Pvt. Thomas R. K. Siddons

Pvt. Thomas R. K. Siddons

       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

K Co.        52d Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Enlisted Sept. 6, 1861.
   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.
   Re-enlisted as a Veteran Jan. 9, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.            April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss.                 Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss.            Oct. 2, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga.        May 15, 1863

Member Elgin GAR Post #260.

       From the 1870 Census #237/290
Name - Thomas Siddons
Aged - 35 Years
Born - England
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

       From the Post #49 files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.

       From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger
Died – June 23, 1905 at 1:25 a.m. * Where – Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Kane county, Ill. * Aged – 77 / 8 / 7 * Permit #18200 * Interred – June 26, 1905 * Where – Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin * Cause of Death (entry illegible, possibly from a fall?) * Condition – Male / White / Single * Undertaker retained – Bunker & Chambers * Physician – J. C. Tapper * Nationality – English * Born – England.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket