Civil War 
John W. Northcut (1837-1894) and Archibald E. Northcut (1839-1917)
Archibald E. Northcut (on right in picture) joined Company F of the 33rd Illinois Infantry in August, 1861. He received a bayonet wound in his right foot by a Rebel guerrilla at Arcadia, Missouri in that year. He married Eliza Anderson (Donelson) on March 25, 1864 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois during his reenlistment furlow.
On March 2, 1865 his unit was ordered to join the 16th Army Corps. Near Boutte Station, Louisiana the train was thrown from the track and nine men - five of Co. A, three of Co. D, and one of Co. G - were killed, and no less than seventy two more were enumerated by name and description as more or less injured, many of them very severely, two or three of whom subsequently died in the hospital, and others were discharged from service disabled. The heaviest loss in wounded fell upon Companies A and D. Companies G, E, and I coming next in number, and every company suffering more or less, except C and F, which were at the rear of the train. Archibald was discharged Dec., 1865 in Vickburg, Mississippi. He is buried in Little Rock Cemetery, Plano, Illinois.
excerpts from the 33 Il. Infantry Regiment History, Adjutant General's Report, on US Genweb Il. Civil War site.
The soldier on the left in the picture is thought to be John W. Northcutt, older brother of Archibald E. Northcut and son of Edward D. Northcut. John enlisted in Company B of the 50th Illinois Infantry on January 20, 1862 and was discharged on June 22, 1862.
Edward D. Northcut enlisted in Company B of the 10th Illinois Infantry on October 3, 1864 and was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky on July 4, 1865. He was the father of both John W. Northcut and Archibald E. Northcut. Edward was born December 18, 1815 and was almost 49 years old when he joined the service.