Ephraim Armstrong
Co C 115th Illinois Infantry
Resident of Mt Carmel
Recruit; Mustered Jan 28, 1864.
Died at Tunnel Hill, Ga., Oct 24, 1864.
-Illinois roster
Residence MT CARMEL, WABASH CO, IL
Age 19 Height 5' 7 Hair BLACK Eyes GREY Complexion DARK Marital Status
Occupation FARMER Nativity WABASH CO, IL
DIED OF DISEASE OCT 24, 1864 AT TUNNEL HILL GA
Illinois Sec of State Civil War database
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Buzzard's Roost Block House October 13 (1 Company).
...in October 1864, Hood threw himself on Sherman's rear, and was marching on Chattanooga, Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois, occupied a block house in Buzzard Roost Gap, and held in check Hood's Army for 10 hours, and fighting stubbornly, refused to surrender the Gap, till the block house was rendered untenable and nearly demolished, by the enemy's artillery. One-third of the company, of 41 in the aggregate, was killed and wounded; the remainder surrendered. For this special act of gallantry the Captain was breveted Major, and has since been made a Captain in the regular army. This officer was Samuel Hymer, of the county of Schuyler, Ill. He mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. -from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902) and National Park Service CWSS.
ARMSTRONG, E
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
BURIED AT: SECTION K SITE 10187
-VA gravesite locator
Listed in Roll of Honor as
E Armstrong
"Co C 115th Indiana"
Orig bur at Tunnel Hill
Chattanooga orig grave number K-422.
Did not find in Indiana AG roster.
Co C 115th Illinois Infantry
Resident of Mt Carmel
Recruit; Mustered Jan 28, 1864.
Died at Tunnel Hill, Ga., Oct 24, 1864.
-Illinois roster
Residence MT CARMEL, WABASH CO, IL
Age 19 Height 5' 7 Hair BLACK Eyes GREY Complexion DARK Marital Status
Occupation FARMER Nativity WABASH CO, IL
DIED OF DISEASE OCT 24, 1864 AT TUNNEL HILL GA
Illinois Sec of State Civil War database
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Buzzard's Roost Block House October 13 (1 Company).
...in October 1864, Hood threw himself on Sherman's rear, and was marching on Chattanooga, Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois, occupied a block house in Buzzard Roost Gap, and held in check Hood's Army for 10 hours, and fighting stubbornly, refused to surrender the Gap, till the block house was rendered untenable and nearly demolished, by the enemy's artillery. One-third of the company, of 41 in the aggregate, was killed and wounded; the remainder surrendered. For this special act of gallantry the Captain was breveted Major, and has since been made a Captain in the regular army. This officer was Samuel Hymer, of the county of Schuyler, Ill. He mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. -from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902) and National Park Service CWSS.
ARMSTRONG, E
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
BURIED AT: SECTION K SITE 10187
-VA gravesite locator
Listed in Roll of Honor as
E Armstrong
"Co C 115th Indiana"
Orig bur at Tunnel Hill
Chattanooga orig grave number K-422.
Did not find in Indiana AG roster.
Ephraim Armstrong
Co C 115th Illinois Infantry
Resident of Mt Carmel
Recruit; Mustered Jan 28, 1864.
Died at Tunnel Hill, Ga., Oct 24, 1864.
-Illinois roster
Residence MT CARMEL, WABASH CO, IL
Age 19 Height 5' 7 Hair BLACK Eyes GREY Complexion DARK Marital Status
Occupation FARMER Nativity WABASH CO, IL
DIED OF DISEASE OCT 24, 1864 AT TUNNEL HILL GA
Illinois Sec of State Civil War database
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Buzzard's Roost Block House October 13 (1 Company).
...in October 1864, Hood threw himself on Sherman's rear, and was marching on Chattanooga, Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois, occupied a block house in Buzzard Roost Gap, and held in check Hood's Army for 10 hours, and fighting stubbornly, refused to surrender the Gap, till the block house was rendered untenable and nearly demolished, by the enemy's artillery. One-third of the company, of 41 in the aggregate, was killed and wounded; the remainder surrendered. For this special act of gallantry the Captain was breveted Major, and has since been made a Captain in the regular army. This officer was Samuel Hymer, of the county of Schuyler, Ill. He mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. -from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902) and National Park Service CWSS.
ARMSTRONG, E
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
BURIED AT: SECTION K SITE 10187
-VA gravesite locator
Listed in Roll of Honor as
E Armstrong
"Co C 115th Indiana"
Orig bur at Tunnel Hill
Chattanooga orig grave number K-422.
Did not find in Indiana AG roster.
Co C 115th Illinois Infantry
Resident of Mt Carmel
Recruit; Mustered Jan 28, 1864.
Died at Tunnel Hill, Ga., Oct 24, 1864.
-Illinois roster
Residence MT CARMEL, WABASH CO, IL
Age 19 Height 5' 7 Hair BLACK Eyes GREY Complexion DARK Marital Status
Occupation FARMER Nativity WABASH CO, IL
DIED OF DISEASE OCT 24, 1864 AT TUNNEL HILL GA
Illinois Sec of State Civil War database
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Buzzard's Roost Block House October 13 (1 Company).
...in October 1864, Hood threw himself on Sherman's rear, and was marching on Chattanooga, Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois, occupied a block house in Buzzard Roost Gap, and held in check Hood's Army for 10 hours, and fighting stubbornly, refused to surrender the Gap, till the block house was rendered untenable and nearly demolished, by the enemy's artillery. One-third of the company, of 41 in the aggregate, was killed and wounded; the remainder surrendered. For this special act of gallantry the Captain was breveted Major, and has since been made a Captain in the regular army. This officer was Samuel Hymer, of the county of Schuyler, Ill. He mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. -from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1900-1902) and National Park Service CWSS.
ARMSTRONG, E
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
BURIED AT: SECTION K SITE 10187
-VA gravesite locator
Listed in Roll of Honor as
E Armstrong
"Co C 115th Indiana"
Orig bur at Tunnel Hill
Chattanooga orig grave number K-422.
Did not find in Indiana AG roster.
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