1st Lt. Caleb Rich

1st Lt. Caleb Rich

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Three Years Service

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

   Enlisted Nov. 15, 1862
   Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
   Commissioned at Elgin, Ill's. Nov. 15, 1862
   On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

   Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
   Mustered Out April 27, 1865.

Known Actions;
Kingston, NC           Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
Wise’s Forks              March 7, '64
Bennett’s House        April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC              April 13, 1865

Post war;
   Listed on the 1870 Census #257/483 as aged 47 years, from New York, living in Seneca, Ill.