Sgt. Major Leslie P. Ticknor

Sgt. Major Leslie P. Ticknor

 
       From the Academy Civil War Monument    Attended the Elgin Academy.

       From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

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

Elgin Union Grays

   Enlisted Aug. 18, 1861

A Co. 36th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Fox River Regiment

Steedman's Brigade

Sheridan's Division

Fourth Corps

   Aged 19 years.
   Mustered In Sept. 23, 1861 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket

   Excerpt from Grandfather was a Drummer Boy, Diary of Charles Stiles.
   Nov. 12, 1861
      I fixed my drum this morning and this time think it will hold.  We got our goods and a merry time we had.  I am everlastingly thankful for the present of a pair of gloves.  I am glad you sent no more dry goods.  Some got mattresses and some something else.  L.P. Tickner received a comforter, vest, cap and pillow.  He laid his head on the pillow but could not use it as it hurt his ears.

   Wounded in Action at Kennesaw Mountain.
   Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
   Member in good standing of the Elgin Temperance Union in 1864.
   Discharged due to his wound Sept. 22, 1864 from Atlanta, Ga.
        Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark.    March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky.     Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn.    Dec. 31, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn.       June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.     Sept. 20, 1863
Missionary Ridge       Nov. 25, 1863
New Hope Church, Ga. Nov. 27, 1863
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. May 7, 1864
Resaca, Ga.          May 13, 1864
Adairsville, Ga. May 17, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga.   June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.          Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864

       From the 1870 Census #204/308
Name - Leslie Ticknor
Aged - 29 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1870 - Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.


   Died at his home in Atlantic, Iowa, Feb. 1, 1879 of Consumption attributed to his service.

   Obit: Feb. 1, 1879 issue The Elgin Advocate.

Leslie P. Tickner.

   TICKNER.- At Atlantic, Iowa, Jan. 21, Leslie P. Tickner, aged 37 years.
   Mr. Tickner was born in Steuben Co., N.Y., son of R.S. and Mrs. K.L. Ticker.  When five years old, his parents removed to Elgin, Ill., where he resided until 1861, when at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the 36th Reg. Ill. Vols.  He was soon promoted to the position of Sergeant Major.  He received a wound at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and was mustered out of the service at Atlanta, Ga., in 1864.  He re-enlisted as a veteran, but impaired health prevented his mustering in.  At the close of the war he was employed in the lumber office of Luddington, Wells & Van Schoick till Sept. of 1876, when he removed to Atlantic, Iowa where he resided till his death.  He was well after leaving the army, but that fatal disease, consumption, had marked him as a victim.  His removal to Iowa two years ago, was prompted by a hope of benefit from a change of climate, but he continued to fail through he did not give up business till Sept. last.  He was a man of great energy and faithful to every treat imposed upon him.  He always had the confidence of his employers.  Kind and genial in manner, he always found friends.  He was married Dec. 21, 1867, to Miss Lettie Oleson, who is now left a widow with four children.  Mr. Tickner was a dutiful son and kind husband and father.  He died trusting in Christ as his Savior.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

Militia forms filed for Elgin in 1861.