Pvt. William Walters

Pvt. William Walters

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

Co. K       52nd Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Enlisted Sept. 6, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.
   Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
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

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket