Sgt. Patrick Wallace

Sgt. Patrick Wallace

   Member of St. Mary's Parish.

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

Co. C       127th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862 as a private.
   Listed home of record as Hampshire, Ill.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
   Promoted Sgt.
   Mustered Out June 5, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington DC.
Known actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark.      Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala.           May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss.          May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La.     June 13, 1863
Collierville                 Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga.               May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga.   May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga.        May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga.    June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.            Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga.        Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga.         Sept. 15, 1864

       From the Illinois Veterans' Commission, Honor Roll, Compiled in 1956.
Name, Wallace, Patrick
Unit, Co. C    127 Ill. Inft.
Interred at, Mt. Hope Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Date of Death, 23 Aug. 1916
Location, Section A, Block 1, lot 44.