Sgt. Freeman Woodman

Sgt. Freeman Woodman

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

Co. A       52d Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered In Oct. 25, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. as a Cpl.
   Listed home of record as Virgil, Ill's.
   Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
   Re-enlisted Jan. 8, 1864 as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on a 30 day Veterans Furlough.
   Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky. as a Sgt.
   Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
        Known actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.         April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss.         Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss.         Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry. Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga.         May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga.         Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga. Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC         Nov. 24, 1864
Bentonville, NC March 19, 1865

       From the 1870 Census #237/491
Name - Freeman Woodman
Aged - 32 Years
Born - New Hampshire
Home in 1870 - Virgil, Ill
      
       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
   Died Dec. 22, 1935.
   Buried at Stewart Cemetery in Wasco, Ill.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.