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Source for: Henry Lewis Slaten, 4 JAN 1842 - 4 MAY 1922
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Name source: S73Text: Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.
Birth source: S27Page: XVIII-291
Occupation source: S4Occupation source: S5Occupation source: S6Occupation source: S5Page: 6
Text: _ _ 11 11 James Hanlon Jr W M 18? _ son X _ _ _ works-in-?-factory _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Illinois Ireland Ireland
Occupation source: S4Page: 7
Text: 56 56 Abram L Slaten 9 M W_ _ _ Illinois _ _ _ _ X _ _ _ _ _
_MIL S27Page: XVIII-291
Burial source: S36Page: vol 5 p 298
Index to Register of Deaths ;[Jersey Co, IL], (Permanent Loan Microfilm).
Census source: S2Page: 15
Text: 90 90 Henry L Slaten 9 M _ _ _ IL _ X _ _
URL http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=ILM432_111-0071&fn=George+W&ln=Slaten&pid=19171587
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Note: @N714@
Death source: S34Text: SLATEN HENRY L M/W UNK 0420053 1922-05-04 JERSEY MISSISSIPPI TWP 22-05-05
_MIL S27Page: XVIII-291
_MIL S13Page: Henry L Staton[sic]
Text: Name: Henry L Staton ,
Residence: Jersey County, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 27 February 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 384 384 384
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 27 February 1862
Enlisted in Company C, 61st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 27 February 1862.
Reenlisted in Company C, 61st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 29 February 1864
Mustered out Company C, 61st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 08 September 1865 in Nashville, TN
_MIL S12Page: 61st Infantry Regiment IL
Text: Date Mustered: 08 September 1865
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 3
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 34
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 4
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
ILLINOIS
SIXTY-FIRST INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Sixty-first Infantry. - Cols., Jacob Fry, Jerome B. Nul-
ton; Lieut.-Cols., Jacob Fry, Simon P. Ohr, Daniel Grass ;
Majs., Simon P. Ohr, Daniel Grass, Jerome B. Nulton, Daniel S.
Keeley. This regiment was organized at Carrollton, three full
companies being mustered on Feb. 5 1862. On Feb. 21 the regi-
ment, still incomplete, moved to Benton barracks, Mo., and
there a sufficient number of recruits joined to make nine full
companies. On the first day at Shiloh 400 men of the 61st were
formed in line in time to receive the first assault of the en-
emy and they stood their ground for an hour and a quarter, un-
til every other regiment in the division had given way, when
they were ordered back. They were then ordered to support a
battery of the 1st Mo. artillery, and at 1 P.M.. were ordered
to the support of Gen. Hurlbut - coming to his support at a
very critical moment, and maintaining his line until relieved
by a fresh regiment, their ammunition being entirely exhausted.
When the second line was broken the regiment retired in good
order and took a position supporting the siege guns. Its loss
in this engagement was 80 killed, wounded and missing, includ-
ing 3 commissioned officers. In December 240 men of the regi-
ment proceeded by rail to Jackson, Tenn., where they moved out
on the Lexington road with the 43d Ill. and a detachment of
cavalry and took position at Salem cemetery. On the morning of
the 19th this force repulsed the enemy under Forrest, with 3
pieces of artillery and on receiving reinforcements from Gen.
Sullivan pursued the enemy some distance, after which they
returned to Bolivar. In Aug 1863, the regiment was ordered to
Arkansas, where it remained until Aug., 1864. It participated
in the combat at Clarendon on the White river, which resulted
in raising the blockade of that river made by the Confederate
Gen. Jo. Shelby. In the early part of the year 1864 enough of
the men re-enlisted to enable the regiment to retain its or-
ganization as a veteran regiment and on March 20 Co. K joined
the regiment from Camp Butler, Ill. On Aug. 14, the veterans
started to Illinois on veteran furlough leaving Co. K and the
recruits and non-veterans in camp at Devall's Bluff, Ark.
Returning to the front, the regiment was ordered to Tennessee,
and on Dec. 4 was engaged in the combat of Overall's creek, 3
miles from Murfreesboro. Three days later it was engaged in
the battle of Wilkinson's pike, or the "Cedars," near Murfrees-
boro, where it signalized itself by a gallant charge over the
enemy's rail and dirt breast works, capturing the colors of a
Florida regiment and a number of prisoners. Out of about 200
men engaged the regiment lost in killed and wounded about 30.
The last action in which the regiment was engaged was on Dec.
15, 1864, when, numbering about 175, with a small squad of dis-
mounted cavalry and one company of the 1st Mich. engineers, it
was attacked about 8 miles out of Murfreesboro by an overwhelm-
ing force of Confederates under the command of Forrest. Over
half of the regiment were killed, wounded or taken prisoners.
In the latter part of June, 1865, the recruits of the 83d,
98th, and 123d Ill. infantry were transferred to the 61st,
filling its ranks nearly to the maximum, and on Sept. 8, 1865,
the regiment was mustered out at Nashville and started home.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
Battles Fought
Fought on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 15 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 19 December 1862 at Jackson, TN.
Fought on 05 September 1864 at Gregory's Landing, AR.
Fought on 04 December 1864.
Fought on 15 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 25 December 1864.
Census source: S3Page: 11
Text: 81 81 Henry L Slaton 18 M _ _ _ _ IL _ X _ _
Census source: S4Page: 26
Text: 202 202 Henry L Slaten 28 M W Farmer _ 500 IL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X _
Census source: S5Page: 18
Text: _ _ 208 213 Henry Slaten W M 38 _ head _ X _ _ Farmer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IL SC NC
Census source: S6Page: 24
Text: _ 222 225 Henry L Slaten head W M Jan 1842 58 M 32 _ _ IL GS NC _ _ _ farmer O _ Y Y Y 6 M F 125
Census source: S8Page: 11
Text: _ 93 94 Henry L Slaten head ? W 68 Wd _ _ _ IL GA NC _ _ English own income _ _ _ _ Y Y _ ? ? ? _ ? _ _
Census source: S9Page: 8
Text: _ 90 90 enry L Slaten head O F M W 78 M _ _ _ _ Y Y IL _ GA _ SC _ Y none _ _ _