Elgin Area Civil War Soldiers: Cn

Cn - Cz

Pvt. Charles D. Coates

Batt'y. K 1st NY Hvy Art'y

Aged 18 years.
Enlisted Sept. 5, 1864 at Schenectady in K Batt'y.
Mustered in Sept. 5, 1864 for one year.
Transferred to E Batt'y Dec. 5, 1864.

Batt'y E 1st NY Hvy Art'y

Mustered Out June 18, 1865 at Elmira, New York.

Died Aug. 28, 1891.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 126, Section 4) in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. Robert Cochran

Co. D 118th Ind. Inf.

   Article; March 16, 1888 of the Elgin Daily Courier.
    A command of the Union Veterans' union was mustered in, last night, with twenty-five charter members. It is composed of good and true soldiers of the late war of the rebellion, and starts out with good prospects for success.
The command was mustered in by General George W. Eldridge, department commander, of Bloomington. The following officers were elected by acclaqmation: Colnel, George H. Knott;, lieutenant-colonel, Andrew Apple; major, H. Sweet; surgeon, William Dalton; chaplain, Thomas Jones; officer of the day, John Powers; officer of the guard, S.D. Chamberlin; quartermaster, Theo Schroeder; adjutant, D.J. Lynch; sergeant major, John Davenport; quartermaster sergeant, P. Murray; outside sentinel, H.A. Cochran; inside sentinel, E. Kent.
In this order none but veterans who actually served at the front six months and over are eligible, those who know what a soldier's life is: who smelt powder, heard the zip of the bullets, the scream of the shell, lived on hard-tack and sow-belly, and endured the genuine hardships of camp, field and march. It does not intend to antagonize the G.A.R. in any way.

Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 July 15, 1889.
   Transferred to another GAR Post, post not listed.

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Sgt. John Cockerton

Listed on the 1855 Illinois State Census as aged 20-30, in the Militia, living in Dundee, Ill's.
Attended the Elgin Academy.

From the Ill. Adj't Gens Report

Co. B 69th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Months Service

Enlisted June 4, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 14, 1862 as a private at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Guard duties at Camp Douglas guarding rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Sept. 27, 1862.

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Pvt. James Coffey

Co. B 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

The Lincoln Regiment

Enlisted Feb. 19, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 23, 1864.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
Mustered Out May 30, 1865 as Prisoner.
Known Actions;
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, '65

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Cpl. James M. Coffman

Co. K 10th Ind. Inf.

Aged 21 years

Co. I 150th Ind. Inf.

Wounded in Action in the hand at Mill Springs.

Known actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Mill Springs, Ky. Nov. 19, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863
Lookout Mt. Ga. Nov. 23, 1863
Kennesaw Mt. Ga. June 27, 1864

Member of the Quincy, Ill. GAR Post.
Member Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.

   Notice; March 8, 1938 issue of Elgin's Courer News.
      James M. Coffman, 377 Algona ave., one of Elgin's three surviving veterans of the Civil War, celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday today by strolling over to John A. Brisbin's barber shop on Dundee avenue for that free shave promised him as a birthday presentl.
      Mr. Coffman makes his home with a daughter, Mrs. William H. Vogt.
     "He's enjoyed the best of health the past year," Mrs. Vogt said today, "and is looking forward to attending the diamond reunion of the Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg in July. (The memorable battle was fought July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, just 73 years ago.)
      Mr. Coffman was born in Frankfurt, Ind., on March 8, 1842, and during the war served in Company K of the tenth Indiana Infantry. He was shot through the hand at Mill Springs and saw action in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
      The veteran worked hard all his life, and attributes his fine health and longevity to this fact.
      Mr. Coffman's wife, Mary Jane Coffman, who is 90 years old and whom he married 65 years ago, resides with a son, George Coffman in Quincy, Ill. In addition to the son, George, and daughter, Mrs. Vogt, the Coffmans have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
      Comrade Coffman's two other Civil war buddies in Elgin are William S. Shales, 96 years old, 364 Center st., and Oliver E. Davis, 92 years old, 770 St. Charles st.

Died Feb. 27, 1940.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 6, Section 21) in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. Charles W. Cole

Attended Elgin High School.

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. A 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted - April 30, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Aged 18 years.
Mustered In - June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.
Mustered Out - Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago.

Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
FROM THE 141ST.-We learn that the 141st, our pet regiment of "hundreddazers,' has gone into camp at Columbus, Ky., but how long they will remain there is with us a mere matter of conjecture. On their way down to Cairo, over the Illinois Central railroad, the heat was so oppressive that several of the boys fainted away. There have been two deaths in the regiment since they left Elgin, one, TIMOTHY HAYES, a private in Capt. Herrington's company, drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river, and the other, a Swede whose name we did not learn of Capt. Beech's company of the tremens. We hope to hear often from our 141st.

Notice: Aug. 24, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
FROM THE 141ST,-We learn that our regiment of "hundreddazers," the 141st, are likely to smell gunpowder and see a speck of war. Gen Paine has been getting up an expedition to clear out Johnsons rebel raiders who lately invaded Illinois and took several steamers loaded with cattle, and the 141st were counted in, and left Columbus on Tuesday last to join Gen. Paine at Paducah. Large numbers of cattle and supplies have been retaken from the rebels by this expedition, and also many horses and mules of resident rebels. Late news reports that Gen. Paine has returned to Paducah.

Listed in the 1867 Elgin Directory as a Salesman for G. B. Adams and boarding with O. R. Cole
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Listed on the 1870 Illinois Census #237/301 as aged 34 years from New York living in Elgin.

Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Jan. 15, 1894.

Listed on the 1900 Census as a 54 year old Agent for Accident & Life Insurance from New York. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.

Member First Methodist Episcopal Church.

1st Lt. Charles W. Cole

Co. E 3rd Ill. Nat. Guard

The Elgin National Guard

Enrolled – Aug. 15, 1877

Excerpt – Sunday July 10, 1898 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier

History of Co., E

Since its Organization

The company was organized on the night of August 15, 1877, through the effort of Capt. Wm Smailes. It was known as the Elgin National Guard. It was armed with .45/70 Trapdoor Springfield rifles. These rifles were all destroyed in a fire along with all the companies dress uniforms at the armory located on Chicago street (date not noted).

   As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Died April 12, 1920 at the Elgin State Hospital. Aged 74. Undertaker, F. S. Norris. Physician, Dr. Ralph T. Kinston. Permit #18460.

   Obit; April 12, 1920 issue The Elgin Daily News.
Charles W. Cole, seventy-four years old and for over fifty years a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, died this noon.
Mr. Cole was born at Stockholm, New York, March 8, 1846 and came to St. Charles, Ill., at the age of seven years. When he was fifteen years old he came to Elgin and had resided here since that time. He was married April 27, 1869 to Ellen F. Stiles of Elgin. Mr. Cole was a member of the G.A.R. Post Number 49.
He is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Arthur F. Pearson, Elgin, and Mrs. Edward H. Peirce, Chicago, and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. O. Fred Cole, Elgin.
The funeral announcement will be made later.

   Funeral Announcement; April 13, 1920 issue The Elgin Daily News.
   The funeral of Charles W. Cole will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Norris chapel. G.A.R. post No. 49 will assemble at 10:15 o'clock at the chapel to attend the services in a body.

Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 63, Section 14).

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Pvt. Cyrus J. Cole

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Dec. 12, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Re-armed with acceptable muskets on April 1, 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Captured at Shiloh during the retreat from the Sunken Road.

Article: April 23, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

THE SURRENDER OF THE FIFTY-EIGHT ILLINOIS.

The surrender of the Fifty-eight Illinois was an involuntary affair. The Brigade of which they formed a part was surrounded on all sides by the rebels, who were subjecting them to a terrible fire. In this **** division was an Iowa regiment, the Eighth, we think. Col. Lynch of the Illinois Fifty-eight, proposed to the troops to form for a bayonet charge, and rushing upon the enemy cut their way through. His regiment seconded his proposal, but a printer of the Iowa regiment histingo (sic) a white "handkerchief on his bayonet waved it in token of surrender. Col. Lynch cut it down with his sword, the lieut. Conolen (sic) of the Iowa regiment however again raised the white flag, and said that while giving credit to Col. Lynch for his bravery, he felt it to be his duty to spare the lives of the men entrusted to his command, and he would therefore surrender. By this time the rebels had closed their lines so effectually around the division, that a surrender was inevitable, and the gallant men were marched off prisoners to the rebels. In this surrender was included all but about two hundred of the Eighth Iowa, four hundred of the Fifty-Eighth Illinois and part of the Twelfth Illinois, Col. Shortland.

Paroled in Oct. 1862.
Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Discharged for Disability date and cause unknown.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

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Pvt. Madison B. Cole

Attended the Elgin Academy.

Co. G 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

The Lincoln Regiment

Enlisted Feb. 19, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.

Excerpt from Grandfather was a Drummer Boy, diary of Charles Stiles.

July 27, 1864
It comes so regularly now, that we expect a tear every night about dark. The 15th, 16th, and 17th Corps. passed here today on their way to the right wing. In the 127th Ill. I saw Nelson Merrill and in the 52nd I saw John Adams, Capt. Wilcox, Madison Cole, and Geo. Schoonhoven. While I write a great light is reflected on the sky and we suppose that Atlanta is burning. About a half hour ago there was considerable firing on the picket line but it has almost entirely ceased.

Known Actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862

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Pvt. Martin Cole

Co. H 95th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Worden's Battalion

Mustered In Feb. 23, 1864.
Home of record listed as McHenry, Ill's.
Transferred April 2, 1864

Co. H 47th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Mustered Out Jan. 21, 1866.

Post war;
Listed on the 1900 Federal Census as a 67 year old Day Laborer from Pennsylvania. He could read and write English. He lived in Carpentersville, Ill.

   Obit; July 18, 1901, Thursday edition, of The Elgin Daily News.
      Martin Cole of Carpentersville died Wednesday afternoon at 3:30. Death was due to paralysis. A number of years ago he suffered the first stroke of paralysis. It seemede to affect his limbs and crippled him for the rest of his life. Last spring he suffered from another attack and Sunday night the final stroke came. Almost up to the time of his death he was unconuacious. He had been a great sufferer.
      Deceased was born sixty-seven years ago in Somerset county. Pa., and came west just before the civil war. He enlisted in the 100th Illinois Volunteers and served three years. He had lived in Carpentersville for about twelve years and had employment at the Star shops and was janitor of the school.
      He leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. Geo. CArr, of Dundee, two brothers, George and Frank of Iowa and Pennsylvania, and one sister, Mrs. I. Huffman, of McHenry.
      The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday.

Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.

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Pvt. Samuel B. Cole

Co. G 58th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Three Years Service

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Dec. 12, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Transferred to I Co. From G Co. Jan. 5, 1862
Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Re-armed with acceptable muskets on April 1,1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Captured at Shiloh during the retreat from the Sunken Road.

Article: April 23, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

THE SURRENDER OF THE FIFTY-EIGHT ILLINOIS.

The surrender of the Fifty-eight Illinois was an involuntary affair. The Brigade of which they formed a part was surrounded on all sides by the rebels, who were subjecting them to a terrible fire. In this **** division was an Iowa regiment, the Eighth, we think. Col. Lynch of the Illinois Fifty-eight, proposed to the troops to form for a bayonet charge, and rushing upon the enemy cut their way through. His regiment seconded his proposal, but a printer of the Iowa regiment histingo (sic) a white "handkerchief on his bayonet waved it in token of surrender. Col. Lynch cut it down with his sword, the lieut. Conolen (sic) of the Iowa regiment however again raised the white flag, and said that while giving credit to Col. Lynch for his bravery, he felt it to be his duty to spare the lives of the men entrusted to his command, and he would therefore surrender. By this time the rebels had closed their lines so effectually around the division, that a surrender was inevitable, and the gallant men were marched off prisoners to the rebels. In this surrender was included all but about two hundred of the Eighth Iowa, four hundred of the Fifty-Eighth Illinois and part of the Twelfth Illinois, Col. Shortland.

Paroled in Oct. 1862.
Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862

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John Joseph Coleman

8th United States Colored Artillery

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Pvt. Patrick Coleman

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Gardner living on Chicago St.

Entered on the 1860 Federal Census #285/2114 as a 48 year old Gardner from Ireland living in Elgin, Ill's.

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Dec. 24, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Re-armed with acceptable muskets on April 1, 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Captured at Shiloh during the retreat from the Sunken Road.

Article: April 23, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

THE SURRENDER OF THE FIFTY-EIGHT ILLINOIS.

Paroled in Oct. 1862.

Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.

Discharged for disability date unknown.

Known Actions;

Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862

Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862

Listed on the 1870 Illinois State Census #237/353 as aged 60 years, from Ireland, living in Elgin.

From the Sextons Ledger.
Died, Oct. 15, 1872
Where, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation, Gardner
Aged, 0/7/28
Cause of Death, Old Age
Location, Block 20, Lot 25.
Lot Purchaser, James Coleman, Jan. 24, 1868 for $10.00.
Born, March 17 at Golway, Ireland
Remarks, Member of 58th Reg of Ill. Inft.

Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.

Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 53, Section 11) in Elgin, Ill. when the City cemetery closed.

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Pvt. William H. Coleman

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

Co. A 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Fremont Rifles

Mustered in at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket taken in the Geneva Raid.
18 year old Laborer.

Notice: Oct. 22, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 7th and 52d-Both these regiments were in the fight at Corinth. The 52d was badly cut up, not so bad however, as some of the others. Lieut., Col. John S. Wilcox was in command and we learn that he conducted himself with great coolness and bravery.
The 7th took a hand in when the bayonet charge was made upon the rebels after they had gained the inside of our breastworks. We do not learn that any of Capt. lawyer's company from this town were wounded.
-Aurora Beacon.

Spring 1863 and again in 1864 the Regiment was mounted on mules making them mounted infantry.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
During their Veterans Furlough the regiment bought at their own expense 16 shot Henry Rifles.
Mustered Out at Louisville, Ky. June 8, 1865
Received Finial Pay and Discharged at Springfield, Ill. July 11, 1865
Known Actions;
Fort Henry, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Corinth,, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Town Creek May 26, 1863
Swallow’s Bluff, Tenn. Sept. 30, 1863
Butler’s Creek Aug. 1, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Wippy Swamp Feb. 8, 1865
Neuse’s Bridge, NC March 19, '65
Bentonville, NC March 19, '65

May have been discharged Jan. 5, 1863 for disability.

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Pvt. George R. Colie

Attended Elgin High School.

1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 7, 1862.

The Elgin Company

Co. I 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Aged 19 years.
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
Took part in the Grand Review in Washington, DC. at the end of the war.
Mustered Out June 5, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington.
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Conasine, Ga. Creek May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga. May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga. Sept. 15, 1864

Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Oct. 16, 1883.

Listed on the 1900 Census as a 56 year old Letter Carrier from New Jersey. He could both read and write living in Elgin, Ill.

   As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Occupation, Mail Carrier. Died Oct. 30, 1917 at 26 N. Chapel St. Aged 74/1/26. Cause of death, Carcimona of Shyuies. Undertaker, J. S. Norris. Physician, Dr. D. S. Pilton. Permit #17130.

   Obit; Oct. 30, 1917 issue The Elgin Daily News.
Elgin's grand old mail carrier-George R. Colie-died at his home, 26 North Chapel street, at 10:20 o'clock last night.
Having carried and collected mail here for the last twenty-seven years, making trips which took him into every nook and corner of the city, Mr. Colie was known by practically every housewife in Elgin. His death occurred just one day before his serices as a government employe would have ceased. Today was the last of his three months leave and he had planned to resign.
Mr. Colie had been in poor health for the last four months. Fololowing his annuyal vacation in July he was forced to ask for a three months' furlough because of illness. He proudly hoped to return to his duties and never gave up. Last Sunday, however, he was forced to take to his bed. He failed rapidly, being in a critical condition several hours before his death.
A veteran of the civil war, Mr. Colie was a prominent member of Veteran Post, No. 49, G.A.R. He served with Company I, 127th Illinois, marching with Sherman to the sea. He served through the war, receiving an honorable discharge at its close.
Mr. Colie found no little enjoyment telling stories of the big war. They are almost as well known as he was as a mail carrier.
   The veteran and his "assistant", his old horse, made scores of trips on every street in Elgin. They were known all over. In late years the animal knew his master's route almost as well as he did, never waiting for the command, "get up" as he hustled over the streets.
George R. Colie was born at Newark, N.J., September 4, 1843. He came west early, making his home here ever since. For several years he was in the grocery business with E. Balch. They retired from business in 1890, both entering the postoffice service within a few months of each other. Mr. Balch, who was a constant companion of his former business associate, was born September 16, 1843, being only twelve days younger than Mr. Colie. He retired from the government employ on December 31, 1912.
Mr. Colie became a sub carrier on May 15, 1890. In less than two months he won a regular route, carrying mail until July 16, 1915, when he was made a collectory.
Besides his widow he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Lillie of Pasadena, Cal., and a brother, Albert Colie of Elgin.
The funeral services will be held from Norris chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. They will be in charge of Veteran Post, No. 49. Burial will be at Bluff City cemetery.

Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 13, Section 6) in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. James Collens

Member of St. Mary's Parish

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Three Years Service

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 16, 1862
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
Mustered Out July 18, 1865
Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
Wise’s Forks, NC March 7, '64
Bennett’s House, NC April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC April 13, 1865

Listed on the 1900 Federal Census as a 58 year old Veternary Surgeon from England. He could both read and write living in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. Charles C. Collins

Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #707/4739 as a 20 year old Farm Hand from New York, living in Plato, Ill's.

Member St. Mary's Parish.

Co. B 36th Ill. Dragoon's

Re-Designated as;

Co. K 15th Ill. Cav.

Plato Cavalry

Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

Residence, Plato, Ill's

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.

   Discharged, Sept. 23, 1864, 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

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Pvt. Robert Collins

Member St. Mary's Parish.

Co. B 36th Ill. Dragoon's

Re-Designated as;

Co. K 15th Ill. Cav.

Plato Cavalry

Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

Residence,Plato, Ill's.

THE $300 BOUNTY.

Washington, Dec. 28,-Col. Fry has ordered the three hundred dollars bounty to be paid to the 15th Illinois cavalry, of General Farnsworth's new cavalry Brigade, now rendezvoused at St. Charles, Kane county.

Transferred on consolidation to;

Co. K 10th Ill. Cav.

   Served as Military Police in New Orleans.
   Mustered Out, July 15, 1865.

      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

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George Collins

From the 1850 Census
Name - John Collins Aged - 30 Years
Birth Place - New York
Home in 1850 - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.
Spouses Name - Ermanttin Collins Aged - 23 Years

From the Hampshire Reserve Militia Rolls

1862 Hampshire Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll June 28, 1862.

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Soldier - Pvt. George W. Collins
Unit -

Co. G 105th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Home of record listed as Plato, Ill.
Enlisted - Aug. 11, 1862
Issued Austrian Muskets
Mustered In - Sept. 2, 1862
Rearmed with Springfield Rifled Muskets in Aug. of 1863
Remarks - Mustered Out June 7, 1865 as Cpl.
Known Actions;
Resaca, Ga. - May 15, 1864
Dallas, Ga. - May 25, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Ga. - July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. - July 22 - Aug. 1, 1864
Grand March to the Sea
Decatur, Sitthonia, Social Circle, Rutledge, Madisoh, Mildridgeville
Sieve of Savannah - Dec. 20, 1864
Lawtonville - Feb. 2, 1865

From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - George Collins
Birth Year - About 1842
Birth Place - New York
Age on July 1, 1863 - 21 Years
Race - White
Residence - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.

From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. George W. Collins
Unit -

Co. G 105th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Height - 5' 5"
Hair - Light
Eyes - Blue
Complexion - Light
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Service Entry Age - 21 Years
Service Entry Date - Aug. 11, 1862
Service Entry Place - Sycamore, Ill.
Joined by Whom - R. R. Woodruff
Period - 3 Years
Muster In Date - Sept. 2, 1862
Muster In Place - Dixon, Ill.
Muster Out Date - June 7, 1865
Muster Out Place - Washington DC
Mustered Out by Whom - Capt. Beecher
Remarks - Promoted Cpl. Sent to Hospital May 16, 1865 at Goldsboro, North Carolina
Residence - Plato, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

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Pvt. James Collins

Member St. Mary's Parish.

From Past and Present of Kane Co., Ill., 1878.

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick's Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 16, 1862
Mustered Out July 18, 1865
Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 29, 1863
Wise’s Forks, NC March 7, '64
Bennett’s House, NC April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC April 13, 1865

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Pvt. Richard Collins

Member St. Mary's Parish.

From the Adjutant General of Illinois, Revised in 1900 by Brig. Gen. J. N. Reece.

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Dec. 15, 1861.

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Sgt. Samuel Collyer

From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll

Soldier - Sgt. Samuel Collyer

Unit -

Co. A 12th U. S. Inft.

Died - April 23, 1902

Interred at - Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.

Location - Grave 336, Lot 89, Section 5

Issued a Gov't headstone

From Headstones Provided for Uion Soldiers

Name - Samuel Collyer

Rank - Sgt.

Unit -

Co. A 12th U.S. Regt.

Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.

Date of Death - Aptil 2__, 1902

Headstone Supplied by - Vermont Marbel Co., Proctor, Vermont

Contract Let - Aug. 25, 1902

Note;

As I have two documents listing Civil War and Mexican War I will place this file with both wars.

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Pvt. Robert Collins

Member St. Mary's Parish.

From the Adjutant General of Illinois, Revised in 1900 by Brig. Gen. J. N. Reece.

K Co. 15th Ill. Cav.

Clinton's Rangers

Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861.
Residence, Plato, Ill.
Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861.
Remarks, Re-enlisted as a veteran Dec. 22, 1863.
Transferred to Co. K, 10th Ill. Cav. as Consolidated.

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Pvt. John Condon

Co. G 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted May 17, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.

   Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   FROM THE 141ST.-We learn that the 141st, our pet regiment of "hundreddazers,' has gone into camp at Columbus, Ky., but how long they will remain there is with us a mere matter of conjecture. On their way down to Cairo, over the Illinois Central railroad, the heat was so oppressive that several of the boys fainted away. There have been two deaths in the regiment since they left Elgin, one, TIMOTHY HAYES, a private in Capt. Herrington's company, drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river, and the other, a Swede whose name we did not learn of Capt. Beech's company of the tremens. We hope to hear often from our 141st.

   Notice: Aug. 24, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   FROM THE 141ST,-We learn that our regiment of "hundreddazers," the 141st, are likely to smell gunpowder and see a speck of war. Gen Paine has been getting up an expedition to clear out Johnsons rebel raiders who lately invaded Illinois and took several steamers loaded with cattle, and the 141st were counted in, and left Columbus on Tuesday last to join Gen. Paine at Paducah. Large numbers of cattle and supplies have been retaken from the rebels by this expedition, and also many horses and mules of resident rebels. Late news reports that Gen. Paine has returned to Paducah.

Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago.

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Pvt. Lawrence Condon

Co. G 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted May 17, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.
Garrison duties at Fort Halleck guarding the rail line where it crossed the Mississippi River at Columbus, Ky.

   Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   FROM THE 141ST.-We learn that the 141st, our pet regiment of "hundreddazers,' has gone into camp at Columbus, Ky., but how long they will remain there is with us a mere matter of conjecture. On their way down to Cairo, over the Illinois Central railroad, the heat was so oppressive that several of the boys fainted away. There have been two deaths in the regiment since they left Elgin, one, TIMOTHY HAYES, a private in Capt. Herrington's company, drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river, and the other, a Swede whose name we did not learn of Capt. Beech's company of the tremens. We hope to hear often from our 141st.

   Notice: Aug. 24, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

FROM THE 141ST,-We learn that our regiment of "hundreddazers," the 141st, are likely to smell gunpowder and see a speck of war. Gen Paine has been getting up an expedition to clear out Johnsons rebel raiders who lately invaded Illinois and took several steamers loaded with cattle, and the 141st were counted in, and left Columbus on Tuesday last to join Gen. Paine at Paducah. Large numbers of cattle and supplies have been retaken from the rebels by this expedition, and also many horses and mules of resident rebels. Late news reports that Gen. Paine has returned to Paducah.

Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago.

Listed on the 1870 Illinois Census #257/396 as aged 40 years, from Ireland, living in Maringo.

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1st Lt. Charles O. Connell

Co. H 12th Ill. Cav.

   Commissioned, Sept. 14, 1861
   Residence, Clintonville, Ill's.
   Mustered In, Oct. 25, 1861
   Remarks, Transferred to the 15th Ill. Cav., date not listed.

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Pvt. Thomas Connery

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

Co. G 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Dec. 12, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Transferred to I Co. From G Co. Jan. 5, 1862.

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Re-armed with acceptable muskets on April 1, 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Captured at Shiloh during the retreat from the Sunken Road.

Article: April 23, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

THE SURRENDER OF THE FIFTY-EIGHT ILLINOIS.

The surrender of the Fifty-eight Illinois was an involuntary affair. The Brigade of which they formed a part was surrounded on all sides by the rebels, who were subjecting them to a terrible fire. In this **** division was an Iowa regiment, the Eighth, we think. Col. Lynch of the Illinois Fifty-eight, proposed to the troops to form for a bayonet charge, and rushing upon the enemy cut their way through. His regiment seconded his proposal, but a printer of the Iowa regiment histingo (sic) a white "handkerchief on his bayonet waved it in token of surrender. Col. Lynch cut it down with his sword, the lieut. Conolen (sic) of the Iowa regiment however again raised the white flag, and said that while giving credit to Col. Lynch for his bravery, he felt it to be his duty to spare the lives of the men entrusted to his command, and he would therefore surrender. By this time the rebels had closed their lines so effectually around the division, that a surrender was inevitable, and the gallant men were marched off prisoners to the rebels. In this surrender was included all but about two hundred of the Eighth Iowa, four hundred of the Fifty-Eighth Illinois and part of the Twelfth Illinois, Col. Shortland.

Paroled in Oct. 1862.
Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Known Actions
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862

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John Connor

      Listed on the 1850 Federal Census #171/270
Name - John Cponnor Aged - 19 Years
Home in 1850 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Born - Ireland
Occupation - Blacksmith

Listed on the 1857 Elgin directory as a Blacksmith.

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

   Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #324/2402
Name - John Connor Aged - 30 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Blacksmith

   From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 7, 1862.

From the Adjutant General of Illinois, Revised in 1900 by Brig. Gen. J. N. Reece.

Co. ? 89th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
wife dying in 1892
Listed in the 1867 Elgin Directory as a Blacksmith with a shop on Bridge St, living on Broadway St.

Obit, from the May 4, 1908 issue of The Elgin Daily News
Succumbing to an illness which had confined him for several months, John Connor, a resident of this city for more than half a century, died at the home of his only daughter, Mrs. T. C. Loucks, corner Division and College streets, at 7 o'clock this morning.
Deceased was 76 years of age and was stricken during the Christmas holidays last year. At that time he went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Loucks and a gradual decline in health ended in death today. He was for many years a well known blacksmith and owned several shops in this city.
Mr. Connor was born in Ireland in November, 1831. There he spent his youth and before attaining his majority came to America and to Elgin in 1850. In this city he married, his wife dying in 1892. He retired from active business life several years ago.
Surviving him are his daughter, Mrs. Loucks, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. Mary's church. There will be no service at the house. Friends are requested to please omit flowers. Interment will be at Bluff City cemetery.

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Cpl. Benjamin Franklin Cook

Co. C 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Farmer.
Home of record listed as Hanover, Ill.

Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 July 5, 1887.

Listed on the 1900 Census as a 54 year old Landlord born in Illinois. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.

Obit; Jan. 3, 1902 issue The Elgin Daily News.
Benjamin Franklin Cook, who died at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning at No. 415 Fulton street, was born in Hanover fifty-five years and eleven months ago. He never resided outside the state, and after returning from the farm moved to Elgin.
During the civil war Mr. Cook took an active part and it was then that he contracted the trouble which caused his death. He bore his burden patiently to the end.
Deceased was a member of Veteran post, G.A.R., and of the Advent Christian church. He leaves a widow and three children-Harry, Eugene, and Mabel, of Elgin-three sisters, Miss Sarah Cook of Elgin, Mrs. Cox of Chicago, and Mrs, Lucy Beedle of Greenville, Ill. The funeral will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from the house.

Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 44, Section 6) in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. Charles Cook

Co. D 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted May 20, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.

   Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   FROM THE 141ST.-We learn that the 141st, our pet regiment of "hundreddazers,' has gone into camp at Columbus, Ky., but how long they will remain there is with us a mere matter of conjecture. On their way down to Cairo, over the Illinois Central railroad, the heat was so oppressive that several of the boys fainted away. There have been two deaths in the regiment since they left Elgin, one, TIMOTHY HAYES, a private in Capt. Herrington's company, drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river, and the other, a Swede whose name we did not learn of Capt. Beech's company of the tremens. We hope to hear often from our 141st.

   Died near Marion, Ky. of accidental wound Aug. 21, 1864

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Ezra A. Cook

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Soldier - Pvt. Ezra A. Cook
Unit -

Co. G 39th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Yates Phalanx

Home of Record listed as Wheaton, Ill.
Enlisted - Sept. 2, 1861
Mustered In - Oct. 11, 1861 at Camp Mather in Chicago, Ill.
Remarks - Discharged in 1864, Disability
Known Actions;
Great Caspon Bridge, Va. - Jan. 3, 1862
Winchester, Va. - March 23, 1862
2d Malverh Hill, Va.
Charlston, SC - April 1, 1863
Fort Wagner, SC - Aug. 7, 1863
Drury's Bluff - May 16, 1864
Wier Bottom Church - May 20, 1864
Petersburg & Richmond Pike - June 16-19, 1864
The Rest of my copy is missing from this point.

   From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Ezra A. Cook
Unit - Co. G 39th Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 6 1/4"
Hair - Light
Eyes - Dark
Complexion - Light
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Birth Date - About 1841
Born - Windsor Co., Conn.
Service Entry Age - 20 Years
Service Entry Date - Oct. 11, 1861
Service Entry Place - Chicago, Ill.
Birth Place - Connecticut
Home in 1910 - 2nd Ward, Wheaton, DuPage Co., Ill.
Street - 915 College aveune
Race - White
Occupation - Publisher
Spouses Name - Maria A. Cook
Spouses Age - 63 Years
Period - 3 Years
Muster In Date - Oct. 11, 1861
Muster In Place - Chicago, Ill.
Remarks - Discharged for Disability 1864
Residence - Wheaton, DuPage Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

   From the Pension Index
Soldier - Ezra A. Cook
Widow - Maria E. B. Cook
Service - G 39 Ill 1ny
Date of Filling - March 23, 1870
Class - Invalid
Application #156669
Certificate #106736
Date of Filling - Sept. 25, 1911
Class - Widow
Application #972315
Certificate #733244
State - Ill.

Obit: Died Sept. 15, 1911 in an Elgin Hospital where he had been under care for some time.
Aged 70 years.

   From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Ezra Asher Cook
Birth Date - Nov. 5, 1841
Birth Place - Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Died - Sept. 15, 1911
Death Place - Wheaton, DuPage Co., Ill.
Cemetery - Wheaton Cemetery
Burial Place - Wheaton, DuPage Co., Ill.
Spouses Name - Maria Elizabeth Cook

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Sgt. James W. Cook (Cooke)

Co. C 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted May 8, 1864 as a Private.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.

Notice: Aug. 24, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
FROM THE 141ST,-We learn that our regiment of "hundreddazers," the 141st, are likely to smell gunpowder and see a speck of war. Gen Paine has been getting up an expedition to clear out Johnsons rebel raiders who lately invaded Illinois and took several steamers loaded with cattle, and the 141st were counted in, and left Columbus on Tuesday last to join Gen. Paine at Paducah. Large numbers of cattle and supplies have been retaken from the rebels by this expedition, and also many horses and mules of resident rebels. Late news reports that Gen. Paine has returned to Paducah.

Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago.

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Pvt. Benjamin S. Cool

Dispatch April 15, 1861, Adjt. Gen. Mather's office.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, ILLINOIS STATE MILITIA

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. APRIL 15, 1861

In view of the present dangers menacing the Government, and the probability of an immediate call being made on the several States of this Union for troops to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting the Capital and public property of this Union, the commandants of the several divisions, brigades, regiments and independent companies will take immediate steps towards perfecting the drills and discipline of their several commands, and hold themselves in readiness for actual service.

By order of the Commander-in-chief.

T.S. MATHER Adjutant General

Dispatch, April 16, 1861, Adjt. Gen. Mather's office.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 2

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. April 16, 1861

The Secretary of War, under and by direction of the President of the United States, having called upon the Executive of the State of the immediate organization of six regiments of volunteer militia to aid in the enforcement of the laws of the United States, and to protect the public property, therefore I, Richard Yates, Governor of the State of Illinois, and commander-in-Chief of the militia thereof, do call upon the commandants of divisions, brigades, regiments and independent companies to aid in raising and organizing the same immediately, and if there be no such officers, then the sheriff of each county.
By the instruction of the war Department, each company will consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, and eighty men.
Each company will elect its own officers, and when the several companies shall meet at the place of rendezvous, they will be formed into regiments, and will elect their own regimental officers. As fast as the companies are formed the commanding officer will make a return to the office of the adjutant General, stating the names of the officers and number of men in each company. No person under the rank of a commissioned officer, will be received who is apparently over the age of forty-five, or under the age of eighteen years.
Springfield is appointed the place of rendezvous, to which place each company or regiment will repair, at the earliest practicable period where tents, and such other convenances as can be procured, will be furnished.
Companies will be received in the order in which their services are offered.

(signed) RICHARD YATES, Commander-in-Chief

THOMAS S. MATHER Adjutant General Illinois Militia.

Notice: April 18, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

Elgin Continentals.

This splendid company have tendered their service to the Governor for service in regiments that Illinois is to furnish to vindicate the honor of the country.

Elgin Continentals

Enlisted April 22, 1861.

Co. A 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fremont Rifles

Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva Raid
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.

Co. H 88th Ill. Vol. Inf.

2nd Board of Trade Regiment

Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862
Mustered In Aug. 27, 1862
Killed In Action at Perryville
Known Actions;
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1863

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Pvt. Charles O. Cooley

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. B 38th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Enlisted Aug. 12, 1861.
Home of record listed as Mason, Ill's.
Mustered In Aug. 19, 1861 at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran Feb. 29, 1864 and listed Centralia as home of record. He was paid a $300 Veterans Bounty. On the way north for the 30 days Veterans Furlough the train hit a torpedo (mine) and was derailed causing many injuries.
Mustered Out March 20, 1866 at Victoria, Texas.
Known actions;
Siege of Corinth, Miss.
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Knob Gap
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Liberty Gap, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863
Dug Gap May 7, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 20, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Sept. 1, 1864

From the Jan. 20, 1890 issue of the Elgin Daily News
Charles Cooley, formerly of Lily Lake, died in New York city of Pneumonia following LaGrippe, on Saturday last. He was a son of Calvin Cooley of Lily Lake, and aged 33 years, and leaves a wife and three children.

From the Bluff City Cemetery Find A Grave files
Born in Ohio
Died Jan. 18, 1890 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

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Pvt. Charles Cooley

Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #7/8/4746 as an 18 year old, Serving at Home, from England, living in Plato, Ill's.

Co. B 36th Ill. Dragoons

Re-Designaged as,

Co. K 15th Ill. Cav.

Clinton's Rangers

   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.
   Re-enlisted as a veteran Feb. 29, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.

Notice; Dec. 30, 1863 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

THE $300 BOUNTY.

Co. K 10th Ill. Cav.

   Served as Military Police in New Orleans.
   Mustered Out, Sept. 27, 1865.
      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

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Pvt. Thomas Cooley

Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #708/4746 as a 16 year old serving at home from England living in Plato, Ill's.

K Co. 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted May 19, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.
Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago.

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Calvin Coon

From the 1850 Census
Name - Calvin Coon Aged - 7 Years
Birth Place - Illinois
Home in 1850 - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.

From the Hampshire Reserve Militia Rolls

1861 Hampshire Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll Aug. 5, 1861.

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Soldier - Pvt. Calvin M. Coon
Unit -

Co. K 52d Ill. Vol. Inft.

Home or Record listed as Hampshire, Ill.
Enlisted - Sept. 6, 1861
Mustered In - Oct. 25, 1861
    Note;
As there is no Muster Out or Discharge information I Can't credit his with any of the 52d Ill. Battle honors at this time.

   From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Calvin M. Coon
Unit - Co. K 52d Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 11"
Hair - Black
Eyes - Gray
Complexion - Light
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Birth Date - About 1842
Birth Place - Illinois
Service Entry Age - 19 Years
Service Entry Date - Sept. 6, 1861
Service Entry Place - Udina, Ill.
Joined by Whom - A. Barto
Period - 3 Years
Muster In Date - Oct. 25, 1861
Muster In Place - Geneva, Ill.
Residence - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Cemetery - Hampshire Cemetery
Record Source - 1929 Ill. Roll of Honor

   From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Calvin Coon
Birth Year - About 1842
Birth Place - Illinois
Age on July 1, 1863 - 21 Years
Race - White
Residence - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.

   From the 1880 Census
Name - Calvin Coon Aged - 37 Years
Birth Place -Illinois
Home in 1880- Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Farmer
Spouses Name - Mary Coon Age - 35 Years

From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Pvg. Calvin M. Coon
Died - Jan. 10, 1912
Cemetery - Hampshire Center Cemetery
Burial Place - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.

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Pvt. John Coon

Listed on the 1855 Illinois State Census as aged 20-30 years, a member of the Militia, living in Hampshire, Ill's.

Entered on the 1860 Census #285/2114 as a 24 year old Laborer from Germany living in Elgin, Ill's.

Dispatch April 15, 1861, Adjt. Gen. Mather's office.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, ILLINOIS STATE MILITIA

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. APRIL 15, 1861

By order of the Commander-in-chief.

T.S. MATHER Adjutant General

Dispatch, April 16, 1861, Adjt. Gen. Mather's office.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 2

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. April 16, 1861

(signed) RICHARD YATES, Commander-in-Chief

THOMAS S. MATHER Adjutant General Illinois Militia.

Notice: April 18, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

Elgin Continentals.

This splendid company have tendered their service to the Governor for service in regiments that Illinois is to furnish to vindicate the honor of the country.

Elgin Continentals

Enlisted April 22, 1861

Co. A 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fremont Rifles

Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva Raid
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.

Notice: July ?, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

FROM CAIRO.

(Correspondence of the Chicago Times.)
Cairo, Ill., June 29,
If the troops of this brigade are not paid off before the expiration of the three months for which they enlisted, a very large number of them will refuse to be sworn in for further service. A considerable number of them will go home anyhow, but the per cent will be largely increased by further neglect in the matter in question. Few of them, indeed, can communicate with their families or friends for want of three cents wherewith to buy a postage stamp.
At Camp Joslyn yesterday, Col. Cook's regiment, I learn, stacked their arms and declared that they would neither drill nor parade again until they got their money. Their wants, in a thousand ways, are exceedingly pressing, but not a single dollar have they to relieve them. The men became satisfied with fair promises however, and reconsidered their rather hasty determination.

Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.

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Pvt. Joseph Copias

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Dec. 24, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Dec. 14, 1861.
Discharged due to Disability Feb. 2, 1862.

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Pvt. Patrick Corbett

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

       From Past and Present of Kane Co., Ill., 1878.
       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick's Elgin Battery

Enlisted Nov. 23, 1862.
Deserted Jan. 9, 1863.

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Thomas Cooney

Member St. Mary's Parish.

From the Adjutant General of Illinois, Revised in 1900 by Brig. Gen. J. N. Reece.

I Co. 58th Ill. Vol. Inft.

Lyon Color Guard

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Sgt. Joseph Corbey

Listed in the 1860 Federal Census #269/2017 as an 18 year old Jeweler from New York living in Elgin, Ill's.

Co. E 55th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Canton Rifles

Mustered in at Camp Douglas in Chicago Oct. 31, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Sent to Columbus, Ky. in Feb. of 1862 to test it for evacuation.
Mentioned in Dispatches by Col. Malmberg at Vicksburg May 22, 1863.
Re-enlisted as Veteran Feb. 1, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Wounded in Action at Kennesaw Mountain June 27, 1864.
Discharged due to wounds received at Kennesaw Mountain July 25, 1864.
Known Actions;
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 29, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 9, 1863
Champion Hill, Miss. May 16, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. June-July 1863

Died 1885 in Elgin, Ill.
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 242, Section 9) in Elgin, Ill. when the City cemetery closed.

Note;
Bluff City Cemetery records show date of death as July 15, 1904.

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Musician Joseph E. Corbey, Jr.

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

The Elgin Company

Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862

Co. I 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Elgin Sharpshooters

Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Fife Major
Found Murdered in front of the camp at Larkensville, Ala. Jan. 24, 1864
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville Oct. 11, 1863

Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 73, Section 6) in Elgin, Ill. when the City cemetery closed.
There is some evidence to suggest that he was murdered in his tent.

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Pvt. John A. Corbin

Co. G 96th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Mustered In Sept. 6, 1862 at Camp Fuller in Rockford.
Home of record listed as Vernon, Ill's.
Wounded in Action, action not listed.
Discharged June 10, 1865 due to wounds.
Known actions;
Buzzard's Roost Gap, Ga. Feb. 25, 1864
Rocky Faced Ridge, Ga. May 8, 1864
Resaca, Ga. May 14, 1864
Kingston, Ga. May 19, 1864
New Hope Church, Ga. May 25, 1864
Pine Mt., Ga. June 14, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 20, 1864
Smyrna Camp Ground, Ga. July 4, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864
Rough & Ready, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Sept. 1, 1864
Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 30, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864

Died April 28, 1881.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 140, Section 9) in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. Patrick Corbit

Member of St. Mary's Parish.
From the Adjutant General of Illinois, Revised in 1900 by Brig. Gen. J. N. Reece.

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill.
Deserted Jan. 9, 1863.

From Past and Present of Kane Co., Ill. 1878.
Renwick's Elgin Battery
Enlisted Nov. 13, 1862
Deserted Jan. 9, 1863

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Pvt. John H. Corl

From the 1860 Census
Name - John Corl Aged - 16 Years
Birth Place - New York
Home in 1860 - Algonquin, McHenry Co., Ill.
Post Office - Crystal Lake

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. I 95th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Worden's Battalion

Mustered In - Sept. 4, 1862
Home of record listed as Algonquin.
   Remarks - Discharged March 16, 1863 due to Disability.

From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. John H. Corl
Unit - Co. I 95th Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 8"
Hair - Dark
Eyues - Dark
Complexion - Light
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Birth Date - About 1843
Birth Place - Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York
Service Entry Age - 19 Years
Service Entry Date - Aug. 12, 1862
Service Entry Place - Algonquin, Ill.
Joined by Whom - Jas. Nish
Period - 3 Years
Muster In Date - Sept. 4, 1862
Muster In Place - Rockford, Ill.
Remarks - Discharged for Disability March 16, 1863 at Lake Providence, La.
Residence - Algonquin, McHenry Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

   From the Civil War Pension Index
Soldier - John H. Corl
Mother - Mary A. Corl
Service - I 95 Ill Inf
Date of Filling - Aug. 11, 1890
Class - Mother
Applicatioj #481817
State - Illinois

   From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. John H. Corl
Unit - Co. I 95th Ill. Inf.
Died - March 27, 1863
Interred at - Dundee Township Cemetery, West
Location - Lot 158, Block 2

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Musician Edward W. Cornish

Co. E 109th NY Inf.

Bingingham Regiment

Aged 29 years.
Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862 at Port Crane.
Mustered Out June 4, 1865 at Delaney House, Washington DC.
Known actions;
Wilderness, Va. May 5, 1864
Spotsylvania Court House, Va. May 8, 1864
North Anna, Va. May 22, 1864
Totopotomoy, Va. May 27, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864
Assault on Petersburg, Va. June 16, 1864
The Crater, Va. July 30, 1864
Weldon Road, Va. Aug. 18, 1864
Poplar Spring Church, Va. Sept. 30, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va. Oct. 27, 1864
Fort Stedman, Va. March 25, '65
Fall of Petersburg, Va. April 2, 1865

Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 June 1, 1881.
Transferred to another GAR Post, post not listed.

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Pvt. Mathew Corrigan

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Wood's Battery

Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
Mustered Out July 18, 1865.
Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
Wise’s Forks March 7, '64
Bennett’s House April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC April 13, 1865

Joined the Quincy GAR Post.
Died Feb. 1915.

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Cpl. Joseph Morris Corron

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

Attended the Elgin Academy.

Co. A 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

The Lincoln Regiment

Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.

Died Dec. 10, 1889.
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 44, Section 12) in Elgin, Ill. when the City cemetery closed.

Elgin Academy records show him as died during the war.

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Pvt. James Costelo

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Lyon Color Guard

THE SURRENDER OF THE FIFTY-EIGHT ILLINOIS.

The surrender of the Fifty-eight Illinois was an involuntary affair. The Brigade of which they formed a part was surrounded on all sides by the rebels, who were subjecting them to a terrible fire. In this **** division was an Iowa regiment, the Eighth, we think. Col. Lynch of the Illinois Fifty-eight, proposed to the troops to form for a bayonet charge, and rushing upon the enemy cut their way through. His regiment seconded his proposal, but a printer of the Iowa regiment histingo (sic) a white "handkerchief on his bayonet waved it in token of surrender. Col. Lynch cut it down with his sword, the lieut. Conolen (sic) of the Iowa regiment however again raised the white flag, and said that while giving credit to Col. Lynch for his bravery, he felt it to be his duty to spare the lives of the men entrusted to his command, and he would therefore surrender. By this time the rebels had closed their lines so effectually around the division, that a surrender was inevitable, and the gallant men were marched off prisoners to the rebels. In this surrender was included all but about two hundred of the Eighth Iowa, four hundred of the Fifty-Eighth Illinois and part of the Twelfth Illinois, Col. Shortland.

Paroled in Sept. 1862.
Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Mustered Out Feb. 7, 1865.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Meridian Feb. 14, 1864
Pleasant Hill April 9, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864

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Cpl. John Farwell Cowden

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. K 88th Ill. Vol. Inf.

2nd Board of Trade Regiment

Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Aged 38 years.
Home of record listed as Barrington, Ill.
Mustered In Aug. 27, 1862.
Discharged due to Disability Dec. 15, 1862.

       From the Post #49 files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 March 10, 1899.

Listed on the 1900 Census as a 70 year old from Mass. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.

   As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Occupation, Farmer. Died Jan. 23, 1913 at 840 Prairie St. Aged 83/6/12. Cause of death, Bronchial Pheumonia for 7 days. Undertaker, Norris. Physician, Dr. J. F. Bell. Permit #18098.

   Obit; Jan. 23, 1913 issue The Elgin Daily News.
   John F. Cowden, pioneer resident, local preacher in early days and for many years chaplain of Veteran Post, G.A.R., died today at his home, 440 Prairie street.
Mr. Cowden was one of the leaders in educational and religious advancement in this section during the earlier part of his life. He was an advocate of the church and the school house and did much to enable the earlier settlers children to acquire learning.
He was engaged in farming until compelled to retire on account of failing health, yet he devoted much time to mission work and was known as a local preacher. He supplied pulpits in churches that were without pastors and visited communities urging them to erect churches and school houses.
He was born in Williamstown, Mass., in July, 1824 and was an employe of one of the first cotton mills that was operated in the United States. In 1845 he removed to Dundee township and settled in a locality called Centerville, where he lived untio 1850, when he went to Barrington. There he married Miss Elmeda Messer. They lived in that township until fifteen years ago when they removed to Elgin.
On August 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company K. Eighty-eight Illinois infantry and was later discharge on account of failing health. In the army he went about among the wounded, the sick and the disheartened to assist and console them.
Early in life he united with the Methodist Episcopal church and was a prominent lay member.
A son, Herbert and three daughters reside in Elgin. The latter are Mrs. Jay Waterman, Nellie and Pearl Cowden. Mrs. Charles Perry, of Janesville and Mrs. H.W. Meyers, of Wheaton, were also daughters.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at the family home at 2 o'clock. The Rev. T.E. Ream, of Barrington, ant rthe Rev's. Carpenter and Ladd, of Elgin will take part in the services.

Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 114, Section 1) in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. George Cox

Co. B 36th Ill. Dragoon's

Re-Designated as;

Co. K 15th Ill. Cav.

Clinton's Rangers

Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

Residence, Plato, Ill's.

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.

    Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861
    Discharged, Sept. 23, 1864, 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

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Pvt. James Cox

C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Elgin Sharpshooters

Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Took part in the Grand Review in Washington, DC. at the end of the war.
Mustered Out June 5, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington.
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga. May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga. Sept. 15, 1864

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Pvt. John Cox

       From the 1850 Census #48/113
Name - John Cox Aged - 30 Years
Home in 1850 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Laborer

       From the 1855 Illinois State Census
Name - John Cox Aged - 20-30 Years
In the Militia - Yes
Home in 1855 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

       From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 7, 1862.

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

The Elgin Company

Co. C 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Elgin Sharpshooters

Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Mustered Out May 15, 1865, Wounded.
       Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga. May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga. May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga. Sept. 15, 1864

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

       From the 1870 Census #237/364
Name - John Cox Aged - 50 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - John Elias Cox
Unit - Co. K       73d Ill. Inf.
Died - 1908
Interred at - East Clinton Cemetery in Elgin Township, Ill.
Location - Lot 33, Block 7

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Pvt. Orson H. Crandall

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862.
Discharged for promotion April 2, 1863

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Pvt. Joseph Crane

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 16, 1862
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
On April 1, 1863 Battery turned in Four of their 24 pound Howitzers and were issued two 12 pound James Rifles.
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

Died at Bowling Green, Ky. Sept. 21, 1863. Cause unlisted.

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Pvt. William B. Crane

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. I 95th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Worden's Battalion

Mustered In Sept. 4, 1862 at Camp Fuller in Rockford.
Home of record listed as Grafton, Ill's.
Mustered Out June 7, 1865.
       Known actions;
Old River, Miss. Feb. 10, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss.
Grand Gulf, Miss. April 29, 1863
Raymond, Miss. May 12, 1863
Champion Hills, Miss. May 16, 1863
Natchez, Miss.
Fort DeRussy, Miss. March 14, '64
Clouterville
Mansura, Miss. May 16, 1864
Yellow Bayou, Miss. May 18, 1864
Guntowns, Miss. June 10, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Chattahoochie River
Atlanta, Ga.
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Lovejoy Station, Ga. Aug. 20, 1864
Spanish Fort, Ala. April 8, 1865
Fort Blakely, Ala. April 9, 1865

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. Wm B. Crane
Unit - Co. I       95th Ill. Inf.
Died - Sept. 7, 1915.
Interred at - Doty Cemetery in Hampshire.
Location - Grave 1

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Pvt. Thomas Crapo

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Nov. 4, 1862
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
Mustered Out May 25, 1865.

Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
Wise’s Forks, NC March 7, '64
Bennett’s House, NC April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC April 13, 1865

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Veterinary Surgeon Christian C. Crawford

1861 Dundee Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 31, 1861.

Co. B 8th Ill. Cav.

Farnsworth's Regiment

Mustered In Sept. 27, 1861 at Camp Kane in St. Charles.
Home of record listed as Sycamore, Ill's.
Issued .56 7 shot Spencer Carbine, Revolver, and a Saber.

Notice: Dec. 25, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
We give space also to an article from the Chicago Tribune, with reference to the purchase of Cavalry horses for this Regiment. Now will some one give us the figures on Farnsworth's 1200 horses. We know that many of the horses were bought for seventy and seventy-five dollars. What did the Government pay for them? And among whom was the forty or fifty thousand dollars divided. Out of that sum the Government was defrauded. Who has it? We advise ambitious young men to keep a pure record in these matters. By and by this money will have to be raised by a direct tax, and then a thousand ***** ***** will be open to see who had **** **** while ****** the debt they are taxed to pay. The a dollar traced to your ******* when you cannot honestly account, will burn like an unquenchable fire. Take care.

Post war;
Member Dundee GAR Post #519.
Died Aug. 21, 1915.
Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.

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Pvt. Duncan Crawford

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 16, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862.
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
Died at Knoxville, Tenn. Dec. 26, 1864. Cause not listed.

Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
Wise’s Forks, NC March 7, '64
Bennett’s House, NC April 26, 1864

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Surgeon Henry M. Crawford

Field 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Jan. 25, 1862.
Home of record listed as St. Charles, Ill's.
Mustered In Jan. 25, 1862.
Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Re-armed with acceptable muskets on April 1, 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Captured at Shiloh during the retreat from the Sunken Road.

Article: April 23, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

THE SURRENDER OF THE FIFTY-EIGHT ILLINOIS.

The surrender of the Fifty-eight Illinois was an involuntary affair. The Brigade of which they formed a part was surrounded on all sides by the rebels, who were subjecting them to a terrible fire. In this **** division was an Iowa regiment, the Eighth, we think. Col. Lynch of the Illinois Fifty-eight, proposed to the troops to form for a bayonet charge, and rushing upon the enemy cut their way through. His regiment seconded his proposal, but a printer of the Iowa regiment histingo (sic) a white "handkerchief on his bayonet waved it in token of surrender. Col. Lynch cut it down with his sword, the lieut. Conolen (sic) of the Iowa regiment however again raised the white flag, and said that while giving credit to Col. Lynch for his bravery, he felt it to be his duty to spare the lives of the men entrusted to his command, and he would therefore surrender. By this time the rebels had closed their lines so effectually around the division, that a surrender was inevitable, and the gallant men were marched off prisoners to the rebels. In this surrender was included all but about two hundred of the Eighth Iowa, four hundred of the Fifty-Eighth Illinois and part of the Twelfth Illinois, Col. Shortland.

Paroled in Sept. 1862.
Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Mustered Out Feb. 7, 1865.

Died July 2, 1901
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery.

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Pvt. Richard F. Crawford

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 19, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
Discharged for Promotion Oct. 31, 1863.

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Pvt. William Henry Crawford

From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Name - William H. Crawford
Unit -

Co. I 128th Ohio Inf.

Cemetery - Village Ill.
Burial Place - Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor

    From the GAR Post #49 Files
Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 Jan. 2, 1919.

Member Modern Woodmen of America, Silver Leaf Camp No. 60.

    Obit; March 12, 1926 issue The Elgin Courier-News.
   William Henry Crawford, 78, a resident of Elgin for the last 37 years, died yesterday at his home at 149 South State street.
He was born in Shalersville, Ohio on March 17, 1847.
He was a member of Silver Leaf camp, No. 60, Modern Woodmen of America, and G.A.R., Veteran post, No. 49.
Besides his widow he leaves three children, Mrs. Charles Doxey of Rock Island, Mrs. Charles Stoddard of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Edward of Chicago. He also leaves four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, private, from the home and at 2:30 o'clock from the South Elgin church.

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Pvt. Thomas Crayon

Dispatch April 15, 1861, Adjt. Gen. Mather's office.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, ILLINOIS STATE MILITIA

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. APRIL 15, 1861

By order of the Commander-in-chief.

T.S. MATHER Adjutant General

Dispatch, April 16, 1861, Adjt. Gen. Mather's office.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 2

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. April 16, 1861

(signed) RICHARD YATES, Commander-in-Chief

THOMAS S. MATHER Adjutant General Illinois Militia.

Notice: April 18, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

Elgin Continentals.

This splendid company have tendered their service to the Governor for service in regiments that Illinois is to furnish to vindicate the honor of the country.

Elgin Continentals

Enlisted April 22, 1861

Co. A 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Fremont Rifles

Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva Raid.
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.

Notice: July ?, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.

FROM CAIRO.

(Correspondence of the Chicago Times.)
Cairo, Ill., June 29,
If the troops of this brigade are not paid off before the expiration of the three months for which they enlisted, a very large number of them will refuse to be sworn in for further service. A considerable number of them will go home anyhow, but the per cent will be largely increased by further neglect in the matter in question. Few of them, indeed, can communicate with their families or friends for want of three cents wherewith to buy a postage stamp.
At Camp Joslyn yesterday, Col. Cook's regiment, I learn, stacked their arms and declared that they would neither drill nor parade again until they got their money. Their wants, in a thousand ways, are exceedingly pressing, but not a single dollar have they to relieve them. The men became satisfied with fair promises however, and reconsidered their rather hasty determination.

Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.
Mustered in for 3 years at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.
Wounded in Action at Fort Donelson Feb. 13, 1862.
Known Actions;
Fort Henry, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862

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Pvt. James Creen

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

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Capt. William Robertson Creighton
C. S. A.

Unknown Regimemt of Arkansas Volunteers

From the 1956 Kane County Honor Roll
Died - March 1, 1928
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 198, Section 11
With a Civilian Headstone

Born Jan. 19, 1841 in Scotland

Field On the Staff of Gen. Hinman in Arkansas.

Notice; Unidentified cutting labled '1913' in the Post #49 files.
Captain William Creighton, once of the staff of General Hinman, of the Confederate army, rescued lieutenant James De Pew, veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, from instant death in the Milwaukee yards Wednesday morning.
The rescue was accomplished in the presence of a crowd of commuters and was followed by cheers from the spectators who stood horror stricken while the old confederate, at the risk of his own life, jumped in front of a rapidly moving string of freight cars which were about to crush the old lieutenant.
Lieutenant De Pew was leaving for Bloomington to attend the dedication of a soldiers monument and started to walk across the tracks to the platform at which an approaching passenger train was about to stop.
As he stepped onto the tracks a string of freight cars approached noiselessly. The crowd shouted a warning and women turned their faces away expecting that the enfeebled man would be dashed to instant death.
Captain Creighton, who is despite his advanced age athletic and agile sprang to the rescue. He bounded to the tracks and seizing his former foe by the shoulder with an effort almost superhuman swung him clear of the rails.
By a desperate jump he succeeded in dodging the approaching cars.
Lieutenant De Pew thanked his rescuer, who is and old acquaintance and hurried for his train. His shoulder was somewhat wrenched by the grip of the southerner.
The principals in the near tragedy are among the best known veterans in this section. Mr. De Pew is nearly ninety years of age and Mr. Creighton admits his is crowding 75.
Creighton is superintendent of telegraph repairs for the Milwaukee road and credits his physical activity to good habits and constant exercise.

Notice; Unidentified cutting dated '1915' in the Post #49 files.
Captain William R. Creighton, 330 Highland avenue, once of the staff of General Hinman of the Confederate army, will receive a Carnegie medal for rescuing Lieutenant James DePew, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, from beneath the wheels of a freight train here May 28, 1913.
The rescue took place in the Milwaukee yards before a crowd of commuters. Captain Creighton jumped in front of a string of freight cars which were nearly upon Lieutenant DePew.
Lieutenant DePew was leaving for Bloomington to attend a dedication of a soldier's monument and stated across the tracks to the platform to await his train.
As he stepped onto the tracks a freight train approched noiselessly from the other direction. The crowd shouted to him and the women turned their faces expecting he would be crushed under the wheels.
Captain Creighton, who though past 72 years, is athletic and agile, sprang to the rescue. He rushed onto the tracks and by a superhuman effort grabbed him and swung him clear of the rails. Then by a desperate effort he jumped and saved himself.
Lieutenant DePew is 92 years old and lives at 356 Ryerson avenue.
Captain Creighton is superintendent of telegraph repairs for the Milwaukee road and lays his health and agility to good habits and constant exercise.
He is prominent among war veterans and spoke last summer at the unveiling of the soldier's monument at Geneva. His subject was "The Union of Today." He said in part:
"We do not have to train men for four or five years to strike a barn door. We have more than 1,000,000 who could take up arms immediately and go the front at a moment's notice. I am glad to rejoice that we have a nation which is not afraid to face anything and which shows no fear. My sentiments are that if anyone living in this nation does not like the country and the way things are run, it is time that he packed up and got out."

From the June 15, 1935 issue of 'The Elgin Courier-News'
Captain Creighton, born in Scotland, was decorated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for his war services. During the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 he directed the placing of huge chains across the Mississippi in an effort to keep federal, gunboats from bombarding the city, and later had charge of construction of Fort pillow, Confederate defense near Helena, Ark.
Mr. Creighton came to Elgin in .72 and subsequently built the first telegraph line from Chicago west to Kittridge, Ia., later leasing the line to the Milwaukee railroad and for many years thereafter he had charge of telegraph lines for the Milwaukee in this division.
Captain Creighton proved himself a hero in May 1913 when he endangered his own life to save that of the late Lt. James DePew. Mexican and Civil war veteran and Grand Army man. Creighton pushed DePew out of the path of a train in the Milwaukee yards and was awarded a Carnegie medal for the deed.
Captain Creighton's daughter Mrs. Fred S. Taylor resides in the old family home at 330 Highland ave.

From the May 24, 2013 issue of the Daily Hearld excerpts taken from the Sept. 21, 1916 issue of the Belvidere Daily Republican.

"Memorial Day in Elgin a century ago were highlighted by parades with former Union soldiers marching in prominent position, while the few Confederates who participated were relegated to the end of the processional.

That all changed in 1913 when former Confederate Captain William Creighton saved the life of Elgin's oldest Union veteran a few days before the holiday and found his placement in the next parade quite different.

William Creighton came to Elgin in the years following the Civil War to work on telegraph lines being strung through Elgin. He would eventually make the city his home, taking up residence on the near west side.

Once the overseer of a plantation with more than 400 slaves, Creighton fought in the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas. It was a conflict in which 10 soldiers of the 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry - a unit made up of Elgin men - lost their lives.

"Pea Ridge was the worst and bloodiest battle in which I was ever engaged in," said Creighton following a 1912 interview - a year in which he marched at the end of Elgin's Memorial Day parade.

"Five times we assailed the Union batteries, climed to the top of their fortifications, and were beaten down.

The horses were shot from under me. In the trenches below, our men were heaped up five feet deep. I still limp slightly from the wound in my leg," he added.

Unlike many, Creighton took a conciliatory attitude following the war.

"They licked us and that is all there is to it," he added in his 1912 interview. "I thank God to this day that the Union is still one."

Creighton's standing in the community took a decided change several days before Memorial Day in 1913. Ninety-one year old Lieutenant James DePew, a veteranb of both the Mexican War and the Civil War, was crossing the railroad tracks in downtown Elgin. As he prepared to board a passenger train, unbeknown to him, a freight train was approching as well.

The crowd shouted warnings and onlookers turned their faces away, expecting DePew to be instantly killed. Hearing the cries, Creighton ran across the tracks and seized DePew by the shoulder, swinging him clear of the oncoming train. He then jumped to avoid being hit by the engine himself.

DePew thanked Creighton for saving his life and then boarded the train to Bloomington, where he was being honored for his service in the Mexican War. The elder veteran said he was uninjured with the exception of a sore shoulder. The 75-year old Creighton credited his ability to accomplish the successful rescue to "good habits" and "constant exercise."
Several days later, when Elgin's Memorial Day parade stepped off in the city's downtown only a short distance from where the lifesaving event occurred, plans were quite different from recent years. Creighon and a Confederate comrade, Edward Halpin, were "escorted from their usual position in the parade and placed in the front ranks with the post commanders maintaining their Guard of Honor."

R. R. Parkin, Grand Army of the Republic, commander, announced, "Captain Creighton, a few days ago you saved the life of our oldest comrade from death. From this day on, until the last roll call has been sounded, you and your comrades are no longer able to march with the line of blue. Your place is in the front rank of the Grand Army of the Republic with a Guard of Honor. Forward March."

From the Find-a-Grave Index
Name - William Robertson Creighton
Born - Jan. 19, 1841 in Scotland
Died - March 1, 1928 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery
Spouse - Almina Creighton

Co-Contributor - Rich Schram

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Cpl. John C. Crew

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt.
Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;

Wood's Battery

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Pvt. Aaron Cribbs

Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Lyon Color Guard

Enlisted Jan. 1, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Unarmed the regiment is placed on the train south for Fort Donelson were the battle has started that day.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been rejected by the regiments before and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Re-armed with acceptable muskets on April 1, 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Deserted May 11, 1862.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862

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Pvt. Amos Cribbs

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Wood's Battery

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Pvt. Reinzen Crocker

   From the 1880 Census
Name - Rienzi Crocker Aged - 34 Years
Birth Place - Pennsylvania
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Carpenter
Spouses Name - Ida Crocker Age - 24 Years

  From the Post #49 Files
Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 2, 1887.

    Listed on the 1900 Censu
Name - Rienza Crocker Aged - 56 Years
Birth Place - New York
Occupatiojn - Cigar Maker
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

   From the 1910 Census
Name - Rienza Crocker Aged - 64 Years
Birth Place- Pennsylvania
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 380 Ryerson
Race - White
Occupation - Carpenter
Spouses Name - Eda Crocker Age - 54 Years

      Obit; Nov. 1, 1913 issue The Elgin Daily News.
   Rienzi Crocker, for many years a general contractor in Elgin died at 6 o'clock last night after an illness of three years.
Mr. Crocker was born in North Warren, Warren county, Penn., February 27, 1846. He came to Elgin in 1873 when he entered business. Illness forced him to retire.
He is survived by his widow, Ida Bolles Crocker, and a son, Ralph Crocker.
The funeral will be held from the late home, 380 Ryerson avenue, at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Rev. Ellenwood officiating. Burial at Bluff City cemetery.

   From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - Rienza Crocker
Birth Years - About 1846
Aged - 67 Years
Died - Act. 31, 1913
Place of Death - Elgin Rest Home, Kane, Ill.

   From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Name - Rienza Crocker
Unit -

Co. B 11th Penn. Inft.

Buried at -Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor

From the 1956 Kane Co., Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. Rienza Crocker
Unit - Co. B 11th Pa. Inf.
Died - Oct. 31, 1913
Interred at - Unknown Kane Co., Cemetery

From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Rienza Crocker
Birth Date - Feb. 27, 1846
Birth Place - North Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania
Died - Oct. 31, 1913
Place of Death - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery
Spouses Name - Eda E Crocker

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Pvt. Cyrus Cronk

From the Hampshire Reserve Militia Rolls

1861 Hampshire Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll Aug. 5, 1861

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Soldier - Pvt. Cyrus Cronk
Unit -

Co. B 8th Ill. Cav.

Residence - Hampshire, Ill.
Enlisted- Ocg. 2, 1861
Remarks -Re-enlisted as a Veteran
   Veterans Record
Residence - Sycamore, Ill.
Enlisted - Nov. 30, 1863
Mustered In - Nov. 30, 1863
Remarks - Mustered Out July 17, 1865 as a Serg't
Known Actions;
Bull Run, Va. March 10, '62
Mechanicsville, Va. June 26, 1862
Gaines Mill, Va. June 27, 1862
Malvern Hill, Va. July 1, 1862
Poolsville, Maryland Sept. 4, 1862
Monocacy Church Sept.. ?, 1862
Sugar Loaf Mt., Md. Sept. 6, 1862
Barnsville, Maryland Sept. 9, 1862
Antietam, Maryland Sept. 16, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 11, 1862
Sulpher Springs April 14, 1863
Rapidan Station May 1, 1863
Northern Neck May 14, 1863
Borstly Ford June 9, 1863
Upperville June 21, 1863
Fairville July 1, 1863
Gettysburg, Penn. July 2, 1863
Williamsburg, Md. July 6, 1863
Boonsboro, Md. July 8, 1863
Funktown, Md. July 10, 1863
Falling Water July 14, 1863
Chester Gap July 21, 1863
Sandy Hook July 22, 1863
Brandy Station, Va. Aug. 4, 1863
Culpepper, Va. Sept. 13, 1863
Liberty Mills Sept. 21, 1863
Warrenton Junction Oct. 30, 1863
Rexleysville Nov. 8, 1863
Mitchell’s Station Nov. 12, 1863
Ely’s Ford Nov. 30, 1863

   From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Cyrus H. Cronk
Unit - Co. B 8th Ill. Cav.
Height - 5' 8"
Hair - Black
Eyes - Hazel
Complexion - Black
Occupation - Farmer
Birth Place- New York
Service Entry Age - 20 Years
Service Entry Date - Oct. 2, 1861
Period - 3 Years
Remarks - Re-enlisted as Veteran
Residence - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
   Veterans Records
Service Entry Age - 25 Years
Service Entry Date - Nov. 30, 1863
Period - 3 Years
Muster In Date- Nov. 30, 1863
Muster In Place - Culpepper Church, Va.
Muster Out Date - July 17, 1865
Muster Out Place - Benton Barracks, Mo.
Mustered Out by Whom - Capt. Hubbard
Remarks - Mustered Out as Serveant
Residence - Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

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Pvt. Robert Cronkelton

Co. E 92nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

Wilder Lightning Brigade

Mustered In Dec. 2, 1863
Home of record listed as Dixon, Ill's.
Transferred

Co. I 65th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Scotch Regiment

Cameron's Highlanders

Enlisted, Dec. 2, 1863.
Residence, Dundee, Ill.
Mustered In, Dec. 2, 1863.
Mustered Out, July 13, 1865.

Died 1906.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 245, Section 11) in Elgin, Ill.

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Dwight Culberson

Unknown Regiment

Attended Elgin High School

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Pvt. George A. Culbertson

Listed in the 1857 Elgin Directory as a Carpenter living on the corner of Spring and Dexter St's.

Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Carpenter living on the corner of Spring and Dexter St's.

Listed on the 1860 Census #342/2538 as Aged 22 years from Pennsylvania living in Elgin, Ill's.

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

Attended Elgin High School

The Elgin Company

Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862

Co. I 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Elgin Sharpshooters

Mustered in Sept. 5, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket
Died at Bridgeport, Ala. Nov. 19, 1863.
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville Oct. 11, 1863

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Pvt. Daniel Cullen

Member of St. Mary's Parish.

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill.
Mustered In at Elgin Nov. 15, 1862
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Deserted Jan. 10, 1863

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Pvt. William Cumming

5th Ill. Light Artillery

Renwick’s Elgin Battery

Enlisted Nov. 4, 1862
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's. Nov. 15, 1862
Transferred to the Miss. Marine Brigade.

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Pvt. David Cummings

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. F 15th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Lead Mine Regiment, Washburn

Enlisted May 24, 1861
Home of record listed as Algonquin, Ill's.
Mustered In May 24, 1861 at Freeport, Ill's.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran March 1, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Mustered Out Sept. 16, 1865 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Known actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Siege of Corinth, Miss.
Hatche River, Miss. July 12, 1863
Jackson, Miss. July 12, 1863

From the 1880 Census
Name - David Cummings Aged - 42 Years
Born - Vermont
Home in 1880 - St. Charles, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Well Digger
Spouse - Melinda H. Cummings Aged - 43 Years

As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Died May 30, 1886 at 33 Mill St. aged 48 years. Cause of death listed as Heart Disease for 2 years complicated by Chronich Ruematisiam & Dropsey for 3 months. Undertaker, Palmer & Helker. Physician, Whitford. Permit #2428. Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.

From the 1956 Kane Co., Honor Roll
Unit - Co. F 15th Ill. Inf.
Re-interred in the GAR section (Lot 2) of the Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.

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Pvt. Edward A. Cummings

Attended Elgin High School.

Attended the Elgin Academy.

Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Confectioner with a shop in the Union Hall Block living on Mill St.

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

The Elgin Company

Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862

Co. I 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Elgin Sharpshooters

29 year old Baggage Master
Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.

Personal: Oct. 14, 1863 issue 2nd District Democrate.
E.A. Cummings left for his Reg. the 127th Ill. on Monday last. When he came home his health was very feeble, but the pure water, invigorating climate and healthy diet of Illinois soon revived his energies.

Mustered Out June 20, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington.
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga. May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga. May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga. Sept. 15, 1864

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

Joined GAR, Kilpatrick Post #276 in Austin/Chicago.

Died Aug. 23, 1922.

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Pvt. George Currie

Co. H 90th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Irish Legion

Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Deserted Aug. 15, 1862

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Pvt. Amasa Curtis

Co. B 144th Ill. Vol. Inf.

One Years Service

From the Civil War Pension Index

Soldier - Amasa Curtis

Widow - Mary Ann Cuttis

Service - B 144 Ill Inf / B Alton Battln Ill Inf

Date of Filling - May 5, 1891

Class - Invalid

Application #1020262

Certificate #744775

State - Illinois

Date of Filling - June 27, 1910

Class - Widow

Application #944779

Certificate # 709760

State - Illinois

Attorney - G. E. Hend

    From the GAR Post #49 Records
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 25, 1900.
Transferred to GAR Post 276.

    Obit; from the May 23, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
    Armaso Curtis, father of Mrs. Effie Fairchild and Homer O. Curtis, of Alma avenue, this city, died Saturday at the home of his son, Fred A. Curtis, 5616 Pleasant avenue, Austin aged 87 years.
Deceased was a vetern of the civil war. He was a cousin to the late President James A. Garfield. On March 31, he celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of his marriage to Mary Ann Jones. Five children survive him Aside from the two in Elgin they are; Fred A., of Austin; A. B. of Peru, Indiana; and Mrs. Florence E. Linsley, of Ausin. The funeral was held Sunday afgternoon from the late home at Ausin.

  Obit; May 23, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
       Amasa Curtis, aged 87 years, formerly a resident of this city, and a well known inventer, died at the home of his son, F.A. Curtis, 5616 Pleasant street, Austin, Saturday monring. Mr. Curtis was a cosin of President James A. Garfield.
      Mr. Curtis was born at Clarence, Canada, and after his marratge in Vermont more than sixty years ago, came west making his home in Freeport. He came to Elgin and made his home here for ten years. While living here Mr. Curtis worked at an inventor, having designed a number of farm implements including the first reaper.
      He left Elgin about seven years ago to make his home with his son in Chicago, and celebrated the sixty-first anniversary of hs marrage on March 31. He was a veteran of the civil war and well known in this city as a G.A.R. veteran. He marched with the local corps last year on Memorial day.
      He is survived by his widow, two daughters and three sons. Fred A. Curtis, president of the Woodstock Vehicle company; Homer O. Curtis of this city and A.B. Curtis of Peru, Ind., are the sons, while Mrs. Effie Fairchild of this city and Mrs. Florence A. Lindsley of Austin ar the surviving daughters. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, interment being in Chicago.

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Pvt. Isaiah B. Curtis

Co. B 36th Ill. Dragoon's

Re-Designated as;

Co. K 15th Ill. Cav.

Clinton's Rangers

Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

Residence, Plato, Ill's.

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.

    Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861
   Discharged, July 18, 1862 due to Disability.

      Known Actions;Ft. Henry, Tenn.,       Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn.       Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 7, 1862

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Pvt. Eli E. Cutis

Co. G 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

Enlisted May 14, 1864.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.

Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   FROM THE 141ST.-We learn that the 141st, our pet regiment of "hundreddazers,' has gone into camp at Columbus, Ky., but how long they will remain there is with us a mere matter of conjecture. On their way down to Cairo, over the Illinois Central railroad, the heat was so oppressive that several of the boys fainted away. There have been two deaths in the regiment since they left Elgin, one, TIMOTHY HAYES, a private in Capt. Herrington's company, drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river, and the other, a Swede whose name we did not learn of Capt. Beech's company of the tremens. We hope to hear often from our 141st.

   Notice: Aug. 24, 1864 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   FROM THE 141ST,-We learn that our regiment of "hundreddazers," the 141st, are likely to smell gunpowder and see a speck of war. Gen Paine has been getting up an expedition to clear out Johnsons rebel raiders who lately invaded Illinois and took several steamers loaded with cattle, and the 141st were counted in, and left Columbus on Tuesday last to join Gen. Paine at Paducah. Large numbers of cattle and supplies have been retaken from the rebels by this expedition, and also many horses and mules of resident rebels. Late news reports that Gen. Paine has returned to Paducah.

Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago.

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E. J. Cutter

Washington Continental Artillery

1861 Elgin Class I Active Militia

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R. H. Cutter

Unknown Regiment

Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 5, 1884.

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Pvt. Dean Cutting

Listed on the 1850 Census #211/317 as a 27 year old Tanner from Vermont living in Elgin, Ill's.

Co. K 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

The Lincoln Regiment

Enlisted Sept. 6, 1861.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva on Oct. 25, 1861.
Issued .58 Rifled Musket.
Discharged in 1862 for Disability.

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