2nd Lt. Henry C. Paddelford

2nd Lt. Henry C. Paddelford

   Attended Elgin High School.
   Listed on the 1860 Census #312/2304 as a 21 year old Machinist from New York living in Elgin, Ill.

Washington Continental Artillery

1861 Elgin Class I Active Militia

Elgin Continentals

   Enlisted April 22, 1861 as a private.

A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fremont Rifles

   Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva Raid
   Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Promoted Sgt.

   Notice: July ?, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

FROM CAIRO.

(Correspondence of the Chicago Times.)

Cairo, Ill., June 29,

   If the troops of this brigade are not paid off before the expiration of the three months for which they enlisted, a very large number of them will refuse to be sworn in for further service.  A considerable number of them will go home anyhow, but the per cent will be largely increased by further neglect in the matter in question.  Few of them, indeed, can communicate with their families or friends for want of three cents wherewith to buy a postage stamp.
   At Camp Joslyn yesterday, Col. Cook's regiment, I learn, stacked their arms and declared that they would neither drill nor parade again until they got their money.  Their wants, in a thousand ways, are exceedingly pressing, but not a single dollar have they to relieve them.  The men became satisfied with fair promises however, and reconsidered their rather hasty determination.

   Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.

C Co. 153rd. Ill. Vol. Inf.

One years Service

   Enlisted Feb. 20, 1865
   Mustered In Feb. 20, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago.
   Guard duties along the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
   Mustered out Sept. 21, 1865

? Co. 12th Ill. Cav.

K Co. 15th Ill. Cav.

Three Years Service

Clinton’s Rangers

   Enlisted Aug. 17, 1861.
   Mustered In at Peoria Sept. 23, 1861 as Sgt.
   Resigned July 14, 1863.

Known Actions;
Tullahoma, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss.        July 7, 1863

Post war;
   Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
   Died 1895.
   Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.

Photo by Diana Gough

Ken Gough in the uniform of the Washington Continental Artillery militia.

From the collection of Ken Gough

US Altered Musket

Model 1816 Springfield / dated 1827

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Elgin Continentals in their grey Illinois style uniforms made for them by the Ladies of Elgin just before mustering in as A Co. 7th Ill.  Photo taken at either Camp Yates in Springfield or Camp DuBois in Alton.