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 Sherman Francis T.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sherman Francis T.. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
Col. Francis T. Sherman, Commander of 88th Illinois-- Part 2
The "T. in his name stood for Trowbridge and was born in Connecticut December 31, 1825.
He had gone out to the California Gold Fields from 1849-1851 and then returned to Chicago and worked in manufacturing, contracting and railroad building.
During the Civil War, he commanded the 88th Illinois Infantry regiment and participated in capturing the famous Confederate spy Belle Boyd.
He died November 9, 1905, and is buried at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery in Section A, Lot 38.
--Old Secesh
He had gone out to the California Gold Fields from 1849-1851 and then returned to Chicago and worked in manufacturing, contracting and railroad building.
During the Civil War, he commanded the 88th Illinois Infantry regiment and participated in capturing the famous Confederate spy Belle Boyd.
He died November 9, 1905, and is buried at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery in Section A, Lot 38.
--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
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