This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vh.2ADE/844.1 Message Board Post: Washington Brotherton, probably went to enlist in an Illinois Regiment for any of a veriety of reasons: The bounty he received may have been substantial, or he may have been paid as a substitute by someone wanting to avoid the draft. The area of Missouri he was from was likely of divided loyalty. His family might have faced retaliation had he enlisted there. PVT. WASH G. BROTHERTON was in Company I of the 14th ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (REORGANIZED) from SHELBY County Illinois.