Pvt. Robert Clark Tucker

Pvt. Robert Clark Tucker

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

 Co. B       36th Ill. Dragoon's

   Re-Designated as;

Co. K       15th Ill. Cav.

Plato Cavalry

   Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

   Residence,Plato, Ill's.

   Notice: Sept. 11, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   With the Fox River Regiment, in camp below Aurora, all our readers are well acquainted.  From the moment of its conception to the present hour it has gone right on to a full and complete success.  It is now 1200 strong and will, no doubt, be ordered to St. Louis in a few days there to be equipped and put into the Grand Army.

    Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861
   Discharged, Sept. 23, 1864 due to expiration of term of service.
      Known Actions; 
Ft. Henry, Tenn.,       Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn.       Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 7, 1862
Briton's Lane       Sept. 1, 1862
Tullahoma       June, 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss.       July 7, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.       Sept. 18, 1863
Mission Ridge, Ga.       Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga.       May 13, 1864
Kennasaw Mt. Ga.       June 27, 1864

   Awarded a Pension of $4.00 per month for Disease of the spine attributed to his service in April 1879.

       From the Post #49 Files
   Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 18, 1885.

       From the 1900 Census
Name Robert Tucker
Aged - 59 Years
Born - Virginia
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Carpenter

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Died = April 1, 1920.
Buried - at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 64, Section 12