As is the usual case, I start off at this point and end up way over there on things. It's like getting on You Tube and listening to old music. No telling where or how many hours later I will be.
I started on an article that compared Chicago's Camp Douglas with the Confederacy's Andersonville which led to Confederates buried in Illinois, both those who died in prisons in the state and those who died after the war while living in Illinois. There was one in McHenry County and two in Lake County.
Then, I came across the name of John Peter, a noted businessman in Algonquin, Illinois, here in McHenry County. he was in the 88th Illinois (2nd Chicago Board of Trade Regiment). That led to research on its commander, Col. Francis T. Sherman and a Captain Alexander C. McClurg. McClurg was a military advisor to several Union generals and later an important publisher in Chicago with his McClurg Building still standing.
His father and grandfather started and worked at the famed Fort Pitt Foundry in Pittsburgh, which supplied about 60% of the Union's artillery and also built the huge 20-inch Rodman guns. I'll be writing about this early next month.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Showing posts with label John Peter. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 30, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Captain Alexander C. McClurg, 88th Illinois-- Part 2
Continued from May 18th. McClurg was in the same regiment as John Peter, who I wrote about earlier this month as a Union veteran from McHenry County in Illinois.
McClurg spent most of the war as an advisor to a series of generals. After the war, he returned to the bookselling house as a junior partner and eventually became senior partner in it and later that company became known as the A.C. McClurg & Co..
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 16th Regiment Illinois State militia, which was disbanded after several months and McClurg returned to the bookselling company., but reenlisted with the Crosby Guards, which was merged into the 88th Illinois and he became a captain.
Within a few months, the 88th saw action at the Battle of Perryville.
Shortly after the unit arrived in Nashville, he was named Judge Advocate of the General Court Martial. When Union general McCook met McClurg, he saw his military ability and appointed him assistant adjutant general. Acting as an advisor, McClurg helped plan the Tullahoma Campaign.
--Old Secesh
McClurg spent most of the war as an advisor to a series of generals. After the war, he returned to the bookselling house as a junior partner and eventually became senior partner in it and later that company became known as the A.C. McClurg & Co..
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 16th Regiment Illinois State militia, which was disbanded after several months and McClurg returned to the bookselling company., but reenlisted with the Crosby Guards, which was merged into the 88th Illinois and he became a captain.
Within a few months, the 88th saw action at the Battle of Perryville.
Shortly after the unit arrived in Nashville, he was named Judge Advocate of the General Court Martial. When Union general McCook met McClurg, he saw his military ability and appointed him assistant adjutant general. Acting as an advisor, McClurg helped plan the Tullahoma Campaign.
--Old Secesh
Monday, May 18, 2015
Captain Alexander C. McClurg, 88th Illinois-- Part 1
While researching about John Peter's 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment, I came across this name which caused me to remember a place in Chicago called McClurg Court which at one time was a theater, also a McClurg Building.
I did some research on the man in Wikipedia.
Alexander C. McClurg was a Civil War brigadier general and a partner in the A.C. McClurg & Co. publishing house, born 1832 and died April 15, 1901. He was also a noted American bookseller and military advisor.
He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., where his father built Fort Pitt Foundry. He moved to Chicago and became a junior partner in a bookselling house. With the coming of the war, he became a captain in the 88th Illinois, but soon became a military advisor to Union generals when his abilities were recognized.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
I did some research on the man in Wikipedia.
Alexander C. McClurg was a Civil War brigadier general and a partner in the A.C. McClurg & Co. publishing house, born 1832 and died April 15, 1901. He was also a noted American bookseller and military advisor.
He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., where his father built Fort Pitt Foundry. He moved to Chicago and became a junior partner in a bookselling house. With the coming of the war, he became a captain in the 88th Illinois, but soon became a military advisor to Union generals when his abilities were recognized.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Colonel Francis T. Sherman, the 88th's Commander-- Part 1
From Wikipedia.
Colonel Francis T. Sherman commanded the 88th Illinois, this was John Peter's unit, for most of the war until he was captured outside of Atlanta on July 7, 1864. He was exchanged in October and assigned as inspector general of the Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps.
He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on July 21, 1865 and mustered out Jan. 15, 1866.
After the war he managed a Louisiana sugar plantation for a year, then returned to Chicago and worked as the city'd paymaster and then started a stone and sand manufacturing company named Sherman, Haley & Co.. he was ruined in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which forced him to seek business ventures elsewhere.
He later settled in Waukegan, Illinois, where he died in 1905.
--Old Secesh
Colonel Francis T. Sherman commanded the 88th Illinois, this was John Peter's unit, for most of the war until he was captured outside of Atlanta on July 7, 1864. He was exchanged in October and assigned as inspector general of the Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps.
He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on July 21, 1865 and mustered out Jan. 15, 1866.
After the war he managed a Louisiana sugar plantation for a year, then returned to Chicago and worked as the city'd paymaster and then started a stone and sand manufacturing company named Sherman, Haley & Co.. he was ruined in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which forced him to seek business ventures elsewhere.
He later settled in Waukegan, Illinois, where he died in 1905.
--Old Secesh
The 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment
From Wikipedia.
John Peter, leading citizen and businessman in Algonquin, Illinois, in McHenry County belonged to the 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment which was organized at Camp Douglas in Chicago and mustered into Federal service on September 4, 1962 and saw heavy fighting until mustered out June 9, 1865, and discharged in Chicago. (I have also recently writing about Camp Douglas while it was used as a Confederate prison.)
During the course of the war, the regiment had 5 officers and 98 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded. In addition, another 4 officers and 84 enlisted men died of disease.
The 88th is sometimes referred to as the Second Board of Trade Regiment because of its support in raising it.
--Old Seecsh
John Peter, leading citizen and businessman in Algonquin, Illinois, in McHenry County belonged to the 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment which was organized at Camp Douglas in Chicago and mustered into Federal service on September 4, 1962 and saw heavy fighting until mustered out June 9, 1865, and discharged in Chicago. (I have also recently writing about Camp Douglas while it was used as a Confederate prison.)
During the course of the war, the regiment had 5 officers and 98 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded. In addition, another 4 officers and 84 enlisted men died of disease.
The 88th is sometimes referred to as the Second Board of Trade Regiment because of its support in raising it.
--Old Seecsh
Friday, May 15, 2015
John Peter, Co. K, 88th Illinois-- Part 2: Prisoner at Andersonville
John Peter took part in the Battles of Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and both battles of Franklin (I only knew of one battle there in Tennessee).
In the second Battle of Franklin, he and 50 others were recovering lost Union cannons from the field and were returning when they blundered into Confederate lines and were taken prisoner.
They were marched to Corinth, Mississippi and then by train to Meridian where they were held for a month. Then, they were sent to Andersonville where he came through in good condition. He was paroled and sent to Vicksburg for exchange and arrived just when word reached there of Lee's surrender.
He then returned to Illinois. Obviously he was very fortunate to have not been on the ill-fated SS Sultana which was carrying newly released Andersonville prisoners when the disaster took place.
--Old Secesh
In the second Battle of Franklin, he and 50 others were recovering lost Union cannons from the field and were returning when they blundered into Confederate lines and were taken prisoner.
They were marched to Corinth, Mississippi and then by train to Meridian where they were held for a month. Then, they were sent to Andersonville where he came through in good condition. He was paroled and sent to Vicksburg for exchange and arrived just when word reached there of Lee's surrender.
He then returned to Illinois. Obviously he was very fortunate to have not been on the ill-fated SS Sultana which was carrying newly released Andersonville prisoners when the disaster took place.
--Old Secesh
John Peter, Co. K, 88th Illinois-- Part 1
From the 1903 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Biography of McHenry County Citizens.
I turned right to this page and decided to write down the pertinent information for this Illinois Civil War veteran and McHenry County resident.
He is described as being a leading citizen and businessman in Algonquin, Illinois.
Born in Harlem, New York August 21, 1842 and his parents moved to Chicago that year.
Enlisted July 28, 1862 in Co. K, 88th Illinois and honorably discharged in Springfield, Illinois, July 7. 1865.
--Old Secesh
I turned right to this page and decided to write down the pertinent information for this Illinois Civil War veteran and McHenry County resident.
He is described as being a leading citizen and businessman in Algonquin, Illinois.
Born in Harlem, New York August 21, 1842 and his parents moved to Chicago that year.
Enlisted July 28, 1862 in Co. K, 88th Illinois and honorably discharged in Springfield, Illinois, July 7. 1865.
--Old Secesh
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