From Find-A-Grave.
Daniel Dustin was born October 5, 1820, in Orange County, Vermont. He died March 30, 1892, in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.
During the Civil War, he first served as major in the 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry and then as the commander of the 105th Illinois. Breveted to brigadier general March 16, 1865, for "gallant service in recent campaign in Georgia and South Carolina. That would be the March to the Sea and Carolinas Campaign.
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois. Plot: Block 9, Lot 9.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Afton, Illinois, in the War
From the History of Afton, Illinois History of DeKalb County, Illinois. By Henry L. Boies, 1922.
I have been writing about this town in my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog in conjunction with the DeKalb Road Day back in 1916.
The name of the town comes from a favorite song of one of the early settlers, "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton."
The town was organized in 1854.
During the Civil War, 81 men went into Union service out of a population of just 516. Fifty-nine of them volunteered When a tax was levied on the town because of the need for more men, seven more joined.
In the summer of 1864, with the huge casualties suffered as Grant battered Lee in Virginia, an additional tax was levied on the town, totaling $14,000 and fifteen more men joined.
Among those Afton residents who gave their lives: Charles Elliott, DempsterWheeler, Alexander Campbell, Emerson T. Knight and Lewis Olverson of the 105th Regiment. Also, L. Deforest of the 8th Cavaltu gave his life for the Union.
I did not know about taxes for troops.
--Old Secesh
I have been writing about this town in my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog in conjunction with the DeKalb Road Day back in 1916.
The name of the town comes from a favorite song of one of the early settlers, "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton."
The town was organized in 1854.
During the Civil War, 81 men went into Union service out of a population of just 516. Fifty-nine of them volunteered When a tax was levied on the town because of the need for more men, seven more joined.
In the summer of 1864, with the huge casualties suffered as Grant battered Lee in Virginia, an additional tax was levied on the town, totaling $14,000 and fifteen more men joined.
Among those Afton residents who gave their lives: Charles Elliott, DempsterWheeler, Alexander Campbell, Emerson T. Knight and Lewis Olverson of the 105th Regiment. Also, L. Deforest of the 8th Cavaltu gave his life for the Union.
I did not know about taxes for troops.
--Old Secesh
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