COMPANY C, THIRTY–SIXTH REGIMENT.

Quite a number of Mercer county men entered this company, which was organized in Warren county and was officered almost entirely by men from that county. The organization took place August 20, 1861, and the muster-in took place about one month later at Aurora. A day or two after the organization the regiment went to Quincy, Illinois, and thence to St. Louis, Missouri. Some of the principal battles in which this regiment was engaged were : Bentonville, Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone river, Chickamauga creek. Many other skirmishes and light engagements were participated in by this regiment. Nine of Mercer county's citizens died at the enemy's hands or from disease contracted in the service.

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