Pvt. Charles H. Shrader

Pvt. Charles H. Shrader

 
       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

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

   Enlisted Nov. 5, 1862
   Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's. Nov. 15, 1862
   On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

   Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
   Absent, Sick at muster out July 18, 1865.
        Known Actions;
Kingston, NC            Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
Wise’s Forks, NC      March 7, '64
Bennett’s House, NC April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC              April 13, 1865

       From the 1870 Census #203/432
Name - Charles Shrader
Aged - 40 Years
Born - Prussia
Home in 1870 - Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.