Pvt. Ruel R. Welch

Pvt. Ruel R. Welch

       From the 1860 Census #300/2232
Name - Ruel Welch
Aged - 27 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Mason

       From the Elgin Reserve 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.

Three Years Service

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.
   Wounded in Action at Vicksburg.
  Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863

       From the 1870 Census #237/292
Name - Ruel Welch
Aged - 36 Years
Born - Michigan
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

                   Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.