A Family History of Alvin Brooks: Articles and Documents

Military Records

Letter from Kansas State Historical Society regarding Gilman D Brooks' service as a First Lieutenant Company C, First Battalion, 19th Regiment, Kansas State Militia.

Gilman is the son of Alvin Brooks and Sallie Carr


Civil War Service Records
 

Name: Erastus O Brooks  (son of Alvin Brooks and Pheba Freer)
Residence: Fenton, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 07 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 357 357
Service Record: Wounded
Enlisted as a Private on 07 September 1861
Enlisted in Company A, 34th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 07 September 1861.
Mustered out Company A, 34th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 21 November 1864
   
   
Name: Norman Brooks (son of Alvin Brooks and Pheba Freer)
Residence: Erie, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 08 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 398 398
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 August 1862
Enlisted in Company I, 75th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 02 September 1862.
Discharged Company I, 75th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 24 May 1865
   
   
Name: Minard Morgan  (half brother to Erastus and Norman Brooks, son of Pheba Freer)
Residence: Erie, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 15 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 398 398
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 August 1862
Enlisted in Company I, 75th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 02 September 1862.
Mustered out Company I, 75th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 June 1865 in Nashville, TN
   
   
Name: Marion Brooks  (son of Alphonso Brooks, brother of Alvin Brooks)
Residence: Spring Hill, Illinois
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kansas
Unit Numbers: 731 731
Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain
Commission in Company I, 8th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 16 September 1864.
Mustered out Company I, 8th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 28 November 1865
   
   

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