Pvt. Edward Runge

Pvt. Edward Runge

From the Kane Co. Honor Roll

Co. D         3^rd Ill.

Died – March 25, 1917

Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin

Location – Lot 228, Section 11

From the Ill. Adj't. Gen's. Report

Co. I        3^rd Ill. Nat. Guard

Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill.

Enlisted – May 9, 1898

Mustered In – May 10, 1898 at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Ill.

Remarks – Trans. To Co. D, May 11, 1898

Co. D        3^rd, Ill. Nat. Guard

       Left for Chickamauga National Park, Georgia on May 16, 1898 and arrived at Newport News, Va. July 24, 1898.
Mustered Out – Jan. 18, 1899 at Joliet, Ill.

Notice – July 28, 1898 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier
     A telegram from Newport News states that on account of physical disabilities Pvt. Edward Runge of Co. D, and Cpl. Lester Hardiman of Co. E were placed at the Fortress Monroe hospital.

Notice – Aug. 4, 1898 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.

     Edward Runge, another Elgin boy, ill of rheumatism is in the hospital at Pint Comfort, Va.