Memorial Wall Black Hawk War Civil War A-M Civil War N-Z Spanish-American
World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Middle East Conflicts
The Civil War Memorial Wall lists a record of names of McLean County and Livingston County residents who served and perished in that conflict (1861-1865).
If you notice what you believe to be an error or omission, please contact us here.
Livingston County soldiers
Akhurst, James, Veteran, Pontiac, Died at Hampton, Va., May 28, 1864; wounds
Baker, Samuel, Private, Fairbury, Died at Young’s Point, La., Jan 25, 1863
Bennington, John W, Private, Livingston Co., Drowned in White River, Mar 11, 1862
Brownson, Urban A., Private, Pontiac, Died, Apr 6, 1862; wounds
Clark, John N., Private, Pontiac, Died Mar 4, 1862; wounds
Cox, John S., Private, Livingston Co., Died, Rolla, Mo., Jan 1862
Crosby, George, Private, Livingston Co., Died Feb 1, 1863
Dixon, Robert, Private, Livingston Co., Accidentally killed, Aug 12, 1864
Duflinger, James, Recruit, Livingston Co., Died, Pontiac, Ill., Dec 16, 1861
Dunn, Henry, Veteran, Pontiac, Killed, Atlanta, July 22, 1864
Egan, William, Private, Pontiac, Jun 13, 1861, Died, Feb 17, 1862; wounds
Evans, Richard Jr., Private, Pontiac, Jun 13, 1861, Died, Pontiac, Ill., Feb 15, 1862
Freeman, George J., Private, Pontiac, Died, Bird’s Pt., Jan 13, 1862
Gorbett, George W., Recruit, Pontiac, Died near Alexandria, Va., Apr 17, 1864
Gott, Henry, Veteran, Pontiac, Died, Andersonville prison, Jan 15, 1865. Gr. 12,461
Hamilton, Lester, Veteran, Pontiac, Killed in action, May 20, 1864
Hanselman, Christopher, Private, Livingston Co., Died at New Orleans, La., Aug 27, 1863
Heartman, William, Private, Livingston Co., Killed near Memphis, Aug 21, 1864
Highshoe, Jacob, Private, Pontiac, Killed at Fort Donelson, Feb 15, 1862
Howell, William B., Private, Pontiac, Died, Louisville, May 6, 1862
Johnson, Abram O., Private, Livingston Co., Died at Morganzia, La., Mar 31, 1864; wounds
Johnson, Samuel B., Recruit, Pontiac, Died, Bermuda Hundred, Jun 30, 1864
Jones, William A., Private, Vail’s Saw Mill, Died, Rolla, Mo., Jan 18, 1862
Kelly, Thomas, Corporal, Pontiac, Died at Lagrange, Tenn., May 12, 1863
Knight, Anthony, Corporal, Pontiac, Supposed killed at Shiloh, Apr 7, 1862
Lord, James G., Corporal, Pontiac, Killed at Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863
McArthur, H., Corporal, Pontiac, Died, Avoca, Ill., Mar 4, 1862
McDowell, James M., Private, Livingston Co., Died at Helena, Ark., Sep 13, 1862
Milam, Lindsay W., Veteran, Pontiac, Died Aug 1864; wounds
Miller, Daniel, Recruit, Pontiac, Died, Cincinnati, May 21, 1862
Moore, Anderson L., Veteran, Pontiac, Killed in action, Apr 2, 1865
Mossholder, John, Wagoner, Pontiac, Died Pontiac, Ill., Dec 4, 1861
Murtaugh, Michael, Private, Pontiac, Killed at Shiloh, Apr 6, 1862
Page, Charles L., Captain, Pontiac, Killed in battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864
Palmer, Gershen, Private, Pontiac, Died at Newbern, N.C., Feb 21, 1862
Perry, George, Recruit, Killed, Vicksburg, Jun 16, 1863
Pratt, Charles A., Private, Livingston Co., Died at Young’s Point, La., Jan 29, 1863
Reynolds, Orison S., Recruit, Pontiac, Died, Memphis, Mar 17, 1863
Russell, Jerome W., Recruit, Died at Baker’s Creek, Miss., July 23, 1863
Scott, Mahlon, Private, Owego Township, Died Aug 6, 1862
Scott, Walter, First Lieutenant, Owego Township, Died June 12, 1963
Scott, Wesley, Corporal, Pontiac, Died, Annapolis, Nov 10, 1864
Ullery, Jacob A., Veteran, Pontiac, Killed at Atlanta, July 21, 1864
Vieux, John, Veteran, Odell, Killed at Drury’s Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864
Weidman, Uriah, Veteran, Pontiac, Died at Camp Parole, Dec 31, 1864
Wightman, James, Captain, Odell, Died May 16, 1864
Zeph, Pleasant, Corporal, Pontiac, Died, Pontiac, Ill., Mar 4, 1862
From: genealogytrails.com, civilwar.ilgenweb.net, McLean County Museum of History