WASHBURNE RIFLES

In September Rhenodyne A. Bird organized a company with about eighty members, and September 9th they left for camp at Chicago, where they became a part of the Douglas brigade.

The Rifles were known as Company C, of the Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteers. The total number of enlistments in this company from Winnebago county, including veterans and recruits, was one hundred and seven. There was one volunteer in Company D.

 

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