Military Data Rock Island County, IL REVOLUTIONARY WAR:  Rock Island was the farthest west site of battle during the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Rock Island: WILLIAM MEAD - died 1850, buried in Old Riverside cemetery in Moline. (source: "Genealogical Records", Illinois Society DAR, 1939, compiled by Mrs. Edward J. Filbey) THOMAS WOOD - buried in Mausoleum in Moline. (source: "Genealogical Records", Illinois Society DAR, 1939, compiled by Mrs. Edward J. Filbey) CIVIL WAR: Abraham Lincoln received his army commission in Rock Island County just south of Saukenuk. He fought in the Blackhawk Wars. Later he won a court case in Rock Island between the steam boats and the railroad after the Effie Afton hit a Rock Island bridge. Lincoln fought on the side of railroad. Shortly after that he became President and established Arsenal Island as a Prisoner of War camp for Confederate Soldiers. CIVIL WAR ILLINOIS VETERANS Chapter XXXIII. Military History by John M. Holt THE CIVIL WAR FORTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS CONSOLIDATED INFANTRY The original Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry was organized August 16, 1861, and its members served their time out with honor in the Army of Tennessee. The Forty-seventh Consolidated infantry was made up of non-veterans. Recruits of other regiments were transferred to it and drafted men completed its ranks. The basis of the consolidation consisted of 1996 men of the Forty-seventh, who had veteranized with its recruits. One of the drafted companies was Rock Island G, which had but five desertions, while Company E, from, Peoria, had forty-five desertions shortly after being mustered into the service. The new regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, to which the original Forty-seventh had belonged, was detached several times to go to different points, and at one time was at Chicago, Ill., November 4, 1864, where it was engaged in suppressing a riot. This regiment saw active service at Spanish Fort and other places, and was finally mustered out at Selma, Ala., January 21, 1866, and ordered to Springfield for final payment and discharge. The following members of Company G were all that were in the regiment from Rock Island county: Captain: James W. Ballard, Andalusia; e. March 9, 1865; m.o. Jan. 21, 1866. David Schachter, Rock Island; e. Feb. 27, 1865; d. at Demopolis, Ala, July 16, 1865 Peter Schachter, Rock Island; e. March 3, 1865; m.o. Jan. 21, 1866 [pgs. 843, 870-1 Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Rock Island County, 1914 Submitted by Mary Lou Schachter]

MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY DATA: The Missouri War Francis L. Shaw Wins Army Wings Aviation Cadet Francis L. Shaw, son of Jesse L. Shaw, 519 West Hurlbut avenue, Belvidere, has won his wings as a pilot at the army air forces advanced flying school at Douglas, Ariz. He has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the air corps and now is ready for active duty. Submitted by Marlene Olson.   ©2006, Genealogy Trails