Sgt. Edwin (Edmund) L. Wheadon

Sgt. Edwin (Edmund) L. Wheadon

   Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Carpenter living on Ann St.

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

   Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

        As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger
Occupation, Carpenter.  Died May 7, 1870 in Elgin.  Aged 48/1/5.  Cause of death listed as Fits.  Under Remarks, Sharpshooters Pvt. Co. C. 127 Reg. Ill. Vols., Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill. when the City Cemetery closed.
Location - Lot 128, Section 8
Issued a Gov't Headstone