Sgt. Perry J. Parker (Parker J. Perry)

Sgt. Perry J. Parker (Parker J. Perry)

   Attended Elgin Academy.

I Co.     52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered In Oct. 25, 1861 as a private at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's.

   Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
   Issued .58 rifled musket.
   Re-enlisted as a Veteran Jan. 8, 1864 and paid a $300 Veteran's Bounty then sent home on 30 days veterans furlough.
   Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky. as a Sgt.
   Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's. July 12, 1865

     Known actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn.            Feb. 11, 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
Nickagack 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
Savanah, Ga.                     Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC                    Nov. 24, 1864
Bentonville, NC                 March 19, 1865

     Post war;
   Listed on the 1870 Illinois Census #237/477 as aged 30 years, from New Hampshire, living in Sugar Grove.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

Model 1861 Springfield