The official roster of the 111th has the following information on Scipio soldiers who were killed in action or died during the Civil War due to their wounds or disease:
HOXIE, ALLEN E — Age, 21 years. Enlisted, July 20,
1862, at Scipio, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. I, August
20, 1862; killed in action, June 16, 1864, at Petersburg, Pa.
KEARNE, JAMES K.—Age, 44 years. Enlisted at Scipio,
to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. G, August 31, 1864; died,
February 22, 1865, in Division Hospital, near Petersburg, Va. ; also borne as
Kern and Kerne.
OSBORN, GEORGE L—Age , 20 years. Enlisted, July 23,
1862, at Scipio, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K , August
20, 1862; died, October 17, 1862, at Chicago, IL.
PHELPS , WEED.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, July 21,
1862, at Scipio, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K, August
20, 1862; died, October 18, 1862, at Chicago, IL.
PLATT, EBENEZER—Age , 23 years. Enlisted, July 23,
1862, at Scipio, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K, August
20, 1862; killed in action, October 14, 1863, at Bristow Station,
Va.
WIBERT, WALTE R M.—Age , 18 years. Enlisted at
Scipio, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. I , January 4,
1864 ; killed in action, Ma y 10, 1864, at Po River, Va .
WILDER, GEORG E H.—Age, 2 1 years. Enlisted, August
5, 1862, at Scipio, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. I, August
20, 1862 ; wounded, no date; died of his wounds.
May 16, 1864, at Washington, D. C.
From the 1865 Census for Scipio the following soldiers of the 111th also died during the war:
DAVID ROSS, age 22, Private, died June 16, 1864 near Petersburg.
HENRY L. WOD, 19, Private, died in December 1864 near Annapolis.
JESTINE JONES, 18, Private, died but no details are given.
Records from that infamous prison, Andersonville, tell us this about these two soldiers from the 111th:
GLENN ANDREWS, Private, died May 26, 1864 of chronic diarrhea.
ALBERT ROBINSON, Private, died September 2, 1864 of diarrhea.
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