Paul Gillette
Private
- Joined
- May 10, 2015
I thought I'd put this together on Find A Grave. Someone had already done a small virtual cemetery just on Co. A, so I have expanded that and will now try to do the entire unit, over 2000 names. I've found over 100 so far. I'm surprised by the fact that, so far, I have close to a 50% success rate in finding these veterans on Find A Grave. I was thinking that a 10% success rate would be outstanding.
My great great grandfather, Thomas Hill from Co. F, was with the 2nd Illinois Cavalry and I've always been interested in this unit because of him. Wounded at Holly Springs, Mississippi on Dec. 20, 1862. Discharged due to "inability to endure fatigue", as a result of those wounds in Aug. 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=741680
My great great grandfather, Thomas Hill from Co. F, was with the 2nd Illinois Cavalry and I've always been interested in this unit because of him. Wounded at Holly Springs, Mississippi on Dec. 20, 1862. Discharged due to "inability to endure fatigue", as a result of those wounds in Aug. 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=741680