Hospital Steward Salem Everette Weld

Hospital Steward Salem Everette Weld

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

Field        127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862 as a private.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket.
   Transferred to Hospital Steward.
   Transferred to Charge of 15th Army Corps Hospital / Army of the Tennessee.
   Mustered Out June 5, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington.
Known actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville         Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga.         May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga. May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga. May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.          Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga.         Sept. 15, 1864

   Notice: Jan. 4, 1877 issue The Elgin Daily News.
   R. & S.E. Weld's drug store is on the corner west of the fountain.

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

Member Elgin GAR Post #260.

       From the 1870 Census
Name - Salem Weld
Aged - 30 Years
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
 
       From the Post #49 Files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 July 17, 1883.

   Obit; Dec. 14, 1925 issue The Elgin Daily Courier.
   Salem Everette Weld, former Elgin druggist who died several weeks ago at his home in Wisconsin, was born on the farm home near Elgin on October 3, 1841.
   He was married to Elizabeth Hoag at Elgin in 1885.
   He was in the drug business here until 1889 when he became interested in Wisconsin real estate.  In 1912, Mr. and Mrs. Weld moved to Neillsville, Wes., to further the interests of Christian Science.  They assisted in the erection of a church edifice there.  About five years ago the deceased moved to Merrillan, Wis., to make his home.
   Mr. Weld was a member of Bethel Commandery here.
   Besides his widow he leaves one daughter, Mrs. Ray Biggar and three grandchildren, Margery, Josephine and Donald Salem Beggar.

   Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 15, Section 9 with a private headstone) in Elgin, Ill.

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.