[CIVIL WAR]. Illinois Volunteers appointment for Sergeant Edwin W. Ross, Battery B, Illinois 2nd Light Artillery.
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[CIVIL WAR]. Illinois Volunteers appointment for Sergeant Edwin W. Ross, Battery B, Illinois 2nd Light Artillery.
Partially printed document 11 x 17 5/8 in. (sight), framed to approx. 12 1/2 x 19 1/4 in., Springfield, Illinois, 3 April 1863. Signed ("Richd Yates") by Richard Yates (1818-1873) as Governor of Illinois. Appointment of Sergeant Edwin W. Ross as "Senior Second Lieutenant of Company B Second Regiment Light Artillery Illinois Volunteers."
HDS identifies an Edward W. Ross who enlisted on 8/29/1861 at Martinsville, IL as a Quarter Master Sergeant and mustered into Battery B Co. IL 2nd Light Artillery. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant as of 12/9/1862 and resigned on 6/20/1864. Battery B of the IL 2nd Light Artillery fought at Shiloh, First and Second Corinth, and served in the defenses of Memphis.
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