Belgian Civil War soldiers
in Illinois 

• 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  
• Henry HENROTIN  from Chicago
  Enlisted 16 July, 1861 as a Private; Battery B "Taylor's Battery", wounded 22 May 1863, Vicksburg, MS, died of wounds on 28 May 1863.
  
  Charles VAN LANDSCHOOT from Elgin ?
  Enlisted 1862, Elgin's Battery, (5 Indpt.) Illinois L. Artillery 
  

• 7th Illinois Infantry
   
  • Jacob GROSH
    Co. H; enrolled at Lincoln, enlisted July 25, 1861, mustered July 25, 1861; reenlisted as veteran Dec. 22, 1862; mustered out July 9, 1865
     
• 13th Illinois Infantry
   
  • John BEROGAN
    enlisting May 9, 1861, at Sycamore, Illinois. Discharged June 19, 1864. at Springfield. Illinois. On the 1st of March, 1865, he re-enlisted as a veteran in Hancock's corps, discharged March 1, 1866.
     
• 33rd Illinois Infantry
  
  • Joseph Casimir VANDERVEST   from Wisconsin
    recruits; transfered 19 July 1865 from 72nd Wisconsin;  residence Chicago enlisted Nov. 25, 1863; mustered Nov. 25, 1863; musteres out Nov. 24, 1865
    (note : on August 6, 1864, de men of the 72nd were mustered out of the service at Vicksburg and a number of recruits -270- wzez transferred to the 33rd Illinois at Meridian Miss.)
     
• 37th Illinois Infantry
  
• Alexander AHLSTROM     from Chicago ?
  Private, enlisted for 3 years on 15 Aug. 1861, mustered in 18 Sept. 1861 in Chicago, Il. Mustered out 4 Oct. 1864 in Chicago, Il. He was wounded in the Battle of Pea Ridge and was present in all engagements.
  
  
• 44th Illinois Infantry
   
  • Henry CLEES from Mt. Vernon
    Private, enlisted August 1, 1861, mustered in September 13, 1861, transferred to V.C.R. May 1, 1864, (discharged Sept. 15, 1864 ?)
     
• 59th Illinois Infantry
   
  • Peter KERBRICK
    (drafted and substitute recruits) enlisted December 6, 1864, discharrged June 19, 1865
     
• 72nd Illinois Infantry
  
  • Joseph Casimir VANDERVEST  or Sasamir or Casiner VANDERVEST  from Wisconsin
    enlisted 25 November 1863 as a Private Comp. A. Transfered 33rd Illinois 19 July 1865
    (see 33rd Illinois)
    
    
• 89th Illinois Infantry
  
• Henri L. COUCH(COUCKE)     from Dixon, Lee County
  Enlisted for 3 years on 15 Aug. 1862 in Comp. F, mustered in 23 Aug. 1862 in Dixon, Illinois. Wounded at the battle of Stone River 31 Dec. 1862, and died in hospital 27 Jan. 1863.
  
  
• Louis FRONVILLE     from Clifton, Iroquois County
  Enlisted 14 Aug. 1862, in Comp. D, for three months. Died 14 Nov. 1862.
  
  
• Leon J. LAURENT(LORAINT!)     from Clifton, Iroquois County
  Enlisted 14 Aug. 1862, in Comp. D, for three years. Died at Andersonville 1 September 1864.
  

• 97th Illinois Infantry
  
  • Victor VIFQUAIN from Saline County, NEBRASKA
    Adjutant of the 53rd   New York, before joining the 97th Illinois. Brevet Brigadier General and Medal of Honor at Blackely in 1865.
    
    
• 130th Illinois Infantry 
  
  • Charles VANDERVEST   from WISCONSIN
    residence Claremont, Ill.;enlisted 25 Oct.1862; private Comp. H; deserted 1 March 1863
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  134th Illinois Infantry
  
  • Nicholas KEMP   from MISSOURI
    Private Co A Scott Couty Missouri Home Guard before joining the 134th Illinois
    
    
• 147th Illinois Infantry
  
  • Louis HOEBRECKX   from WISCONSIN
    Louis Hoebreckx, a veteran of the 34th Wisconsin Infantry enlisted on February 6, 1865 in the 147th Illinois Regiment. The Hoebreckx family lived in Toner, Town of Red River, Kewaunee County.
    
    
• 153rd Illinois Infantry
  
  • Frédéric PETRY   from WISCONSIN
    Frederick Petry, who came to the United States from Balatre, Belgium in 1855 was a resident of the City of Green Bay before he enlisted in the 153rd Illinois Infantry.
    
    
• 156th Illinois Infantry
  
  • William JOANNES   from WISCONSIN
    William Joannes, a veteran of the 41st Wisconsin Infantry enlisted on March 2, 1865 in the 156th Illinois Infantry. Pvt. Joannes had been living in the City of Green Bay prior to his enlistment.
    
    
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  • Michael MANDY,
    general groceries, was born in Belgium in 1837, and came to America in 1851 with his people, who settled in New York State, where he was reared and educated. In 1857 he came West, and after traveling through the Western States he enlisted in Chicago in the United States military service; was mustered in in (sic) St. Louis, and appointed here. After doing service in Colorado, he returned in 1865, and followed carpentering business till 1867. He then took up mercantile business in East Leavenworth, and carried it on till 1869. He then returned here and has been actively connected with his trade and mercantile business principally since. In 1877 he married Mrs. Clara Smith, a native of Germany. They have a family of four sons and four daughters. (from :William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas )

    
    

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