I am looking for any kind of Civil War information on:
Edward Cameron
Birth: 1842 in Ohio
Death: Nov. 24, 1876
Buried: Guy Cemetery - St. Elmo, Illinois
Served: Company K - 35th Illinois Infantry
Honorably discharged: September 1, 1864
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- Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men has his enlistment date 7/3/1861. Enlisted in Fayette County. He would have been at Stones River & Chattanooga.
Stone's River after battle report:
Report of Lieut. Col. William P. Chandler, Thirty-fifth Illinois Infantry.
HDQRS. THIRTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS, Camp
near Murfreesborough, Tenn., January 3, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken
by this regiment in the movements and battles occurring from the time
of the evacuation of Murfreesborough by the enemy, on January 3, 1863:
December 26, the regiment was on picket duty, and, after the division
passed outside the lines on the Nolensville pike, formed the rear guard.
The roads being very bad, the train did not close up at night, and the
command was placed in position to protect it.
December 27, moved forward at daylight and joined the brigade before
marching. Moved forward on the road to Triune, about 6 miles, and
halted for the night.
December 28, remained in camp.
December 29, marched at daylight on the road to Lane's Store. Brigade
formed the advance at Stewart's Creek, and slept on our arms at night.
December 30, formed line of battle at 10 a.m. and advanced on the
enemy's lines. Maj. McIlwain was placed in command of skirmishers
of the brigade, and toward night was sharply engaged. Had 4 men
wounded. Laid on our arms at night.
December 31, skirmishing commenced at daylight. About sunrise the
enemy advanced obliquely in strong force, striking first the
Eighty-first Indiana and next the Twenty-fifth Illinois Volunteers,
causing them to retire from their position. Soon coming within range of
our rifled muskets, we opened a murderous fire on their flank, checking
their advance, and enabling the Twenty-fifth and Eighty-first to regain
the ground lost. Our loss in the first charge of the enemy was light,
owing to a strong position we had on the cedar ridge. Soon, however,
the enemy reformed his broken lines, appearing with fresh troops on our
right, and made a second desperate charge on our lines, causing them
to waver and fall back, but again they were repulsed with terrible
slaughter and our original position regained, except on the right, from
which I had been retiring, by orders of the brigade commander, and, in
obedience to those orders, I retired to the point of timber in rear of the
cotton-field, my right being hotly, pressed by the enemy, and the whole
line under heavy fire of the enemy's batteries. On reaching the timber,
the regiment was halted, and messengers sent for ammunition, but,
owing to the confusion on our right, where the rain had been parked,
none could be procured. Having received no orders from the brigade
commander in relation to the point to which I should retire, I governed
my movements by the left of Carlin's brigade, and so continued to do
until nearly reaching the Nashville pike, when other troops and batteries
crowding in, separated us. I directed Maj. McIlwain to report to
Col. Carlin and find out his position, with the intention of forming
the brigade (then acting under my orders) on his left; but before his
return was obliged to change my position, to give room to other troops
then forming in line of battle. I moved the troops a short distance to the
rear, procured and distributed ammunition, and, moving to the right and
front, formed on the left of Carlin's brigade, and remained in that
position until nearly night, when Col. Woodruff, returning, assumed
command, and we took position on the west side of the Nashville pike,
and laid on our arms at night.
Our loss during the day was First Lieut. H. M. McConnell, Company H,
killed, and Second Lieut. Kagay, Company K, slightly wounded; 9
men and 39 wounded.
January 1, 1863, changed position to rear of the pike, and laid on our
arms at night.
January 2, about 4 p.m., moved across the river to our left, to repel the
enemy's assault in that direction. After coming under fire of the
enemy's batteries, formed line of battle, and advanced, under heavy
artillery fire, to within range of their battery, and silenced it. Took the
adjutant of the Forty-first Alabama and 12 men prisoners. Lost 1 man
killed and 1 wounded. Laid on our arms at night.
The officers and men deserve great credit for their patience and
endurance, being exposed to drenching rain, cold, and hunger, without
fire nearly all the time, for a week. No officer failed in his duties. All
did well and deserve commendation.
Maj. McIlwain had command of the skirmishers of the brigade on the
30th and on the morning of December 31, and deserve great credit for
the bravery and skill he displayed in handling them; and, after they were
driven in and the action became general, he returned to his command,
and by his cool courage and gallantry, shown throughout the entire
conflict, deserves my highest commendation.
Recapitulation of casualties.
K W M T
Commissioned officers....... 1 1 .. 2
Enlisted men................ 10 49 25 84
Total.................. 11 50 25 86
K=Killed. W=Wounded. M=Missing. T=Total.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. P. CHANDLER,
Lieut.-Col., Cmdg. Regt.
Lieut. FLYNN,
Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Third Brigade, First Division.
Source: Official Records
PAGE 294-29 KY., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. [CHAP. XXXII.
[Series I. Vol. 20. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 29.]
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Report of Lieut. Col. William P. Chandler, Thirty-fifth Illinois Infantry.
HDQRS. THIRTY-FIFTH REGT. ILLINOIS Volunteers,
In the Field, December 10, 1863.
CAPT.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part
taken by this regiment in the action of the 23d, 24th, and 25th days of
November, 1863:
On the 23d day of November, this command was organized as follows:
Company A, commanded by First Lieut. John Phillips, of Company
H; Company B, commanded by First Lieut. William L. Warning;
Company C, commanded by Capt. Parsons, of Company H; Company
D, commanded by Capt. Vance; Company E, commanded by Second
Lieut. F. M. Allhands; Company F, commanded by Second
Lieut. Thomas Hogan; Company G, commanded by Capt. Nelson
Staats, of Company K; Company H, commanded by Capt.
S. M. Parsons; Company I, commanded by Second Lieut.
C. V. B. Smith; Company K, commanded by Capt. Nelson Staats;
Capt. Truax, Company I, acting as lieutenant-colonel.
On the 23d ultimo, this regiment was formed on the left of the brigade
in the first line of battle, supporting the left of the line of skirmishers,
and advanced in its proper position to the enemy's rifle-pits, which were
taken, and in which we remained during the night, with a loss of 1 man
wounded.
On the 24th ultimo, 2 men were wounded on the skirmish line, and at
1 p.m. we were relieved in the rifle-pits by the Fifteenth Wisconsin
Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Gordon, when the regiment was
retired to the second line, where it lay in reserve until 12 m., 25th
ultimo, when it took its former position in the front line and on the left
of the brigade.
During the forenoon the enemy threw several shells into our position,
but without injury. About 2 p.m. I received orders from
Brig.-Gen. Willich, commanding brigade, to be prepared to
advance whenever the signal of six guns should be fired in quick
succession.
In compliance with these orders the regiment was formed in the front
line and on the left of the brigade, supported by the
Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteers; in the second line the
Twenty-fifth Illinois Volunteers on the right and the brigade of
Brig.-Gen. Beatty on the left.
The signal being given about 2.30 p.m., the regiment advanced in line,
and in good order at quick time about one-half mile, when receiving a
heavy fire from the enemy's batteries on Mission Ridge, about half a
mile distant, the double-quick step was taken and maintained about a
fourth of a mile, when the enemy's rifle-pits at the foot of the ridge
were easily carried. Our line having then reached the line of
skirmishers, both entered the enemy's works together.
Having advanced more rapidly than the troops on my left, and reaching
the enemy's works considerably in advance of them, I halted my
command and fired a volley at a heavy column of the enemy retiring up
the ridge under cover of a battery immediately in front of my left. The
slight resistance made by the retreating column of the enemy induced me
to believe that a vigorous charge would succeed in silencing or capturing
their battery, the fire from which was very rapid, but not destructive.
Directing my color sergeant to advance directly on the battery in front
of my left, I ordered the regiment forward.
They advanced rapidly to within 20 steps of the enemy's works, there
being exposed to a very destructive fire from the enemy's infantry, the
men, being completely exhausted by their rapid advance up the steep
hill, were compelled to halt at that critical point. Fearing that the
movement would fail, I moved to the front just in time to receive the
colors from the hands of the sixth colors
corporal, Preston (the color sergeant, Alex. Hughes, and 5 corporals
having previously been wounded), as he was instantly killed.
About this time I noticed Capt. Houston, of the Twenty-fifth Illinois
Volunteers, with one company of that regiment, gallantly supporting me,
and also Lieut. McInerny, of the Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, urging
forward his men, thus enabling us to keep up a deadly fire upon the enemy
whenever they showed themselves above their embankment, until the advance
of the Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteers came charging up the hill to our
assistance, when, calling upon the men to follow, I carried the flag into
the enemy's works, preceded by a gallant soldier of the Sixty-eighth,
who was shot dead the moment he passed over their parapet.
Lieut. McInerny, with the advance of the Eighty-sixth Indiana, with
their flag, immediately followed, and in a few moments the colors of the
Sixty-eighth entered on my right.
During our advance up the hill and after entering their works, the
enemy's battery immediately on our left was pouring in a heavy fire,
and as soon as our front was cleared of infantry the colors of this
regiment, together with the colors of the Sixty-eighth and Eighty-sixth,
were moved rapidly to our left and the men called on to follow, which
they gallantly did, driving the enemy before them and capturing two of
their cannon. At that time I noticed an officer actively engaged leading
on the men, whom I afterward learned was Capt. Watson, of the
Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteers, and also another flag, which I believe was
the flag of that regiment.
After the capture of the cannon, the four colors were rapidly advanced
to our left, the men of the various regiments following and pouring a
deadly fire on the enemy's flank whenever he attempted to make a
stand. Thus was he drive from his rifle-pits for 1 1/2 miles, our
numbers constantly increasing by other commands coming up in our
rear, and the enemy was repulsed by their assistance in a vigorous
assault made about sunset.
At dark, firing having ceased, I joined the brigade about 2 miles to our
right. Many of the retreating enemy were overtaken and captured on the
slope of the hill, and also large numbers in their works on the crest of
the ridge.
Too much praise cannot be given to both officers and men for their
gallant conduct on that day. Maj. McIlwain, Capt. Keys, Company
F, and First Lieut. George B. Peake arrived from Murfreesborough
just in time to take part in the assault, and rendered valuable assistance
by their activity and bravery. Capt. Keys and Lieut. Peake were
wounded.
The large number of the enemy killed in the works at the point carried
by us shows the stubbornness of the resistance made by them, and
attests to the skill and courage of our men, they killing more of the
enemy in his works than our loss on the outside. Our colors received 32
shots.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. P. CHANDLER,
Lieut.-Col., Cmdg. Regt.
Cap. CARL SCHMITT,
A. A. G., First Brig., Third Div., Fourth Army Corps.
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[Series I. Vol. 31. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 55.]
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