/02/1863
YOST, PETER H. 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/01/1863
  09/12/1862      
         
RECRUITS        
         
ARHEIT, HENRY 02/18/1864   MO. 05/30/1865  
BURNSTEAD, JOHN A. 08/20/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
COLEMAN, BENJAMIN F. 01/07/1864 Sgt.   Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
CROSS, DALLAS P. 02/11/1864 Corporal   Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
FRADENBURGH, SPENCER 02/27/1864     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
POWELS, LEVI W. 09/12/1862     Discharged 01/29/1863
RICHARDS, CLARK R. 09/09/1863     Transferred to 42nd Regiment 06/09/1865
WOODBURN, LEWIS N. 02/29/1864     Died at Chattanooga 09/05/1864
         
COMPANY K        
         
UNASSIGNED RECRUITS        
         
KING, JOHN 08/22/1864    
LYNCH, PATRICK 08/22/1864    
SALISBURY, ALFRED B. 09/19/1863    
WELL, THEODORE H. 09/19/1863    
         
OFFICERS        
         
NEWELL GLEASON 09/02/1862 Lieut. Col. Promoted Col. MO with Regiment Brevetted Brig. Gen
RICHARD C SABIN 08/31/1862 Capt. Promoted Major MO with Regiment Brevetted Lt. Col.
HENRY WELLER 06/04/1863 Chaplan   Res. 07/21/1864
ALASNON T. BLISS 08/31/0862 Captain   Resigned 02/15/1864
THEODORE WOODWARD 08/31/1862 1st. Lieut   Resigned 07/22/1863
ISAAC S. STOCKMAN   2nd Lieut. Promoted 1st Lieut.   Resigned 04/06/1864
GEORGE URQUHART 07/14/1864 1st. Lieut MO with Regiment  
DAVID W. PRATT 08/31/1862 1st. Lieut   Resigned 04/15/1863
JOHN F CANNELL   2nd Lieut. MO with Regiment  
WM. B. BIDDLE 09/12/1862 see note MO with Regiment 1st Lieut. Company I promoted Captain Company H, Brevetted Major
SLOAN D. MARTIN 08/31/1862 1st. Lieut   Killed at Chicm. 09/19/1863
ALBERT C. LOGAN 03/01/1864 1st. Lieut MO with Regiment  
JOHN E. SELLECK 12/20/1862 1st. Lieut   Adj. resigned 09/08/1864
IRA WAY   2nd Lieut. MO with Regiment  
JAMES A CRAWLEY 09/12/1862 Captain   Resigned 05/10/1864
DEWITT C. MCCOLLUM 04/08/1864 1st. Lieut MO with Regiment  
ABRAM C. ANDREW 09/12/1862 2nd Lieut.   Killed at battle of Chicamauga 09/20/1863
JOHN W. ARMSTRONG 09/20/1863   MO with Regiment  

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