Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Carl Edward Meyer

Birth Year: 1843
Birth Place: Minden, Prussia
Residence at Enlistment: Cass County, IL
Regiment(s): Co A, 114th IL Inf
Military Notes:

Entered service in 1862; taken prisoner 10 Jun 1864 at Brice’s Crossroads, MS, and was sent to Andersonville. Mustered out at Springfield, IL, on 1 Jul 1865. Andersonville record says he was captured at Gunntown, MS, and also held at Camp Cahaba, AL; “sent to Millen [GA], 31 Oct 1864; exchanged 1 Apr 1865.”

Death Year: 1886
Death Place: near Alexander, IL
Burial Place: Beardstown, IL
Cemetery Name: Oak Grove Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 51925383
Spouse(s): Catherine Kienast (or Keniss, Kniss, Ginnes, etc), m. 1865 in Cass County, IL
Remarks: Recorded as a resident of the Arenzville township in the 1863 draft rolls (while on active duty).

Alt name: Theodor Meyer. Shown as “Theodor Meyer” in Cass County Draft Registration as a man living in Arenzville township with prior service in 114th IL Inf. The rolls of this regiment show an “Edward Meyer” from Beardstown. Pension record uses the surname “Meyers,” and IL state death record uses the surname “Myers.” Grave marker reads “Edward Meyer.”