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James F. Burk

1845 – 5 Oct 1864

Birth1845
Death5 Oct 1864
CemeteryMarietta National Cemetery
Marietta , Cobb County , Georgia , USA
Added byGeorge G on 09 Feb 2021
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Co E 7th Illinois Infantry Residence HOPEDALE, TAZEWELL CO, IL Age 18 Height 5'7 1/2 Hair DARK Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status N/A Occupation FARMER Nativity BUTLER CO, KY Service Record Joined OCT 31, 1863 SPRINGFIELD, IL Joined By CPT KEYS Period 3 YRS Muster In NOV 19, 1863 CAMP YATES KILLED IN BATTLE AT ALATOONA PASS 5 OCT 1864 -Illinois State Archives No. 97. Reports of Lieut. Col. Hector Perrin, Seventh Illinois Infantry, Third Brigade. HDQRS. SEVENTH ILLINOIS VETERAN VOL. INFANTRY, Rome, Ga., October 15, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Seventh Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the battle at Allatoona Pass, October 5, 1864: In compliance with orders from Col. R. Rowett, commanding Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, on the 4th of October, 1864, 1 had my command in readiness to move at a moments notice. At about 6 p.m. I was ordered to proceed to the railroad depot to get aboard the train and to leave one company (D) to report for duty to Major Johnson, commanding post of Rome. The remaining nine companies, numbering 291 muskets and 8 musicians, got on board the train with the Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, two companies of the Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and the Twelfth Illinois Infantry, under command of Brig. Gen. J. M. Corse, [and] left Rome at about 9 p.m., and arrived at Allatoona a little after midnight. After disembarking I was ordered to take my position on the left of the railroad south of the depot. About 2 a.m. I was ordered to form line of battle some 200 yards in front of my former position, with the right of my command resting on the railroad. At about 3 a.m. I received orders to move my command on the right of the railroad, with the left resting on the railroad amid the right resting on some buildings. A little after daybreak I received orders from Col. R. Rowett to throw two companies as skirmishers in front of my command and to retire slowly to the fort on the hill, leaving one other company in town to cover the retreat of the skirmishers if necessary. I was then ordered to take possession of a line of rifle-pits near the Cartersville road, with my right resting on that road and joining with the Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry. At about 8.30 a.m. the enemy advanced against our lines on the Cartersville road; I therefore sent for my skirmishers (three companies), which were still on the right of the railroad and in town. They arrived as the enemy was charging our lines most furiously, and enabled, by their timely assistance, a portion of the Thirty-ninth Iowa to regain possession of a line of rifle-pits from which they had been driven after a long-contested struggle. The right of the line gave way before a vastly superior force, which movement compelled my command to abandon their rifle-pits and retreat to the fort. With a portion of it I fled into the rifle-pits around the fort and another portion entered into the fort, where the fighting was kept up until 2.30 p.m., when the enemy retreated. The losses sustained by my regiment are as follows: 37 killed, 66 wounded, most of them dangerously, and 38 missing. I would here remark that all officers and men of my command did their duty well; not one left his post as long as it could be held... -The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 39 (Part I) pages 777-778. BURK, JAMES F PVT US ARMY CIVIL WAR DATE OF DEATH: 10/05/1864 BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 2003 -VA gravesite locator

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