Pvt. James Roche
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
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.
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Deserted Jan. 12, 1863
Post war;
Listed on the 1870 Illinois State Census #211/426 as aged 35 years, from Ireland, living in Chicago.
Listed on the 1900 Census as a 58 year old Watchmaker from Ireland. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.
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