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- Illinois database of Illinois Veterans Index.
https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=18039
Name: John H Bensel
Rank: Private
Company: A
Unit: 125th Illinois Infantry
Height: 5' 6
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1841
Birth Place: Vermilion CO, IL
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 21
Service Entry Date: 18 Jul 1862
Service Entry Place: Danville, IL
Joined By Whom: C RALSTON
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 3 Sep 1862
Muster In Place: Danville, IL
Muster Out Date: 9 Jun 1865
Muster Out Place: Washington, DC
Muster Out By Whom: LT SCROGGS
Residence Place: Danville, Vermilion CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
US Civil War Pension Index:
Name of soldier: Bensyl, John H.
Name of decpendent: Father, Bensyl, Balsier
Serive: A 125 Ill Inf.
Date of filing: 29 June 1880 - Father - application No.272/971
- Civil War
A 125 Illinois Infantry.
His father, Balsier Bensyl filed for his pension on 29 June 1880. Application No.2721971
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