Pvt. Thomas R. Stanton (Staunton)

Pvt. Thomas R. Stanton (Staunton)

 
       From the 1860 Census #741/4968
Name - Thomas Stanton
Aged - 17 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1860 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Serving at Home
 
       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

A Co.        36th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fox River Regiment

Steedman's Brigade

Sheridan's Division

Fourth Corps

   Mustered In Sept. 23, 1861 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's.
   Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket.

    From History of the 36th Ill. by L.B. Bennett and William H. Haigh.
      Perryville, Ky. Wounded in Action, Tom Staunton, Right Arm. 
      Stones River - Killed in Action.

   Killed in Action at Stone's River.
        Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark.           March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark.        March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky.           Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. Thomas Stanton
Unit - 36th Ill. Inf.