Cook County IL Archives Military Records.....Quinn, Francis P. February 23, 1864
Civilwar 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune, reprinted in the Dubuque Democratic Herald, February 23, 1864.


DEATH OF A DUBUQUE SOLDIER

The following item from the Chicago Tribune of the 20th first gave the notice to his
family of the death  of Francis P. Quinn. His mother resides on Bluff Street between
9th and 10th, and this was the first information she had of the sad affair. He was
well known here and had many friends, he left last week to rejoin his regiment.

The body of Sergeant Major Francis P. Quinn, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, one
of the heroes of the bloody battlefield of Chickamauga, was found yesterday
afternoon, about 3 o’clock, firmly embedded in the ice at the foot of Wolcott
Street. A police officer brought the deceased to the North Market Station House, and
the Coroner held an inquest, the result of which was a verdict of accidental
drowning. The pockets of the dead man contained his furlough and descriptive roll,
and from these and other papers, the fact was learned that he a shot through the
right lung on the 20th of September last, that he was subsequently captured by the
enemy and paroled, and that he was sent home on furlough. He was on his way to
rejoin his regiment when he fell into the river and was drowned.


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