The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Monday, May 25, 2015
One Confederate Veteran Buried in McHenry County, Illinois-- Part 2
The two buried in Lake County, Illinois, and the one in McHenry County, Illinois, are of particular interest to me as this is where I lived for 18 years and 23 respectfully.
From the Northwest Herald "County home to intriguing historical oddities" by Hilary Gowins.
The body of James Johnson is buried at Union Cemetery on South Union Road by the town of Union. In the north section of the cemetery is the military marker of one James Johnson, the only Confederate soldier buried in McHenry County. The McHenry County Civil War Round Table (to which I belong) doesn't know much about him and didn't know he was a Confederate soldier until they investigated the cemetery records.
His birth date is unknown, but he died in May 1905.
They intend to give him a proper headstone with his name and dates.
--Old Secesh
Thursday, May 21, 2015
One Confederate Veteran Buried in McHenry County, Illinois-- Part 1
JAMES JOHNSON buried at Union Cemetery, Coral Township in McHenry County. Confederate Army, Lot 25
His grave was not marked, but now is. He is not mentioned in the 1870 census of the county, so must have died sometime between 1865 and then.
--Old Secesh
His grave was not marked, but now is. He is not mentioned in the 1870 census of the county, so must have died sometime between 1865 and then.
--Old Secesh
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Confederate Veterans Buried in Lake County, Illinois
Red Gale and Illinois History sites show that two Confederate veterans are buried in Lake County, Illinois, at the northeast corner of the state. lake County is where we lived for 18 years before moving to McHenry County, just to the west.
Of course, these men did not die in prison there, they moved there after the war.
HENRY GLASS- Buried at Ivanhoe Cemetery, Fremont Center Cemetery in Mundelein. Lot 130
Gale Red has him a private Co. G, 3rd Battalion Tennessee Infantry (Memphis Battalion Local Defense) Born 1833 in Germany. Died April 1904.
EDWARD BURKE McCLANNAHAN-- Captain Co. G, 6th Tennessee, Lot 67, section A. Served as judge advocate general under Gen. Braxton Bragg.
--Old Secesh
Of course, these men did not die in prison there, they moved there after the war.
HENRY GLASS- Buried at Ivanhoe Cemetery, Fremont Center Cemetery in Mundelein. Lot 130
Gale Red has him a private Co. G, 3rd Battalion Tennessee Infantry (Memphis Battalion Local Defense) Born 1833 in Germany. Died April 1904.
EDWARD BURKE McCLANNAHAN-- Captain Co. G, 6th Tennessee, Lot 67, section A. Served as judge advocate general under Gen. Braxton Bragg.
--Old Secesh
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Camp Douglas Prison-- The Andersonville of the North-- Part 5
Gale F. Red of the Illinois Division of the SCV, (Lt. George Dixon Camp) has compiled a Roll of Honor of Confederate Veterans Buried in Illinois. Ten cemeteries are listed for Champaign County alone and the names, rank, unit, birth and death of 13 Confederates buried there are given. The Vermilion County had six Confederates buried in six cemeteries.
No Confederate veterans are known to be buried in DeKalb, Henderson, mason, Monroe, Putnam and Wabash counties, but all the rest have at least one.
These veterans, of course, were buried in Illinois after the war and that means that a lot of them moved here after their service.
I am familiar with Mr. Red's work and that is quite impressive.
--Old Secesh
No Confederate veterans are known to be buried in DeKalb, Henderson, mason, Monroe, Putnam and Wabash counties, but all the rest have at least one.
These veterans, of course, were buried in Illinois after the war and that means that a lot of them moved here after their service.
I am familiar with Mr. Red's work and that is quite impressive.
--Old Secesh
Camp Douglas Prison-- The Andersonville of the North-- Part 4
Gary Flavion's article "Civil War Prison Camps" says that these prisoners were potentially more dangerous and terrifying than the battles themselves. Some 56,000 men died in prison camps over the course of the war. That exceeds American losses in World War I, Korea and Vietnam.
Brent Harvey wrote about a memorial service carried out at the Camp Douglas Monument at Oak Woods cemetery in Chicago on April 29, 2007. This was put on by the Camp Douglas camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. His website also gives information on his five direct ancestors and 24 other relatives who served in Co. B of the 8th Missouri Cavalry, CSA.
She was impressed by a quote on his website by Confederate General John B. Gordon saying: "For the future glory of the Republic, it is absolutely inmaterial whether on this battlefield or that, the Blue or Gray won a great victory, for, thanks to God, every victory won in that War by either side was a monument to American valor."
--Old Secesh
Brent Harvey wrote about a memorial service carried out at the Camp Douglas Monument at Oak Woods cemetery in Chicago on April 29, 2007. This was put on by the Camp Douglas camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. His website also gives information on his five direct ancestors and 24 other relatives who served in Co. B of the 8th Missouri Cavalry, CSA.
She was impressed by a quote on his website by Confederate General John B. Gordon saying: "For the future glory of the Republic, it is absolutely inmaterial whether on this battlefield or that, the Blue or Gray won a great victory, for, thanks to God, every victory won in that War by either side was a monument to American valor."
--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
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
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
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Camp Douglas Prison -- Andersonville of the North-- Part 3
In 1911, bronze panels were added to the base of the monument with the soldiers' names, rank, units and home states. You can go online and see photographs of this fitting memorial. You can also see photos of the 16 bronze tablets with 4,243 names.
The terrible conditions at Camp Douglas are well-documented at such sites as Pritchett Ford's article "Camp Douglas" as well as an article in the Illinois State Historical Society "Chicago's Camp Douglas, 1861-1865" by Joseph L. Eisendrath Jr.
I should mention that Camp Douglas at first served as a training camp for Union recruits from the Chicago area.
--Old Secesh
The terrible conditions at Camp Douglas are well-documented at such sites as Pritchett Ford's article "Camp Douglas" as well as an article in the Illinois State Historical Society "Chicago's Camp Douglas, 1861-1865" by Joseph L. Eisendrath Jr.
I should mention that Camp Douglas at first served as a training camp for Union recruits from the Chicago area.
--Old Secesh
Camp Douglas Prison -- Andersonville of the North-- Part 2
Continued from Friday, May 8th.
There is only one monument to those Confederates who died at Camp Douglas in Chicago and, it is an impressive one, but not at the camp's site. It is at Chicago's famous Oak Woods Cemetery at 1035 E. 67th Street in what is called "The Confederate Mound" where at l;east 6,000 are buried (4,200 known, the rest unknown). They are buried in a mass grave on one acre of land.
The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895 and reads: "To the memory of the six thousand Southern soldiers here buried... who died in Camp Douglas prison ... 1862-65." This is the largest mass burial in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Every April, the Camp Douglas Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, based in the Chicagoland area, holds a memorial service for the dead at the mound.
The dead interred in the mound had previously been buried in paupers graves in Chicago's City Cemetery but were moved in 1867 to make way for the creation of Lincoln Park. Who knows how many bodies are still buried there?
--Old Secesh
There is only one monument to those Confederates who died at Camp Douglas in Chicago and, it is an impressive one, but not at the camp's site. It is at Chicago's famous Oak Woods Cemetery at 1035 E. 67th Street in what is called "The Confederate Mound" where at l;east 6,000 are buried (4,200 known, the rest unknown). They are buried in a mass grave on one acre of land.
The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895 and reads: "To the memory of the six thousand Southern soldiers here buried... who died in Camp Douglas prison ... 1862-65." This is the largest mass burial in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Every April, the Camp Douglas Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, based in the Chicagoland area, holds a memorial service for the dead at the mound.
The dead interred in the mound had previously been buried in paupers graves in Chicago's City Cemetery but were moved in 1867 to make way for the creation of Lincoln Park. Who knows how many bodies are still buried there?
--Old Secesh
List of McHenry County Civil War Veterans in 1903
From Historic Encyclopedia of Illinois and Biography of McHenry County Citizens.
Colonel William Avery, 95th Illinois
George W. Ames, 95th Illinois
Lathrop H.S. Barrows, 15th Illinois
Gordon Lucius Beckley, 52nd Illinois
John Edmund Beckley, 95th Illinois
Henry Bright, 95th, Illinois
Eli T. Chase, no regiment given but enlisted Aug. 6, 1864
Ira Rozel Curtis, Co. D, 15th Illinois
John S. Cummings, Co. A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery. Captured July 22, 1864 and sent to Andersonville.
I only researched the book up to this last man. An extensive military service was given for each man, by I only did one that I found at random, which will be in my next post. Colonel Avery was quite involved in post-war veteran affairs along with being the commander of the the 95th Illinois, which was McHenry County's regiment.
--Old Secesh
Colonel William Avery, 95th Illinois
George W. Ames, 95th Illinois
Lathrop H.S. Barrows, 15th Illinois
Gordon Lucius Beckley, 52nd Illinois
John Edmund Beckley, 95th Illinois
Henry Bright, 95th, Illinois
Eli T. Chase, no regiment given but enlisted Aug. 6, 1864
Ira Rozel Curtis, Co. D, 15th Illinois
John S. Cummings, Co. A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery. Captured July 22, 1864 and sent to Andersonville.
I only researched the book up to this last man. An extensive military service was given for each man, by I only did one that I found at random, which will be in my next post. Colonel Avery was quite involved in post-war veteran affairs along with being the commander of the the 95th Illinois, which was McHenry County's regiment.
--Old Secesh
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Killing Time and Researching-- Part 2: Apparently This Is the House
From the December 19, 1901, Woodstock (Il) Sentinel.
And, it has a Civil War connection, albeit, not a direct one. I did some more researching (but not in my RoadLog Blog) and found out that Charles P. Barnes was born in the town of Don (wherever that might be) on Feb. 14, 1862. That would definitely be too young to have fought.
However, his father was killed in the Civil War a year after his birth.
The article went on to mention that he was married three times and lived "in the most beautiful residence in Woodstock, situated on Fremont Street at the south end of Madison Street." I.m not sure about the Fremont Street, but I know the "Groundhog Day" house sits at the end of Madison Street, which is shown whenever Bill wakes up and looks out the window. It is also at the end of the movie.
Madison Street is also the site of the piano teacher's house and where the boy fell out of the tree.
Another source mentioned that Charles P. Barnes was once owner of the current Royal Victorian B&B which was called Cherry Hill Inn in the movie "Groundhog Day."
I'll have to go back to the library to research more on Mr. Barnes.
My Eyes Didn't Deceive Me. Old Secesh
And, it has a Civil War connection, albeit, not a direct one. I did some more researching (but not in my RoadLog Blog) and found out that Charles P. Barnes was born in the town of Don (wherever that might be) on Feb. 14, 1862. That would definitely be too young to have fought.
However, his father was killed in the Civil War a year after his birth.
The article went on to mention that he was married three times and lived "in the most beautiful residence in Woodstock, situated on Fremont Street at the south end of Madison Street." I.m not sure about the Fremont Street, but I know the "Groundhog Day" house sits at the end of Madison Street, which is shown whenever Bill wakes up and looks out the window. It is also at the end of the movie.
Madison Street is also the site of the piano teacher's house and where the boy fell out of the tree.
Another source mentioned that Charles P. Barnes was once owner of the current Royal Victorian B&B which was called Cherry Hill Inn in the movie "Groundhog Day."
I'll have to go back to the library to research more on Mr. Barnes.
My Eyes Didn't Deceive Me. Old Secesh
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