George Furgeson Discharge
Scope and Contents
Certificate of discharge dated January 6, 1864 for George Furgeson, Company A.
Dates
- January 6, 1864
Creator
- Excelsior School and Club Association (Denver, Colo.) (Person)
- United States.Army.Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 14th. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
Raised under the "Ten Regiment Bill", the 14th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on May 25, 1861, at Jacksonville, Ill. The Regiment was later consolidated with the 15th Illinois Infantry on July 1, 1864 as the 14th and 15th Battalion Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Reorganized as the 14th Illinois on April 28, 1865, the regiment was mustered out on September 18, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Extent
1 envelope
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Unknown, n.d.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
- Discharges Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Furgeson, George -- Archival resources.
- Military discharge -- Illinois -- 1864. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 19th -- Archival resources.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository