Capt. Edward (Edwin) H. Sylla

Capt. Edward (Edwin) H. Sylla

 
       From the Academy Civil War Monument Attended the Elgin Academy.

       From the 1860 Census #341/2532
Name - Edward Sylla
Aged - 20 Years
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Laborer

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

H Co.        10th Ill. Vol. Inf.

   Enlisted March 12, 1862
   Resigned June 16, 1862
Known Actions;
New Madrid, Mo.     March 12, '62
Island No. 10, Tenn. March 15, '62
Four Mile Swamp      May, 3, 1862

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

Member Elgin GAR Post #260.

   Listed on the 1870 Census #237/345 as aged 27 years living in Elgin, Ill.

        As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger
Occupation, Salesman.  Died June 27, 1875 on DuPage St.  Aged 32/9/26.  Cause of death listed as Phithisis Pulrmonalis for 3 years.  Physician, A. L. Clark.  Permit #72.  Under Notes: Capt. Co H 10th Ill Inf. War of Rebellion.   Buried in Elgin City Cemetery.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Capt. Edward H. Sylla
Unit - Co. H       10th Ill. Inf.
Died - June 27, 1875
Re-Interred at - Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 16, Section 1
Issued a Gov't Headstone