| Admin/Biog History |
Charles D. Echols, a bookkeeper in Gallipolis, Ohio. Echols was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1823. He served in a regiment of volunteers during the Mexican War in 1847. Echols' sister, Elesia Linsy McCormick, was married in Louisville in 1830 and moved with her husband to New Orleans. Elesia's son, James McCormick, wrote the following letter to his uncle in Ohio at the outbreak of the Civil War. Ironically, the forty-one year old Echols enlisted again in 1864 in the 140th Ohio Infantry to serve for one hundred days. |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Archives |
| Collection |
Civil War Small Collections |
| Dates of Accumulation |
September 3, 1864 |
| Abstract |
Discharge for Charles D. Echols, a private in Company K, 140th Ohio National Guard (100 days). Enlisted May 2, 1864, born in Louisville, Ky, was 41 years old at time of enlistment, 5' 7" tall, fair complexion, gray eyes, dark skin, and a book keeper by trade. It mentions on the back that he had served in the Mexican War in 1847. |
| Event |
Civil War |
| Legal Status |
Oshkosh Public Museum |
| Notes |
Charles D. Echols, a bookkeeper in Gallipolis, Ohio. Echols was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1823. He served in a regiment of volunteers during the Mexican War in 1847. Echols' sister, Elesia Linsy McCormick, was married in Louisville in 1830 and moved with her husband to New Orleans. Elesia's son, James McCormick, wrote the following letter to his uncle in Ohio at the outbreak of the Civil War. Ironically, the forty-one year old Echols enlisted again in 1864 in the 140th Ohio Infantry to serve for one hundred days. |
| Object ID |
SC411.5.19.2 |
| Object Name |
Certificate, Discharge |
| People |
Echols, Charles D. |
| Subjects |
Civil War
National Guard
Soldiers |
| Title |
Discharge for Charles D. Echols |
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