Record stated that he was father of Roy Archer Milton and husband of Eva E Williamson.
Civil War Veteran
Co D 30th Iowa Infantry
From military records:
Archer, Charles E. Age 22.
Residence Bonaparte,Ia
Nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 31, 1862.
Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Mustered out June 5,1865, Washington, D. C.
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Charle Erastus Archer fought in the Civil War with Gen. Sherman on his 'march to the sea". In the battle of Arkansas Post he suffered a woumd to his skull by either a bullet or shrapnel which put a small hole in his skull. Family legend says that the surgeon put a silver plate (believed to be a flattened silver dollar) over the hole and sewed his scalp over the plate. He was sent up the Mississippi River to Keokuk Iowa aboard the hospital Steamboat, City of Memphis. He was admitted 20 August 1863 to USA Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa with, "wound of the head" He was retuned to duty 26 October 1863. Charles was mustered out of the army in June of 1865 in Washington DC and returned to Iowa . He lived for many years with this metal in his head until it started to bother him in cold weather. He had it removed and lived long after.
Contributor: John Archer (48930406) •
Civil War Veteran
Co D 30th Iowa Infantry
From military records:
Archer, Charles E. Age 22.
Residence Bonaparte,Ia
Nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 31, 1862.
Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Mustered out June 5,1865, Washington, D. C.
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Charle Erastus Archer fought in the Civil War with Gen. Sherman on his 'march to the sea". In the battle of Arkansas Post he suffered a woumd to his skull by either a bullet or shrapnel which put a small hole in his skull. Family legend says that the surgeon put a silver plate (believed to be a flattened silver dollar) over the hole and sewed his scalp over the plate. He was sent up the Mississippi River to Keokuk Iowa aboard the hospital Steamboat, City of Memphis. He was admitted 20 August 1863 to USA Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa with, "wound of the head" He was retuned to duty 26 October 1863. Charles was mustered out of the army in June of 1865 in Washington DC and returned to Iowa . He lived for many years with this metal in his head until it started to bother him in cold weather. He had it removed and lived long after.
Contributor: John Archer (48930406) •
Record stated that he was father of Roy Archer Milton and husband of Eva E Williamson.
Civil War Veteran
Co D 30th Iowa Infantry
From military records:
Archer, Charles E. Age 22.
Residence Bonaparte,Ia
Nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 31, 1862.
Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Mustered out June 5,1865, Washington, D. C.
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Charle Erastus Archer fought in the Civil War with Gen. Sherman on his 'march to the sea". In the battle of Arkansas Post he suffered a woumd to his skull by either a bullet or shrapnel which put a small hole in his skull. Family legend says that the surgeon put a silver plate (believed to be a flattened silver dollar) over the hole and sewed his scalp over the plate. He was sent up the Mississippi River to Keokuk Iowa aboard the hospital Steamboat, City of Memphis. He was admitted 20 August 1863 to USA Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa with, "wound of the head" He was retuned to duty 26 October 1863. Charles was mustered out of the army in June of 1865 in Washington DC and returned to Iowa . He lived for many years with this metal in his head until it started to bother him in cold weather. He had it removed and lived long after.
Contributor: John Archer (48930406) •
Civil War Veteran
Co D 30th Iowa Infantry
From military records:
Archer, Charles E. Age 22.
Residence Bonaparte,Ia
Nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 31, 1862.
Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Mustered out June 5,1865, Washington, D. C.
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Charle Erastus Archer fought in the Civil War with Gen. Sherman on his 'march to the sea". In the battle of Arkansas Post he suffered a woumd to his skull by either a bullet or shrapnel which put a small hole in his skull. Family legend says that the surgeon put a silver plate (believed to be a flattened silver dollar) over the hole and sewed his scalp over the plate. He was sent up the Mississippi River to Keokuk Iowa aboard the hospital Steamboat, City of Memphis. He was admitted 20 August 1863 to USA Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa with, "wound of the head" He was retuned to duty 26 October 1863. Charles was mustered out of the army in June of 1865 in Washington DC and returned to Iowa . He lived for many years with this metal in his head until it started to bother him in cold weather. He had it removed and lived long after.
Contributor: John Archer (48930406) •
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