Private in Company E, 108th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Enlisted at age eighteen. Died from chronic illness four months later at the regimental hospital while encamped in Memphis, Tennessee.
His father Norman drove a wagon from Metamora, Illinois down to Memphis to retrieve his son's body so it could be buried back home.
Enlisted at age eighteen. Died from chronic illness four months later at the regimental hospital while encamped in Memphis, Tennessee.
His father Norman drove a wagon from Metamora, Illinois down to Memphis to retrieve his son's body so it could be buried back home.
Private in Company E, 108th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Enlisted at age eighteen. Died from chronic illness four months later at the regimental hospital while encamped in Memphis, Tennessee.
His father Norman drove a wagon from Metamora, Illinois down to Memphis to retrieve his son's body so it could be buried back home.
Enlisted at age eighteen. Died from chronic illness four months later at the regimental hospital while encamped in Memphis, Tennessee.
His father Norman drove a wagon from Metamora, Illinois down to Memphis to retrieve his son's body so it could be buried back home.
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