Pvt. Sidney L. Wanzer

Pvt. Sidney L. Wanzer

 
       From the Academy Civil War Monument    Attended the Elgin Academy.

       From the Dundee Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Dundee Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 31, 1861.

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

Co. I       52nd Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861 from Dundee, Ill's.
   Mustered In at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. Oct. 25, 1861
   Issued .58 rifled musket.
   Discharged due to disability Oct. 29, 1863
   Died April 28,1864.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.                April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss.                Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss.                Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga.        May 15, 1863

Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.

Head Stone ordered from Warner Monument Co. of Dundee May 11, 1909.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket