Henry N. Booth
Buried in the Seward Cemetery three years
after the internment of Michael Snyder, was Henry N. Booth, who served during
the Civil War in company I of the 46th Illinois Infantry. Like soldier Snyder,
Mr. Booth also had a son in service during the Rebellion, and father and son
sleep together in the family plot in the Seward Cemetery.
Henry N. Booth was born at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817. No facts
are known of the intervening years, but late 1861 finds him in Illinois, where
he enlisted at Manchester on November 25, 1861; he signed his first muster in
roll at Dixon a week later on December 1st. When he signed the roster for
March and April 1862 he was a corporal and two months later when he signed for
April and May he was a sergeant. In August 1863 he was transferred to duty with
the Marine U.S.A. General hospital at Chicago. He had been transferred to the Invalid
Corps because of physical incapacity.
Henry Booth, Pvt. C. I 46th Regiment Illinois Infantry appears on a
roll of officers and enlisted men belonging to the 40th Regiment of Infantry
Ills. Vol. United States Army, that are unfit for active field service, on
account of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty, but are fit for
duty in the Invalid Corps. Roll dated; Camp Cowen, Miss., Jan 1 1864; Age 46
year; Eyes; Dark, Hair; Dark, Complexion; Dark, Height; 5 ft. 7 1/2 in.,
Occupation; Farmer, when enlisted; November 25, 1861, where enlisted;
Manchester, Ill., For What period enlisted; 3 years, When mustered in; December
1,1861, Where mustered in; Dixon, Ill., To what time last paid; Feb 28, 1863,
Bounty Paid;$___:Due; $100.00, Due U.S. $___; Due soldier: $31.34 (clothing
account), Nature of Disability: Physical incapacity.
Before his transfer, Pvt Booth had been on several 30 day furloughs
and absences with leave. With a month of his transfer he was on active duty at
the Soldiers Home, Vicksburg, awaiting transfer to the Invalid Corps, the
transfer being made on April 2, 1864.
During his active service, soldier Booth was at the battles of Fort
Donlonson, Shiloh, and the siege of Corinth.
His death occurred on December 26, 1882, at the home of his son,
William H. Booth, in Seward township, Nobles county, Minnesota.