I decided to pull a random envelope out of one of my many boxes of research material down in the basement. This particular envelope was from the Illinois State Archives and it was sent to me clear back in October, 2000. (I don’t even remember ordering it!) It contains copies of selected pages from the Muster Roll for Company H of the 123rd Regiment of Illinois Volunteers (this would be a Union regiment, not Confederate).
Glancing through the list of soldiers, I found four Timmons brothers. Okay, for you youngsters, the Timmons family is on our Frasier side. Vivian and Thelma’s mother’s maiden name was Lola Ethel Timmons. Lola’s grandfather was Salathiel Timmons, and he and his three brothers served together in the same regiment in the Civil War.You can read on Wikipedia all about the 123rd Regiment.
Salathiel and his brothers, Laban, Leroy, and Battle enlisted in September, 1862. Salathiel, Leroy and Laban mustered out in June, 1965. The Wikipedia article says that Captain L. M. Hosea formally discharged some of the soldiers and my muster document shows that Laban and Leroy were indeed mustered out by “Capt. Hosea” (another officer was listed for Salathiel). Yes, sometimes Wikipedia gets it right!
The fourth brother, Battle, died on May 8, 1863 at Murfreesboro (near Nashville, TN) as a result of disease. In the 123rd Regiment, more soldiers died of disease than were killed in action.
I just found someone on ancestry.com who says he has a picture of Salathiel. Will post it as soon as I get it.
Wow Karen,
You have done a wonderful job on your blog. The information is interesting and fun to read.
Thank you for all the work you are doing on our family tree!
Sincerely
Tammie