Civil War veteran; killed in action at the Battle of Lost Mountain: Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865

Name:Edgar Camp
Residence:Monticello, Illinois
Enlistment Date:8 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment:Private
State Served: Illinois
Survived the War?:No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company H, Illinois 107th Infantry Regiment on 04 Sep 1862.
Promoted to Full Captain on 13 Feb 1863.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 09 Feb 1863.
Mustered out on 16 Jun 1864.
Source:Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company H, 107th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 4 Sep 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 9 Feb 1863.
Promoted to Full Captain on 13 Feb 1863.
Killed Company H, 107th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 16 Jun 1864.

Edgar was one of seven brothers who served in the Civil War. An historical marker (39° 55.411′ N, 88° 34.315′ W. Bement, Piatt County, Illinois. Marker is on East Wilson Street east of North Macon Street, on the left when traveling east) bears this inscription:
Edgar Camp came to Bement in 1855 along with two brothers. As one of the early settlers, he assisted in building the first houses. The Camp boys were joined by another brother in 1858.
When Civil War broke out, Edgar, James and William volunteered. Edgar enlisted in August 1862 as a member of Company H, 107th regiment Illinois Volunteers Infantry which was mustered into the United States service at Camp Butler, Illinois.
Edgar was promoted to First lieutenant, then Captain (in February 1863). Copies of Ordinances issued by Camp are shown here. While on the skirmish line near Kenesaw Mountain, he fell mortally wounded on June 16, 1864. James and William survived.

Battery Camp, a Civil War fortification established at what is now the area of Baxter and Rufer Avenues in Louisville, Kentucky, was named after Edgar Camp.

Edgar's parents and other siblings remained in Knox County, Ohio, and are listed on the 1860 US Census which also shows the younger brothers who also served. When Edgar was buried in this cemetery, the family, who had also lost Edgar's mother two years earlier, still resided in the area. They later moved to Illinois. Edgar is the only Civil War soldier from this family to be interred at Five Corners.

1850 United States Federal Census
Name:Edgar Camp
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Birth Place:Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850: Milford, Knox, Ohio
Family Number: 1162
Household Members:
Name Age
E C Camp 46
Manerva Camp 45
James Camp 17 (Find A Grave Memorial# 19028534, vet.)
Emily Camp 21
William Camp 15 (Find A Grave Memorial# 19005166, vet.)
Edgar Camp 13
Eldad Camp 11 (Eldad Cicero, Find A Grave Memorial# 30375705, vet)
Stanley Camp 9 (Find A Grave Memorial# 19005245)
Curtis Camp 8
Hanson Camp 3 (Find A Grave Memorial# 19028604, vet.)

OTHER SIBLINGS with Memorials:
John Mallory Camp, Find A Grave Memorial# 19028486
Frederick Myron Camp, Find A Grave Memorial# 53155433
sisters Harriet C and Harriet M also in this cemetery