Cpl. Homer H. Wilcox

Cpl. Homer H. Wilcox

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

Elgin Union Grays

   Enlisted Aug. 8, 1861.

A Co.        36th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Fox River Regiment

Steedman's Brigade

Sheridan's Division

Fourth Corps

   Mustered In Sept. 23, 1861 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
   Re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 1, 1864 at Blaine's Cross Roads, East Tenn. and paid a $300 Veteran's Bounty.  Then sent home on 30 Days Veteran's Furlough Jan. 30.
   Absent in Hospital at Muster Out of Regiment.
Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark.         March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn.         June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.        Sept. 20, 1863
Missionary Ridge, Ga. Nov. 25, 1863
New Hope Church, Ga. Nov. 27, 1863
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. May 7, 1864
Resaca, Ga.         May 13, 1864
Adairsville, Ga. May 17, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.         Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864

       From the GAR Illinois Death Records
   Joined GAR Harley Wayne Post #169 in Marengo.
   Died Jan. 15, 1928.