Civil War:
1st Sgt Company G 93 Illinois Infantry
Died at Fort Donelson
SERGEANT JAMES S. CAMPBELL, '62.
Sergeant James Shields Campbell, the son of Mungo D., and Mary Maben Campbell, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., February 20, 1836, and came with his parents to Monmouth Ill., in 1856. His parents were among the earliest and most loyal friends of Monmouth College. In 1858, young Campbell entered Monmouth College and graduated with the Class of 1862 and under the call of the President for troops on July 1, 1S62, he enlisted July 21st and was mustered in as Orderly Sergeant of Company "C" 83rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
The regiment was organized in Monmouth and ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and from there to Forts Henry and Mindman on the Tennessee River. On September 5, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River. It remained there a year during heavy duty in guarding the river against bands of Guerillas which infested the country.
On February 3, 1863, at Fort Donelson, nine companies of this regiment together with Company "C," 2d Illinois Light Artillery, and one company of Cavalry, were attacked by the combined forces of Confederate General Forrest and Wheeler, numbering 5,000 men. The battle lasted from 1:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M., when the enemy was compelled to retire with the loss of some 800 killed and wounded.
Early in the engagement, Company "C" to which Campbell was First Sergeant, was ordered to support a piece of artillery and in changing position, Campbell was shot through the breast and killed instantly.
Lieutenant S. L. Stephenson of his company says: "I was just behind him and not more than eight or ten feet from him when he fell. He was a grand noble man as well as a model soldier, and I am proud to say he was my friend." It is safe to say that no member of Company "C" could have been taken whose loss would have been more deeply felt than that of Sergeant Campbell, upright, clean-handed, brave, the soul of honor and of piety, his influence not only throughout his company but also his regiment was wonderful and every member thereof was a sincere mourner at his bier.
Source: Monmouth College in the War of the Rebellion /
THE MONMOUTH COLLEGE ORACLE p. 16-17
1st Sgt Company G 93 Illinois Infantry
Died at Fort Donelson
SERGEANT JAMES S. CAMPBELL, '62.
Sergeant James Shields Campbell, the son of Mungo D., and Mary Maben Campbell, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., February 20, 1836, and came with his parents to Monmouth Ill., in 1856. His parents were among the earliest and most loyal friends of Monmouth College. In 1858, young Campbell entered Monmouth College and graduated with the Class of 1862 and under the call of the President for troops on July 1, 1S62, he enlisted July 21st and was mustered in as Orderly Sergeant of Company "C" 83rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
The regiment was organized in Monmouth and ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and from there to Forts Henry and Mindman on the Tennessee River. On September 5, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River. It remained there a year during heavy duty in guarding the river against bands of Guerillas which infested the country.
On February 3, 1863, at Fort Donelson, nine companies of this regiment together with Company "C," 2d Illinois Light Artillery, and one company of Cavalry, were attacked by the combined forces of Confederate General Forrest and Wheeler, numbering 5,000 men. The battle lasted from 1:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M., when the enemy was compelled to retire with the loss of some 800 killed and wounded.
Early in the engagement, Company "C" to which Campbell was First Sergeant, was ordered to support a piece of artillery and in changing position, Campbell was shot through the breast and killed instantly.
Lieutenant S. L. Stephenson of his company says: "I was just behind him and not more than eight or ten feet from him when he fell. He was a grand noble man as well as a model soldier, and I am proud to say he was my friend." It is safe to say that no member of Company "C" could have been taken whose loss would have been more deeply felt than that of Sergeant Campbell, upright, clean-handed, brave, the soul of honor and of piety, his influence not only throughout his company but also his regiment was wonderful and every member thereof was a sincere mourner at his bier.
Source: Monmouth College in the War of the Rebellion /
THE MONMOUTH COLLEGE ORACLE p. 16-17
Civil War:
1st Sgt Company G 93 Illinois Infantry
Died at Fort Donelson
SERGEANT JAMES S. CAMPBELL, '62.
Sergeant James Shields Campbell, the son of Mungo D., and Mary Maben Campbell, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., February 20, 1836, and came with his parents to Monmouth Ill., in 1856. His parents were among the earliest and most loyal friends of Monmouth College. In 1858, young Campbell entered Monmouth College and graduated with the Class of 1862 and under the call of the President for troops on July 1, 1S62, he enlisted July 21st and was mustered in as Orderly Sergeant of Company "C" 83rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
The regiment was organized in Monmouth and ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and from there to Forts Henry and Mindman on the Tennessee River. On September 5, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River. It remained there a year during heavy duty in guarding the river against bands of Guerillas which infested the country.
On February 3, 1863, at Fort Donelson, nine companies of this regiment together with Company "C," 2d Illinois Light Artillery, and one company of Cavalry, were attacked by the combined forces of Confederate General Forrest and Wheeler, numbering 5,000 men. The battle lasted from 1:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M., when the enemy was compelled to retire with the loss of some 800 killed and wounded.
Early in the engagement, Company "C" to which Campbell was First Sergeant, was ordered to support a piece of artillery and in changing position, Campbell was shot through the breast and killed instantly.
Lieutenant S. L. Stephenson of his company says: "I was just behind him and not more than eight or ten feet from him when he fell. He was a grand noble man as well as a model soldier, and I am proud to say he was my friend." It is safe to say that no member of Company "C" could have been taken whose loss would have been more deeply felt than that of Sergeant Campbell, upright, clean-handed, brave, the soul of honor and of piety, his influence not only throughout his company but also his regiment was wonderful and every member thereof was a sincere mourner at his bier.
Source: Monmouth College in the War of the Rebellion /
THE MONMOUTH COLLEGE ORACLE p. 16-17
1st Sgt Company G 93 Illinois Infantry
Died at Fort Donelson
SERGEANT JAMES S. CAMPBELL, '62.
Sergeant James Shields Campbell, the son of Mungo D., and Mary Maben Campbell, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., February 20, 1836, and came with his parents to Monmouth Ill., in 1856. His parents were among the earliest and most loyal friends of Monmouth College. In 1858, young Campbell entered Monmouth College and graduated with the Class of 1862 and under the call of the President for troops on July 1, 1S62, he enlisted July 21st and was mustered in as Orderly Sergeant of Company "C" 83rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
The regiment was organized in Monmouth and ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and from there to Forts Henry and Mindman on the Tennessee River. On September 5, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River. It remained there a year during heavy duty in guarding the river against bands of Guerillas which infested the country.
On February 3, 1863, at Fort Donelson, nine companies of this regiment together with Company "C," 2d Illinois Light Artillery, and one company of Cavalry, were attacked by the combined forces of Confederate General Forrest and Wheeler, numbering 5,000 men. The battle lasted from 1:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M., when the enemy was compelled to retire with the loss of some 800 killed and wounded.
Early in the engagement, Company "C" to which Campbell was First Sergeant, was ordered to support a piece of artillery and in changing position, Campbell was shot through the breast and killed instantly.
Lieutenant S. L. Stephenson of his company says: "I was just behind him and not more than eight or ten feet from him when he fell. He was a grand noble man as well as a model soldier, and I am proud to say he was my friend." It is safe to say that no member of Company "C" could have been taken whose loss would have been more deeply felt than that of Sergeant Campbell, upright, clean-handed, brave, the soul of honor and of piety, his influence not only throughout his company but also his regiment was wonderful and every member thereof was a sincere mourner at his bier.
Source: Monmouth College in the War of the Rebellion /
THE MONMOUTH COLLEGE ORACLE p. 16-17
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