Company D, 45th Illinois Infantry Officers-- Part 2: Lieutenants

FIRST LIEUTENANTS  

Name, Residence, Date of Rank, Date of Muster, Remarks

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William R. Rowley / Galena  /  Nov. 13, 1861  /  Nov. 20, 1861  /  Promoted General Grant's staff

John O. Duer  /  Galena  /  March 1, 1862  /  June 30, 1862  /  Promoted

Joseph W. Miller  /  Galena  /  April 6, 1862  /  April 23, 1863  /  Promoted

Otto C. Hager  /  Galena  /  June 25, 1863  /  Promoted

John R. Dawson  /  Dixon  /  Oct. 31, 1863  /  December 22, 1863  /  Mustered out  July 12, 1865

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SECOND LIEUTENANTS

John O. Duer  /  Galena  /    Sept. 3, 1861  /  Nov. 20, 1861 /  Promoted

Joseph W. Miller  /  Galena  /  March 1, 1862  /  June 30, 1862  /  Promoted

Otto C. Hager  /  Galena  /  May 1, 1862  /  April 23, 1863  /  Promoted

Edwin O.  Hammond  /  Dixon  /  Jan. 25, 1864  /  Mustered out July 12, 1865

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Two of Galena's nine generals were with this company at one time or another.

--Old Secesh

105th Illinois Infantry-- Part 4: Service

The regiment was organized in Dixon, Illinois, mustering into U.S. service on September 2, 1862 and then moved to Camp Douglas in Chicago on September 8, 1862 and then to Louisville, Kentucky, from, September 30-October 2, 1862.

After the March to the Sea, they moved from Savannah, Georgia, through South Carolina and into North Carolina and at the Battle of Bentonville March 19 to 21, 1865.  They occupied my hometown of Goldsboro, N.C., on March 24 and the Advance on Raleigh April 10-14 and Bennett's House and the Confederate surrender on April 26.

Afterwards, the regiment marched to Washington, D.C., by way of Richmond from April 29 to May 19, participating in the Grand Review on May 24.

They were mustered out in Chicago on June 7 and discharged in Chicago on July 17, 1865.

--Old Secesh