Private EDWARD R. CLARK, Co. A, 86th Illinois
Edward R. Clark was born on __________ __, 18__ (c. 1824) in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in Christian County, the son of __________ Clark and __________ (__________) Clark.
On August 9, 1862, Edward R. Clark volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Eureka and El Paso, Illinois in Woodford County by William S. Magarity, who had been the first man elected to serve as Woodford County Sheriff in the 1840's. He stated he was 38 years of age when he enlisted and his place of residence as Olio Township in Woodford County, Illinois.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name CLARK, EDWARD R
Rank PVT Company A Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence OLIO, WOODFORD CO, IL Age 38 Height 6' 3 3/8 Hair DARK
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status MARRIED Occupation MERCHANT
Nativity HOPKINSVILLE, CHRISTIAN CO, KY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 9, 1862 Joined Where OLIO, IL
Joined By Whom CPT MAGARITY Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out N/A
Muster Out Where N/A Muster Out By Whom N/A
Remarks DIED IN HOSPITAL AT NASHVILLE TENN JAN 9, 1863
When Magarity had about 100 volunteers, he took his company across the Illinois River to Peoria, Illinois where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. On August 27, 1862, 96 men of the Woodford County company were mustered into service as Co. A of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Magarity was elected Captain of Co. A.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th Regiments of Illinois Volunteer Infantry marched out of Camp Lyon through the streets of Peoria to the railroad station where they boarded trains bound for Camp Joe Holt, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which was located on the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. About the 1st of October of 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th were assigned to the 36th Brigade, which was being commanded by General Daniel McCook, then Colonel of the 52nd Ohio, also part of the 36th Brigade, and they were sent into Kentucky in pursuit of Confederate troops in Kentucky.
On Oct. 8, 1862, McCook's Brigade caught up with those Confederate troops and were briefly engaged withe them in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Battle of Perryville, the Confederates withdrew from the State of Kentucky and the men of McCook's Briagde marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they would spend the winter of 1862/63.
by Baxter B. Fite III
Edward R. Clark was born on __________ __, 18__ (c. 1824) in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in Christian County, the son of __________ Clark and __________ (__________) Clark.
On August 9, 1862, Edward R. Clark volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Eureka and El Paso, Illinois in Woodford County by William S. Magarity, who had been the first man elected to serve as Woodford County Sheriff in the 1840's. He stated he was 38 years of age when he enlisted and his place of residence as Olio Township in Woodford County, Illinois.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name CLARK, EDWARD R
Rank PVT Company A Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence OLIO, WOODFORD CO, IL Age 38 Height 6' 3 3/8 Hair DARK
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status MARRIED Occupation MERCHANT
Nativity HOPKINSVILLE, CHRISTIAN CO, KY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 9, 1862 Joined Where OLIO, IL
Joined By Whom CPT MAGARITY Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out N/A
Muster Out Where N/A Muster Out By Whom N/A
Remarks DIED IN HOSPITAL AT NASHVILLE TENN JAN 9, 1863
When Magarity had about 100 volunteers, he took his company across the Illinois River to Peoria, Illinois where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. On August 27, 1862, 96 men of the Woodford County company were mustered into service as Co. A of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Magarity was elected Captain of Co. A.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th Regiments of Illinois Volunteer Infantry marched out of Camp Lyon through the streets of Peoria to the railroad station where they boarded trains bound for Camp Joe Holt, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which was located on the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. About the 1st of October of 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th were assigned to the 36th Brigade, which was being commanded by General Daniel McCook, then Colonel of the 52nd Ohio, also part of the 36th Brigade, and they were sent into Kentucky in pursuit of Confederate troops in Kentucky.
On Oct. 8, 1862, McCook's Brigade caught up with those Confederate troops and were briefly engaged withe them in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Battle of Perryville, the Confederates withdrew from the State of Kentucky and the men of McCook's Briagde marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they would spend the winter of 1862/63.
by Baxter B. Fite III
Private EDWARD R. CLARK, Co. A, 86th Illinois
Edward R. Clark was born on __________ __, 18__ (c. 1824) in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in Christian County, the son of __________ Clark and __________ (__________) Clark.
On August 9, 1862, Edward R. Clark volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Eureka and El Paso, Illinois in Woodford County by William S. Magarity, who had been the first man elected to serve as Woodford County Sheriff in the 1840's. He stated he was 38 years of age when he enlisted and his place of residence as Olio Township in Woodford County, Illinois.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name CLARK, EDWARD R
Rank PVT Company A Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence OLIO, WOODFORD CO, IL Age 38 Height 6' 3 3/8 Hair DARK
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status MARRIED Occupation MERCHANT
Nativity HOPKINSVILLE, CHRISTIAN CO, KY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 9, 1862 Joined Where OLIO, IL
Joined By Whom CPT MAGARITY Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out N/A
Muster Out Where N/A Muster Out By Whom N/A
Remarks DIED IN HOSPITAL AT NASHVILLE TENN JAN 9, 1863
When Magarity had about 100 volunteers, he took his company across the Illinois River to Peoria, Illinois where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. On August 27, 1862, 96 men of the Woodford County company were mustered into service as Co. A of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Magarity was elected Captain of Co. A.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th Regiments of Illinois Volunteer Infantry marched out of Camp Lyon through the streets of Peoria to the railroad station where they boarded trains bound for Camp Joe Holt, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which was located on the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. About the 1st of October of 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th were assigned to the 36th Brigade, which was being commanded by General Daniel McCook, then Colonel of the 52nd Ohio, also part of the 36th Brigade, and they were sent into Kentucky in pursuit of Confederate troops in Kentucky.
On Oct. 8, 1862, McCook's Brigade caught up with those Confederate troops and were briefly engaged withe them in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Battle of Perryville, the Confederates withdrew from the State of Kentucky and the men of McCook's Briagde marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they would spend the winter of 1862/63.
by Baxter B. Fite III
Edward R. Clark was born on __________ __, 18__ (c. 1824) in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in Christian County, the son of __________ Clark and __________ (__________) Clark.
On August 9, 1862, Edward R. Clark volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Eureka and El Paso, Illinois in Woodford County by William S. Magarity, who had been the first man elected to serve as Woodford County Sheriff in the 1840's. He stated he was 38 years of age when he enlisted and his place of residence as Olio Township in Woodford County, Illinois.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name CLARK, EDWARD R
Rank PVT Company A Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence OLIO, WOODFORD CO, IL Age 38 Height 6' 3 3/8 Hair DARK
Eyes GRAY Complexion LIGHT Marital Status MARRIED Occupation MERCHANT
Nativity HOPKINSVILLE, CHRISTIAN CO, KY
Service Record
Joined When AUG 9, 1862 Joined Where OLIO, IL
Joined By Whom CPT MAGARITY Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out N/A
Muster Out Where N/A Muster Out By Whom N/A
Remarks DIED IN HOSPITAL AT NASHVILLE TENN JAN 9, 1863
When Magarity had about 100 volunteers, he took his company across the Illinois River to Peoria, Illinois where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. On August 27, 1862, 96 men of the Woodford County company were mustered into service as Co. A of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Magarity was elected Captain of Co. A.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th Regiments of Illinois Volunteer Infantry marched out of Camp Lyon through the streets of Peoria to the railroad station where they boarded trains bound for Camp Joe Holt, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which was located on the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. About the 1st of October of 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th were assigned to the 36th Brigade, which was being commanded by General Daniel McCook, then Colonel of the 52nd Ohio, also part of the 36th Brigade, and they were sent into Kentucky in pursuit of Confederate troops in Kentucky.
On Oct. 8, 1862, McCook's Brigade caught up with those Confederate troops and were briefly engaged withe them in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Battle of Perryville, the Confederates withdrew from the State of Kentucky and the men of McCook's Briagde marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they would spend the winter of 1862/63.
by Baxter B. Fite III
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