Service Records - Jacob and Eli Brown

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Name: Jacob Brown
Residence: Edgar County, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 22 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 389 389
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1862
Enlisted in Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 19 September 1862.
Mustered out Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 02 June 1865

Name: Eli Brown
Residence: Edgar County, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 10 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 389 389 389
Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal
Enlisted as a Private on 10 September 1861
Enlisted in Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 10 October 1861.
Reenlisted in Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 26 December 1863
Mustered out Company E, 66th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 07 July 1865 in Camp Logan, KY


Where they fought:
Fought on 04 October 1862 at Corinth, MS
Fought on 16 January 1864
Fought on 09 May 1864 at Snake Gap, GA
Fought on 14 May 1864 at Lay's Ferry, GA
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Lay's Ferry, GA
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Resaca, GA
Fought on 16 May 1864 at Rome Cross Roads, GA
Fought on 16 May 1864 at Rome, GA
Fought on 22 May 1864 at Rome Cross Roads, GA
Fought on 27 May 1864 at Dallas, GA
Fought on 29 May 1864 at Dallas, GA
Fought on 30 May 1864 at Dallas, GA
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Near Big Shanty
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA
Fought on 28 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Decatur, GA
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA
Fought on 09 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA
Fought on 11 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA
Fought on 31 August 1864
Fought on 04 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA
Fought on 21 March 1865 at Bentonville, NC
Fought on 10 April 1865 at Raleigh, NC

Jacob was 5 feet 10 inches tall with a fair complexion, grey eyes and light hair. He was a farmer when he enlisted at the age of 22. He served as a private in Company E, 66th Regiment of Illinois, Union Army. His regiment was commanded by Colonel S. K. Campbell and his company commander was Caption Levi C. Thornton. He volunteered in Edgar County, Illinois.

While serving with the Union Army, Jacob was wounded twice. He was wounded severely by a musket ball in the calf of his right leg at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia May 9, 1864. Apparently he was treated May 21, 1864 for a "simple flesh wound of left leg and wounds in both legs. The second musket ball was not removed. He was furloughed August 15, 1864 because of his injuries.

Jacob apparently served as a guard for the C&GE to Chattanooga, Tennessee from November 8, 1864 until January 1865 when he was again given leave. While in the army he also suffered sunstroke and dysentery. It was the latter which caused him to apply for a pension some years later. He was mustered out June 2, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky by reason of the expiration of his term of service.