ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
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Name: NEEDHAM, CHARLES
Rank: PVT
Company: C
Unit: 11 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
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Residence: CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL
Age: 18
Height: 5' 9
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: WHITING, ADDISON CO, VT
Service Record
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Joined When: AUG 16, 1861
Joined Where: CENTRALIA, IL
Joined By Whom: N/A
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: N/A
Muster In Where: N/A
Muster In By Whom: N/A
Muster Out: N/A
Muster Out Where: N/A
Muster Out By Whom: N/A
Remarks
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KILLED AT FORT DONELSON, TN, 15-FEB-1862
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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The success elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general, earning him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant in the process (utilizing his first two initials, "U.S.").
The battle followed the capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Grant moved his army 12 miles overland to Fort Donelson on February 12 through February 13 and conducted several small probing attacks. (Although the name was not yet in use, the troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's very consequential and successful Army of the Tennessee.[1]) On February 14, U.S. Navy gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with naval gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from Donelson's water batteries.
On February 15, with their fort surrounded, the Confederates, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army, attempting to open an avenue of escape. Grant, who was away from the battlefield at the start of the attack, arrived to rally his men and counterattack. Despite achieving a partial success, Floyd lost his nerve and recalled his men to their entrenchments.
On the morning of February 16, Floyd and his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, both turned over their command to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, who agreed to unconditional surrender terms from Grant.
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Chas. Needham; Soldier; Pvt.; Civil; bur'd. 2/15/62; Grave 1/Lot 58.
SOURCE: taken from a volume in the Kendall County Recorder's office titled "Certificate of Burial of Soldiers, Sailors or Marines", a veteran burial location project conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. The information was compiled in 1938 by Walter Thurow, Historian of the Kendall County Council of the American Legion.
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Actual burial here
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Name: NEEDHAM, CHARLES
Rank: PVT
Company: C
Unit: 11 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
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Residence: CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL
Age: 18
Height: 5' 9
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: WHITING, ADDISON CO, VT
Service Record
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Joined When: AUG 16, 1861
Joined Where: CENTRALIA, IL
Joined By Whom: N/A
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: N/A
Muster In Where: N/A
Muster In By Whom: N/A
Muster Out: N/A
Muster Out Where: N/A
Muster Out By Whom: N/A
Remarks
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KILLED AT FORT DONELSON, TN, 15-FEB-1862
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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The success elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general, earning him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant in the process (utilizing his first two initials, "U.S.").
The battle followed the capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Grant moved his army 12 miles overland to Fort Donelson on February 12 through February 13 and conducted several small probing attacks. (Although the name was not yet in use, the troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's very consequential and successful Army of the Tennessee.[1]) On February 14, U.S. Navy gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with naval gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from Donelson's water batteries.
On February 15, with their fort surrounded, the Confederates, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army, attempting to open an avenue of escape. Grant, who was away from the battlefield at the start of the attack, arrived to rally his men and counterattack. Despite achieving a partial success, Floyd lost his nerve and recalled his men to their entrenchments.
On the morning of February 16, Floyd and his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, both turned over their command to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, who agreed to unconditional surrender terms from Grant.
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Chas. Needham; Soldier; Pvt.; Civil; bur'd. 2/15/62; Grave 1/Lot 58.
SOURCE: taken from a volume in the Kendall County Recorder's office titled "Certificate of Burial of Soldiers, Sailors or Marines", a veteran burial location project conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. The information was compiled in 1938 by Walter Thurow, Historian of the Kendall County Council of the American Legion.
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Actual burial here
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
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Name: NEEDHAM, CHARLES
Rank: PVT
Company: C
Unit: 11 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
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Residence: CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL
Age: 18
Height: 5' 9
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: WHITING, ADDISON CO, VT
Service Record
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Joined When: AUG 16, 1861
Joined Where: CENTRALIA, IL
Joined By Whom: N/A
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: N/A
Muster In Where: N/A
Muster In By Whom: N/A
Muster Out: N/A
Muster Out Where: N/A
Muster Out By Whom: N/A
Remarks
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KILLED AT FORT DONELSON, TN, 15-FEB-1862
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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The success elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general, earning him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant in the process (utilizing his first two initials, "U.S.").
The battle followed the capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Grant moved his army 12 miles overland to Fort Donelson on February 12 through February 13 and conducted several small probing attacks. (Although the name was not yet in use, the troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's very consequential and successful Army of the Tennessee.[1]) On February 14, U.S. Navy gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with naval gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from Donelson's water batteries.
On February 15, with their fort surrounded, the Confederates, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army, attempting to open an avenue of escape. Grant, who was away from the battlefield at the start of the attack, arrived to rally his men and counterattack. Despite achieving a partial success, Floyd lost his nerve and recalled his men to their entrenchments.
On the morning of February 16, Floyd and his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, both turned over their command to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, who agreed to unconditional surrender terms from Grant.
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Chas. Needham; Soldier; Pvt.; Civil; bur'd. 2/15/62; Grave 1/Lot 58.
SOURCE: taken from a volume in the Kendall County Recorder's office titled "Certificate of Burial of Soldiers, Sailors or Marines", a veteran burial location project conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. The information was compiled in 1938 by Walter Thurow, Historian of the Kendall County Council of the American Legion.
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Actual burial here
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Name: NEEDHAM, CHARLES
Rank: PVT
Company: C
Unit: 11 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
========================
Residence: CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL
Age: 18
Height: 5' 9
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: WHITING, ADDISON CO, VT
Service Record
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Joined When: AUG 16, 1861
Joined Where: CENTRALIA, IL
Joined By Whom: N/A
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: N/A
Muster In Where: N/A
Muster In By Whom: N/A
Muster Out: N/A
Muster Out Where: N/A
Muster Out By Whom: N/A
Remarks
=======
KILLED AT FORT DONELSON, TN, 15-FEB-1862
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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The success elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general, earning him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant in the process (utilizing his first two initials, "U.S.").
The battle followed the capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Grant moved his army 12 miles overland to Fort Donelson on February 12 through February 13 and conducted several small probing attacks. (Although the name was not yet in use, the troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's very consequential and successful Army of the Tennessee.[1]) On February 14, U.S. Navy gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with naval gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from Donelson's water batteries.
On February 15, with their fort surrounded, the Confederates, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army, attempting to open an avenue of escape. Grant, who was away from the battlefield at the start of the attack, arrived to rally his men and counterattack. Despite achieving a partial success, Floyd lost his nerve and recalled his men to their entrenchments.
On the morning of February 16, Floyd and his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, both turned over their command to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, who agreed to unconditional surrender terms from Grant.
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Chas. Needham; Soldier; Pvt.; Civil; bur'd. 2/15/62; Grave 1/Lot 58.
SOURCE: taken from a volume in the Kendall County Recorder's office titled "Certificate of Burial of Soldiers, Sailors or Marines", a veteran burial location project conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. The information was compiled in 1938 by Walter Thurow, Historian of the Kendall County Council of the American Legion.
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Actual burial here
Gravesite Details
BIRTH: ???, DEATH: Fort Donelson - Son of Albert and Sophia L., Civil War vet, Company A, 156th Infantry.
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