IN MEMORIAM GEORGE EDGAR FILKINS
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: SYD WHITTLE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
1ST LIEUT. 15TH U.S. INFTY.
AT THE AGE OF 19 HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST REGT. WIS. VOLUNTEER INFTY. HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLES OF FALLING WATER, CHATTANOOGO, NASHVILLE, CHAPLIN HILLS, JEFFERSON, STONE RIVER AND MISSIONARY RIDGE; HONORABLY MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE WITH HIS REGT. APRIL 7, 1866; ELECTED A COMPANION OF THE 1ST CLASS MILITARY ORDER, LOYAL LEGION OF THE U.S. NOV. 5, 1883, AND MEMBER OF THE G.A.R.
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