Pvt. Casper W. Smith

Pvt. Casper W. Smith

 
       From the 1860 Census #270/2020
Name - Casper Smith
Aged - 26 Years
Born - Germany
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Cooper

       From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

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

Elgin Continentals

   Enlisted April 22, 1861

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's. April 25, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

Used with permission Dan Mallet
The Elgin Continentals after mustering in as A Co. 7th Ill. in the grey Illinois issue uniforms made for them by the ladies of Elgin.