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About Corp. John Harmon
John Harmon served in the Union Army during the American Civil War in Company A, 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment. He entered service on 22 Aug 1861 and mustered in on 18 Sep 1861 in Cairo, Illinois as a Private. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal. He died on 26 Sep 1864 in a field hospital in Rome, Georgia. The cause of his death was gangrene from a fracture to his right wrist, the result of a gunshot wound received in the Battle of Atlanta on 22 July 1864.
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- Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- Fold3.com. Web: Civil War "Widow's Pensions" [database on-line]. Record Group: 15. Roll: WC134434-WC134466.
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Corp. John Harmon's Timeline
| 1828 |
July 5, 1828
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Randolph County, Illinois, United States
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| 1852 |
September 2, 1852
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| 1854 |
January 28, 1854
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| 1856 |
July 17, 1856
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| 1860 |
February 9, 1860
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Perry County, Illinois, United States
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| 1864 |
September 26, 1864
Age 36
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General Field Hospital, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, United States
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