Pvt. John Taylor #1

Pvt. John Taylor #1

       From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 7, 1862.

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

C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's. Sept. 5, 1862.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
   Mustered Out June 5, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington DC.
   Final Pay and Discharge at Camp Douglas June 17, 1865.

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

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Died - Nov. 28, 1898
Buried at - Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 25, Section 10
Issued a Gov't Headstone

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.
Militia forms filed for Elgin in 1861 & 1862