Pvt. William Eaton

William Eaton served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He first enlisted in Company A, 31st Regiment, Illinois Infantry on 22 August 1861 and mustered in on 18 September 1861 in Cairo, Illinois. He transferred to Battery D, 1st Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery on 9 December 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi and mustered in on 27 January 1864 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He mustered out on 28 July 1865 in Chicago, Illinois.

• Source - Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.