Edward Needles Kirk
Born: February 29, 1828
Birthplace: Jefferson County, Ohio
Father: Aquila M. Kirk 1794 – 1860
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois)
Mother: Sarah Needles 1794 – 1860
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois)
Wife: Eliza Marcella Cameron 1833 – 1897
(Buried: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Edward Cameron Kirk 1856 – 1933
(Buried: Alstead Center Cemetery, Alstead, New Hampshire)
Occupation before War:
School Teacher in Mount Pleasant, Ohio
1853 – 1854: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland
1854 – 1861: Attorney in Sterling, Illinois
Civil War Career:
1861: Organizer of 34th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 34th Illinois Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded in the shoulder at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Participated in parts of the Kentucky Campaign
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1862: Wounded in the Hip at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee
1863: Hospitalized at the Tremont House in Chicago, Illinois
Died: July 21, 1863
Place of Death: Tremont House, Chicago, Illinois
Cause of Death: Wounds close to the Spine and Sacrum
Age at time of Death: 35 years old
Burial Place: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
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