There was a Robert S. Houston, from Springfield in Co. G. Rhonda On 7/18/07, DAWNA SCHMIDT <pdschmidt89@msn.com> wrote: > > hello I was wondering if there is anyone with the last name Houston in you > lists. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joel S. Russell<mailto:jsruss@mindspring.com> > To: ilperry@rootsweb.com<mailto:ilperry@rootsweb.com> ; > ILRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ILRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> ; > ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> ; > ilwashin@rootsweb.com<mailto:ilwashin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:49 PM > Subject: Re: [ILRANDOL] 5th illinois cavalry > > > The companies of the 5th Cavalry, like most other units, were raised > primarily (but not completely) from a specific county. For the 5th > it is generally broken down as follows: > > Company A: Cumberland County > Company B: Coles County (primarily Mattoon) > Company C: McLean County (primarily Bloomington) > Company D: Wayne County (primarily Fairfield) > Company E: Coles County > Company F: Crawford and Richland Counties (primarily Robinson) > Company G: Shelby and Pike Counties > Company H: Washington and St. Clair counties (primarily Nashville > Company I: Cumberland County > Company K: Randolph County (primarily from Sparta) > Company L: Effingham County > Company M: Wayne County > > A search of the internet will find a couple of sites with the men > listed by Company. Data appears to be from the Adjutant Generals > Report. > > Regards, > > Joel > http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/<http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/> > > > At 05:14 PM 4/17/2007, you wrote: > >The men came from southern Illinois; a few from companies H & K hailed > from > >Perry County. > > > >On 4/17/07, Madonna Marks <mdavsm@yahoo.com<mailto:mdavsm@yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > Where was the 5th Illinois Cavalry from? > > > > > > Rhonda Kohl <5illinois@gmail.com<mailto:5illinois@gmail.com>> > wrote: I am working on a history of the > > > 5th Illinois cavalry and am looking for > > > descendants of the men who served in that regiment. > > > > > > I would be most interested to hear any stories you may have > concerning > > > your > > > ancestor's service, and most grateful if you would share any letters > or > > > diaries with me for this history. > > > > > > Please contact me at the posted email: 5illinois@gmail.com<mailto: > 5illinois@gmail.com> Thanks. > > > > > > Rhonda M. Kohl > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > > > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com> with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >