Name/Title
Cyrenus Wirt LitchfieldEntry/Object ID
M2014.1.763Description
Cyrenus Wirt Litchfield at age 82. The first volunteer from DuPage County in the Civil War, April 19, 1861. Lived from 1834 to 1917.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Black and White PrintMade/Created
Date made
1916Time Period
1910sInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
On back: Cyrenus Wirt Litchfield (1916- age 82) (258 So. York) 1st volunteer from DuPage County to volunteer to President Lincoln's call for 30,000 volunteers - Civil War - 4/19/1861. Barker's Dragoons - later in Co. H -141 Reg. Ill Vol Inf.