Pvt. J. M. Vining

Pvt. J. M. Vining

Elgin Continentals

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
   Enlisted April 22, 1861.

Co. A       7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fremont Rifles

   Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva Raid
   Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill's. April 25, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.

          From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Sept. 18, 1883.

Died July 1909.

              Used with permission of Dan Mallett

7th Ill. GAR Regimental pin worn by Walter Mallett.

Used with permission of Dan Mallett

7th Ill. GAR Ribbon worn by Walter Mallett.  Note the watch face sewn on the ribbon to mark the wearer as living in Elgin, Ill.