amuel, along with 3 brothers, helped the Union Army siege Vicksburg. See the book, which is free domain, on Illinois at Vicksburg at the following link, https://archive.org/details/illinoisatvicksb01illi/page/122. Two of the brothers, Henry and Tobias were in the same infantry, while Elijah was in the 31st Illinois Infantry that enlisted at Anna, Illinois. All 4 soldiers are listed on an Illinois monument at the National Military Park in Vicksburg. Daniel was in the 109th Illinois Infantry and 11th Illinois Infantry.