Pvt. Samuel Tyler

Pvt. Samuel Tyler

Elgin Continentals

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
   Enlisted April 22, 1861.

Co. A       7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fremont Rifles

   Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva Raid.
   Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill's. April 25, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
   Mustered In for 3 years at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
   Killed in Action at Shiloh.
          Known Actions;
Fort Henry, Tenn.          Feb. 6, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn.   Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.               April 6, 1862

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Elgin Continentals in their grey Illinois style uniforms made for them be the Ladies of Elgin just before mustering in as A Co. 7th Ill.  Photo taken at either Camp Yates in Springfield or Camp DuBois in Alton.