Pvt. Abijah L. Strang

Pvt. Abijah L. Strang

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

 Co. B       36th Ill. Dragoon's

   Re-Designated as;

Co. K       15th Ill. Cav.

Plato Cavalry

   Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

   Residence,Plato, Ill's.

       Notice: Sept. 11, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   With the Fox River Regiment, in camp below Aurora, all our readers are well acquainted.  From the moment of its conception to the present hour it has gone right on to a full and complete success.  It is now 1200 strong and will, no doubt, be ordered to St. Louis in a few days there to be equipped and put into the Grand Army.

    Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861

       From History of the 36th Ill. by L.G. Bennett & William H. Haigh
       Private Strang tells us of the way three bushwhackers were taken in and cared for by the advance guard.  "We were approaching Harper's shoals, and discovered three fellows on horseback on anoth4er and converging road.  They did not see us, and were soon hid from view behind a skirt of timber.  There were three of us, and we did not hesitate to "go in," spurring our horses down one hill and up another to reach the point of intersection.  The distance and rate of speed were calculated to a nicety, and we met face to face at the corners, a trio of as hard looking cut throats as ever infested the highway.  their looks did not belie their bushwhacking profession, and after a brief examination of the muzzles of our cocked revolvers they were persuaded to give up their arms and entrust their precious carcasses to our care.  Their arms were as various and unique as their apparel.  The one consigned to my charge had a butcher knife strapped to his hips and a double barreled shot gun, with each barrel charged six fingers deep."

   Discharged, Sept. 23, 1864 due to expiration of term of service.
      Known Actions; 
Ft. Henry, Tenn.,       Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn.       Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 7, 1862
Briton's Lane       Sept. 1, 1862
Tullahoma       June, 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss.       July 7, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.       Sept. 18, 1863
Mission Ridge, Ga.       Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga.       May 13, 1864
Kennasaw Mt. Ga.       June 27, 1864