★ Kirk, Edward N.

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​

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1853 – 1854: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland​

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1854 – 1861: Attorney in Sterling, Illinois​

Civil War Career:

1861: Organizer of 34th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 34th​ Illinois Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the shoulder at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Participated in parts of the Kentucky Campaign​

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1862 – 1863: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Wounded in the Hip at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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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

 

[Pollaco]

There are various accounts of his death dates and the dates of 21st, 23rd, and 29th have been given. What is the date on his headstone?

 

[Pollaco]

That must have been one nasty wound, what went wrong?

 

[Orion.M.E]

That must have been one nasty wound, what went wrong?

He took a bullet to his hip at stone river. He lived but he was in tremendous pain suffering terrible headaches.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Edward N. Kirk! Salutes remembering General Kirk on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

At least one biography states that Kirk was a Quaker.

 

[Pollaco]

Col. Kirk's 34th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment was also known as the "Rock River Rifles".