Civil War Service

Private, 125th Illinois Infantry Regiment (1862-1864)
  125th Illinois Infantry National Flag 125th Illinois Regimental Flag
National and Regimental flags       
 carried by the Regiment            
 
Duty with the 125th Illinois
Date Location Duty
12 Aug 1862 Middlefork, Vermilion Co, IL Enlisted for 3 years as Private
$25 Bounty + $2 Premium
3 Sept 1862 Danville, Vermilion Co, IL Mustered-in
1 Oct 1862 Louisville, KY Detailed to wait on sick
29 June 1863 Nashville, TN Sent to Convalescent Camp
23 March 1864 Nashville, TN Mustered-out
Discharged to receive promotion
to commissioned officer
Eli's Duty with the 125th Illinois

Assistant Surgeon, 15th U.S. Colored Troops (Infantry)  (1864)

Colored Troops Memorial
African-American Civil War Memorial
Washington, DC
Dedicated to all members of the USCT
 

Duty with the 15th U.S.C.T.

Date Location Duty
23 March 1864 Nashville, TN Commissioned as an
Assistant Surgeon
24 March Nashville Mustered-in
30 April Nashville Last paid
April-May-June Nashville Present for duty
July Camp Donaldson, Nashville Present for duty
24 July 1864 near Springfield, TN Murdered returning to Nashville
Eli's Duty with the 15th USCT

Copies of numerous documents related to Eli's military service have been obtained from the National Archives, State of Illinois Archives, books, newspapers, and family.  I have made some available to view on this site.  Handwritten letters have been transcribed and made readable in typed text as well.  (Click on a document link below or at left to view that item in this window.)
 
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Muster roll of the 125th Illinois Infantry

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Roster of the 125th Illinois

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Consolidated Military Record cards - 125th Illinois

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Roster of the 15th USCT

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Consolidated Military Record cards - 15th USCT

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Miscellaneous military orders

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Request for commission

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Eli's personal letter to his wife

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Reference to Eli's murder in Forged in Battle

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Nashville newspaper accounts of his murder

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Pension applications by his widow

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                                                  (Updated: 15-Dec-2003)