Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Cpl. C. Rockwell Van Driesen


Cpl. C. Rockwell Van Driesen

       From the 1860 Census #737/4941
Aged - 18 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1860 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Painter

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. I       52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
   Mustered In Oct. 25, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's.
   Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
   Issued .58 Rifled Musket.
   Died July 2, 1862.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West
Location - Lot 157, Block 2

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.
From the collection of Ken Gough
1861 Springfield Rifled Musket

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