Sgt. Schuyler Rue, Jr.

Sgt. Schuyler Rue, Jr.

Co. B       36th Ill. Dragoons

Re-Designaged as,

Co. K       15th Ill. Cav.

Plato Cavalry

   Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861.

   Notice: Sept. 11, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   With the Fox River Regiment, in camp below Aurora, all our readers are well acquainted.  From the moment of its conception to the present hour it has gone right on to a full and complete success.  It is now 1200 strong and will, no doubt, be ordered to St. Louis in a few days there to be equipped and put into the Grand Army.

   Residence, Plato, Ill's.
   Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861 as a Cpl.
   Discharged, Sept. 23, 1864 as Sgt., due to expiration of term of service.

      Known Actions;
 Ft. Henry, Tenn.,       Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn.       Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 7, 1862
Briton's Lane       Sept. 1, 1862
Tullahoma       June, 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss.       July 7, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.       Sept. 18, 1863
Mission Ridge, Ga.       Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga.       May 13, 1864
Kennasaw Mt. Ga.       June 27, 1864

   Authors Note;
      Not found in the 1860 Census Rolls for Plato, Ill.

          Post War;
    From the Plato Center Cemetery records;
     Born, 1816
      Died, March 16, 1887
      Buried, Plato Center Cemetery, Section B, Row 1, Lot 37.