Rank: Private

Company: D

Muster-in Date: 09/16/1861

Muster-out Date: 10/23/1862

Place of Birth: Clark County, Kentucky, USA

Date of Birth: Abt. 1838

Place of Death: Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA

Date of Death: 10/15/1865

Place of Burial: Old Atherton Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA (no marker)

Additional Materials: Also served in Co. F, 8th Illinois Infantry; Emily Royse (Howard’s widow) is buried at Atherton Cemetery, Danville, Illinois.  She died 04/04/1928.  Emily’s second husband, Sylvester Parker Royse, died 04/02/1933 and is buried at Atherton Cemetery as well.  Son Preston Howard died 08/11/1948 in Vermilion County, Illinois.  William H. Royse, son of Emily and Sylvester Royce, died 05/31/1893 and is buried at Atherton Cemetery in Danville.