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Private
Company I
58th Illinois Infantry
United States
Civil War
John Jefferson Green
4 April 1841
6 January 1926 |
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Obituary
source: Unknown
John Jefferson Green, son of William and Mary Green, was born
April 4, 1841; departed this life January 6, 1926, aged 84 years, 9 months and 2 days.
He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth McDaniel, and to this union seven
children were born, only two of whom survive. He was again united in marriage Dec.
31, 1879, and to this union was born one son, Alfred, with whom he made his home. He
leaves to survive him three children, Mrs. Emma Bowers, Mrs. Ella Lingle, and Alf Green,
all of McLeansboro, three brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren and twelve great
grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
He professed faith in Christ some forty years ago and united with the Mt. Pleasant
Christian Church. He told his family that he was ready and willing to go when his Saviour
called.
He heard the call of his country, and enlisted in Company I, 58th Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, and served his country well until the close of the War.
Uncle Jeff had spent all of his life near where he was born and he will be greatly
missed by his family and many friends, but our loss is his gain.
We should not weep as those that have no hope in Christ. In his quiet, unostentatious
way he lived his daily life, doing his duty at all times and under all circumstances,
leaving as honorable a record in civil life as he had made when he responded to the call
of his country in the dark days of 1864, the time that tried men's souls. He left an
example worthy of emulation alike for young and old.
Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Pleasant church by Walter Sanders. Burial in
cemetery at same place.
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Military
Record
source: Civil War Soldiers And Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html
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John J. Green
Regiment Name: 58th Illinois Infantry
Side: Union
Company: I
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private |
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Commanders
source: Roster of Company I 58th
Illinois Infantry
sites.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r100/058-i-in.htm
1st Lieutenants - John O. Kane, David J. Lynch
2nd Lieutenants - James M. Howard, Job Maxom
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58th Illinois
Infantry
source: 58th Illinois Infantry Dyer's Regimental History
sites.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/dyers/058inf.htm
11 Feb 1862 |
Organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago IL |
11-13 Feb 1862 |
Moved to Cairo IL, then to Fort Donelson TN |
14-16 Feb 1862 |
Investment and capture of Fort Donelson TN |
18 Feb to
6 Mar 1862 |
Occupation of Fort Henry TN |
6-25 Mar 1862 |
Moved to Savannah then to Pittsburg Landing TN |
6-7 Apr 1862 |
Fought in Battle of Shiloh TN, most of troops captured, organized with
remnants of Iowa Infantry into the Union Brigade, Army of the Tennessee |
29 Apr
to 30 May 1862 |
Advanced on and present at siege of Corinth MS |
31 May
to 6 June 1862 |
Pursuit to Booneville |
Through
Oct 1862 |
Duty at Corinth MS |
18-20 Sep
1862 |
Marched to Iuka |
3-4 Oct 1862 |
Fought at Battle Of Corinth MS |
5-12 Oct 1862 |
Pursuit to Ruckersville |
19 Nov 1863 |
Skirmish at Obion River near Union City TN |
21 Jan 1864 |
Ordered to Vicksburg MS |
3 Feb to
2 Mar 1864 |
Meridian campaign |
10 Mar
to 12 May 1864 |
Red River campaign |
14 Mar 1864 |
At Fort DeRussy |
16 Mar 1864 |
Occupation of Alexandria |
9 Apr 1864 |
Fought at Battle of Pleasant Hill |
20-21 Apr 1864 |
Natchitoches |
22-24 Apr 1864 |
Cloutiersville |
26 Apr to
13 May 1864 |
At Alexandria |
13-20 May 1864 |
Retreated to Morganza |
16 May 1864 |
At Mansura |
18 May 1864 |
At Yellow Bayou |
22 May to
10 June 1864 |
Moved to Vicksburg MS then to Memphis TN |
6 June 1864 |
At Lake Chicot AR |
5-21 Jul 1864 |
Smith's Expedition to Tupelo MS |
13 Jul 1864 |
Near Camargo's Cross Roads |
14-15 Jul 1864 |
At Harrisburg MS, near Tupelo |
15 Jul 1864 |
At Old Town (Tishamingo Creek) |
1-31 Aug 1864 |
Smith's Expedition to Oxford MS |
7-9 Aug 1864 |
At Tallahatchie River |
23 Aug 1864 |
At Abbeville |
2-10 Sep 1864 |
Mowe's Expedition to Brownsville AR |
17 Sep to
19 Nov 1864 |
March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price |
21 Nov to
1 Dec 1864 |
Moved to Nashville TN |
15-16 Dec 1864 |
Fought at Battle of Nashville |
17-28 Dec 1864 |
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River |
Until Feb 1865 |
Moved to Eastport MS and on duty there |
9 Jan 1865 |
Expedition from Eastport to Iuka |
8-26 Feb 1865 |
Moved to New Orleans LA |
26 Feb to
6 Mar 1865 |
Moved to Dauphin Island AL |
9 Apr 1865 |
Assualt and capture of Fort Blakely |
12 Apr 1865 |
Occupation of Mobile AL |
13-25 Apr 1865 |
Marched to Montgomery AL |
Until Apr 1866 |
On duty at Montgomery and in District of Alabama |
15 Apr 1866 |
Mustered out |
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