Thomas Dove was residing in Higginsville, Vermilion County, Illinois, when he mustered in on July 3, 1861 at the age of 19. Muster rolls describe him 5 foot 8 1/2 inches tall with dark hair, dark eyes and a light complexion. He was single and a farmer. Assigned to Company D, 35th Illinois Infantry, he was mustered in on Aug. 28, 1861 in St. Louis and was assigned to be a wagoner. He served for three years before he died in Bridgeport, Alabama of wounds received in action at the Battle of Mission Ridge on November 25, 1863.
Sources: National Gravesite Locator and the Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.
Sources: National Gravesite Locator and the Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.
Thomas Dove was residing in Higginsville, Vermilion County, Illinois, when he mustered in on July 3, 1861 at the age of 19. Muster rolls describe him 5 foot 8 1/2 inches tall with dark hair, dark eyes and a light complexion. He was single and a farmer. Assigned to Company D, 35th Illinois Infantry, he was mustered in on Aug. 28, 1861 in St. Louis and was assigned to be a wagoner. He served for three years before he died in Bridgeport, Alabama of wounds received in action at the Battle of Mission Ridge on November 25, 1863.
Sources: National Gravesite Locator and the Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.
Sources: National Gravesite Locator and the Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.
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