Pvt. Charles C. Robinson

Pvt. Charles C. Robinson

K Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered In Oct. 25, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's.
   Home of record listed as Plato, 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.

   Messed with William Tuck.
   Granted a medical furlough in May of 1862.
   Died May 28, 1862 of Consumption from Measles contracted at St. Joseph, Mo.
Buried at Center Cemetery in Plato, Ill.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket