Found Achille too! Name: Achille Chiniquy , Residence: St Ann, Illinois Enlistment Date: 19 February 1865 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Illinois Unit Numbers: 327 327 Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain on 19 February 1865 Commission in Company K, 147th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 19 February 1865. Mustered out Company K, 147th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 20 January 1866 in Savannah, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <VCrawf@aol.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Civil War data - Charles A. Chiniquy > In a message dated 6/24/2005 8:54:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, > llepore@comcast.net writes: > Name: Charles A Chiniquy , > Residence: St Ann, Illinois > Enlistment Date: 10 February 1865 > Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE > Side Served: Union > State Served: Illinois > Unit Numbers: 327 327 > Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 February 1865 > Enlisted in Company K, 147th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 February > 1865. > Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 19 February 1865 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > This was Charles Achille (or Albert) CHINIQUY, born 1846 to Achille Chiniquy > and Luce Fraser. Fr. Charles Chiniquy, brother of Achille, was Charles A.'s > uncle. > > Company K marched south, engaging in some spatters of guerilla warfare on the > way (according to the regimental history) - then ended at Andersonville, the > notorious Confedrate prison where Union soldiers were held under inhumane > conditions (or so the story goes - the Confederate captors were probably little > better off). I think Co. K assisted in escorting the freed Union prisoners > back to the North. > > Charles A. married Stella Russell and left no issue. > > Thanks for reminding me of my OTHER Uncle Charlie, apparently an interesting > guy.