Pvt. George H. Peck

Pvt. George H. Peck

   Listed on the 1860 Census #309/**** as a 16 year old Clerk living in Elgin, Ill's.

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

K Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, 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.

   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.

   July 1862 sent home on Medical Furlough but rejoined and served for 3 ½ years.

Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.            April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss.                Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss.              Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga.         May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga.               May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga.    July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga.          Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga.              Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga.  Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga.             Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC               Nov. 24, 1864
Bentonville, NC           March 19, 1865

Post war;
   Listed on the 1870 Census #237/367 as aged 30 years, from New York, living in Dundee, Ill.
   Awarded a Pension in Aug. of 1882 of $6 per month for Cronich Diarrhea & Catarrh.
   Banker
   President of the Elgin Windmill Co.
   Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Nov. 4, 1910.
   Member of the first Congregational Church.
   Obit: Died at his home at 620 Highland Ave. May 26, 1935 of Heart Attack.
   Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.

GAR records show a George H. Peck dying on Sept. 27, 1935?

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

Model 1861 Springfield