Cpl. James L. Sheehan
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Tanner living on River St.
C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Elgin Sharpshooters
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's. Sept. 5, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Aged 29 years
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
Wounded in Action in the left hand at Vicksburg.
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
Post war;
Member Elgin GAR Post #260.
Notice: Aug. 5, 1876 issue The Elgin Advocate.
The Grand Army Posts in this state have been renumbered, and hereafter Sam G. Ward Post will be known as No. 11.
Novice, Jan. 23, 1891 issue of The Elgin Courier, Huntley Setion, Pg. 8
James Sheehan was out from Chicago, Tuesday to attend his Ant's funeral. City life evedently agrees with James.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Sept. 1, 1905.
Awarded a Pension of $2.00 per month for his wounded left hand.
Worked for the Bordens Condensed Milk Co.
Listed on the 1900 Federal Census as a 67 year old Night Watchman from Ireland. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.
Obit; March 12, 1906 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
James L. Sheehan, a veteran of the Civil war and a resident of this city for half century, died yesterday after an illness of seven weeks. He was born in Tiperary, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1832, and came to America in 1854. Mr. Sheehan was married in Indiana in 1855 and came to Elgin a year later. Although Mr. Sheehan loved old Ireland so much that he was heard to remark "when my sould is freed from my body, I will want to visit Ireland before I go to Heaven," he loved his adopted country no less and when Lincoln's call was issued for 75,000 volunteers, his sympathies were aroused.
In 1862 he enlisted in company C, 127 Illinois Volunteer infantry, and served for three years in the army of the Tennessee under the immediate command of Gen. John A. Logan. The company was mustered out of service in 1865 at Washington, D.C. Mr. Sheehan was an engaging conversationalist and his stores and anecdotes of camping and marching and fighting were truly interesting.
For thirty-five years, deceased was a faithful employe of the Borden Condensed Milk company. Five children survive him. They are: Mrs. Geo. W. Jacobs, of Boston; T.P. Sheehan, Richard, James and Charles, of Elgin. Mrs. Sheehan died about six years ago.
The funeral will be on Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the house and at 10 o'clock from St. Mary's Catholic church. The funeral will be under the supervision of the G.A.R. Mrs. Sheehan was a good husband, a good father, a good soldier and a good neighbor.
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| Used with permission Dan Mallett |
Many members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.
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