Co B 86th Illinois Infantry
Residence HENRY, MARSHALL CO, IL Age 22 Height 6'1 1/4 Hair RED Eyes HAZEL Complexion LIGHT Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER
Nativity NJ
Service Record
Joined AUG 11, 1862 MARSHALL CO, IL
Joined By CPT BREASLEY Period 3 YRS
Muster AUG 27, 1862 PEORIA, IL
WOUNDED & CAPTURED AT CHICKAMAUGA SEP 19, 1863
-Illinois State Archives
BERDINE, MARTIN B
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/11/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 112
-VA grave locator
Buried in Section A among other men who were captured at Chickamauga and imprisoned in Atlanta and who died in the Fall of 1863.
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Following is the part of the report given by Lt. Col. David W. Magee after the Battle of Chicakamauga, Georgia about the activities of the 86th on September 18th & 19th, 1863, the opening days of the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. "On the evening of the 18th of September, we marched with the brigade [then encamped at Rossville, Ga.] on the old La Fayette road to the point where it intersects or crosses the Ringgold road, which road we then followed for perhaps 1 mile. I was then ordered into position on the extreme right of the brigade, in a thick woods, with an open field on my front. Immediately after getting into position I deployed two companies as skirmishers, covering my front and right flank, commanded as follows: Company I, Capt. A. L. Fahnestock, and Company B, Capt. J. P. Worrell. We remained in this position, sleeping on our arms, until about 12 or 1 o'clock, at which time we were aroused by quite a sharp fire opening on our right, which proved to be skirmishing between the independent scouts belonging to our brigade and some rebel cavalry. Nothing further occurred to break the stillness of the morning. About half an hour before daylight I received an order to move my regiment by the left flank and take up a new position on the left of Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], then posted on the north side of the road leading to Reed's Mill. We remained in our new position but a short time, when a brisk fire was opened by my skirmishers. These two companies did splendid work, Capt. Worrell having advanced his left about one-fourth of a mile, or until his line was parallel with Capt. Fahnestock's, who covered the right flank during the night. You will readily understand by the description of our movement that my skirmishers were not withdrawn when the regiment moved to its new position on the north of the road leading to Reed's Mill. The firing now became quite severe, the rebels advancing in line of battle. About this time I detailed 2 men from each company, which detail I placed under command of First Lieut. William D. Faulkner, Company D, to procure water from a spring immediately outside of our line of skirmishers. He proceeded on this perilous duty and succeeded in reaching the spring and filling a few canteens with water, but did it under a galling fire from the rebel line, then advancing upon our skirmishers, who stood like a wall of fire between the enemy and our front. The water party were soon compelled to fall back, which they did in good order, as the rebels opened artillery upon them, compelling them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid their compliments to them in the shape of a few well-directed fires from their Enfield rifles. Lieut. Faulkner succeeded in joining the regiment again with all his command except Andrew W. Peters, a private in Company H, who continued too long in the good work, and allowed the rebels to approach him so close as to capture him, and is now a prisoner in their hands. The firing now became severe and continuous, the rebels having advanced their second line. This compelled our skirmishers to fall back and take a new position. The advance of the rebels had now become so formidable and rapid that, before our skirmishers were well aware of it, they had turned our right and threatened to cut them off entirely from the regiment. But becoming aware of their perilous position, they jumped from tree to tree, retreating the while, until Capt. Fahnestock [who held the right] got his company within reach of the rear of our column, which was then moving by the flank [by order of Gen. Steedman] toward the old La Fayette road. Capt. Worrell, however, was not so fortunate, his left being so far advanced, and acting under an order to "hold his position until he heard Barnett's battery open on the enemy," remained too long, and when forced to retreat, found his right covered by the enemy in force. This compelled him to move rapidly to the rear and left, but he was so nearly surrounded by the enemy that he lost 4 men: Sergeant Kingsley, M. V. Birdine, private, wounded and taken prisoners; Lewis L. Lehman and Alexander Bennett, privates, missing [condition not known]. Capt. Worrell succeeded in joining the regiment with the remainder of his company. The conduct of Capt.'s Fahnestock and Worrell, with their companies, on this occasion, I am proud to say, was that of brave and true soldiers, and worthy of the great cause for which we are battling. The regiment then moved with the brigade to Rossville, where we were again drawn up in position to support Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], which had taken position on the mountain on the left of the gap leading south from Rossville, where we remained during the night of the 19th."
Residence HENRY, MARSHALL CO, IL Age 22 Height 6'1 1/4 Hair RED Eyes HAZEL Complexion LIGHT Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER
Nativity NJ
Service Record
Joined AUG 11, 1862 MARSHALL CO, IL
Joined By CPT BREASLEY Period 3 YRS
Muster AUG 27, 1862 PEORIA, IL
WOUNDED & CAPTURED AT CHICKAMAUGA SEP 19, 1863
-Illinois State Archives
BERDINE, MARTIN B
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/11/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 112
-VA grave locator
Buried in Section A among other men who were captured at Chickamauga and imprisoned in Atlanta and who died in the Fall of 1863.
______________________
Following is the part of the report given by Lt. Col. David W. Magee after the Battle of Chicakamauga, Georgia about the activities of the 86th on September 18th & 19th, 1863, the opening days of the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. "On the evening of the 18th of September, we marched with the brigade [then encamped at Rossville, Ga.] on the old La Fayette road to the point where it intersects or crosses the Ringgold road, which road we then followed for perhaps 1 mile. I was then ordered into position on the extreme right of the brigade, in a thick woods, with an open field on my front. Immediately after getting into position I deployed two companies as skirmishers, covering my front and right flank, commanded as follows: Company I, Capt. A. L. Fahnestock, and Company B, Capt. J. P. Worrell. We remained in this position, sleeping on our arms, until about 12 or 1 o'clock, at which time we were aroused by quite a sharp fire opening on our right, which proved to be skirmishing between the independent scouts belonging to our brigade and some rebel cavalry. Nothing further occurred to break the stillness of the morning. About half an hour before daylight I received an order to move my regiment by the left flank and take up a new position on the left of Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], then posted on the north side of the road leading to Reed's Mill. We remained in our new position but a short time, when a brisk fire was opened by my skirmishers. These two companies did splendid work, Capt. Worrell having advanced his left about one-fourth of a mile, or until his line was parallel with Capt. Fahnestock's, who covered the right flank during the night. You will readily understand by the description of our movement that my skirmishers were not withdrawn when the regiment moved to its new position on the north of the road leading to Reed's Mill. The firing now became quite severe, the rebels advancing in line of battle. About this time I detailed 2 men from each company, which detail I placed under command of First Lieut. William D. Faulkner, Company D, to procure water from a spring immediately outside of our line of skirmishers. He proceeded on this perilous duty and succeeded in reaching the spring and filling a few canteens with water, but did it under a galling fire from the rebel line, then advancing upon our skirmishers, who stood like a wall of fire between the enemy and our front. The water party were soon compelled to fall back, which they did in good order, as the rebels opened artillery upon them, compelling them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid their compliments to them in the shape of a few well-directed fires from their Enfield rifles. Lieut. Faulkner succeeded in joining the regiment again with all his command except Andrew W. Peters, a private in Company H, who continued too long in the good work, and allowed the rebels to approach him so close as to capture him, and is now a prisoner in their hands. The firing now became severe and continuous, the rebels having advanced their second line. This compelled our skirmishers to fall back and take a new position. The advance of the rebels had now become so formidable and rapid that, before our skirmishers were well aware of it, they had turned our right and threatened to cut them off entirely from the regiment. But becoming aware of their perilous position, they jumped from tree to tree, retreating the while, until Capt. Fahnestock [who held the right] got his company within reach of the rear of our column, which was then moving by the flank [by order of Gen. Steedman] toward the old La Fayette road. Capt. Worrell, however, was not so fortunate, his left being so far advanced, and acting under an order to "hold his position until he heard Barnett's battery open on the enemy," remained too long, and when forced to retreat, found his right covered by the enemy in force. This compelled him to move rapidly to the rear and left, but he was so nearly surrounded by the enemy that he lost 4 men: Sergeant Kingsley, M. V. Birdine, private, wounded and taken prisoners; Lewis L. Lehman and Alexander Bennett, privates, missing [condition not known]. Capt. Worrell succeeded in joining the regiment with the remainder of his company. The conduct of Capt.'s Fahnestock and Worrell, with their companies, on this occasion, I am proud to say, was that of brave and true soldiers, and worthy of the great cause for which we are battling. The regiment then moved with the brigade to Rossville, where we were again drawn up in position to support Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], which had taken position on the mountain on the left of the gap leading south from Rossville, where we remained during the night of the 19th."
Co B 86th Illinois Infantry
Residence HENRY, MARSHALL CO, IL Age 22 Height 6'1 1/4 Hair RED Eyes HAZEL Complexion LIGHT Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER
Nativity NJ
Service Record
Joined AUG 11, 1862 MARSHALL CO, IL
Joined By CPT BREASLEY Period 3 YRS
Muster AUG 27, 1862 PEORIA, IL
WOUNDED & CAPTURED AT CHICKAMAUGA SEP 19, 1863
-Illinois State Archives
BERDINE, MARTIN B
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/11/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 112
-VA grave locator
Buried in Section A among other men who were captured at Chickamauga and imprisoned in Atlanta and who died in the Fall of 1863.
______________________
Following is the part of the report given by Lt. Col. David W. Magee after the Battle of Chicakamauga, Georgia about the activities of the 86th on September 18th & 19th, 1863, the opening days of the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. "On the evening of the 18th of September, we marched with the brigade [then encamped at Rossville, Ga.] on the old La Fayette road to the point where it intersects or crosses the Ringgold road, which road we then followed for perhaps 1 mile. I was then ordered into position on the extreme right of the brigade, in a thick woods, with an open field on my front. Immediately after getting into position I deployed two companies as skirmishers, covering my front and right flank, commanded as follows: Company I, Capt. A. L. Fahnestock, and Company B, Capt. J. P. Worrell. We remained in this position, sleeping on our arms, until about 12 or 1 o'clock, at which time we were aroused by quite a sharp fire opening on our right, which proved to be skirmishing between the independent scouts belonging to our brigade and some rebel cavalry. Nothing further occurred to break the stillness of the morning. About half an hour before daylight I received an order to move my regiment by the left flank and take up a new position on the left of Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], then posted on the north side of the road leading to Reed's Mill. We remained in our new position but a short time, when a brisk fire was opened by my skirmishers. These two companies did splendid work, Capt. Worrell having advanced his left about one-fourth of a mile, or until his line was parallel with Capt. Fahnestock's, who covered the right flank during the night. You will readily understand by the description of our movement that my skirmishers were not withdrawn when the regiment moved to its new position on the north of the road leading to Reed's Mill. The firing now became quite severe, the rebels advancing in line of battle. About this time I detailed 2 men from each company, which detail I placed under command of First Lieut. William D. Faulkner, Company D, to procure water from a spring immediately outside of our line of skirmishers. He proceeded on this perilous duty and succeeded in reaching the spring and filling a few canteens with water, but did it under a galling fire from the rebel line, then advancing upon our skirmishers, who stood like a wall of fire between the enemy and our front. The water party were soon compelled to fall back, which they did in good order, as the rebels opened artillery upon them, compelling them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid their compliments to them in the shape of a few well-directed fires from their Enfield rifles. Lieut. Faulkner succeeded in joining the regiment again with all his command except Andrew W. Peters, a private in Company H, who continued too long in the good work, and allowed the rebels to approach him so close as to capture him, and is now a prisoner in their hands. The firing now became severe and continuous, the rebels having advanced their second line. This compelled our skirmishers to fall back and take a new position. The advance of the rebels had now become so formidable and rapid that, before our skirmishers were well aware of it, they had turned our right and threatened to cut them off entirely from the regiment. But becoming aware of their perilous position, they jumped from tree to tree, retreating the while, until Capt. Fahnestock [who held the right] got his company within reach of the rear of our column, which was then moving by the flank [by order of Gen. Steedman] toward the old La Fayette road. Capt. Worrell, however, was not so fortunate, his left being so far advanced, and acting under an order to "hold his position until he heard Barnett's battery open on the enemy," remained too long, and when forced to retreat, found his right covered by the enemy in force. This compelled him to move rapidly to the rear and left, but he was so nearly surrounded by the enemy that he lost 4 men: Sergeant Kingsley, M. V. Birdine, private, wounded and taken prisoners; Lewis L. Lehman and Alexander Bennett, privates, missing [condition not known]. Capt. Worrell succeeded in joining the regiment with the remainder of his company. The conduct of Capt.'s Fahnestock and Worrell, with their companies, on this occasion, I am proud to say, was that of brave and true soldiers, and worthy of the great cause for which we are battling. The regiment then moved with the brigade to Rossville, where we were again drawn up in position to support Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], which had taken position on the mountain on the left of the gap leading south from Rossville, where we remained during the night of the 19th."
Residence HENRY, MARSHALL CO, IL Age 22 Height 6'1 1/4 Hair RED Eyes HAZEL Complexion LIGHT Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER
Nativity NJ
Service Record
Joined AUG 11, 1862 MARSHALL CO, IL
Joined By CPT BREASLEY Period 3 YRS
Muster AUG 27, 1862 PEORIA, IL
WOUNDED & CAPTURED AT CHICKAMAUGA SEP 19, 1863
-Illinois State Archives
BERDINE, MARTIN B
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/11/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 112
-VA grave locator
Buried in Section A among other men who were captured at Chickamauga and imprisoned in Atlanta and who died in the Fall of 1863.
______________________
Following is the part of the report given by Lt. Col. David W. Magee after the Battle of Chicakamauga, Georgia about the activities of the 86th on September 18th & 19th, 1863, the opening days of the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. "On the evening of the 18th of September, we marched with the brigade [then encamped at Rossville, Ga.] on the old La Fayette road to the point where it intersects or crosses the Ringgold road, which road we then followed for perhaps 1 mile. I was then ordered into position on the extreme right of the brigade, in a thick woods, with an open field on my front. Immediately after getting into position I deployed two companies as skirmishers, covering my front and right flank, commanded as follows: Company I, Capt. A. L. Fahnestock, and Company B, Capt. J. P. Worrell. We remained in this position, sleeping on our arms, until about 12 or 1 o'clock, at which time we were aroused by quite a sharp fire opening on our right, which proved to be skirmishing between the independent scouts belonging to our brigade and some rebel cavalry. Nothing further occurred to break the stillness of the morning. About half an hour before daylight I received an order to move my regiment by the left flank and take up a new position on the left of Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], then posted on the north side of the road leading to Reed's Mill. We remained in our new position but a short time, when a brisk fire was opened by my skirmishers. These two companies did splendid work, Capt. Worrell having advanced his left about one-fourth of a mile, or until his line was parallel with Capt. Fahnestock's, who covered the right flank during the night. You will readily understand by the description of our movement that my skirmishers were not withdrawn when the regiment moved to its new position on the north of the road leading to Reed's Mill. The firing now became quite severe, the rebels advancing in line of battle. About this time I detailed 2 men from each company, which detail I placed under command of First Lieut. William D. Faulkner, Company D, to procure water from a spring immediately outside of our line of skirmishers. He proceeded on this perilous duty and succeeded in reaching the spring and filling a few canteens with water, but did it under a galling fire from the rebel line, then advancing upon our skirmishers, who stood like a wall of fire between the enemy and our front. The water party were soon compelled to fall back, which they did in good order, as the rebels opened artillery upon them, compelling them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid them to seek shelter in the woods; not, however, until they had paid their compliments to them in the shape of a few well-directed fires from their Enfield rifles. Lieut. Faulkner succeeded in joining the regiment again with all his command except Andrew W. Peters, a private in Company H, who continued too long in the good work, and allowed the rebels to approach him so close as to capture him, and is now a prisoner in their hands. The firing now became severe and continuous, the rebels having advanced their second line. This compelled our skirmishers to fall back and take a new position. The advance of the rebels had now become so formidable and rapid that, before our skirmishers were well aware of it, they had turned our right and threatened to cut them off entirely from the regiment. But becoming aware of their perilous position, they jumped from tree to tree, retreating the while, until Capt. Fahnestock [who held the right] got his company within reach of the rear of our column, which was then moving by the flank [by order of Gen. Steedman] toward the old La Fayette road. Capt. Worrell, however, was not so fortunate, his left being so far advanced, and acting under an order to "hold his position until he heard Barnett's battery open on the enemy," remained too long, and when forced to retreat, found his right covered by the enemy in force. This compelled him to move rapidly to the rear and left, but he was so nearly surrounded by the enemy that he lost 4 men: Sergeant Kingsley, M. V. Birdine, private, wounded and taken prisoners; Lewis L. Lehman and Alexander Bennett, privates, missing [condition not known]. Capt. Worrell succeeded in joining the regiment with the remainder of his company. The conduct of Capt.'s Fahnestock and Worrell, with their companies, on this occasion, I am proud to say, was that of brave and true soldiers, and worthy of the great cause for which we are battling. The regiment then moved with the brigade to Rossville, where we were again drawn up in position to support Capt. Barnett's battery [I, Second Illinois], which had taken position on the mountain on the left of the gap leading south from Rossville, where we remained during the night of the 19th."
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