 Birth |
04 Jun 1839 |
Liberty, Clay, Missouri, U.S.A. |
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| Place of Residence |
1850 |
Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States |
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| Place of Residence |
1860 |
Rock Island City 3rd Ward, Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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| Military Induction |
02 May 1861 |
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2nd Lt., Company D, 12th Infantry, Illinois Regiment |
| Military Discharge |
01 Aug 1861 |
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Mustered out Company D, 12th Infantry, Illinois Regiment |
| Military Induction |
20 Aug 1861 |
Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.A. |
Enlisted as 1st Sgt., Company G, 33rd Infantry, Illinois Regiment |
| Military Service |
20 Sep 1861 |
Ironton, Missouri, U.S.A. |
His unit became attached to the Dept. of Missouri |
| Military Service |
21 Oct 1861 |
Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, U.S.A. |
Battle of Fredericktown |
| Military Service |
05 Feb 1862 |
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Transferred to Gun Boat Service |
| Military Service |
03 Mar 1862 |
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His Unit moved to Reeve's Station where they were attached to the 2nd Brigade of Steele's Army of Southeat Missouri |
| Military Service |
06 Mar 1862 |
Leetown, Arkansas |
Battle of Pea Ridge |
| Military Service |
23 Mar 1862 |
White River, Arkansas |
The Unit was sent on expedition |
| Military Service |
05 Apr 1862 |
Batesville, Arkansas |
The Unit was attached to the 1st Division of the Army of Southwest Missouri |
| Military Service |
25 May 1862 |
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The Unit headed to Helen, Arkansas |
| Military Service |
07 Jul 1862 |
Woodruff, Arkansas |
Battle of Cache River |
| Military Service |
14 Jul 1862 |
Helen, Arkansas |
Once they arrived, the Unit was attached to the 1st Division, District of Eatern Arkansas, Dept of Missouri |
| Military Service |
24 Sep 1862 |
Prentiss, Bolivar, Mississippi |
Skirmish |
| Military Service |
28 Sep 1862 |
Friar's Point, Mississippi |
Skirmish |
| Military Service |
Dec 1862 |
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The Unit was attached to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division of the Army of SouthEast Missouri |
| Military Service |
05 Mar 1863 |
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The Unit was ordered to St. Genevieve, Mississippi |
| Military Service |
Mar 1863 |
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The Unit was attached to the 1st Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
| Military Service |
29 Apr 1863 |
Warren, Mississippi |
Battle of Snyder's Bluff |
| Military Service |
01 May 1863 |
Port Gibson, Clairborne, Mississippi |
Battle of Port Gibson |
| Military Service |
12 May 1863 |
Raymond, Hinds, Mississippi |
Battle of Raymond |
| Military Service |
14 May 1863 |
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi |
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi |
| Military Service |
16 May 1863 |
Hinds, Mississippi |
Battle of Champion’s Hill |
| Military Service |
17 May 1863 |
Hinds, Mississippi |
Battle of Big Black River Bridge |
| Military Service |
18 May 1863 |
Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi |
Siege of Vicksburg Began |
| Military Service |
07 Jun 1863 |
Milliken's Bend, Madison Parish, Mississippi |
Battle of Milliken's Bend |
| Military Service |
04 Jul 1863 |
Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi |
Siege of Vicksburg Ended |
| Military Service |
05 Jul 1863 |
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The Unit was ordered to Jackson, Mississippi |
| Military Service |
10 Jul 1863 |
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi |
Siege of Jackson Began |
| Military Service |
17 Jul 1863 |
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi |
Siege of Jackson Ended |
| Military Service |
20 Aug 1863 |
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The Unit was transferred to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Corps of the Dept of the Tennessee and then ordered to New Orleans |
| Marriage |
20 Oct 1863 |
Mireable, Caldwell, Missouri, U.S.A. |
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| Military Service |
12 Nov 1863 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Unit was attached to the Dept of the Gulf and were ordered to Texas |
| Military Service |
17 Nov 1863 |
Mustang Island, Texas |
Battle of Mustang Island |
| Military Service |
27 Nov 1863 |
Matagorda Island, Texas |
Battle of Fort Esperanza |
| Military Service |
18 Apr 1864 |
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The Unit, after spending 3 months securing the Bay, received orders to move to New Orleans where they were attached to the District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf until February 1865 |
| Military Service |
Feb 1865 |
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The Unit was attached to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi and given orders for the Campaign against Mobile, Alabama |
| Military Service |
27 Mar 1865 |
Baldwin, Alabama |
Battle of Spanish Fort |
| Military Service |
02 Apr 1865 |
Baldwin, Alabama |
Battle of Fort Blakely |
| Military Service |
13 Apr 1865 |
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The Unit was ordered to Montgomery, Alabama |
| Military Service |
10 May 1865 |
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The Unit was ordered to Selma, Alabama |
| Military Service |
17 May 1865 |
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The Unit was ordered to Meridian, Mississippi, where they were attached to the Dept of Mississippi |
| Military Discharge |
06 Dec 1865 |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
The Unit Mustered Out of Service |
| Place of Residence |
1880 |
Milan, Rock Island, Illinois, United States |
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| Place of Residence |
1900 |
Shoal Township Cameron city Ward 3-4, Clinton, Missouri, United States |
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| Place of Residence |
1910 |
Cameron Ward 4, Clinton, Missouri, United States |
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| Death |
20 Jan 1914 |
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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| Burial |
23 Jan 1914 |
Cameron, Clinton, Missouri, U.S.A. |
Graceland Cemetary |
Samuel Tisdale
Almeda Riggs