Sunday, May 5, 2013

Pvt. Samuel Morris


Pvt. Samuel Morris

   Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Carpenter living on the corner of Fulton and Center St's.
   Listed on the 1860 Census #307/2280 as a 38 year old Carpenter from England living in Elgin, Ill's.
1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.
K Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
The Lincoln Regiment
   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's 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.

   Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
   Mustered Out July 6, 1865 at Louisville, Ky.

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
Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.
From the collection of Ken Gough
Model 1861 Rifled Musket

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