Pvt. Cuthbert Walters

Pvt. Cuthbert Walters

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

Co. K       52nd Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.
   Mustered Out Oct. 24, 1864.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn.     Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.                April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss.                  Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss.            Oct. 2, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga.               May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864

Joined the Quincy GAR Post.

Died Dec. 1916.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket