Pvt. Edward Parker

Pvt. Edward Parker

G Co. 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Lyon Color Guard

   Enlisted Dec. 12, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Transferred to I Co. From G Co. Jan. 5, 1862

I Co. 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

   Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
   Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
   At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862.  These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
   Deserted Feb. 26, 1862.

Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862

Post war;
   Listed on the 1870 Census #237/393 as aged 24 years from Hampshire living in Hampshire, Ill.