Pvt. James S. Hipple
From the Ill. Adj't. Gen's. Report
Co. E 3rd Ill. N. G.
Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill.Enlisted – April 26, 1898
Mustered In – May 7, 1898 at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Ill.
Mustered Out – Jan. 13, 1899 at Joliet, Ill.
Notice – Aug. 3, 1898 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
J. W. Hipple writes from Atlanta, Ga. That he found his son, James in the typhoid ward at the hospital at Fortress Monroe.
James Hipple is reported to be in critical condition at Fort McPherson, Georgia.
Excerpt from the Aug. 6, 1898 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
A Letter from Miss Hipple, at Chicakamauga states that her brother, James, appears somewhat improved. His temperature remains about 100. The fever must run three weeks longer. He is stronger.
Excerpt from the Aug. 10, 1898 issue of The Elgin Daily Courier.
A letter has been received from Atlanta, Georgia stating that James Hipple had been removed to that city from Chicakamauga, he was in a tent on a hard cot, with no other bad clothing than a heavy blanket, it is claimed, and the only available food for him was a poor quality of milk.
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