★  Kirk, Edward N.

Edward Needles Kirk

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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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