Ha
Henry J. Hadlock
127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Elgin Sharpshooters
Aged 30 yearsMustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862.
Home of record listed as Elgin.
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.
Final Pay and Discharge at Camp Douglas June 17, 1865.
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
Member Elgin GAR Post #260.
Carpenter with the Elgin National Watch Co.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois Census #237/319 as aged 38 years, from New York, living in Elgin.
Member Elgin GAR Sam G. Ward Post #18.
Notice: Aug. 5, 1876 issue The Elgin Advocate.
The Grand Army posts in this state have been renumbered, and hereafter Sam G. Ward Post will be known as No. 11.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 13, 1884.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger: Occupation, Machinist. Died March 1, 1896 at 6:30 am at 184 Ann St. Aged 64/7/20. Cause of death listed as Apoplexy lasting 30 minutes. Undertaker, J. A. Palmer. Physician, R. F. Bennett. Permit #6001.
Obit; March 7, 1896 issue of Elgin's Every Saturday.
Henry J. Hadlock died suddenly of apoplexy at his home on Ann street, March 1, aged 64 years. He was born in New York state, but had lived here since 1840 and has had charge of the carpentering department of the watch factory since 1868. He served during the war in the 127th Illinois regiment and was a valued member of the Elgin G.A.R. He was a man of integrity and reliability and stood well in the estimation of his neighbors. His wife and three children, Howard, Edward and Mrs. Nellie Samuelson, survive him. His funeral was in charge of Veteran post, G.A.R.
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Lt. John C. Hadlock
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Lt. John C. Hadlock
Unit -
2nd US Colored Troops
Died - May 13, 1876
Interred at - Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 89, Section 8 with a civilian headstone
Name - John C. Hadlock
Unit - 2 USC Inf
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery
From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Lt. John Chandler Hadlock
Birth Date - Sept. 27, 1840 in New York
Died - May 13, 1876
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Cook Co., Ill.
Spouse - Mrs. Melissa Charlotte Hadlock
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Pvt. Samuel S. Hadlock
From the 1850 CensusName - Samuel Hadlock
Aged - 15 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1850 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Listed on the 1857 Elgin directory as a Finisher living on River St.
Entered on the 1860 Census
Name - Samuel Hadlock
Aged - 25 Years
Home in 1860- Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Teamster
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
B Battery 1st Artillery
Enlisted July 29, 1861.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In July 29, 1861.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Mustered Out Jan. 22, 1864.
Known Actions;
Fredericktown Oct. 26, 1861
Belmont, Mo. Nov. 7, 1861
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Siege of Corinth, Miss. May 30, 1862
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
Champion Hill, Miss. May 16, 1863
Mechanicsburg, Va.
Richmond, La.. June 16, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Dallas, Ga. May 14, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
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Pvt. I. K. Hagas
C Co. 67th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Months Service
Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.
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1st Asst. Surgeon Francis C. Hagemen (Hageman)
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Field 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Regiment
Commissioned June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
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 retakne 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.
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Name - Francis C. Hagemann
Rank - 1st Asst. Surgeon
Company Headquarters
Unit - 141st Ill. Inft.
Mustered Out - Oct. 10, 1864 at Chicago, Ill.
Mustered Out by Whom - Lt. Horr
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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Pvt. John Hageman (Hagaman)
A Co. 67th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Months Regiment
Enlisted June 2, 1862Listed Campton, Ill. as his home of record.
Mustered In June 17, 1862 at Camp Douglas.
In late September was sent to Vicksburg, Miss. to escort a party of rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Oct. 6, 1862 at Camp Douglas.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 April 12, 1901.
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Pvt. Henry Hager
The Elgin Company
Enlisted Nov. 5, 1862.I Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Elgin Sharpshooters
Issued .577 P-53 1857 Enfield Rifled MusketTransferred.
D Co. 55th Ill. Vol. Inf..
Three Years Service
Canton Rifles
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Champion Hill, Miss. May 16, 1863
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Ezra Chapel, Ga. July 28, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Bentonville, NC March 19, '65
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Pvt. J. L. Haines
Elgin Continentals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.
A Co. 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.
Home of record listed 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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From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Note;
No listing for him for this Company and Regiment in the Adj. Gen's. Roll.
Pvt. I. K. Hagus
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Co. C 67th Ill. Inf.
Interred at Dundee Township Cemetery, WestNote;
No listing for him for this Company and Regiment in the Adj. Gen's. Roll.
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Pvt. John L. Hains
From the 1860 Federal Census #466/3359 as a 17 year old male, Serving at home, from New Jersey, living in Hampshire, Ill.
1861 Hampshire Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll Aug. 5, 1861.A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Fremont's Rifles
1861 Aged 18 years.Enlisted Sept. 6, 1861.
Aged 19 years.
Mustered Out July 7, 1862.
L Co. 10th Ill. Cav.
Mustered In Jan. 4, 1864.Mustered Out Nov. 22, 1865.
Known actions;
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Vicksburg, Miss.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois State Census #237/244 as aged 27 years, from Ohio, living in Burlington.
Registered Republican.
Member of the GAR.
Moved to Sycamore, Ill.
Died Oct. 31, 1927 at Resthaven Sanitarium.
Buried in Charger Grove Cemetery in DeKalb, County.
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Charles H. Hale
From the 1850 Census
Name - Charles Hale
Aged - 5 Years
Born - Illinois
Home in 1850 - Rutland, Kane Co., Ill.
Unknown Regiment
Application for membership in Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 rejected on Jan. 4, 1892.
Application for membership in Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 rejected on Aug. 1, 1892.
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2nd Lt. William Haligan
Elgin Light Guards
Enlisted Oct. 31, 1861.E Co. 55th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Canton Rifles
Commissioned Oct. 31, 1861 at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.Feb. of 1862 sent to Columbus, Ky. To test it for possible evacuation.
Resigned March 5, 1862.
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Pvt. Charles Franklin Hall
From the 1850 Census
Name - Charles Hall
Aged - 4 Years
Born - Illinois
Home in 1850 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1860 Census
Name - Charles Hall
Aged - 14 Years
Born - Illinois
Home in 1860 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1956 Kane Co., Honor Roll
K Co. 150th Ohio Inf.
Died March 28, 1927.Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.
From the 1910 Census
Name - Charles F. Hall
Aged - 64 Years
Born - Illinois
Home in 1910 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Retail Merchant
Spouse - Julia F. Hall
Aged - 62 Years
From Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Name - Charles Franklin Hall
Born - Feb. 27, 1846 in Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Died - March 28, 1927 at Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Interred at - West Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Aged - 81 Years
Occupation - Merchant Dept. Store
Race - White
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Spouse - Julia M. Hall.
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Surgeon Lyman M. C. Hall
Field 63rd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Enlisted April 10, 1862Home of record listed as LaSalle, Ill's.
Mustered In April 10, 1862 at Camp DuBois in Anna, Ill.
Resigned Dec. 31, 1862
Post war;
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Died Dec. 25, 1908, 8:00 am at the Home for the Incurable in Chicago. Aged. 68 years. Cause of death listed as Hemiplegia. Undertaker, Bunker & Chambers. Physician, W. P. Goodsmith. Permit #11789.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Is there a second Camp DuBois. The one I have on record is in Alton, Ill's.
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From Kane County Illinois Family History, Book II Compiled by Viola Swanson.
Page 228, Family Group Record Sheet.
Born March 1840 in Ireland (Gravestone lists 1836)
Arrived in USA 1854.
Married May 21, 1859 to Ellen "Bridget" Welsh.
Died Nov. 28, 1915 & buried at Oakwoods cemetery in West Chicago, Ill.
Note; Served in Union & Confederate Armies.
Page 232
Born 1840 or 1836 in Newcastle, Parish Minalty, County Methe, Ireland.
Came to USA in 1858.
Moved to Elgin in 1907.
Note from Viola Swanson;
The most interesting thing about him was his service in the Civil War. He served in both the union and confederate armies. Family tradition says that while on leave from the Union army he went south on business and was pressed into the Southern army. He escaped and came back to the Northern lines where he was imprisoned as a spy and sentenced to death.
His wife carried their baby and walked to Washington D.C. (from where?). She obtained a pardon for him from President Lincoln.
Page 233
As told by Teresa Jones, Granddaughter (?) of Edward Halpin.
Edward Halpin served in Both the north and south armies during the Civil War. He took leave from the Northern Army to visit property he owned in the South. He was caught in a southern conscription and forced into the southern army. As soon as he was able to eh escaped and went north where he was captured by the northern army and held as a traitor. He was sentenced to death by a firing squad. Before the sentence could be carried out, he escaped. He was aided in his escape by other prisoners assigned to burial detail. He was put into a coffin meant for another prisoner of a similar name and carried to the cemetery where he was released to find his way home.
As told by Irene Power
Connection unknown
Edward wife carrying their infant walked to Washington D.C. to plead with President Lincoln for Edward's release and Pardon. The baby we believe was Clara Ellen known to everyone as "Kate".
Edward was given a piece of land probably along the coast of Mississippi in payment for his service in the southern army.
Obit; Nov. 29, 1915 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
Fifty years after Edward Halpin, Confederate War veteran, had marched southward with his defeated comrades in grey, death who had passed the soldier by in the four years of the grim struggle, finally came for its toll at 12:45 o'clock yesterday. The grey haired veteran passed away after four days of illness, his condition becoming serious on Thanksgiving day.
"Captain" Halpin as he was called was 78 years of age. Born in New Castle, Parish of Minalty, County of Methe, Ireland. He came to this country when 18 years of age. With his parents he settled on a farm east of St. Charles where he lived the greater part of his life.
During the last ten years he lived in this city where he became one of the best known characters of the city district. Almost every day rain or shine the Captain would take his morning stroll and speak to his many friends about the town. Until he was confined to his bed of late he was active and an interesting man in the affairs of the local administration.
Always he wore proudly a bronze badge awarded him by the state of Mississippi for bravery, and good service. He served practically all of the four years under the flag of the south. His tale of experiences during the war time was perhaps better than could be found in the most graphic description printed in any book.
Thomas Delany one of Halpin's "Bluecoat" pals made while Halpin was in a northern jail where Delany acted as a guard, is one of the saddest of the Confederate's friends today.
The two vets were used to getting together and discussing how the war might have turned out if such and such had happened.
The argument usually wound up by Delany declaring that he saw Halpin hide behind a sycamore tree in the Battle of Shiloh, and Halpin's return was "well the only reason ye weren't hidin' was because ye were so far in the rear."
But at the St. Joseph's hospital the cherry presence of the Captain will be missed by many of the patients who had made friends with him. He used to go from one room to another and have a chat during the morning before making his sojourn at the hospital for the past year and a half.
Eight children survive, Mrs. Kate Jones and Miss Sylvia Halpin of Chicago, Mrs. Joseph Lambert of Denison, Tex., Mrs. Agnes Kaufman of Elgin, Miss Jane of Galesburg and miss Lucy Halpin of Huston, Tex., and two sons, Edward of Chicago and William of Aurora, one sister, Mrs. M. Towney and a brother James Halpin, sever grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.
The body will be taken from the residence of Mrs. Kaufman at 8:45 o'clock tomorrow morning to West Chicago where burial and services will be held at the Oakwood cemetery. Galesburg papers pleas copy.
Home of record listed as Campton, Ill.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
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.
Re-enlisted as a veteran, paid a $300 Veteran's Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veteran's Furlough.
Mustered Out June 1, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry. Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
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
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 1, 1892.
Listed on the 1900 Census as a 54 year old Dry Goods Merchant born in Illinois. He could read and write English. He lived in West Dundee, Ill.
Obit; Feb. 10, 1904 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Charles F. Hall, an old soldier, died at his home in South Elgin this morning at 1 o'clock. He has been ill for some time but was thought to be recovering until recently. He was a member of the 52nd regiment. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday at the M.E. church of South Elgin, of which Mr. Hall was a member. A number of members of the G.A.R. of Elgin will attend the funeral. Burial will be at the South Elgin Cemetery.
Buried at the East Clinton Cemetery in South Elgin.
Home of record listed as St. Charles, Ill's.
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, Ill's.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Brick Mason.
Listed on the 1900 Census as a 54 year old Brick Mason from New Hampshire. He could both read and write living in Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 March 11, 1904.
Obit; Feb. 13, 1909 issue of The Elgin Advocate.
George D. Hall for more than half a century a resident of Kane county, died at his home, 170 Center street at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning.
Mr. Hall was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, May 13, 1841, and came west when a lad of eight years. His parents settled in Campton township and he spent his boyhood in that community.
He enlisted in Company D, 141 Illinois infantry from Campton in 1863 and re-enlisted in Company G, Fifth Illinois cavalry, at the expiration of his time.
At the close of the war he returned to Kane county and settled at South Elgin. For the last eighteen years Mr. Hall has been a resident of this city. By trade he was a brick mason. He was prominent as an active member of Veteran Post, G.A.R.
Mr. Hall was married to Miss Sara Welch, nearly forty years ago and she survives him. He leaves three sons, Fred A., Walter E., and Wilber Leslie, all of this city. Surviving too are two brothers and two sisters, Chase E. of Monterey, Cal., Everett of Elgin, Mrs. Ellen Phelps of Malta, Ill., Mrs. Abby Norton of St. Charles.
Funeral services were in charge of the G.A.R. Services were held at the house at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and were private.
They were held at the First Methodist church at 2 o'clock. Burial at Bluff City cemetery.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Enlisted 1861.
Home of record listed as Udina, Ill's.
Aged 16 years.
Served for 37 months.
Contracted Measles and became so ill that a false report of his death was circulated.
Known Actions;
Gettysburg, Penn. July 3, 1863
Opened a store first in Dundee then in Elgin.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
Member First Congregational Church.
Resided at 62 Grove Ave.
Admitted to the Quincy Soldiers and Sailors Home Nov. 4, 1899 #5054. Listed as a 54 year old laborer receiving a $6 per month pension suffering from a Double Hernia. Noted that he was a Widower from New York.
Died March 28, 1927.
Duty as a guard at Camp Douglas in Chicago over rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Nov. 6, 1865.
Known actions;
Siege of Petersburg, Va. June 19, 1864
The Crater, Va. July 30, 1864
Poplar Grove Church Sept. 29, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va. Oct. 27, 1864
From the Hospital Muster Roll
Soldier - Pvt. John Hall
Unit - Co. B 29 Reg't U.S.C.T.
Hospital Muster Roll of U.S. A. Hospital for Colored Troops, Army of the Potomac.
For - Sept. & Oct., 1864
Station - City Point, La.
Present or Absent - Present
From the Civil War Pension Records
Soldier - John H. C. Hall
Name of Dependents
Widow - Mary E. Hall
Minor - Arthur, Gdna Newsome
Service - B, 29 U.S.C. Inf.
Date of Filing - Feb. 6, 1879
Class - Invalid
Application #266284
Certificate #324763
Date of Filing - Aug. 8, 1890
Class - Widow
Application #528826
Certificate #385309
Date of Filing = June 19, 1897
Class - Minor
Application #656875
Certificate #468860
State Filed from - Illinois
From the Post #49 Files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 2, 1887.
Member of the AME Church of Elgin.
Member Knights of Tabor, Elgin Temple No. 8.
Member of the Masons.
Obit; Aug. 2, 1890 issue of Elgin's Every Saturday.
John H. C. Hall, died of inflammation of the bowels, July 30, aged 49 years. He leaves a wife and five children. He was born in Chicago in 1848 and never lived south. His father, A. T. Hall, is preaching in Batavia and his mother is very sick there. He served three years in the army and was guard at Camp Douglas, during the war. He was a member of the G.A.R., an active member of the A.M.E. church, an officer of the Knights of Tabar and a Mason. He has lived ten years in Elgin and laid up some money from his barer shop which he conducted with his brother, Gus. He was a thoroughly reliable man and had won the regard of every one who knew him or dealt with him. His influence was good over his colored brethren.
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. John H. C. Hall
Unit - Co. B 29th USCT
Died - July 30, 1890Interred at - East Batavia Cemetery in East Batavia, Ill.
Location - Lot 78
As most of the information about Edward is from conflicting family lore, and is at best suspect, I am presenting this not in the usual format.
From Kane County Illinois Family History, Book II Compiled by Viola Swanson.
Page 228, Family Group Record Sheet.
Born March 1840 in Ireland (Gravestone lists 1836)
Arrived in USA 1854.
Married May 21, 1859 to Ellen "Bridget" Welsh.
Died Nov. 28, 1915 & buried at Oakwoods cemetery in West Chicago, Ill.
Note; Served in Union & Confederate Armies.
Page 232
Born 1840 or 1836 in Newcastle, Parish Minalty, County Methe, Ireland.
Came to USA in 1858.
Moved to Elgin in 1907.
Note from Viola Swanson;
The most interesting thing about him was his service in the Civil War. He served in both the union and confederate armies. Family tradition says that while on leave from the Union army he went south on business and was pressed into the Southern army. He escaped and came back to the Northern lines where he was imprisoned as a spy and sentenced to death.
His wife carried their baby and walked to Washington D.C. (from where?). She obtained a pardon for him from President Lincoln.
Page 233
As told by Teresa Jones, Granddaughter (?) of Edward Halpin.
Edward Halpin served in Both the north and south armies during the Civil War. He took leave from the Northern Army to visit property he owned in the South. He was caught in a southern conscription and forced into the southern army. As soon as he was able to eh escaped and went north where he was captured by the northern army and held as a traitor. He was sentenced to death by a firing squad. Before the sentence could be carried out, he escaped. He was aided in his escape by other prisoners assigned to burial detail. He was put into a coffin meant for another prisoner of a similar name and carried to the cemetery where he was released to find his way home.
As told by Irene Power
Connection unknown
Edward wife carrying their infant walked to Washington D.C. to plead with President Lincoln for Edward's release and Pardon. The baby we believe was Clara Ellen known to everyone as "Kate".
Edward was given a piece of land probably along the coast of Mississippi in payment for his service in the southern army.
Obit; Nov. 29, 1915 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
Fifty years after Edward Halpin, Confederate War veteran, had marched southward with his defeated comrades in grey, death who had passed the soldier by in the four years of the grim struggle, finally came for its toll at 12:45 o'clock yesterday. The grey haired veteran passed away after four days of illness, his condition becoming serious on Thanksgiving day.
"Captain" Halpin as he was called was 78 years of age. Born in New Castle, Parish of Minalty, County of Methe, Ireland. He came to this country when 18 years of age. With his parents he settled on a farm east of St. Charles where he lived the greater part of his life.
During the last ten years he lived in this city where he became one of the best known characters of the city district. Almost every day rain or shine the Captain would take his morning stroll and speak to his many friends about the town. Until he was confined to his bed of late he was active and an interesting man in the affairs of the local administration.
Always he wore proudly a bronze badge awarded him by the state of Mississippi for bravery, and good service. He served practically all of the four years under the flag of the south. His tale of experiences during the war time was perhaps better than could be found in the most graphic description printed in any book.
Thomas Delany one of Halpin's "Bluecoat" pals made while Halpin was in a northern jail where Delany acted as a guard, is one of the saddest of the Confederate's friends today.
The two vets were used to getting together and discussing how the war might have turned out if such and such had happened.
The argument usually wound up by Delany declaring that he saw Halpin hide behind a sycamore tree in the Battle of Shiloh, and Halpin's return was "well the only reason ye weren't hidin' was because ye were so far in the rear."
But at the St. Joseph's hospital the cherry presence of the Captain will be missed by many of the patients who had made friends with him. He used to go from one room to another and have a chat during the morning before making his sojourn at the hospital for the past year and a half.
Eight children survive, Mrs. Kate Jones and Miss Sylvia Halpin of Chicago, Mrs. Joseph Lambert of Denison, Tex., Mrs. Agnes Kaufman of Elgin, Miss Jane of Galesburg and miss Lucy Halpin of Huston, Tex., and two sons, Edward of Chicago and William of Aurora, one sister, Mrs. M. Towney and a brother James Halpin, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.
The body will be taken from the residence of Mrs. Kaufman at 8:45 o'clock tomorrow morning to West Chicago where burial and services will be held at the Oakwood cemetery. Galesburg papers pleas copy.
Authors Note;
There are many problems with the history here. Most of the family lore seems to conflict, here are the two greatest examples;
* If Edward was taken captive and returned to US control as soon as possible, why did it take over three years?
* If his wife had secured a pardon for him why did he need to escape from prison?
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been condemned by the Inspector General and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. William Hamilton
Unit - Co. B 58th Ill. Inf. Consolidated
Height - 5' 8 1/2"
Hair - Auburn
Eyes - Blue
Complexion - Light
Occupation - Farmer
Born - Ireland
Service Entry Age - 42 Years
Service Entry Date - Jan. 5, 1863
Service Entry Place - Elgin, Ill.
Joined by Whom - Capt. Lynch
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In - Jan. 5, 1863 at Springfield, Ill.
Remarks - Died July 21, 1865 at Montgomery, Ala. of Injuries received while in line of duty by runaway mule team.
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Obit, from the April 13, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier
Lysander B. Hamlin died at his residence, 120 South State street, last evening after a long illness, aged 71 years. He had been blind during the past few years and was suffering from a general break down of health.
Mr. Hamlin was born in Morgan county, Ohio, January 26, 1839, and spent his childhood and early manhood there. He was a son of Dr. W. A. Hamlin, who will be remembered by the old residents of Elgin and in early manhood in company with his brother, John A. Hamlin, a former resident of Elgin, engaged in the manufacture of proprietary medicines in Cincinati, Ohio.
Mr. Hamlin was of a retiring disposition and spent his leisure hours largely with his family to whom he was devoted. He was a member of the Centrury and Country clubs and as a entertainer he was well known.
Besides a widow he leaves a daughter, Mrs. M. M. Cloudman and three sons, Morris, Clinton, Lawrence B. and Harold S.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the house.
Mustered In Feb. 14, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago.
Guard duties along the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865.
Received final pay and discharged at Springfield, Ill. Sept. 24, 1865.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Dec. 9, 1879.
Listed in the 1880 Clintonville (South Elgin) Census as a 64 year old Teamster from Pennsylvania.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger: Occupation, Farmer. Died Sept. 14, 1889, 11:00 am. Aged 73/0/11. Cause of death listed as Chronic Punomina. Undertaker retained, Wait & Burdick. Pronouncing Physician, H. K. Whitford. Death Cert. #3219. Buried in Clintonville.
Buried at East Clinton Cemetery in South Elgin.
Home of record listed as Elgin.
Issued .577 1857 Enfield Rifled Musket
Wounded in Action at Vicksburg.
Killed in Action at Milliken’s Bend.
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
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed 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.
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;
Discharged Jan. 7, 1864 for Promotion.
Died at Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1864.
Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
With what unit was he serving with when he died?
Residence, Kane Co., Ill.
Transferred to 59th Ill. Vol. Inft.
Re-Designated as;
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
Deserted, Sept. 25, 1862
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
Authors Note;
Not found in the 1860 Census Rolls for Plato, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Oct. 6, 1885.
Died March 26, 1894.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 13, 1879.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Aged 48 years
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 condemned by the Inspector General 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.
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
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Dec. 1, 1885.
Obit; March 22, 1890 issue of Elgin's Every Saturday.
Alpheus Hannegan, father of Mrs. C. Gieske, died at his home, 118 Grave avenue, March 19, aged 76 years. He leaves four children. Interment at Udina in charge of the G.A.R.
Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.
GAR records show Pvt. Hannegan in the 52nd Ill. I find no record of transfer.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 14, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Guard duties at Camp Douglas guarding rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Sept. 27, 1862.
Died Aug. 16, 1865.
Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Jan. 10, 1863.
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Deserted Jan. 19, 1863.
Home of record listed as Algonquin, Ill's.
Discharged March 10, 1863 due to disability.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Listed on the 1870 Census #237/316 as aged 28 years, from New York, living in Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Member Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill.
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, Ill's.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .58 Rifled Musket.
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
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.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 Enfield Rifled Musket
Mustered Out June 19, 1865 as a private.
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
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga. Sept. 15, 1864
From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Nicholas Hareth
Birth Year - About 1838
Born - Germany
Age on July 1, 1863 - 24 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Unmarried
Residence - Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
From Illinois Marriages
Name - NIcholas Harett
Spouse - Elizabeth E. Harnnegan
Marriage Date - Jan. 29, 1866
County - Kane
From the Civil War Pension files
Soldier - Nicholas Hareth
Widow - Elizabeth Hareth
Service - I 127 Ill Inf
A I Ill L A
Date of Filling - July 6, 1883
Class - Invalid
Application #489177
Certificate #803112
State - Indiana
Date of Filling - July 15, 1904
Class - Widow
Application #810159
Certificate #582009
State - Indiana
Home of record listed as Plato.
Discharged Sept. 23, 1864 due to expiration of term of service.
Known Actions;
Fort Henry, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Briton’s Lane Sept. 1, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss. July 7, 1863
Chicamaga, Ga. Sept. 18, 1863
Mission Ridge, Ga. Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
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.
From Illinois County Marriages
Name - Norton N. Harger
Aged - 33 Years
Marriage Date - 1874 in Kane County
Spouse - Maria Wiltsie
From the 1880 Census
Name - Norton Harger
Aged - 40 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1880 - Plato, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Farmer
Spouse - Maria Harger
Aged - 36 Years
From the Civil War Pension Index
Soldier - Norton N. Harger
Widow - Maria E. Harger
Minor - Maria E. Kote Gdn.
Service - K 15 Ill Cav
Date of Filling - Jan. 26, 1891
Class - Invalid
Application #497121
Certificate #None
State - Illinois
Date of Filling - April 20, 1892
Class - Minor
Application #547940
Certificate # None
State - Illinois
Died March 5, 1882.
Buried at Washington Cemetery in McQueen's Station. Ill.
From Select Death Index
Name - North N. Harger
Aged - 40 Years
Died - March 5, 1882 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga. Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga.Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
Bentonville, NC March 19, '65
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Produce Dealer living on Kimball St.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Discharged Sept. 22, 1864, cause not listed.
Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark. March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 20, 1863
Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863
New Hope Church, Ga. Nov. 27, 1863
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. May 7, 1864
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Adairsville, Ga. May 17, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois Census #237/355 as aged 43 years, from New York, living in Elgin.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
Died Feb. 23, 1907.
Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.
Captured at Winchester and held for three months before exchanged.
Wounded in Action, action not listed.
Spent five months in the Jarvis Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mustered Out July 12, 1865.
Known actions;
Winchester, Va. - May 25, 1862
Newmarket, Va. - May 15, 1864
Piedmont - June 5, 1864
Lynchburg - June 17, 1864
Snecker's Ferry
Bonyville
Opugon
Fisher's Hill, Va. - Sept. 21, 1864
Cedar Creek, Ba. - Oct. 19, 1864
Petersburg, Va. - April 2, 1865
High Bridge, VA. - April 6, 1865
Appomatox Court House, Va. - April 9, 1865
Moved to Elgin, Ill. in Feb. of 1881.
Worked at the Watch Factory as a machinist.
Joined Elgin GAR Post #49 July 17, 1883.
Member of the Knights of Pythias.
Obit; Jan. 5, 1922 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
John Harper, a Civil War Veteran and for 40 years an employe of the Elgin National Watch Co., died last night at his home, 210 Wellington avenue. He would have celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday next Monday.
Born in Liverpool, England, in 1844, Harper came to this country when 11 years of age and moved to Elgin in February, 1881. He entered the employ of the watch factory as a machinist and has worked there continuously until retired on a pension about six months ago.
During the Civil War he enlisted at Sandusky, Ohio, and was a private in Co. G, 123rd regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was also in the First Brigade of Brigadier General Thoburn's division and fought in Many battles.
Some of the battles he took part in during his enlistment were at Winchester, Va., Newmarket, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snecker's Ferry, Benyville, Opegnon, Fisher's hill, High Bridge and the historic struggle at Cedar Creek, Petersburg and Appomattox. He was present when Gen. Robert E. Lee's army surrendered.
At one time he was wounded and confined to the Jarvis hospital at Baltimore, Md., for 5 months. He was captured by the Confederates at Winchester, Va., and was kept in the Confederate prison 3 months before traded back to the Union army. He was mustered out June 12, 1865.
A member of the G.A.R. Post, No. 49, he took an active part in the work of that organization. He also belonged to the Knights of Pythias.
Besides his wife the deceased veteran is survived by two sons, Morris of Elgin, and Harry of Detroit, Mich., and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday from the Norris chapel. Burial will be in Bluff City Cemetery. Members of the Knights of Pythias will act as pall bearers.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Oct. 20, 1877.
Transferred to another GAR post, post not listed.
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill's. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
Mustered In for 3 years at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
Died at Fort Hold Nov. 4, 1861, cause not listed.
Buried at the Mann Cemetery in Burlington, Ill's.
From the Academy Civil War Monument
Attended the Elgin Academy.
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Enlisted, Jan. 23, 1863
From History of the 36th Ill. by L.G. Bennett & William H. Haigh
Dec. 30, 1862 - This day, which may well be termed the first act in one of the most terrible tragedies of the war, was fruitful of personal adventures, some of which have been related to us. While upon the skirmish line,k a Rebel captain of artillery, was observed to be particularly active and skillful in handling his guns. A line of rail fence ran from the thicket, where some of the cavalry were stationed to the immediate neighborhood of this battery. Sergts Duncan and Harvey conceived the idea of advancing under cover of the fence to a position within easy range for giving the Johnnies a lesson in Yankee marksmanship. Capt Shere held their horses while they crept along the fence. Their first shots were too long ranged to produce an effect, except to cause a sudden dodging as the missiles went hissing by their ears. Getting a little nearer, the second shots accomplished their object, and the captain of the battery was seen to fall, causing no little consternation among the gunners. They however changed the direction of their fire, and for a few moments the shot flew lively through the ceders behind which the boys were posted - one passing under the arm and through the poncho of Capt. Shere.
Mustered In, April 7, 1863 as a 2nd Lt.
Transferred on consolidation to;
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Served as Military Police in New Orleans.
Mustered Out, Dec. 16, 1864
Known Actions;
Ft. Henry, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 7, 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
Elgin registered voter in 1866
Died at his home in Wasco, Texas.
From the April 1, 1899 issue of The Elgin Daily News
Authors Notes;
Under 'Remarks' in the Adj't Gens Report there is a notation. Transferred from Co. B 36th Ill. Inf. Dec. 1, 1861, Promoted 2nd Lt.
Per the History of the 36th Ill. he is credited with action before enlisting?
Died 1874.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's. Nov. 15, 1862.
Deserted Dec. 17, 1862.
Listed on the 1860 Census 282/2096 as a 20 years old Miner living in Elgin, Ill's.
Attended the Elgin Academy.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered in June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
Attended the Elgin Academy.
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed 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.
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.
Killed in Action at Allatoona Pass.
Obit: Oct. 26 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
ANOTHER SOLDIER FALLEN.-We are pained to learn of the death of another soldier-boy from Elgin, HENRY HASSAN son of Geo. Hassan, Esq., of this city. He enlisted a little more than three years ago in the 7th Illinois Infantry and served his three years out bravely and well. He re-enlisted but a few weeks since as a veteran determined to see Uncle Sam through; but this was not to be: he was shot in the neck before Altoona, Oct. 5th, and died almost instantly, His body lies in a southern grave, but will be brought home as soon as possible. His regiment went into this engagement with 308, and lost 141 in killed, wounded and missing.
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
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Died at Paducah, Ky. May 6, 1862.
Known Actions;
Island No. 10, Tenn. March 15, '62
Home of record listed 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 condemned by the Inspector General 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.
Paroled in Oct. 1862.
Exchanged in Dec. 1862, the regiment reforms at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
Re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 2, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Known actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Died Jan. 9, 1868 at the home of his mother in Elgin.
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill. when the City Cemetery closed.
From the Sextons Ledger.
Died, Jan. 9, 1868.
Where, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation, Laborer.
Aged, 24/0/0
Cause of Death, Consumption
Location, Block 19, Lot 27, Elgin City Cemetery.
Head of Grave from, South line 2', West line 11.5'.
Location, Lot 10, Grave 5.
Lot Purchaser, William Sanford Enos.
Born, Lisdeen, Clare Co., Ireland.
Parents, John & Bridget McKee.
Remarks, 1st Sgt. Co. A 58th Vol. Inf.
From the Illinois Veterans' Commission, Honor Roll, Compiled in 1956.
Name, Haugh, Patrick
War, Civil War
Rank, Sgt.
Unit, Co. A. 58th Ill. Inf.
Interred at, Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Date of Death, 9 Jan. 1868
Location, Lot 10, Grave 5
From the Bluff City Cemetery files;
Lot – 10 * Section – GAR * Grave – 1 * Interment No. 6932 * Date – Oct. 21, 1924
Home of record listed as Hampshire, Ill's.
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862
Issued .577 1857 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Took part in the Grand Review in Washington, DC. at the end of the war.
Mustered Out June 9, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington.
Final Pay and Discharge at Camp Douglas June 17, 1865.
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
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 25, 1896.
Obit; Oct. 13, 1908 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Malachi Hauslein died about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 224 Seneca street after a short illness. Deceased was born in Germany in 1835 and came to America in 1845. He went directly to Hampshire with his parents. He came to Elgin in 1896 where he has since resided. During the Civil War he served in the 127th Illinois regiment.
He leaves seven children to survive him: Ferdinand of Texas, Chas. of Omaha, Mrs. Lydia Robinson of Chicago, Mrs. Beulah Brinkley of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Corson of Genoa, Mrs. Abbie Hance of Marengo and Miss Ella of New York City.
The funeral will be held from the late home Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock and from the First Evangelical church at 1:30 o'clock. Burial at Bluff city cemetery.
Mustered In Sept. 14, 1861 as a Private.
Transferred, no date listed.
Promoted Sgt. Jan. 2, 1865.
Mustered Out Sept. 1, 1865 at Raleigh, NC.
Known actions;
Port Royal Ferry, SC, Jan. 1, 1862
Battery Vulcan, SC, Feb. 4, 1862
Ft. Pulaski, Ga. April 10, 1862
Tybee Island, Ga. Aug. 5, 1862
Skull Creek, SC, Sept. 24, 1862
Bluffton & Crowell's Plantation, SC Sept. 30, 1862
Elba Island, SC, Oct. 1, 1862
Kirk's Bluff, SC, Oct. 18, 1862
Coosawhatchie River, SC Oct. 22, 1862
Bluffton, SC, June 4, 1863
Morris Island, SC, July 10, 1863
Morris Island, SC July 14, 1863
Battery Wagner, SC, July 18, 1863
Sanderson, Fla. Feb. 12, 1864
Olustee, Fla. Feb. 20, 1864
Palatka, Fla. March 17, '64
Palatka, Fla. March 21, '64
Palatka, Fla. March 29, '64
Palatka, Fla. March 31, '64
Port Walthall, Va. May 6, 1864
Proctor's Creek, Va. May 12, 1864
Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 14, 1864
Bermuda Hundred, Va. May 18, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864
Assault on Petersburg, Va. June 15, 1864
The Crater, Va. July 30, 1864
Strawberry Plains, Va. Aug. 14, 1864
Chaffin's Farm, Va. Sept. 29, 1864
Fort Fisher, NC, Dec. 25, 1864
Fort Fisher, NC, Jan. 15, 1865
Cape Fear, NC, Feb. 11, 1865
Smithfield, NC, Feb. 15, 1865
Fort Anderson, NC, Feb. 18, 1865
Wilmington, NC, Feb. 21, 1865
Bennett's House, NC, April 26, 1865
Died May 18, 1909.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's Nov. 15, 1862.
Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
In confinement at Mustered Out July 18, 1865, reason 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
Raleigh, NC April 13, 1865
From the 1870 Census #237/342
Name - George Hawkins
Aged - 28 Years
Born - Canada
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1880 Census
Name - George Hawkins
Aged - 38 Years
Born - Canada
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Farmer
Spouse - Mary A. Hawkins
Spouses Age - 31 Years
From the 1910 Census
Name - George Hawkins
Aged - 59 Years
Born - Canada
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Marriage Year - 1891
Spouse - Lydia R. Hawkins
Spouses Age - 55 Years
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
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.
Discharged May 29, 1865.
Known Actions;
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga. Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga. Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Thomas Hawkins
Unit - Co. G 52d Ill. Inft.
Service Entry Date - Sept. 29, 1862
Remarks - Discharged May 29, 1865 under order of War Dept.
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Joined the GAR Post in Quincy, Ill.
Died Feb. 1910.
Aged 20 years.
Wounded in Action in the Hip at Bermuda Hundred.
Known actions;
Bermuda Hundred, Va. June 2, 1864
Moved to Elgin Jan. 1, 1876.
Hardware Dealer for the Hawthorne Brothers Hardware Co.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 6, 1884.
President of the Elgin School Board for one term.
Member of the Masons.
Member of the Oriental Consistory of Chicago.
Monitor Lodge.
Listed on the 1900 Federal Census as a 59 year old Merchant from Pennsylvania. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.
Article Dec. 13, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
At 3:15 o'clock this afternoon is was announced at St. Joseph's hospital that Mr. Hawthorne's pulse was weaker and that it was harder for him to breath.
Richard J. Hawthorne, of 29 North Geneva street, one of Elgin'
s pioneer business men lies in a critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital with his skull fractured as the result of a fall headlong down the freight elevator shaft in the Spurling block, from the first floor to the basement, shortly before noon today.
There is but bare hope for the injured man's recovery as his skull if fractured from a point directly over his left ear to the eye socket. The brain is injured and there is a constant hemorrhage from the injured membrane.
Immediately after the accident Mr. Hawthorne was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital where Dr. H. J. Gahagan assisted by Drs. O. L. Pelton, J. R. Tovin and James A. Campbell dr3ss the injury. So serious was the fracture that it was found necessary to remove considerable bone in order to relieve the pressure on the brain and to reduce the hemorrhage.
"Owing to Mr. Hawthorn's advanced age and the serious fracture of the skull which caused a concussion of the brain there is little hope for his recovery." This was the statement made late this afternoon by Dr. H. J. Gahagan, the attending physician.
No one witnessed the accident, although it is known that Mr. Hawthorne fell from the first floor. A few minutes before he fell down the shaft, Mr. Hawthorne had been talking to his son Ralph, who was assisting in the remodeling of the first floor of the Spurling building, which is owned by Mr. Hawthorne and his brother, George.
It is believed that Mr. Hawthorne, who had been helping the painters in the room adjacent to the elevator shaft, and who a few minutes prior to the accident had ascended from the basement to the first floor on the elevator, thought the elevator, which had been raised to the second floor, was where he left it and, without looking, stepped out into the shaft, pitching headlong to the basement.
William Hinman, a painter, to whom Mr. Hawthorne had been talking as he strted toward the elevator, heard the dull thud as he struck the cement floor of the elevator shaft. He rushed to the shaft and saw at a glance what had happened. Hinman hastily summoned medical aid while George Groce and Ralph Hawthorne, a son of the injured man, picked up Mr. Hawthorne and placed him on a cot in the basement.
Drs. Gahagan and Tobin arrived at the same time and dressed the wound. The scalp was cut from the corner of the left eye to the base of the skull. it is believed that the injury was sustained y striking an iron bar in the bottom of the shaft. Other than the fracture of his skull and the severe scalp wound, Hawthorne was uninjured, if being evident that he struck on his head.
Mr. Hawthorne, who is seventy years old, is a pioneer hardware dealer of Elgin. For many years he was the senior member of the Hawthorne Bros. Hardware Co. Several years ago he discontinued his connection with the firm and since then has been associated with his brother, George, in looking after the Spurling block, which building they own.
Obit; Dec. 14, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Richard J. Hawthorne, who suffered a severe fracture of his skull in accidentally falling down the freight elevator shaft in the Spurling block shortly before noon yesterday succumbed to his injuries at 6:15 o'clock last evening at St. Joseph's hospital. He did not regain consciousness.
Death was due to the shock and hemorrhage occasioned by the fracture of the skull which extended from a point just over and back of the left ear to the left eye socket. Owing to the seriousness of the fracture there was no chance for the injured man's recovery, the attending physicians devoting their efforts to relieve any pain that he might be suffering.
At the inquest held this forenoon by Coroner Eugene Norton, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Thosw who testified were: Ralph Hawthorne, Dr. H. J. Gahagan and William Hinman, John Bohlin and George H. Groce, the painter to whom Mr. Hawthorne was talking as he opened the elevator door and disappeared down the shaft.
There was no eye witness of the accident, the testimony being of a circumstantial nature. Hinman, to whom Mr. Hawthorne was talking as he walked toward the elevator shaft, testified that he walked sideways toward the door, seemingly in a hurry. It is his impression that Mr. Hawthorne opened the door without looking to see if the elevator was at the landing where he had left it and stepped out into the empty shaft. He hears the door close with a slam and an instant later hears a thud as the body struck the cement floor.
The scalp wound and fracture were undoubtedly due to striking of the frame in the bottom of the shaft. An examination of the shaft showed no marks on the pulleys on the side.
Richard J. Hawthorne, who was one of Elgin's pioneer hardware and business men, had been a resident of Elgin since 1876. Besides building up one of the largest hardware businesses in the city, Mr. Hawthorne had devoted considerable time to public affairs, being the President of the school board for one term and also serving on the board of supervisors.
Interested in the welfare of the city as well as his own commercial success, R. Hawthorne was responsible for the erection of the Spurling block, which building he owned in partnership with his brother George. The Spurling was built in 1894 to supply a then urgent demand for offices and store floor space.
Since retiring from active business four years ago, Mr. Hawthorne had devoted his time to looking after the Spurling which is the lartest business block in Elgin. At the time that it was build the Spurling was the most modern office block in the city.
Richard J. Hawthorne was born January 17, 1841, at Pittsburg, Pa. His boyhood was spent at Canaan, Conn., where on August 29, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventh Connecticut Volunteer infantry, with which regiment he served during the Civil war. In the battle of Bermuda hundred on June 2, 1864, he was shot through the hip. The wound bothered his throughout his life.
After being honorably mustered out of service Mr. Hawthorne located at Lyons, Ia., where he engaged in the lumber business. On September 28, 1872, he was married to Miss Maria Woodward of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne came to Elgin on January 1. 1876.
Shortly after coming to Elgin Mr. Hawthorne opened a hardware store in partnership with his brother George, their store being located on the present site of the Kelley hotel. Later they erected the building now occupied by the Brenner Clothing company on Douglas avenue and in 1890 they built the store now occupied by the Hawthorne Hardware company on DuPage street.
Four years ago the elder Hawthorne retired from active business, Ralph W. Hawthorne, son of the deceased taking over the management of the business, the name of which was changed from Hawthorne Bros. to the Hawthorne Hardware company.
Mr. Hawthorne was a prominent Mason. He was a member of the Oriental Consistory of Chicago, Monitor Lodge and Elgin Chapter.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Edith, and a son, Ralph. A brother George with whom he had been associated in business for the last thirty-five years, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Conant, Miss Ellen Hawthorne of Los Angeles and Mrs. Joseph Briton of Bedford, N. Y., are other survivors.
The funeral services which will be private will be held Friday afternoon and will be in charge of the Masonic order.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Member of St. Mary's Parish.
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Watchmaker working for William Barker.
From the 1860 Census
Name - Timothy Hays
Aged - 35 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1860 - Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill.
Race - White
Spouses Name - Bridget Hays
Spouses Age - 34 Years
From the Adjutant Generals Report for the State of Illinois
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill's.
Remarks - Drowned in the Mississippi River June 30, 1864.
From the 1880 Census
Name - Timothy Hays
Aged - 56 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1880 - Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Retired RR hand
Spouses Name - Bridget Hays
Spouses Age - 50 Years
Notice: Aug. 7, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The Wayne Military Company met last Sabbath at Wayne Station, with a large congregation inside and outside the house, and listened to a one hour sermon by Rev. C.F. Forges, from Isaah *** 8, "Remember this, and show yourselves men." No gloves were used.
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 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's.
Aged 14 years.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran Jan. 1, 1864 at Blane's Cross Roads, East Tenn. and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough Jan. 30.
Accidently shot and killed by another member of the 36th Ill. Nov. 4, 1864.
Article: Oct. 16, 1916 issue The Elgin Daily News.
more than fifty years ago, Jimmy Hazlehurst fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Hazlehurst, left Elgin as drummer boy for Company K, Thirty-sixth Illinois regiment. Three years later news of his accidental death reached Elgin. Today a nephew, Attorney Charles B. Hazlehurst, secured details of his uncle's death and started plans to have his body removed to the family burying ground at St. Charles.
An inquiry for information of the death of the drummer boy, published in a Pulaski, Tenn., newspaper by Attorney Hazlehurst, brought news of the accident. The article was read by Mrs. Mary Eyell, of Pulaski, Tenn., at whose home the boy was killed, and the only living witness to the accident. The following letter was received from her today:
Tells of Death of Drummer,
"I am writing you to give you all the information concerning the death of your uncle who was killed during the civil war. He, with two other soldiers, came to my house, eight miles south of Pulaski at noon. I gave them dinner and as they were leaving I was standing on the door step. Hazlehurst was in front and the man next to him accidentally got the trigger of his gun caught on his haversack and the gun was discharged and Hazlehurst was instantly killed. The ball grazed my ear as it passed.
"He was kept at my house all night and the next day Mr. Gideon Eyell, my father-in-law, and Mr. Bill Durarant, a neighbor, helped to bury him near Pulaski, on a farm known as the Peter Martin farm located near Riverburgh, a railroad station a few miles north of Pulaski. I shouldn't think you would have any trouble in locating the graveyard but thee is no way in which to locate the grave as all who helped are dead. I am the only living witness who saw the killing and could show you where the tragedy occurred. Perhaps mr. May could tell you more accurately where the graveyard is than I. I am glad to be able after these long years to find someone anxious to know about it and will be glad to help you in any way that I can. I am 75 years of age but *** and *****."
Member of Wayne Rifles'
Mr. Hazlehurst was one of three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hazlehurst who joined Company K. It was organized at Wayne and was know as the "Wayne Rifles."
Recently Attorney Hazlehurst cam across a copy of the history of the Thirty-sixth regiment. It told of the death of the drummer boy and contained the names of Captain Kelly and Major Sherman. It was after reading the history that the Elgin attorney decided to try and locate his uncle's grave.
Several members of Company K, who marched south with the drummer boy, still reside in Elgin.
In 1916 his Elgin Attorney Charles B. Hazlehurst, posted a story of his uncle in the Pulaski papers. Mrs. Evell, aged 75 and still alive answered his request for information. The family retrieved the body and had it re-interred in the family plot in St. Charles, Ill.
Died 1913
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
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From the 1850 Census
Name - Newton Heath
Aged - 8 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1850 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the Dundee Reserved Rolls
From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Newton Heath
Birth Year - About 1842
Born - New York
Age on July 1, 1863 - 21 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Unmarried
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Pt. 1
Soldier - Newton Heath
Unit -
Occupation - Farmer
Service Entry Age - 18 Years
Service Entry Date - Sept. 11, 1861
Service Entry Place - Dundee, Ill.
Joined by Whom - J. T. Brown
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In - Oct. 25, 1861 at Geneva, Ill.
Remarks - Re-enlisted as a Veteran
Pt. 2
Height - 5' 6 3/4"
Hair - Dark
Eues - Blue
Complexion - Light
Born - Oswego, New York
Service Entry Age - 20 Years
Service Entry Date - Dec. 25, 1863
Service Entry Place - Pulaski, Tenn.
Joined by Whom - Capt. Young
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In - Jan. 8, 1864 at Pulaski, Tenn.
Mustered Out - July 6, 1865 at Louisville, Ky.
Mustered Out by Whom - Capt. Guthrie
Remarks - Veteran
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's Nov. 15, 1862
On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;
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
Member of St. Mary's Parish.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
26 year old Shoemaker.
Commissioned 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.
Paroled in Oct. 1862.
Notice: Oct. 22, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The following Shiloh prisoners arrived in company with Gen. Prentiss:
FIFTY EIGHTH ILLINOIS-Col. W.F. Lynch, Lieut. Col. Isaas Rutishauser, Major Thomas Newlan, Capt. Phillip R. Heelan, Cap. Fred Kurth, Lieut. C. Kittell, Lieut G. C. Keth, Lieut. R.H. Winslow, Adjutant Joseph G. Burt.
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
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 2, 1862
Meridian, Miss. Feb. 14, 1864
Pleasant Hill, La. April 9, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864
Fort Blakely, Ala. April 2, 1865
From Illinois County Marriages
Name - P. W. Heeland
Marriage Date - 1862
Place - Kane County
Spouse - Mary Heeland
From the 1900 Census
Name - Phillip Heeland
Aged - 59 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Relation to head of house - Patient
Marital Status - Widowed
From the 1910 Census
Name - Phillip Heeland
Aged - 67 Years
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Street - So. State St.
Relation to head of house - Inmate
Marital Status - Widowed
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - Phillip Heeland
Birth Year - Abouth 1843
Aged - 67 Years
Died - July 24, 1910
Place - Elgin State Hospital, Kane Co., Ill.
Home of record listed 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.
Killed in Action at Shiloh at the Sunken Road.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Home of record listed as Chicago, Ill's.
Mustered In June 2, 1863 as 2nd Ass't Surg.
Promoted 1st Ass't Surg. Jan. 12, 1864.
Mustered Out Feb. 7, 1865.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Jan. 5, 1886.
Became a Doctor and opened an office in Elmhurst, Ill.
Obit; Oct. 2, 1908 issue of The Elgin Advocate.
Dr. George F. Heideman, of Elhurst, Ill., and well known in this city, died at his home in that city Tuesday. He was a brother of William Heideman, 169 Brook street, Elgin, and a member of Veteran Post, G.A.R., of this city.
The remains were brought to this city at 12:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, the funeral party coming in a special car over the Chicago-Elgin electric line. Here the local Grand Army men will meet the cortege and take charge of the burial at Bluff City cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at the home in Elmhurst prior to bringing the body to Elgin. The G.A.R. ritual will be used in the brief service at the grave, Henry Snellgrove, the post chaplain officiating. The deceased will be laid to rest at the side of his first wife and daughters in the Elgin cemetery.
Dr. Heideman entered the northern army from Elgin at the time of the Civil war. He was always an enthusiastic member of the G.A.R. post and until recent years, when his failing health made traveling impossible, he visited Elgin on Memorial day each year and joined with the post in observing the holiday.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery.
Moved to Elgin, Ill. around 1867.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois State Census #237/287 as aged 26 years, from Minn., living in Elgin.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 18, 1885.
Member First Congregational Church.
Resided at 158 North Channing St.
Died at Sherman Hospital Aug. 23, 1922.
Obit: Aug. 25, 1922 issue The Elgin Daily News.
John J. Helden of 158 North Channing street died at Sherman hospital Thursday evening after several weeks illness. He was born on a farm in Alegon county, Michigan, May 24, 1842 and was eighty years and three months old at his death.
He had been a resident of Elgin for fifty-six years. He was a member of the First Congregational church.
He leaves besides his widow, one son, Frank L., of Savanna, Ill., and two stepsons, Charles and William Samuelson of Elgin.
Mrs. Alfred W. Hudson and Mrs. E.M. Scheflow are nieces.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Norris Chapel.
Mustered In June 14, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's.
Guard duties at Camp Douglas over rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Sept. 27, 1862
Member Dundee GAR Post #519.
Died June 11, 1934.
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's Nov. 15, 1862.
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Deserted Nov. 20, 1862.
Moved to Elgin, Ill. in 1890.
From the Post #49 Files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 24, 1901.
Tool Dept. of the Machine Room at the Elgin Watch Factory.
Transferred to another GAR Post.
Moved to Florence, Mass. 1910.
Member of GAR W. L. Baker Post.
Obit; March 13, 1915 issue of The Elgin Advocate.
Dwight A. Memenway of Florence, Mass., but formerly of this city, died at his home last week following an extended illness.
Mr. Hemenway was born in Florence, Mass., and was 83 years of age. In 1890 he cae to Elgin and was employed for twenty years in the tool department of the machine room at the watch factory. He left here five years ago and returned to his birthplace. Mr. Hemenway was a member of the G.A.R., having served during the Civil war with company I, Second Massachusetts. He was also a member of the monitor lodge A.F. and A.M. and the knights Templar.
He is survived by his widow.
The funeral was held from the late residence in Florence Saturday afternoon.
Obit; March 4, 1915 issue of the Springfield (Mass.) Union.
Dwight A. Hemenway, 82 years old, died suddenly at 3 o'clock this morning of apoplexy. He arose shortly after midnight to shut down a window, told his wife that he was not feeling well, was assisted into a chair and became unconscious. Mr. Hemenway was born in Leverett, was employed for several years in the old sewing machine shop and in the silk mill in Florence, enlisted in the 2d Mass. Regt., Heavy Artillery, and was a member of W. L. Baker Grave Army Post. He was employed in Elgin, Ill. for 25 years, returning to Florence in 1910. He leaves a wife.
Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
Issued a .58 rifled musket.
Remarks - Re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 8, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veteran's Furlough.
Mustered Out - July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry. Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
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
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
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.
Died Jan. 8, 1883.
Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Listed home of record as Elgin.
Mustered In - at Elgin, Ill. Nov. 15, 1862
Remarks - Deserted Nov. 20, 1862.
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Fredrick B. Hemmingway
Unit - Renwick's Elgin Independent Battery of Light Artillery
Height - 5' 8 1/2"
Hair - Brown
Eyes - Blue
Complexion - Light
Occupation - Painter
Born - 1839 in New York
Service Entry Age - 23 Years
Service Entry Date - Nov. 4, 1862
Period - 3 Years
Remarks - Deserted Nov. 20, 1862
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Decriptive Rolls
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Home of record listed as Elgin.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.
Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin Weekly Gazette.
From the Find-a-Grave Index
Name - Pvt. Eli Henderson
Cemetery - Evergreen Cemetery
Place - Barrington, Cook Co., Ill.
Soldier - Pvt. James P. Henderson
Unit -
Location - Grave 6, Lot 9, Soldiers Reserve
From the Illinois Database of Illinois Veterans Index 1775-1995
Name – James P. Henderson
Unit -
Burial Place - Kane Co., Ill. Cook Co., Ill.
Application for membership in Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 rejected on July 15, 1889.
From the 1880 Federal Census
Name - James P. Henderson
Aged - 40 Years
Birth Place - Massachusetts
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
From the 1910 Census
Name - James P. Henderson
Aged - 71 Years
Born - 1839 in Massachusetts
Home in 1910 - 2nd Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Street - 200 Spring street
Race - White
Marital Status - Widowed
Occupation - Gardner
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Name - James P. Henderson
Unit - Co. E 23rd Wisc. Inf.
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery
Record Source - 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor
Spouses Name - Fanny Henderson
Obit; from the May 26, 1914 issue of the Elgin Daily News.
Members of Veteran Post. No. 49, G.A.R., today presided at the funerals of two Elgin Veterans of the War of the Rebellion. They were Jacob Brinkerhoff and James P. Henderson.
The body of the late Jacob Brinkerhoff arrived here this forenoon at 7:20 o'clock over the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad from Kansas City. The body was met by a delegation of the G.A.R., Dundee veterans had been asked to escort the remains but because of the small number in the up river city members of Veteran Post were asked to assist. The funeral party left at 9 o'clock for Dundee where the body was interred in the west side cemetery.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon, the veterans gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gough, 520 Villa street, to take charge of the funeral of James P. Henderson. burial was at Bluff City cemetery.
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - James P. Henderson
Born - 1840
Aged - 74 Years
Died - May 24, 1914 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Buried in the GAR section of the Bluff City Cemetery.
Home of record listed 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 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.
Home of record listed as Chicago, Ill's.
Mustered Out July 24, 1865.
Known Actions;
Fishers Hill
Ft. Gregg April 2, 1865
From the Post #49 files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 3, 1886.
From the 1900 Census
Name - Dennis J. Hennessey
Aged - 55 Years
Born - Feb. 1845 in Canada
Home in 1900 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Marriage Year - 1871
Spouses Name - Mary Hennessey
Spouses Age - 49 Years
From the 1910 Census
Name - Dennis J. Hennessey
Aged - 65 Years
Born - 1845 in Canada
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Spouses Name - Mary Hennessey
Spouses Age - 55 Years
Member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Silver Leaf Camp #60.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Died Feb. 26, 1915, 2:30 pm at St. Joseph's Hospital. Aged 72 years. Undertaker, Thomas E. Roche. Physician, John R. Zahn. Permit #15356. Buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Elgin.
Obit; Feb. 26, 1915 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
Dennis J. Hennesse, a Civil War veteran, died at 2;40 o'clock this afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital after a two months illness.
He is survived by his widow and five children, Mrs. Frank Beebe, Mrs. George Bolger, Miss Daisy, John and James.
He was 71 years of age and was born in Canada. He was a Woodman. James Hennessey is deputy probate clerk at Geneva.
The deceased was a member of St. Mary's church.
From the Illinois Veterans' Commission, Honor Roll, Compiled in 1956.
Name, Hennessey, Dennis J.
War, Civil War
Rank, Sgt.
Unit, Co. I 23 Ill. Inft.
Interred at, Mt. Hope Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Date of Death, 1915
Location, Section G, Block 1, Lot 119.
Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
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.
Died Oct. 12, 1903.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Member of St. Mary's Parish.
Listed on the 1860 Census #736/4934 as a 27 year old Laborer from Ireland living in Dundee, Ill's.
Mustered In Dec. 9, 1863.
Mustered Out July 13, 1865.
Known actions;
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31, 1864
Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 30, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864
From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Hugh Henry
born - 1831 in Ireland
Age on July 1, 1863 - 32 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Married
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1870 Census
Name - Hugh Henry
Aged - 38 Years
Born - 1832 in Ireland
Home in 1870 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Spouses Name - Catharine Henry
Spouses Age - 40 Years
Listed on the 1880 Census
Name - Hugh Henry
Aged - 50 Years
Occupation - Machine Shop Worker
Home in 1880 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Died Oct. 16, 1897.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Authors Note; St. Mary's Parish records show him in A Co.
From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger
Died – June 10, 1900
Where – Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Kane county, Ill.
Permit #7849
Interred – June 12, 1900
Where – Bluff City Cemetery
Location – Log 12, Soldiers Reserve
Head of Grave from – North line 12', West line 6.4'
Cause of Death – Pneumonia 4 days
Condition – Male / White
Undertaker retained – Wait & Burdick
Physician – T. P. Brown
From the June 11, 1900 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier
William Henry died on Saturday night at Sherman hospital. He was ill but a few days, of pneumonia.
Mr. Henry was a veteran of the civil war. His home was formerly at Ottawa, but he had been at the
soldiers' home at Quincy several years. Recently he went to Chicago, but being friendless and poor
was unable to remain. Hoping to find work in the country that he was able to do he started out on foot,
but was too ill to proceed further than this city, where he was found under a tree near the Fox River
switch and taken to Sherman hospital. His age was about 55 years.
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - William Henry
Birth Year - About 1841
Aged - 59 Years
Died - June 10, 1900 at Elgin, Sherman Hospital, Kane Co., Ill.
From the Bluff City Cemetery Find A Grave files
Died - June 10, 1900
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Taken captive at the surrender of Harpers Ferry and paroled the next day.
Mustered Out June 5, 1865.
Known Actions;
Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1863
Lost Mountain, Ga. June 15, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864
Federal Point Feb. 7, 1865
Smithtown Creek Feb. 20, 1865
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Martin Herser
Unit - Co. D 65 Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 6"
Hair - Light
Eyes - Gray
Complexion - Light
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Born - 1849 in Germany
Service Entry Age - 19 Years
Service Entry Date - June 15, 1862
Mustered Out - June 5, 1865 at Chicago, Ill.
Mustered Out by Whom - Capt. Hill
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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;
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 15, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago.
Guard duties along the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865.
Received final pay and discharged at Springfield, Ill. Sept. 24, 1865.
Mustered Out July 18, 1865.
From the 1850 Census
Name - Benjamin Hewitt
Aged - 27 Years
Born - 1823 in Canada
Home in 1850 - Monguagon, Wayne Co., Mich.
Spouses Name - Catharine Hewitt
Spouses Age - 21 Years
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as living on Gifford St.
From the 1860 Census
Name Benjamin Hewitt
Aged - 36 Years
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Post Office - Clinton (Clintonville, Present day South Elgin)
Spouses Name - Elonoy Hewitt
Spouses Age - 34 Years
From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
Discharged Aug. 29, 1863, reason not listed.
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
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Cpl. Benjamin Hewitt
Unit - Co. C 127th Ill. Inft.
Height - 5' 10 1/2"
Eyes - Blue
Hair - Brown
Complexion - Light
Occupation - Farmer
Marital Status - Married
Born - 1824 in the United States
Service Entry Age - 38 Years
Service Entry Date - Aug. 14, 1862 in Elgin, Ill.
Joined by Whom - John S. Riddle
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862 at Chicago, Ill.
Remarks - Discharged at Chicago, Ill. Aug. 29, 1863
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Listed on the 1850 Census #15/72 as Aged 5 years living in Elgin, Ill's.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
32 year old Gentleman of Leisure
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Post war;
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
Listed on the 1870 Census #237/301 as aged 42 years, from New York, living in Elgin, Ill.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger: Occupation, Farmer. Died Jan. 15, 1907, 10:00 am in the Township of Elgin. Aged 73/9/26. Undertaker retained, Bunker & Chambers. Pronouncing Physician, H. G. G. Schmidt. Death Cert. #10376.
Conflict of age on census reports.
Paymaster for US Volunteers
Died Oct. 20, 1882.
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Attended the Elgin Academy
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 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's. Sept. 23, 1861.
Issued a .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket.
Wounded in Action at Stones River threw both hips.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran Jan. 1, 1864 at Blane's Cross Roads, East Tenn. and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough Jan. 30.
Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark. March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Post war;
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 July 15, 1884.
Applied for and received a pension of $2.00 per month for 'g. s. w. both hips'.
D. C. Cook Publishing Co.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Occupation, Watchmaker. Died Oct. 30, 1912, 5:00 am at 267 Summitt St. Aged 71/11/22. Cause of death listed as Dieseas of the Heart & Acute Bronkitis. Undertaker, Bunker & Chambers. Physician, W. C. Bridge. Permit #13975.
Obit; Oct. 30, 1912 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
John A. Hewitt died at his home, 207 Summit street, this morning after a long illness. He was an old resident of Elgin and was a veteran of the civil War, being a member of the thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry.
Mr. Hewitt was an employe of the D. C. Cook Publishing company of a quarter of a century and was obliged to relinquish his duties at that institution several months ago on account of ill health.
Mrs. Ida M. Hewitt, who is well known as a leading member of the Woman's Relief Corps, is his widow.
Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.\
Capt. Edward Halpin
Unknown US Regt.
Unknown Mississippi Regt.
C.S.A.
As most of the information about Edward is from conflicting family lore, and is at best suspect, I am presenting this not in the usual format.From Kane County Illinois Family History, Book II Compiled by Viola Swanson.
Page 228, Family Group Record Sheet.
Born March 1840 in Ireland (Gravestone lists 1836)
Arrived in USA 1854.
Married May 21, 1859 to Ellen "Bridget" Welsh.
Died Nov. 28, 1915 & buried at Oakwoods cemetery in West Chicago, Ill.
Note; Served in Union & Confederate Armies.
Page 232
Born 1840 or 1836 in Newcastle, Parish Minalty, County Methe, Ireland.
Came to USA in 1858.
Moved to Elgin in 1907.
Note from Viola Swanson;
The most interesting thing about him was his service in the Civil War. He served in both the union and confederate armies. Family tradition says that while on leave from the Union army he went south on business and was pressed into the Southern army. He escaped and came back to the Northern lines where he was imprisoned as a spy and sentenced to death.
His wife carried their baby and walked to Washington D.C. (from where?). She obtained a pardon for him from President Lincoln.
Page 233
As told by Teresa Jones, Granddaughter (?) of Edward Halpin.
Edward Halpin served in Both the north and south armies during the Civil War. He took leave from the Northern Army to visit property he owned in the South. He was caught in a southern conscription and forced into the southern army. As soon as he was able to eh escaped and went north where he was captured by the northern army and held as a traitor. He was sentenced to death by a firing squad. Before the sentence could be carried out, he escaped. He was aided in his escape by other prisoners assigned to burial detail. He was put into a coffin meant for another prisoner of a similar name and carried to the cemetery where he was released to find his way home.
As told by Irene Power
Connection unknown
Edward wife carrying their infant walked to Washington D.C. to plead with President Lincoln for Edward's release and Pardon. The baby we believe was Clara Ellen known to everyone as "Kate".
Edward was given a piece of land probably along the coast of Mississippi in payment for his service in the southern army.
Obit; Nov. 29, 1915 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
Fifty years after Edward Halpin, Confederate War veteran, had marched southward with his defeated comrades in grey, death who had passed the soldier by in the four years of the grim struggle, finally came for its toll at 12:45 o'clock yesterday. The grey haired veteran passed away after four days of illness, his condition becoming serious on Thanksgiving day.
"Captain" Halpin as he was called was 78 years of age. Born in New Castle, Parish of Minalty, County of Methe, Ireland. He came to this country when 18 years of age. With his parents he settled on a farm east of St. Charles where he lived the greater part of his life.
During the last ten years he lived in this city where he became one of the best known characters of the city district. Almost every day rain or shine the Captain would take his morning stroll and speak to his many friends about the town. Until he was confined to his bed of late he was active and an interesting man in the affairs of the local administration.
Always he wore proudly a bronze badge awarded him by the state of Mississippi for bravery, and good service. He served practically all of the four years under the flag of the south. His tale of experiences during the war time was perhaps better than could be found in the most graphic description printed in any book.
Thomas Delany one of Halpin's "Bluecoat" pals made while Halpin was in a northern jail where Delany acted as a guard, is one of the saddest of the Confederate's friends today.
The two vets were used to getting together and discussing how the war might have turned out if such and such had happened.
The argument usually wound up by Delany declaring that he saw Halpin hide behind a sycamore tree in the Battle of Shiloh, and Halpin's return was "well the only reason ye weren't hidin' was because ye were so far in the rear."
But at the St. Joseph's hospital the cherry presence of the Captain will be missed by many of the patients who had made friends with him. He used to go from one room to another and have a chat during the morning before making his sojourn at the hospital for the past year and a half.
Eight children survive, Mrs. Kate Jones and Miss Sylvia Halpin of Chicago, Mrs. Joseph Lambert of Denison, Tex., Mrs. Agnes Kaufman of Elgin, Miss Jane of Galesburg and miss Lucy Halpin of Huston, Tex., and two sons, Edward of Chicago and William of Aurora, one sister, Mrs. M. Towney and a brother James Halpin, sever grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.
The body will be taken from the residence of Mrs. Kaufman at 8:45 o'clock tomorrow morning to West Chicago where burial and services will be held at the Oakwood cemetery. Galesburg papers pleas copy.
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Cpl. Charles H. (F) Hall
G Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
Mustered In Nov. 19, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill.Home of record listed as Campton, Ill.
Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
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.
Re-enlisted as a veteran, paid a $300 Veteran's Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veteran's Furlough.
Mustered Out June 1, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry. Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
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
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 1, 1892.
Listed on the 1900 Census as a 54 year old Dry Goods Merchant born in Illinois. He could read and write English. He lived in West Dundee, Ill.
Obit; Feb. 10, 1904 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Charles F. Hall, an old soldier, died at his home in South Elgin this morning at 1 o'clock. He has been ill for some time but was thought to be recovering until recently. He was a member of the 52nd regiment. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday at the M.E. church of South Elgin, of which Mr. Hall was a member. A number of members of the G.A.R. of Elgin will attend the funeral. Burial will be at the South Elgin Cemetery.
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Pvt. George A. (D) Hall
D Co. 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Regiment
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill's.Home of record listed as St. Charles, Ill's.
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, Ill's.
G Co. 5th Ill. Cav.
Mustered Out Oct. 27, 1865.Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Brick Mason.
Listed on the 1900 Census as a 54 year old Brick Mason from New Hampshire. He could both read and write living in Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 March 11, 1904.
Obit; Feb. 13, 1909 issue of The Elgin Advocate.
George D. Hall for more than half a century a resident of Kane county, died at his home, 170 Center street at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning.
Mr. Hall was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, May 13, 1841, and came west when a lad of eight years. His parents settled in Campton township and he spent his boyhood in that community.
He enlisted in Company D, 141 Illinois infantry from Campton in 1863 and re-enlisted in Company G, Fifth Illinois cavalry, at the expiration of his time.
At the close of the war he returned to Kane county and settled at South Elgin. For the last eighteen years Mr. Hall has been a resident of this city. By trade he was a brick mason. He was prominent as an active member of Veteran Post, G.A.R.
Mr. Hall was married to Miss Sara Welch, nearly forty years ago and she survives him. He leaves three sons, Fred A., Walter E., and Wilber Leslie, all of this city. Surviving too are two brothers and two sisters, Chase E. of Monterey, Cal., Everett of Elgin, Mrs. Ellen Phelps of Malta, Ill., Mrs. Abby Norton of St. Charles.
Funeral services were in charge of the G.A.R. Services were held at the house at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and were private.
They were held at the First Methodist church at 2 o'clock. Burial at Bluff City cemetery.
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James (Jason, Jeremiah) Cummings Hall
? Co. 36th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Fox River Regiment
Aged 28 years.Enlisted 1861.
Home of record listed as Udina, Ill's.
I Co. 110th New York Inf.
Attended Oberlin College in Ohio.Aged 16 years.
Served for 37 months.
Contracted Measles and became so ill that a false report of his death was circulated.
Known Actions;
Gettysburg, Penn. July 3, 1863
Opened a store first in Dundee then in Elgin.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
Member First Congregational Church.
Resided at 62 Grove Ave.
Admitted to the Quincy Soldiers and Sailors Home Nov. 4, 1899 #5054. Listed as a 54 year old laborer receiving a $6 per month pension suffering from a Double Hernia. Noted that he was a Widower from New York.
Died March 28, 1927.
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Pvt. John Henry Clay Hall
B Co. 29th United States Colored Troops
Enlisted Jan. 1, 1864.Duty as a guard at Camp Douglas in Chicago over rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Nov. 6, 1865.
Known actions;
Siege of Petersburg, Va. June 19, 1864
The Crater, Va. July 30, 1864
Poplar Grove Church Sept. 29, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va. Oct. 27, 1864
From the Hospital Muster Roll
Soldier - Pvt. John Hall
Unit - Co. B 29 Reg't U.S.C.T.
Hospital Muster Roll of U.S. A. Hospital for Colored Troops, Army of the Potomac.
For - Sept. & Oct., 1864
Station - City Point, La.
Present or Absent - Present
From the Civil War Pension Records
Soldier - John H. C. Hall
Name of Dependents
Widow - Mary E. Hall
Minor - Arthur, Gdna Newsome
Service - B, 29 U.S.C. Inf.
Date of Filing - Feb. 6, 1879
Class - Invalid
Application #266284
Certificate #324763
Date of Filing - Aug. 8, 1890
Class - Widow
Application #528826
Certificate #385309
Date of Filing = June 19, 1897
Class - Minor
Application #656875
Certificate #468860
State Filed from - Illinois
From the Post #49 Files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 2, 1887.
Member of the AME Church of Elgin.
Member Knights of Tabor, Elgin Temple No. 8.
Member of the Masons.
Obit; Aug. 2, 1890 issue of Elgin's Every Saturday.
John H. C. Hall, died of inflammation of the bowels, July 30, aged 49 years. He leaves a wife and five children. He was born in Chicago in 1848 and never lived south. His father, A. T. Hall, is preaching in Batavia and his mother is very sick there. He served three years in the army and was guard at Camp Douglas, during the war. He was a member of the G.A.R., an active member of the A.M.E. church, an officer of the Knights of Tabar and a Mason. He has lived ten years in Elgin and laid up some money from his barer shop which he conducted with his brother, Gus. He was a thoroughly reliable man and had won the regard of every one who knew him or dealt with him. His influence was good over his colored brethren.
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. John H. C. Hall
Unit - Co. B 29th USCT
Died - July 30, 1890
Location - Lot 78
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Capt. Edward Halpin
Unknown US Regt.
Unknown Mississippi Regt.
C.S.A.
As most of the information about Edward is from conflicting family lore, and is at best suspect, I am presenting this not in the usual format.
From Kane County Illinois Family History, Book II Compiled by Viola Swanson.
Page 228, Family Group Record Sheet.
Born March 1840 in Ireland (Gravestone lists 1836)
Arrived in USA 1854.
Married May 21, 1859 to Ellen "Bridget" Welsh.
Died Nov. 28, 1915 & buried at Oakwoods cemetery in West Chicago, Ill.
Note; Served in Union & Confederate Armies.
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Born 1840 or 1836 in Newcastle, Parish Minalty, County Methe, Ireland.
Came to USA in 1858.
Moved to Elgin in 1907.
Note from Viola Swanson;
The most interesting thing about him was his service in the Civil War. He served in both the union and confederate armies. Family tradition says that while on leave from the Union army he went south on business and was pressed into the Southern army. He escaped and came back to the Northern lines where he was imprisoned as a spy and sentenced to death.
His wife carried their baby and walked to Washington D.C. (from where?). She obtained a pardon for him from President Lincoln.
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As told by Teresa Jones, Granddaughter (?) of Edward Halpin.
Edward Halpin served in Both the north and south armies during the Civil War. He took leave from the Northern Army to visit property he owned in the South. He was caught in a southern conscription and forced into the southern army. As soon as he was able to eh escaped and went north where he was captured by the northern army and held as a traitor. He was sentenced to death by a firing squad. Before the sentence could be carried out, he escaped. He was aided in his escape by other prisoners assigned to burial detail. He was put into a coffin meant for another prisoner of a similar name and carried to the cemetery where he was released to find his way home.
As told by Irene Power
Connection unknown
Edward wife carrying their infant walked to Washington D.C. to plead with President Lincoln for Edward's release and Pardon. The baby we believe was Clara Ellen known to everyone as "Kate".
Edward was given a piece of land probably along the coast of Mississippi in payment for his service in the southern army.
Obit; Nov. 29, 1915 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
Fifty years after Edward Halpin, Confederate War veteran, had marched southward with his defeated comrades in grey, death who had passed the soldier by in the four years of the grim struggle, finally came for its toll at 12:45 o'clock yesterday. The grey haired veteran passed away after four days of illness, his condition becoming serious on Thanksgiving day.
"Captain" Halpin as he was called was 78 years of age. Born in New Castle, Parish of Minalty, County of Methe, Ireland. He came to this country when 18 years of age. With his parents he settled on a farm east of St. Charles where he lived the greater part of his life.
During the last ten years he lived in this city where he became one of the best known characters of the city district. Almost every day rain or shine the Captain would take his morning stroll and speak to his many friends about the town. Until he was confined to his bed of late he was active and an interesting man in the affairs of the local administration.
Always he wore proudly a bronze badge awarded him by the state of Mississippi for bravery, and good service. He served practically all of the four years under the flag of the south. His tale of experiences during the war time was perhaps better than could be found in the most graphic description printed in any book.
Thomas Delany one of Halpin's "Bluecoat" pals made while Halpin was in a northern jail where Delany acted as a guard, is one of the saddest of the Confederate's friends today.
The two vets were used to getting together and discussing how the war might have turned out if such and such had happened.
The argument usually wound up by Delany declaring that he saw Halpin hide behind a sycamore tree in the Battle of Shiloh, and Halpin's return was "well the only reason ye weren't hidin' was because ye were so far in the rear."
But at the St. Joseph's hospital the cherry presence of the Captain will be missed by many of the patients who had made friends with him. He used to go from one room to another and have a chat during the morning before making his sojourn at the hospital for the past year and a half.
Eight children survive, Mrs. Kate Jones and Miss Sylvia Halpin of Chicago, Mrs. Joseph Lambert of Denison, Tex., Mrs. Agnes Kaufman of Elgin, Miss Jane of Galesburg and miss Lucy Halpin of Huston, Tex., and two sons, Edward of Chicago and William of Aurora, one sister, Mrs. M. Towney and a brother James Halpin, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.
The body will be taken from the residence of Mrs. Kaufman at 8:45 o'clock tomorrow morning to West Chicago where burial and services will be held at the Oakwood cemetery. Galesburg papers pleas copy.
Authors Note;
There are many problems with the history here. Most of the family lore seems to conflict, here are the two greatest examples;
* If Edward was taken captive and returned to US control as soon as possible, why did it take over three years?
* If his wife had secured a pardon for him why did he need to escape from prison?
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Pvt. William Hamilton
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co.B 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Lyon Color Guard
Enlisted Jan. 5, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 11, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
At Cairo, Ill. Issued M-1808 & M-1816 Common Muskets Feb. 12, 1862. These muskets have been condemned by the Inspector General and are accepted only because the battle at Fort Donelson is in progress.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. William Hamilton
Unit - Co. B 58th Ill. Inf. Consolidated
Height - 5' 8 1/2"
Hair - Auburn
Eyes - Blue
Complexion - Light
Occupation - Farmer
Born - Ireland
Service Entry Age - 42 Years
Service Entry Date - Jan. 5, 1863
Service Entry Place - Elgin, Ill.
Joined by Whom - Capt. Lynch
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In - Jan. 5, 1863 at Springfield, Ill.
Remarks - Died July 21, 1865 at Montgomery, Ala. of Injuries received while in line of duty by runaway mule team.
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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Tyler Hamilton
Unknown Regiment
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Pvt. Lysander Butler Hamlin
E Co. NY Lt. Art'y
Died 1910.Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
From the Feb. 5, 1877 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Hamlin’s cough balsam will speedely and effectually cure caughs, colds, whooping-cough, and all diseases of the pulmonary organs. The most distressing cough can frequently be relieved by a single dose and entirely cured in a few hours. For sale by all druggists.
From the Feb. 16, 1877 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Hamlin’s Cough Balsam is a safe and prompt remedy for all diseases tending to consumption. It is pleasant to takje aqnd magical in its effects. Try it.Obit, from the April 13, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier
Lysander B. Hamlin died at his residence, 120 South State street, last evening after a long illness, aged 71 years. He had been blind during the past few years and was suffering from a general break down of health.
Mr. Hamlin was born in Morgan county, Ohio, January 26, 1839, and spent his childhood and early manhood there. He was a son of Dr. W. A. Hamlin, who will be remembered by the old residents of Elgin and in early manhood in company with his brother, John A. Hamlin, a former resident of Elgin, engaged in the manufacture of proprietary medicines in Cincinati, Ohio.
Manufacture Medicine.
They removed to Chicago in 1861 where they manufactured Hamlin's Wizard oil, a medicine the formation of which was prepared by their father and the sale of which was large from the first. They introduced a system of sales from wagons and sent out troops of entertainers who drew immense crowds wherever they appeared. The business grew and was formed into a stock company of which L. B. Hamlin was vice president and active manager until he was compelled to give up the work on account of ill health. In 1868 he was married to Miss Ella L. Town, daughter of the late Morris C. Town, formerly president of the First National bank of Elgin. They made their home in Chicago until 1886 when they removed to their present home in Elgin where they have since resided.Popular Elgin Resident.
Mr. Hamlin was one of the most popular men of Elgin and was genial and kind hearted to the extreme. He was fond of fine horses and was the owner of some of the best in the city. Among his track horses was Charles H. Hoyt who made a record of 2:20 as a three year old and was known throughout the west as one of the game horses of his day.Mr. Hamlin was of a retiring disposition and spent his leisure hours largely with his family to whom he was devoted. He was a member of the Centrury and Country clubs and as a entertainer he was well known.
Besides a widow he leaves a daughter, Mrs. M. M. Cloudman and three sons, Morris, Clinton, Lawrence B. and Harold S.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the house.
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Pvt. Abram (Abreim) H. Hammond (Hamond)
1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 27, 1861.
C Co. 153rd Ill. Vol. Inf.
One Year Service
Home of record listed as Wayne, Ill's.Mustered In Feb. 14, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago.
Guard duties along the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865.
Received final pay and discharged at Springfield, Ill. Sept. 24, 1865.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Dec. 9, 1879.
Listed in the 1880 Clintonville (South Elgin) Census as a 64 year old Teamster from Pennsylvania.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger: Occupation, Farmer. Died Sept. 14, 1889, 11:00 am. Aged 73/0/11. Cause of death listed as Chronic Punomina. Undertaker retained, Wait & Burdick. Pronouncing Physician, H. K. Whitford. Death Cert. #3219. Buried in Clintonville.
Buried at East Clinton Cemetery in South Elgin.
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Pvt. Edwin Hammond
C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Elgin Sharpshooters
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin.
Issued .577 1857 Enfield Rifled Musket
Wounded in Action at Vicksburg.
Killed in Action at Milliken’s Bend.
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
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Pvt. S. F. Hammond
Elgin Continentals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Fremont Rifles
Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva RaidMustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed 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. George A. Hanaford
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Nov. 4, 1862Listed 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.Discharged Jan. 7, 1864 for Promotion.
Died at Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1864.
Known Actions;
Kingston, NC Nov. 24, 1863
Mossy Creek, Tenn. Dec. 28, 1863
With what unit was he serving with when he died?
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Pvt. Anthony Handley
Member of St. Mary's Parish.? Co. 89th Ill. Vol. Inft.
Mustered In Oct. 1, 1862.Residence, Kane Co., Ill.
Transferred to 59th Ill. Vol. Inft.
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Pvt. Oliver Hanagan
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.
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
Deserted, Sept. 25, 1862
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
Authors Note;
Not found in the 1860 Census Rolls for Plato, Ill.
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Abram Hanna
Unknown Regiment
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Oct. 6, 1885.
Died March 26, 1894.
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J. Hannas
Unknown Regiment
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 13, 1879.
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Pvt. Adpheus Hannigan (Hannegan)
A Co. 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Lyon Color Guard
Enlisted Dec. 1, 1861.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Aged 48 years
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 condemned by the Inspector General 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.
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
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Dec. 1, 1885.
Obit; March 22, 1890 issue of Elgin's Every Saturday.
Alpheus Hannegan, father of Mrs. C. Gieske, died at his home, 118 Grave avenue, March 19, aged 76 years. He leaves four children. Interment at Udina in charge of the G.A.R.
GAR records show Pvt. Hannegan in the 52nd Ill. I find no record of transfer.
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Musician Leverett Hannigan
E Co. 69th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Months Service
Enlisted June 10, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 14, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Guard duties at Camp Douglas guarding rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Sept. 27, 1862.
Died Aug. 16, 1865.
Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.
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Cpl. Holland Handburg
Elgin Continentals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.
A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Fremont Rifles
Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva RaidMustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill. July 25, 1861.
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Pvt. William Hanlon
Member of St. Mary's Parish.5th Ill. Light Artillery
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Jan. 9, 1863.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Jan. 10, 1863.
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Deserted Jan. 19, 1863.
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Pvt. Abram Hannas
I Co. 95th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Worden's Battalion
Mustered In Sept. 4, 1862 at Camp Fuller in Rockford.Home of record listed as Algonquin, Ill's.
Discharged March 10, 1863 due to disability.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Listed on the 1870 Census #237/316 as aged 28 years, from New York, living in Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
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J. Hannas
Unknown Regiment
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Member Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
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Principal Musician Leveritt Hannegan
Field 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Service
Enlisted May 8, 1864.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill.
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, Ill's.
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Cpl. Peter Hanovan
K Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva on Oct. 25, 1861.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .58 Rifled Musket.
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
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.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesborough, 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. Nicholas Hareth
From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls
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
Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862I Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Elgin Sharpshooters
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 Enfield Rifled Musket
Mustered Out June 19, 1865 as a private.
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
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga. Sept. 15, 1864
From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Nicholas Hareth
Birth Year - About 1838
Born - Germany
Age on July 1, 1863 - 24 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Unmarried
Residence - Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
From Illinois Marriages
Name - NIcholas Harett
Spouse - Elizabeth E. Harnnegan
Marriage Date - Jan. 29, 1866
County - Kane
From the Civil War Pension files
Soldier - Nicholas Hareth
Widow - Elizabeth Hareth
Service - I 127 Ill Inf
A I Ill L A
Date of Filling - July 6, 1883
Class - Invalid
Application #489177
Certificate #803112
State - Indiana
Date of Filling - July 15, 1904
Class - Widow
Application #810159
Certificate #582009
State - Indiana
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Pvt. Norton Harger (Hargen)
Listed On the 1860 Federal Census #726/4866
Name - Norton N. Harger
Aged - 18 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1860 - Plato, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Farmer
Post Office - Udina
Name - Norton N. Harger
Aged - 18 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1860 - Plato, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Farmer
Post Office - Udina
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
B Co. 36th Ill. Dragoon's
Re-Designated as;K Co. 15th Ill. Cav.
Three Years Service
Clinton's Rangers
Mustered In Sept. 23, 1861Home of record listed as Plato.
Discharged Sept. 23, 1864 due to expiration of term of service.
Known Actions;
Fort Henry, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Briton’s Lane Sept. 1, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss. July 7, 1863
Chicamaga, Ga. Sept. 18, 1863
Mission Ridge, Ga. Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
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.
From Illinois County Marriages
Name - Norton N. Harger
Aged - 33 Years
Marriage Date - 1874 in Kane County
Spouse - Maria Wiltsie
From the 1880 Census
Name - Norton Harger
Aged - 40 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1880 - Plato, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Farmer
Spouse - Maria Harger
Aged - 36 Years
From the Civil War Pension Index
Soldier - Norton N. Harger
Widow - Maria E. Harger
Minor - Maria E. Kote Gdn.
Service - K 15 Ill Cav
Date of Filling - Jan. 26, 1891
Class - Invalid
Application #497121
Certificate #None
State - Illinois
Date of Filling - April 20, 1892
Class - Minor
Application #547940
Certificate # None
State - Illinois
Died March 5, 1882.
Buried at Washington Cemetery in McQueen's Station. Ill.
From Select Death Index
Name - North N. Harger
Aged - 40 Years
Died - March 5, 1882 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
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Cpl. Safford E. Harlow
D Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva on Nov. 19, 1861.Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Mustered Out July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga. Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga.Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
Bentonville, NC March 19, '65
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Pvt. Seargfield M. Harney
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of IllinoisElgin Continentals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.
A Co. 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's. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Notice: May 16, 1861 issue The Elgin Gazette.
VOLUNTEER SICK-- We regret to learn that S. M. Harney, one of Capt. Joslyn's company, a noble young man from the town of Hampshire, is lying sick at Alton, with little or no hope of recovery. We understand that in mounting cannon he ruptured himself, and his life is despaired of. Ex Sheriff Allen and Mr. Brown, his brother in law have gone down to attend him.
Notice: June 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
FUNERAL.
We have engaged to deliver a funeral discourse for young Harney, the volunteer, on the German camp ground, in the town of Hampshire, next Sunday at eleven o'clock. A large gathering is anticipated.
Rev. Mr. Fuller delivers one for Mr. Densmore, in the Methodist Church of this place, next Sabbath morning.
Died May 19, 1861 from a hernia turned septic at Alton, Ill. The first soldier from Illinois to die in the Civil War.
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. S. M. Harney
Unit - Co. A 7th Ill. Inf.
Died - May 19, 1861
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. S. M. Harney
Unit - Co. A 7th Ill. Inf.
Died - May 19, 1861
Interred at - Doty Cemetery in Hampshire, Ill.
Location - Grave 10
Note;
Note;
Even though he listed Elgin as his home of record he was, in fact, living with his sister on a farm in Hampshire.
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2nd Lt. William R. Halligan
Member of St. Mary's Parish.E Co. 55th Ill. Vol. Inft.
Commissioned Oct. 31, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin.
Resigned March 5, 1862.
Home of record listed as Elgin.
Resigned March 5, 1862.
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Pvt. Alonzo S. Harpending
Settled in Elgin in 1844.
Listed on the 1855 Illinois State Census as aged 20-30 years, in the Militia, living in Elgin.Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Produce Dealer living on Kimball St.
1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 27, 1861.The Elgin Union Gray's
Enlisted Aug. 8, 1861.A Co. 36th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Fox River Regiment
Steedman's Brigade
Sheridan's Division
Fourth Corps
Mustered In Sept. 23, 1861 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Excerpt from Grandfather was a Drummer Boy, diary of Charles Stiles.
Feb. 11, 1864
Our convalescents and cooking utensils arrived today. Nine days from Chattanooga. The first train of cars from Chattanooga since the Rebels left here came up this P.M. We have had very pleasant weather since we came here. Our camp is on a hill so it well not be very muddy at any rate. My drum came up with the other things so I can practice once more. I expect my knapsack and everything else I had; shelters, rubber and blanket are gone up. All the letters I have saved besides fifteen or twenty dollars worth of shell work are among the missing. They may be found yet but it is a doubtful case. Had it not been for Loveless and Harpending I should not have recd. that box from home.
Discharged Sept. 22, 1864, cause not listed.
Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark. March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 20, 1863
Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863
New Hope Church, Ga. Nov. 27, 1863
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. May 7, 1864
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Adairsville, Ga. May 17, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois Census #237/355 as aged 43 years, from New York, living in Elgin.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.
Died Feb. 23, 1907.
Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.
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Pvt. John G. Harper
G Co. 123nd Ohio Inf.
Mustered In at Sandusky, Ohio.Captured at Winchester and held for three months before exchanged.
Wounded in Action, action not listed.
Spent five months in the Jarvis Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mustered Out July 12, 1865.
Known actions;
Winchester, Va. - May 25, 1862
Newmarket, Va. - May 15, 1864
Piedmont - June 5, 1864
Lynchburg - June 17, 1864
Snecker's Ferry
Bonyville
Opugon
Fisher's Hill, Va. - Sept. 21, 1864
Cedar Creek, Ba. - Oct. 19, 1864
Petersburg, Va. - April 2, 1865
High Bridge, VA. - April 6, 1865
Appomatox Court House, Va. - April 9, 1865
Moved to Elgin, Ill. in Feb. of 1881.
Worked at the Watch Factory as a machinist.
Joined Elgin GAR Post #49 July 17, 1883.
Member of the Knights of Pythias.
Obit; Jan. 5, 1922 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
John Harper, a Civil War Veteran and for 40 years an employe of the Elgin National Watch Co., died last night at his home, 210 Wellington avenue. He would have celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday next Monday.
Born in Liverpool, England, in 1844, Harper came to this country when 11 years of age and moved to Elgin in February, 1881. He entered the employ of the watch factory as a machinist and has worked there continuously until retired on a pension about six months ago.
During the Civil War he enlisted at Sandusky, Ohio, and was a private in Co. G, 123rd regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was also in the First Brigade of Brigadier General Thoburn's division and fought in Many battles.
Some of the battles he took part in during his enlistment were at Winchester, Va., Newmarket, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snecker's Ferry, Benyville, Opegnon, Fisher's hill, High Bridge and the historic struggle at Cedar Creek, Petersburg and Appomattox. He was present when Gen. Robert E. Lee's army surrendered.
At one time he was wounded and confined to the Jarvis hospital at Baltimore, Md., for 5 months. He was captured by the Confederates at Winchester, Va., and was kept in the Confederate prison 3 months before traded back to the Union army. He was mustered out June 12, 1865.
A member of the G.A.R. Post, No. 49, he took an active part in the work of that organization. He also belonged to the Knights of Pythias.
Besides his wife the deceased veteran is survived by two sons, Morris of Elgin, and Harry of Detroit, Mich., and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday from the Norris chapel. Burial will be in Bluff City Cemetery. Members of the Knights of Pythias will act as pall bearers.
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Pvt. W. J. Harris
1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 27, 1861.H Co. 102nd US Cav.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Oct. 20, 1877.
Transferred to another GAR post, post not listed.
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Pvt. John Hart
Elgin Continetals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Fremont's Rifles
Armed with .69 US Altered Musket taken in the Geneva Raid.Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill's. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
Mustered In for 3 years at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
Died at Fort Hold Nov. 4, 1861, cause not listed.
Buried at the Mann Cemetery in Burlington, Ill's.
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-1st Lt. Charles Marens Harvey
Washington Continental Artillery Militia
From the Academy Civil War Monument
Attended the Elgin Academy.
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Elgin Continentals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Fremont Rifles
Mustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill's. April 25, 1861.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out at Mound City, Ill's. July 25, 1861.
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. K 15th Ill. Cav.
Plato Cavalry
From History of the 36th Ill. by L.G. Bennett & William H. Haigh
Dec. 30, 1862 - This day, which may well be termed the first act in one of the most terrible tragedies of the war, was fruitful of personal adventures, some of which have been related to us. While upon the skirmish line,k a Rebel captain of artillery, was observed to be particularly active and skillful in handling his guns. A line of rail fence ran from the thicket, where some of the cavalry were stationed to the immediate neighborhood of this battery. Sergts Duncan and Harvey conceived the idea of advancing under cover of the fence to a position within easy range for giving the Johnnies a lesson in Yankee marksmanship. Capt Shere held their horses while they crept along the fence. Their first shots were too long ranged to produce an effect, except to cause a sudden dodging as the missiles went hissing by their ears. Getting a little nearer, the second shots accomplished their object, and the captain of the battery was seen to fall, causing no little consternation among the gunners. They however changed the direction of their fire, and for a few moments the shot flew lively through the ceders behind which the boys were posted - one passing under the arm and through the poncho of Capt. Shere.
Mustered In, April 7, 1863 as a 2nd Lt.
Transferred on consolidation to;
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. K 10th Ill. Cav.
Served as Military Police in New Orleans.
Mustered Out, Dec. 16, 1864
Known Actions;
Ft. Henry, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 7, 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
Elgin registered voter in 1866
Died at his home in Wasco, Texas.
From the April 1, 1899 issue of The Elgin Daily News
Civil War Anccdote
Whenever Clerk Sylla begins remeniscing, he invariably winds up by telling an anecdote of the Civil War. History repeated itself again.
"Charles M. Harvey was one of the schoolboys of those days," he continued, chuckling at the remembrance of the boys he knew long ago. "Harvey joined the Plato cavalry when the broke out," He stated, "and had numerous experiences in the south.
"One day Charley was sent out in charge of a foraging expedition. They were at Columbia, Tenn., then. The party found a corncrib well filed.
"While the wagons were being loaded, a fine old southern gentleman came and said, "That's my corn, sah that you are loading, sah'
"'yes, butr Uncle Sam needs it, sah,' replied Charley.
"'Well, Uncle San needs it most just at present. We'll leave you some and besides I'll give you a receipt for what we take.' The wagons were filled by this time and before they drove away Harvey wrote the nice old gentleman a receipt. It read something like this;
"'Received this day of John Cheatham of Columbia, Tenn. two hundred bushels of corn, providing he's a Union man.-Charles M. Harvey."
Unique Receipt Becomes Curio.
"Twelve years later when that bill came up for adjudication in Nashville, the receipt was presented as evidenced, and it was so unique that Harper's Magazine printed it as one of the curiosities of the Civil War."
Authors Notes;
Under 'Remarks' in the Adj't Gens Report there is a notation. Transferred from Co. B 36th Ill. Inf. Dec. 1, 1861, Promoted 2nd Lt.
Per the History of the 36th Ill. he is credited with action before enlisting?
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Pvt. Henry G. Harvey
I Co. 45th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Lead Mine Regiment
? Co. ? California Regiment
Died 1874.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
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Pvt. John Harvey
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Renwick's Elgin Battery
Enlisted Nov. 6, 1862.Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's. Nov. 15, 1862.
Deserted Dec. 17, 1862.
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Frank W. Haskell
Unknown Regiment
Attended the Elgin Academy----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hiram L. Haskell
Unknown Regiment
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Pvt. Frank B. Hassans
Listed on the 1850 Census ***/209 as aged 10 years living in Elgin, Ill's.
Listed on the 1860 Census 282/2096 as a 20 years old Miner living in Elgin, Ill's.
Attended the Elgin Academy.
1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 7, 1862.K Co. 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Service
Enlisted May 10, 1864.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered in June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
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Pvt. Henry C. Hassen
Listed on the 1850 Census #***/209 as aged 5 years and living in Elgin, Ill's.
Attended Elgin High School.Attended the Elgin Academy.
Elgin Continentals
Enlisted April 22, 1861.
A Co. 7th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Fremont Rifles
Armed with .69 US Altered musket taken in the Geneva RaidMustered In for 3 months service at Camp Yates in Springfield, Ill. April 25, 1861.
Home of record listed 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.
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.
Killed in Action at Allatoona Pass.
Obit: Oct. 26 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
ANOTHER SOLDIER FALLEN.-We are pained to learn of the death of another soldier-boy from Elgin, HENRY HASSAN son of Geo. Hassan, Esq., of this city. He enlisted a little more than three years ago in the 7th Illinois Infantry and served his three years out bravely and well. He re-enlisted but a few weeks since as a veteran determined to see Uncle Sam through; but this was not to be: he was shot in the neck before Altoona, Oct. 5th, and died almost instantly, His body lies in a southern grave, but will be brought home as soon as possible. His regiment went into this engagement with 308, and lost 141 in killed, wounded and missing.
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
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
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Pvt. Patrick Hasson
E Co. 42nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Douglas Brigade
Harker's Brigade
Newton's Division
Fourth Corps
Enlisted July 31, 1861.
Mustered In July 31, 1861.Died at Paducah, Ky. May 6, 1862.
Known Actions;
Island No. 10, Tenn. March 15, '62
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Sgt. Patrick Haugh
Member of St. Mary's ParishA Co. 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Lyon Color Guard
Enlisted Dec. 24, 1861.Home of record listed 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 condemned by the Inspector General 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.
Re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 2, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough.
Known actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Died Jan. 9, 1868 at the home of his mother in Elgin.
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill. when the City Cemetery closed.
From the Sextons Ledger.
Died, Jan. 9, 1868.
Where, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation, Laborer.
Aged, 24/0/0
Cause of Death, Consumption
Location, Block 19, Lot 27, Elgin City Cemetery.
Head of Grave from, South line 2', West line 11.5'.
Location, Lot 10, Grave 5.
Lot Purchaser, William Sanford Enos.
Born, Lisdeen, Clare Co., Ireland.
Parents, John & Bridget McKee.
Remarks, 1st Sgt. Co. A 58th Vol. Inf.
From the Illinois Veterans' Commission, Honor Roll, Compiled in 1956.
Name, Haugh, Patrick
War, Civil War
Rank, Sgt.
Unit, Co. A. 58th Ill. Inf.
Interred at, Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Date of Death, 9 Jan. 1868
Location, Lot 10, Grave 5
From the Bluff City Cemetery files;
Lot – 10 * Section – GAR * Grave – 1 * Interment No. 6932 * Date – Oct. 21, 1924
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Pvt. Malachi Hauslein (Hanslin)
1862 Hampshire Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll June 28, 1862.C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Elgin Sharpshooter's
Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862.Home of record listed as Hampshire, Ill's.
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862
Issued .577 1857 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Took part in the Grand Review in Washington, DC. at the end of the war.
Mustered Out June 9, 1865 at Ft. Slocum in Washington.
Final Pay and Discharge at Camp Douglas June 17, 1865.
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
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 25, 1896.
Obit; Oct. 13, 1908 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Malachi Hauslein died about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 224 Seneca street after a short illness. Deceased was born in Germany in 1835 and came to America in 1845. He went directly to Hampshire with his parents. He came to Elgin in 1896 where he has since resided. During the Civil War he served in the 127th Illinois regiment.
He leaves seven children to survive him: Ferdinand of Texas, Chas. of Omaha, Mrs. Lydia Robinson of Chicago, Mrs. Beulah Brinkley of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Corson of Genoa, Mrs. Abbie Hance of Marengo and Miss Ella of New York City.
The funeral will be held from the late home Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock and from the First Evangelical church at 1:30 o'clock. Burial at Bluff city cemetery.
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Sgt. William H. Havens
B Co. 48th NY Inf.
Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861 at Brooklyn, New York.Mustered In Sept. 14, 1861 as a Private.
Transferred, no date listed.
H Co. 48th NY Inf.
Re-enlisted Dec. 22, 1863 as a Veteran and paid a $300 Veteran's Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veteran's Furlough.Promoted Sgt. Jan. 2, 1865.
Mustered Out Sept. 1, 1865 at Raleigh, NC.
Known actions;
Port Royal Ferry, SC, Jan. 1, 1862
Battery Vulcan, SC, Feb. 4, 1862
Ft. Pulaski, Ga. April 10, 1862
Tybee Island, Ga. Aug. 5, 1862
Skull Creek, SC, Sept. 24, 1862
Bluffton & Crowell's Plantation, SC Sept. 30, 1862
Elba Island, SC, Oct. 1, 1862
Kirk's Bluff, SC, Oct. 18, 1862
Coosawhatchie River, SC Oct. 22, 1862
Bluffton, SC, June 4, 1863
Morris Island, SC, July 10, 1863
Morris Island, SC July 14, 1863
Battery Wagner, SC, July 18, 1863
Sanderson, Fla. Feb. 12, 1864
Olustee, Fla. Feb. 20, 1864
Palatka, Fla. March 17, '64
Palatka, Fla. March 21, '64
Palatka, Fla. March 29, '64
Palatka, Fla. March 31, '64
Port Walthall, Va. May 6, 1864
Proctor's Creek, Va. May 12, 1864
Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 14, 1864
Bermuda Hundred, Va. May 18, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864
Assault on Petersburg, Va. June 15, 1864
The Crater, Va. July 30, 1864
Strawberry Plains, Va. Aug. 14, 1864
Chaffin's Farm, Va. Sept. 29, 1864
Fort Fisher, NC, Dec. 25, 1864
Fort Fisher, NC, Jan. 15, 1865
Cape Fear, NC, Feb. 11, 1865
Smithfield, NC, Feb. 15, 1865
Fort Anderson, NC, Feb. 18, 1865
Wilmington, NC, Feb. 21, 1865
Bennett's House, NC, April 26, 1865
Died May 18, 1909.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
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Pvt. George Hawkins
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Oct. 5, 1862Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's Nov. 15, 1862.
Filed charges in Dec. of 1863 with the Kane County Board of Supervisors against Capt. Renwick for absconding with his $60 signing bounty.
In confinement at Mustered Out July 18, 1865, reason 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
Raleigh, NC April 13, 1865
From the 1870 Census #237/342
Name - George Hawkins
Aged - 28 Years
Born - Canada
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1880 Census
Name - George Hawkins
Aged - 38 Years
Born - Canada
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Farmer
Spouse - Mary A. Hawkins
Spouses Age - 31 Years
From the 1910 Census
Name - George Hawkins
Aged - 59 Years
Born - Canada
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Marriage Year - 1891
Spouse - Lydia R. Hawkins
Spouses Age - 55 Years
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Pvt. Thomas Hawkis (Hawkins)
G Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862.Issued .69 US Altered Musket.
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.
Discharged May 29, 1865.
Known Actions;
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Decatur, Ga. Oct. 26, 1864
Rome Cross Roads, Ga. Nov. 10, 1864
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 23, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Thomas Hawkins
Unit - Co. G 52d Ill. Inft.
Service Entry Date - Sept. 29, 1862
Remarks - Discharged May 29, 1865 under order of War Dept.
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Joined the GAR Post in Quincy, Ill.
Died Feb. 1910.
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Sgt. Richard J. Hawthorne
G Co. 7th Conn. Inf.
Enlisted as a Pvt.Aged 20 years.
Wounded in Action in the Hip at Bermuda Hundred.
Known actions;
Bermuda Hundred, Va. June 2, 1864
Moved to Elgin Jan. 1, 1876.
Hardware Dealer for the Hawthorne Brothers Hardware Co.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 6, 1884.
President of the Elgin School Board for one term.
Member of the Masons.
Member of the Oriental Consistory of Chicago.
Monitor Lodge.
Listed on the 1900 Federal Census as a 59 year old Merchant from Pennsylvania. He could read and write English. He lived in Elgin, Ill.
Article Dec. 13, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
At 3:15 o'clock this afternoon is was announced at St. Joseph's hospital that Mr. Hawthorne's pulse was weaker and that it was harder for him to breath.
Richard J. Hawthorne, of 29 North Geneva street, one of Elgin'
s pioneer business men lies in a critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital with his skull fractured as the result of a fall headlong down the freight elevator shaft in the Spurling block, from the first floor to the basement, shortly before noon today.
There is but bare hope for the injured man's recovery as his skull if fractured from a point directly over his left ear to the eye socket. The brain is injured and there is a constant hemorrhage from the injured membrane.
Immediately after the accident Mr. Hawthorne was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital where Dr. H. J. Gahagan assisted by Drs. O. L. Pelton, J. R. Tovin and James A. Campbell dr3ss the injury. So serious was the fracture that it was found necessary to remove considerable bone in order to relieve the pressure on the brain and to reduce the hemorrhage.
"Owing to Mr. Hawthorn's advanced age and the serious fracture of the skull which caused a concussion of the brain there is little hope for his recovery." This was the statement made late this afternoon by Dr. H. J. Gahagan, the attending physician.
No one witnessed the accident, although it is known that Mr. Hawthorne fell from the first floor. A few minutes before he fell down the shaft, Mr. Hawthorne had been talking to his son Ralph, who was assisting in the remodeling of the first floor of the Spurling building, which is owned by Mr. Hawthorne and his brother, George.
It is believed that Mr. Hawthorne, who had been helping the painters in the room adjacent to the elevator shaft, and who a few minutes prior to the accident had ascended from the basement to the first floor on the elevator, thought the elevator, which had been raised to the second floor, was where he left it and, without looking, stepped out into the shaft, pitching headlong to the basement.
William Hinman, a painter, to whom Mr. Hawthorne had been talking as he strted toward the elevator, heard the dull thud as he struck the cement floor of the elevator shaft. He rushed to the shaft and saw at a glance what had happened. Hinman hastily summoned medical aid while George Groce and Ralph Hawthorne, a son of the injured man, picked up Mr. Hawthorne and placed him on a cot in the basement.
Drs. Gahagan and Tobin arrived at the same time and dressed the wound. The scalp was cut from the corner of the left eye to the base of the skull. it is believed that the injury was sustained y striking an iron bar in the bottom of the shaft. Other than the fracture of his skull and the severe scalp wound, Hawthorne was uninjured, if being evident that he struck on his head.
Mr. Hawthorne, who is seventy years old, is a pioneer hardware dealer of Elgin. For many years he was the senior member of the Hawthorne Bros. Hardware Co. Several years ago he discontinued his connection with the firm and since then has been associated with his brother, George, in looking after the Spurling block, which building they own.
Obit; Dec. 14, 1910 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Richard J. Hawthorne, who suffered a severe fracture of his skull in accidentally falling down the freight elevator shaft in the Spurling block shortly before noon yesterday succumbed to his injuries at 6:15 o'clock last evening at St. Joseph's hospital. He did not regain consciousness.
Death was due to the shock and hemorrhage occasioned by the fracture of the skull which extended from a point just over and back of the left ear to the left eye socket. Owing to the seriousness of the fracture there was no chance for the injured man's recovery, the attending physicians devoting their efforts to relieve any pain that he might be suffering.
At the inquest held this forenoon by Coroner Eugene Norton, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Thosw who testified were: Ralph Hawthorne, Dr. H. J. Gahagan and William Hinman, John Bohlin and George H. Groce, the painter to whom Mr. Hawthorne was talking as he opened the elevator door and disappeared down the shaft.
There was no eye witness of the accident, the testimony being of a circumstantial nature. Hinman, to whom Mr. Hawthorne was talking as he walked toward the elevator shaft, testified that he walked sideways toward the door, seemingly in a hurry. It is his impression that Mr. Hawthorne opened the door without looking to see if the elevator was at the landing where he had left it and stepped out into the empty shaft. He hears the door close with a slam and an instant later hears a thud as the body struck the cement floor.
The scalp wound and fracture were undoubtedly due to striking of the frame in the bottom of the shaft. An examination of the shaft showed no marks on the pulleys on the side.
Richard J. Hawthorne, who was one of Elgin's pioneer hardware and business men, had been a resident of Elgin since 1876. Besides building up one of the largest hardware businesses in the city, Mr. Hawthorne had devoted considerable time to public affairs, being the President of the school board for one term and also serving on the board of supervisors.
Interested in the welfare of the city as well as his own commercial success, R. Hawthorne was responsible for the erection of the Spurling block, which building he owned in partnership with his brother George. The Spurling was built in 1894 to supply a then urgent demand for offices and store floor space.
Since retiring from active business four years ago, Mr. Hawthorne had devoted his time to looking after the Spurling which is the lartest business block in Elgin. At the time that it was build the Spurling was the most modern office block in the city.
Richard J. Hawthorne was born January 17, 1841, at Pittsburg, Pa. His boyhood was spent at Canaan, Conn., where on August 29, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventh Connecticut Volunteer infantry, with which regiment he served during the Civil war. In the battle of Bermuda hundred on June 2, 1864, he was shot through the hip. The wound bothered his throughout his life.
After being honorably mustered out of service Mr. Hawthorne located at Lyons, Ia., where he engaged in the lumber business. On September 28, 1872, he was married to Miss Maria Woodward of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne came to Elgin on January 1. 1876.
Shortly after coming to Elgin Mr. Hawthorne opened a hardware store in partnership with his brother George, their store being located on the present site of the Kelley hotel. Later they erected the building now occupied by the Brenner Clothing company on Douglas avenue and in 1890 they built the store now occupied by the Hawthorne Hardware company on DuPage street.
Four years ago the elder Hawthorne retired from active business, Ralph W. Hawthorne, son of the deceased taking over the management of the business, the name of which was changed from Hawthorne Bros. to the Hawthorne Hardware company.
Mr. Hawthorne was a prominent Mason. He was a member of the Oriental Consistory of Chicago, Monitor Lodge and Elgin Chapter.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Edith, and a son, Ralph. A brother George with whom he had been associated in business for the last thirty-five years, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Conant, Miss Ellen Hawthorne of Los Angeles and Mrs. Joseph Briton of Bedford, N. Y., are other survivors.
The funeral services which will be private will be held Friday afternoon and will be in charge of the Masonic order.
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Pvt. Timothy Hays
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Watchmaker working for William Barker.
From the 1860 Census
Name - Timothy Hays
Aged - 35 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1860 - Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill.
Race - White
Spouses Name - Bridget Hays
Spouses Age - 34 Years
From the Adjutant Generals Report for the State of Illinois
Co. G 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Service
Enlisted May 12, 1864.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin, Ill's.
Remarks - Drowned in the Mississippi River June 30, 1864.
From the 1880 Census
Name - Timothy Hays
Aged - 56 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1880 - Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill.
Race - White
Occupation - Retired RR hand
Spouses Name - Bridget Hays
Spouses Age - 50 Years
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Drummer James Hazlehurst
Wayne Rifles
The Wayne Military Company met last Sabbath at Wayne Station, with a large congregation inside and outside the house, and listened to a one hour sermon by Rev. C.F. Forges, from Isaah *** 8, "Remember this, and show yourselves men." No gloves were used.
K Co. 36th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Fox River Regiment
Steedman's Brigade
Sheridan's Division
Fourth Corps
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 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's.
Aged 14 years.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran Jan. 1, 1864 at Blane's Cross Roads, East Tenn. and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough Jan. 30.
Accidently shot and killed by another member of the 36th Ill. Nov. 4, 1864.
Article: Oct. 16, 1916 issue The Elgin Daily News.
LEARN OF DEATH OF DRUMMER OF 36TH
Elgin Attorney Receives News Of Killing Of Jimmy Hazlehurst In War.more than fifty years ago, Jimmy Hazlehurst fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Hazlehurst, left Elgin as drummer boy for Company K, Thirty-sixth Illinois regiment. Three years later news of his accidental death reached Elgin. Today a nephew, Attorney Charles B. Hazlehurst, secured details of his uncle's death and started plans to have his body removed to the family burying ground at St. Charles.
An inquiry for information of the death of the drummer boy, published in a Pulaski, Tenn., newspaper by Attorney Hazlehurst, brought news of the accident. The article was read by Mrs. Mary Eyell, of Pulaski, Tenn., at whose home the boy was killed, and the only living witness to the accident. The following letter was received from her today:
Tells of Death of Drummer,
"I am writing you to give you all the information concerning the death of your uncle who was killed during the civil war. He, with two other soldiers, came to my house, eight miles south of Pulaski at noon. I gave them dinner and as they were leaving I was standing on the door step. Hazlehurst was in front and the man next to him accidentally got the trigger of his gun caught on his haversack and the gun was discharged and Hazlehurst was instantly killed. The ball grazed my ear as it passed.
"He was kept at my house all night and the next day Mr. Gideon Eyell, my father-in-law, and Mr. Bill Durarant, a neighbor, helped to bury him near Pulaski, on a farm known as the Peter Martin farm located near Riverburgh, a railroad station a few miles north of Pulaski. I shouldn't think you would have any trouble in locating the graveyard but thee is no way in which to locate the grave as all who helped are dead. I am the only living witness who saw the killing and could show you where the tragedy occurred. Perhaps mr. May could tell you more accurately where the graveyard is than I. I am glad to be able after these long years to find someone anxious to know about it and will be glad to help you in any way that I can. I am 75 years of age but *** and *****."
Member of Wayne Rifles'
Mr. Hazlehurst was one of three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hazlehurst who joined Company K. It was organized at Wayne and was know as the "Wayne Rifles."
Recently Attorney Hazlehurst cam across a copy of the history of the Thirty-sixth regiment. It told of the death of the drummer boy and contained the names of Captain Kelly and Major Sherman. It was after reading the history that the Elgin attorney decided to try and locate his uncle's grave.
Several members of Company K, who marched south with the drummer boy, still reside in Elgin.
In 1916 his Elgin Attorney Charles B. Hazlehurst, posted a story of his uncle in the Pulaski papers. Mrs. Evell, aged 75 and still alive answered his request for information. The family retrieved the body and had it re-interred in the family plot in St. Charles, Ill.
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Pvt. Frank H. Healy
F Co. 5th US Art'y
Died 1913
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
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Pvt. Newton Heath
Name - Newton Heath
Aged - 8 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1850 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the Dundee Reserved Rolls
1861 Dundee Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 31, 1861.From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Newton Heath
Birth Year - About 1842
Born - New York
Age on July 1, 1863 - 21 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Unmarried
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Pt. 1
Soldier - Newton Heath
Unit -
Co. I 52d Ill. Vol. Inft.
Marital Status - SingleOccupation - Farmer
Service Entry Age - 18 Years
Service Entry Date - Sept. 11, 1861
Service Entry Place - Dundee, Ill.
Joined by Whom - J. T. Brown
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In - Oct. 25, 1861 at Geneva, Ill.
Remarks - Re-enlisted as a Veteran
Pt. 2
Height - 5' 6 3/4"
Hair - Dark
Eues - Blue
Complexion - Light
Born - Oswego, New York
Service Entry Age - 20 Years
Service Entry Date - Dec. 25, 1863
Service Entry Place - Pulaski, Tenn.
Joined by Whom - Capt. Young
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In - Jan. 8, 1864 at Pulaski, Tenn.
Mustered Out - July 6, 1865 at Louisville, Ky.
Mustered Out by Whom - Capt. Guthrie
Remarks - Veteran
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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-Pvt. Charles Heaton
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Aug. 30, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's 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
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Capt. Phillip R. Heeland
Co. I 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Lyon Color Guard
Enlisted Dec. 24, 1861.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
26 year old Shoemaker.
Commissioned 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 SURENDER 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.
Notice: Oct. 22, 1862 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The following Shiloh prisoners arrived in company with Gen. Prentiss:
FIFTY EIGHTH ILLINOIS-Col. W.F. Lynch, Lieut. Col. Isaas Rutishauser, Major Thomas Newlan, Capt. Phillip R. Heelan, Cap. Fred Kurth, Lieut. C. Kittell, Lieut G. C. Keth, Lieut. R.H. Winslow, Adjutant Joseph G. Burt.
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
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 2, 1862
Meridian, Miss. Feb. 14, 1864
Pleasant Hill, La. April 9, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864
Fort Blakely, Ala. April 2, 1865
From Illinois County Marriages
Name - P. W. Heeland
Marriage Date - 1862
Place - Kane County
Spouse - Mary Heeland
From the 1900 Census
Name - Phillip Heeland
Aged - 59 Years
Born - Ireland
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Relation to head of house - Patient
Marital Status - Widowed
From the 1910 Census
Name - Phillip Heeland
Aged - 67 Years
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Street - So. State St.
Relation to head of house - Inmate
Marital Status - Widowed
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - Phillip Heeland
Birth Year - Abouth 1843
Aged - 67 Years
Died - July 24, 1910
Place - Elgin State Hospital, Kane Co., Ill.
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1st Sgt. James Hefferan
Member of St. Mary's Parish.I Co. 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Lyon Color Guard
Enlisted Dec. 24, 1861.Home of record listed 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.
Killed in Action at Shiloh at the Sunken Road.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
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Ass't Surg. George F. Heideman
1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 27, 1861.Field 58th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Lyon Color Guard
Enlisted March 31, 1863.Home of record listed as Chicago, Ill's.
Mustered In June 2, 1863 as 2nd Ass't Surg.
Promoted 1st Ass't Surg. Jan. 12, 1864.
Mustered Out Feb. 7, 1865.
Moved to Elgin, Ill.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Jan. 5, 1886.
Became a Doctor and opened an office in Elmhurst, Ill.
Obit; Oct. 2, 1908 issue of The Elgin Advocate.
Dr. George F. Heideman, of Elhurst, Ill., and well known in this city, died at his home in that city Tuesday. He was a brother of William Heideman, 169 Brook street, Elgin, and a member of Veteran Post, G.A.R., of this city.
The remains were brought to this city at 12:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, the funeral party coming in a special car over the Chicago-Elgin electric line. Here the local Grand Army men will meet the cortege and take charge of the burial at Bluff City cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at the home in Elmhurst prior to bringing the body to Elgin. The G.A.R. ritual will be used in the brief service at the grave, Henry Snellgrove, the post chaplain officiating. The deceased will be laid to rest at the side of his first wife and daughters in the Elgin cemetery.
Dr. Heideman entered the northern army from Elgin at the time of the Civil war. He was always an enthusiastic member of the G.A.R. post and until recent years, when his failing health made traveling impossible, he visited Elgin on Memorial day each year and joined with the post in observing the holiday.
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John J. Helden
Unknown Regiment
Moved to Elgin, Ill. around 1867.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois State Census #237/287 as aged 26 years, from Minn., living in Elgin.
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 18, 1885.
Member First Congregational Church.
Resided at 158 North Channing St.
Died at Sherman Hospital Aug. 23, 1922.
Obit: Aug. 25, 1922 issue The Elgin Daily News.
John J. Helden of 158 North Channing street died at Sherman hospital Thursday evening after several weeks illness. He was born on a farm in Alegon county, Michigan, May 24, 1842 and was eighty years and three months old at his death.
He had been a resident of Elgin for fifty-six years. He was a member of the First Congregational church.
He leaves besides his widow, one son, Frank L., of Savanna, Ill., and two stepsons, Charles and William Samuelson of Elgin.
Mrs. Alfred W. Hudson and Mrs. E.M. Scheflow are nieces.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Norris Chapel.
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Pvt. Charles F. Helm
B Co. 69th Ill. Vol. Inf.
3 Months Service
Enlisted June 4, 1862.Mustered In June 14, 1862 at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's.
Guard duties at Camp Douglas over rebel prisoners.
Mustered Out Sept. 27, 1862
Member Dundee GAR Post #519.
Died June 11, 1934.
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Pvt. George Helt
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Nov. 6, 1862.Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In at Elgin, Ill's Nov. 15, 1862.
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Deserted Nov. 20, 1862.
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Pvt. Dwight A. Hemenway
I Co. 2nd Mass. H'y Art'y
Moved to Elgin, Ill. in 1890.
From the Post #49 Files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 24, 1901.
Tool Dept. of the Machine Room at the Elgin Watch Factory.
Transferred to another GAR Post.
Moved to Florence, Mass. 1910.
Member of GAR W. L. Baker Post.
Obit; March 13, 1915 issue of The Elgin Advocate.
Dwight A. Memenway of Florence, Mass., but formerly of this city, died at his home last week following an extended illness.
Mr. Hemenway was born in Florence, Mass., and was 83 years of age. In 1890 he cae to Elgin and was employed for twenty years in the tool department of the machine room at the watch factory. He left here five years ago and returned to his birthplace. Mr. Hemenway was a member of the G.A.R., having served during the Civil war with company I, Second Massachusetts. He was also a member of the monitor lodge A.F. and A.M. and the knights Templar.
He is survived by his widow.
The funeral was held from the late residence in Florence Saturday afternoon.
Obit; March 4, 1915 issue of the Springfield (Mass.) Union.
Dwight A. Hemenway, 82 years old, died suddenly at 3 o'clock this morning of apoplexy. He arose shortly after midnight to shut down a window, told his wife that he was not feeling well, was assisted into a chair and became unconscious. Mr. Hemenway was born in Leverett, was employed for several years in the old sewing machine shop and in the silk mill in Florence, enlisted in the 2d Mass. Regt., Heavy Artillery, and was a member of W. L. Baker Grave Army Post. He was employed in Elgin, Ill. for 25 years, returning to Florence in 1910. He leaves a wife.
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Pvt. William R. Hemenway
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
I Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
The Lincoln Regiment
Mustered In - Oct. 25, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's.Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
Issued a .58 rifled musket.
Remarks - Re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 8, 1864 and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veteran's Furlough.
Mustered Out - July 6, 1865 in Louisville, Ky.
Finial payout and discharge at Camp Douglas in Chicago July 12, 1865.
Known actions;
Ft. Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry. Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
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
Notice: Dec. 12, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
The 52d, Col. Wilson's has gone to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they will spend the winter. Price seems to have frightened Halleck out of the idea of going down the river and so our brave soldiers must be distributed over Missouri to protect a people who will not protect themselves.
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.
Died Jan. 8, 1883.
Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.
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Pvt. Fredrick B. Hemmingway
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted - Nov. 4, 1862Listed home of record as Elgin.
Mustered In - at Elgin, Ill. Nov. 15, 1862
Remarks - Deserted Nov. 20, 1862.
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Fredrick B. Hemmingway
Unit - Renwick's Elgin Independent Battery of Light Artillery
Height - 5' 8 1/2"
Hair - Brown
Eyes - Blue
Complexion - Light
Occupation - Painter
Born - 1839 in New York
Service Entry Age - 23 Years
Service Entry Date - Nov. 4, 1862
Period - 3 Years
Remarks - Deserted Nov. 20, 1862
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Decriptive Rolls
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-Pvt. Eli Henderson
Co. C 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Service
Enlisted May 7, 1864.Home of record listed as Elgin.
Mustered In June 16, 1864 at Camp Kane in Elgin.
Mustered Out Oct. 10, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
Notice: July 6, 1864 issue Elgin 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.
From the Find-a-Grave Index
Name - Pvt. Eli Henderson
Cemetery - Evergreen Cemetery
Place - Barrington, Cook Co., Ill.
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Pvt. James P. Henderson
From the 1956 Kane County Honor RollSoldier - Pvt. James P. Henderson
Unit -
Co. E 3rd Wisc. Inft.
Died - May 24, 1917
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery in ElginLocation - Grave 6, Lot 9, Soldiers Reserve
Name – James P. Henderson
Unit -
Co. E 23rd Wisc. Inft.
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery, Soldiers ReserveBurial Place - Kane Co., Ill. Cook Co., Ill.
Application for membership in Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 rejected on July 15, 1889.
From the 1880 Federal Census
Name - James P. Henderson
Aged - 40 Years
Birth Place - Massachusetts
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
From the 1910 Census
Name - James P. Henderson
Aged - 71 Years
Born - 1839 in Massachusetts
Home in 1910 - 2nd Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Street - 200 Spring street
Race - White
Marital Status - Widowed
Occupation - Gardner
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Name - James P. Henderson
Unit - Co. E 23rd Wisc. Inf.
Cemetery - Bluff City Cemetery
Record Source - 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor
Spouses Name - Fanny Henderson
Obit; from the May 26, 1914 issue of the Elgin Daily News.
Members of Veteran Post. No. 49, G.A.R., today presided at the funerals of two Elgin Veterans of the War of the Rebellion. They were Jacob Brinkerhoff and James P. Henderson.
The body of the late Jacob Brinkerhoff arrived here this forenoon at 7:20 o'clock over the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad from Kansas City. The body was met by a delegation of the G.A.R., Dundee veterans had been asked to escort the remains but because of the small number in the up river city members of Veteran Post were asked to assist. The funeral party left at 9 o'clock for Dundee where the body was interred in the west side cemetery.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon, the veterans gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gough, 520 Villa street, to take charge of the funeral of James P. Henderson. burial was at Bluff City cemetery.
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - James P. Henderson
Born - 1840
Aged - 74 Years
Died - May 24, 1914 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
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Jason Henderson
G Co. 23rd Wisc. Inf.
Buried in the GAR section of the Bluff City Cemetery.
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Michael Henrick
From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Michael Henrick
Born - 1844 in Germany
Age on July 1, 1863 - 19 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Unmarried
Residence - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.
Name - Michael Henrick
Born - 1844 in Germany
Age on July 1, 1863 - 19 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Unmarried
Residence - Hampshire, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Michael Henrick
Unit - Co. C 127th Ill. Inf.
Died - May 5, 1883
Interred at German Evangelical Cemetery in Hampshire, Ill.
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Pvt. Charles Hendrickson
G Co. 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Service
Enlisted May 17, 1864.Home of record listed 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 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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Sgt. Dennis J. Hennessey
From the Adjutant Generals Report of the State of Illinois I Co. 23rd Ill. Vol.. Inf.
Three Years Service
Irish Brigade
Mulligan's Brigade
Mustered In Feb. 9, 1865.Home of record listed as Chicago, Ill's.
Mustered Out July 24, 1865.
Known Actions;
Fishers Hill
Ft. Gregg April 2, 1865
From the Post #49 files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 3, 1886.
From the 1900 Census
Name - Dennis J. Hennessey
Aged - 55 Years
Born - Feb. 1845 in Canada
Home in 1900 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Marriage Year - 1871
Spouses Name - Mary Hennessey
Spouses Age - 49 Years
From the 1910 Census
Name - Dennis J. Hennessey
Aged - 65 Years
Born - 1845 in Canada
Home in 1910 - 6th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Spouses Name - Mary Hennessey
Spouses Age - 55 Years
Member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Silver Leaf Camp #60.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Died Feb. 26, 1915, 2:30 pm at St. Joseph's Hospital. Aged 72 years. Undertaker, Thomas E. Roche. Physician, John R. Zahn. Permit #15356. Buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Elgin.
Obit; Feb. 26, 1915 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
Dennis J. Hennesse, a Civil War veteran, died at 2;40 o'clock this afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital after a two months illness.
He is survived by his widow and five children, Mrs. Frank Beebe, Mrs. George Bolger, Miss Daisy, John and James.
He was 71 years of age and was born in Canada. He was a Woodman. James Hennessey is deputy probate clerk at Geneva.
The deceased was a member of St. Mary's church.
Name, Hennessey, Dennis J.
War, Civil War
Rank, Sgt.
Unit, Co. I 23 Ill. Inft.
Interred at, Mt. Hope Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Date of Death, 1915
Location, Section G, Block 1, Lot 119.
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - Dennis Hennessey
Born - 1843
Aged - 72 Years
Died - Feb. 26, 1915
Place - St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Sgt. Dennis J. Hennessey
Unit - Co. I 23d Ill. Inf.
Died - 1915
Interred at - Mt. Hope Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 119, Block 1, Section C
Name - Dennis Hennessey
Born - 1843
Aged - 72 Years
Died - Feb. 26, 1915
Place - St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Sgt. Dennis J. Hennessey
Unit - Co. I 23d Ill. Inf.
Died - 1915
Interred at - Mt. Hope Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 119, Block 1, Section C
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Pvt. John R. Henning
A Co. 141st Ill. Vol. Inf.
100 Days Regiment
Mustered In June 16, 1864Home of record listed as Dundee, Ill's.
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.
Died Oct. 12, 1903.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
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Pvt. Hugh Henry
Listed on the 1860 Census #736/4934 as a 27 year old Laborer from Ireland living in Dundee, Ill's.
1861 Dundee Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 31, 1861.H Co. 65th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Cameron's Highlanders
Three Years Service
Scotch Regiment
Enlisted Dec. 9, 1863.Mustered In Dec. 9, 1863.
Mustered Out July 13, 1865.
Known actions;
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31, 1864
Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 30, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864
From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Hugh Henry
born - 1831 in Ireland
Age on July 1, 1863 - 32 Years
Race - White
Marital Status - Married
Residence - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
From the 1870 Census
Name - Hugh Henry
Aged - 38 Years
Born - 1832 in Ireland
Home in 1870 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - White
Spouses Name - Catharine Henry
Spouses Age - 40 Years
Listed on the 1880 Census
Name - Hugh Henry
Aged - 50 Years
Occupation - Machine Shop Worker
Home in 1880 - Dundee, Kane Co., Ill.
Died Oct. 16, 1897.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Authors Note; St. Mary's Parish records show him in A Co.
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Pvt. William Henry
K Co. 11th Mich. Inf.
From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger
Died – June 10, 1900
Where – Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Kane county, Ill.
Permit #7849
Interred – June 12, 1900
Where – Bluff City Cemetery
Location – Log 12, Soldiers Reserve
Head of Grave from – North line 12', West line 6.4'
Cause of Death – Pneumonia 4 days
Condition – Male / White
Undertaker retained – Wait & Burdick
Physician – T. P. Brown
From the June 11, 1900 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier
William Henry died on Saturday night at Sherman hospital. He was ill but a few days, of pneumonia.
Mr. Henry was a veteran of the civil war. His home was formerly at Ottawa, but he had been at the
soldiers' home at Quincy several years. Recently he went to Chicago, but being friendless and poor
was unable to remain. Hoping to find work in the country that he was able to do he started out on foot,
but was too ill to proceed further than this city, where he was found under a tree near the Fox River
switch and taken to Sherman hospital. His age was about 55 years.
From the Illinois Select Death Index
Name - William Henry
Birth Year - About 1841
Aged - 59 Years
Died - June 10, 1900 at Elgin, Sherman Hospital, Kane Co., Ill.
From the Bluff City Cemetery Find A Grave files
Died - June 10, 1900
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William Herring
Unknown Regiment
Member Elgin GAR Sam G. Ward Post #18.
Notice: Aug. 5, 1876 issue The Elgin Advocate.
The Grand Army Posts in this state have been renumbered, and hereafter Sam G. Ward Post will be known as No. 11.
The Grand Army Posts in this state have been renumbered, and hereafter Sam G. Ward Post will be known as No. 11.
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-Pvt. Martin Herser
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. D 65th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Scotch Regiment
Enlisted June 15, 1862.Listed home of record as Elgin, Ill's.
Taken captive at the surrender of Harpers Ferry and paroled the next day.
Mustered Out June 5, 1865.
Known Actions;
Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1863
Lost Mountain, Ga. June 15, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Columbia, SC Nov. 24, 1864
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1864
Federal Point Feb. 7, 1865
Smithtown Creek Feb. 20, 1865
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. Martin Herser
Unit - Co. D 65 Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 6"
Hair - Light
Eyes - Gray
Complexion - Light
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Born - 1849 in Germany
Service Entry Age - 19 Years
Service Entry Date - June 15, 1862
Mustered Out - June 5, 1865 at Chicago, Ill.
Mustered Out by Whom - Capt. Hill
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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Pvt. John Hessler
5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Oct. 5, 1862Listed 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.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pvt. John Hesse
From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. C 153rd Ill. Vol. Inf.
One Year Service
Enlisted Feb. 15, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Mustered In Feb. 15, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago.
Guard duties along the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865.
Received final pay and discharged at Springfield, Ill. Sept. 24, 1865.
Mustered Out July 18, 1865.
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. John Hesse
Unit - Co. C 153rd Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 2"
Eyes - Brown
Hair - Dark
Complexion - Light
Born - 1843 in Germany
Occupation - Brewer
Service Entry Age - 22 Years
Service Entry Date - Feb. 15, 1865 at Maringo, Ill.
Joined by Whom - Capt. Coon
Period - 1 Year
Mustered In Feb. 15, 1865 at Maringo, Ill.
Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865 at Memphis, Tenn.
Mustered Out by Whom - Lt. Brown
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Soldier - Pvt. John Hesse
Unit - Co. C 153rd Ill. Inf.
Height - 5' 2"
Eyes - Brown
Hair - Dark
Complexion - Light
Born - 1843 in Germany
Occupation - Brewer
Service Entry Age - 22 Years
Service Entry Date - Feb. 15, 1865 at Maringo, Ill.
Joined by Whom - Capt. Coon
Period - 1 Year
Mustered In Feb. 15, 1865 at Maringo, Ill.
Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865 at Memphis, Tenn.
Mustered Out by Whom - Lt. Brown
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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Cpl. Benjamin Hewitt
From the 1850 Census
Name - Benjamin Hewitt
Aged - 27 Years
Born - 1823 in Canada
Home in 1850 - Monguagon, Wayne Co., Mich.
Spouses Name - Catharine Hewitt
Spouses Age - 21 Years
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as living on Gifford St.
From the 1860 Census
Name Benjamin Hewitt
Aged - 36 Years
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Post Office - Clinton (Clintonville, Present day South Elgin)
Spouses Name - Elonoy Hewitt
Spouses Age - 34 Years
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
Co. C 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Elgin Sharpshooters
Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago Sept. 5, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket
Discharged Aug. 29, 1863, reason not listed.
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
From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Cpl. Benjamin Hewitt
Unit - Co. C 127th Ill. Inft.
Height - 5' 10 1/2"
Eyes - Blue
Hair - Brown
Complexion - Light
Occupation - Farmer
Marital Status - Married
Born - 1824 in the United States
Service Entry Age - 38 Years
Service Entry Date - Aug. 14, 1862 in Elgin, Ill.
Joined by Whom - John S. Riddle
Period - 3 Years
Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862 at Chicago, Ill.
Remarks - Discharged at Chicago, Ill. Aug. 29, 1863
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
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Pvt. Darlus (Delos) W. Hewett
Listed on the 1850 Census #15/72 as Aged 5 years living in Elgin, Ill's.
Washington Continental Artillery
Listed on the 1860 Census #741/4970 as a 27 year old Farmer from New York living in Dundee, Ill's.1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 27, 1861.1861 Dundee Class II Reserve Militia
Signed the roll July 31, 1861.5th Ill. Light Artillery
Three Years Service
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
32 year old Gentleman of Leisure
At the battery Muster In, this battery is armed with six 24 pound Howitzers.
Post war;
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
Listed on the 1870 Census #237/301 as aged 42 years, from New York, living in Elgin, Ill.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger: Occupation, Farmer. Died Jan. 15, 1907, 10:00 am in the Township of Elgin. Aged 73/9/26. Undertaker retained, Bunker & Chambers. Pronouncing Physician, H. G. G. Schmidt. Death Cert. #10376.
Conflict of age on census reports.
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Ira L. Hewitt
Died Oct. 20, 1882.
Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
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Sgt. John A. Hewitt
Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #***/4970 as a 27 year old Serving at Home, living in Dundee, Ill's.Attended the Elgin Academy
The Elgin Union Grays
Enlisted Aug. 8, 1861Co. A 36th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Fox River Regiment
Steedman's Brigade
Sheridan's Division
Fourth Corps
Home of record listed as Dundee, 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 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill's. Sept. 23, 1861.
Issued a .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket.
Wounded in Action at Stones River threw both hips.
Re-enlisted as a Veteran Jan. 1, 1864 at Blane's Cross Roads, East Tenn. and paid a $300 Veterans Bounty, then sent home on 30 days Veterans Furlough Jan. 30.
Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark. March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Post war;
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 July 15, 1884.
Applied for and received a pension of $2.00 per month for 'g. s. w. both hips'.
D. C. Cook Publishing Co.
As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:
Occupation, Watchmaker. Died Oct. 30, 1912, 5:00 am at 267 Summitt St. Aged 71/11/22. Cause of death listed as Dieseas of the Heart & Acute Bronkitis. Undertaker, Bunker & Chambers. Physician, W. C. Bridge. Permit #13975.
Obit; Oct. 30, 1912 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
John A. Hewitt died at his home, 207 Summit street, this morning after a long illness. He was an old resident of Elgin and was a veteran of the civil War, being a member of the thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry.
Mr. Hewitt was an employe of the D. C. Cook Publishing company of a quarter of a century and was obliged to relinquish his duties at that institution several months ago on account of ill health.
Mrs. Ida M. Hewitt, who is well known as a leading member of the Woman's Relief Corps, is his widow.
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