Database of
Illinois Spanish–American War Veterans
This database of Illinois Spanish–American War
Veterans indexes the portion of the ninth volume of the nine volume
publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of
Illinois, which lists veterans of that war. (The remainder of
the ninth and the other eight volumes list veterans of the Black
Hawk, Mexican, and Civil Wars.) This 1902 publication, originating
from the rosters maintained by the Illinois Adjutant General, is the
result of an 1899 Illinois statute mandating that the rosters of
Illinois volunteers be printed. The names of approximately 11,000
men, organized into 10 regiments, are found in its pages. The volume
includes a roster and history for each regiment.
The database was created and donated to the
Illinois State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois. Delap, a
volunteer with the Edgar County Genealogical Library, has also
indexed the names of Illinois veterans of the War of 1812, Winnebago
War, Black Hawk War, Mexican War, and Civil War.
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United
Spanish War Veterans Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery in
Springfield |
Photocopies
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company letter from this index to obtain further information on a
veteran from the record series, Muster Out Rolls (RS
301.089). The rolls, arranged by regiment and thereunder by
company, provide for each soldier: name, rank; date, place, and term
of enrollment; name of enrolling officer; places of residence and
discharge; and amounts of pay, travel and reimbursement due. The
original records have been duplicated in the unindexed published
four volume set Adjutant General's Report Containing The Complete
Muster Out Rolls of the Illinois Volunteers Who Served in the
Spanish-American War,1898-1899 (Springfield, 4 vols., 1902).
Additional information is available from the record series, Muster
In Rolls (RS
301.087), which also provides each soldier's age, birthplace,
eye and hair color, complexion, height, marital status, occupation,
and name and address of the soldier's nearest relative.
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If you have any questions about or problems with
this database, please feel free to contact the Archives. We will
attempt to answer your question or resolve your difficulty as
quickly as possible. If you would like an unofficial and uncertified
photocopy of the soldier's entries in the record series, Muster Out
Rolls (RS
301.089) and Muster In Rolls (RS
301.087), please include your postal mailing address. As a
result of limitations on research time, Archives staff can photocopy
no more than 2 entries per request.
To request photocopies or further information,
contact:
Illinois State Archives
Reference Unit
Margaret Cross Norton Building
Capitol Complex
Springfield, Illinois 62756 |
Telephone: (217) 782-3556
Fax: (217) 524-3930
Submit
a Request Via the Internet |
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the Illinois
Spanish–American War database are:
| 1LT |
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1st Lieutenant |
HOST |
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Hospital Steward |
| 1SG |
– |
1st Sergeant |
INF |
– |
Infantry |
| 2LT |
– |
2nd Lieutenant |
LTC |
– |
Lieutenant |
| 2SG |
– |
2nd Sergeant |
MAJ |
– |
Major |
| ART |
– |
Artificer (Rank) |
MUS |
– |
Musician |
| ART |
– |
Artillery (Unit) |
PMUS |
– |
Principal Musician |
| ASUR |
– |
Assistant Surgeon |
PVT |
– |
Private |
| BLKS |
– |
Blacksmith |
QM |
– |
Quartermaster |
| CAV |
– |
Cavalry |
QMSG |
– |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
| CHAP |
– |
Chaplain |
SAD |
– |
Saddler |
| CMUS |
– |
Chief Musician |
SGT |
– |
Sergeant |
| COL |
– |
Colonel |
SURG |
– |
Surgeon |
| CPL |
– |
Corporal |
TEAM |
– |
Teamster |
| CPT |
– |
Captain |
WAG |
– |
Wagoner |
| FAR |
– |
Farrier |
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