Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Richard Rudisill

Birth Year: 1837
Birth Place: Arcadia, IL
Residence at Enlistment: Arenzville, IL
Regiment(s): Co G, 34th IL Inf
Military Notes:

Entered service 10 Aug 1861; discharged for disability 2 Jun 1862 at Corinth, MS for “hypertrophy of heart.” Rank: Sergeant.

Death Year: 1895
Death Place: Pleasant Plains, IL
Burial Place: Pleasant Plains, IL
Cemetery Name: Pleasant Plains Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 29662065
Spouse(s): Mary Jane Hayes (m. 1862)
Remarks: Resident of Arenzville when he entered service

Described in muster roll as “single, farmer.” He moved to Kansas late in his life but returned to Illinois in 1894 to live near family.