Pvt. Adelbert E. Ross (Rose)

Pvt. Adelbert E. Ross (Rose)

I Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered In Oct. 25, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva.
   Home or record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.

   Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter, Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.

   Died March 19, 1863.
   Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.

Known actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.            April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss.                Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss.            Oct. 3, 1862

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket