Chaplin Benjamin Thomas

Chaplin Benjamin Thomas

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

Co. G       52nd Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861 as a Pvt.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Issued .69 US Altered musket.
   Promoted to the 9th Lo. Vol. Nov. 6, 1863 as Chaplin.

Field        9th Lo. Vol. Inft.

        Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 6, 1862