Pvt. Joseph Watts

Pvt. Joseph Watts

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

I Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.           April 6, 1862

Member in good standing 52nd Ill. Veteran's Association, Sept. 1897 living in Iowa.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket