Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Pvt. John Van Vleet


Pvt. John Van Vleet

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. K       52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
   Enlisted Aug. 11, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered In at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. Sept. 24, 1861.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.
From the collection of Ken Gough
1861 Springfield Rifled Musket

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