Individual Details

Event

"Company E, Twentieth Illinois Regiment. E.W. Gideon, sergeant, appointed hospital steward, June 13, 1861; died at Clinton, November, 1861." - History of Dewitt County, Illinois; Pioneer Publishing Company (1910), p.158
"Edwin was among the first to enlist in the Twentieth Illinois Infantry and gave his life for his country in 1861. George W. Gideon dedicated the hill on his home farm for a soldiers cemetery, rededicated as Woodlawn Cemetery, and his son was the first one buried there." - Clinton 1835-1985, Dewitt County, Illinois 1839-1985; IL (Dewitt) HIS 1985, pp.227-228; Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society Library, 201 E. Grove St., Bloomington, IL 61701
His youngest son, Edwin, fought in the Civil War and while home on sick leave died. He asked to be buried on the hill where he had shot the shite turkey. This was done and later Mr. Gideon gave the Soldiers Plot to the City of Clinton. Some years later the city bought sixty five acres which is now Woodlawn Cemetery." - Clinton 1835-1985, Dewitt County, Illinois 1839-1985; IL (Dewitt) HIS 1985, pp.295-296; Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society Library, 201 E. Grove St., Bloomington, IL 61701; submitted by Mary Robb Kolp

Death

His body was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, Dewitt Co, IL.
"Woodlawn cemetery is a tract of land in the northwest part of the city, and contains about sixty-five acres. This tract of land was formerly owned by George W. Gideon, whose son, Edwin W., came home from the front during the Civil war in 1861 on a furlough and soon afterward died. His remains were the first to be interred in this cemetery. ..." - History of Dewitt County, Illinois; Pioneer Publishing Company (1910), p.338