Civil War UNDERTAKER RECEIPT for a 130th Illinois SOLDIER

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A February 20, 1863 Memphis, Tennessee receipt for the metallic burial case and outside box for Thomas J. Darden who was a Pvt. of Co. B 130th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Upon his death in Memphis on February 23, 1863, Pvt. Darden would become one of 177 members of the 130th Illinois that would die in service to the Union cause before the wars end. The well illustrated receipt is issued on February 26, 1863 on the billhead of Memphis undertakers C. K. Holst and Son who issued the receipt in the amount of $60.00 to Dardens Lt., Jacob W. Paulin of Co. B. Pvt. Darden was a resident of Sagamon County, Illinois when he enlisted on August 20, 1862. The 130th left the state for Memphis on November 11, 1862. Arriving there on the 17th, the Regiment took up duty at Fort Pickering where it was assigned to the 16th Army Corps . Lt. Paulin who saw to the arrangements for the diseased Pvt. was commissioned 2nd Lt of Co. B 130th Illinois on October 25, 1862. He was promoted to 1st Lt. on November 20, 1863 and was transferred to the 77th Illinois Volunteers on January 25, 1865. A prophetic remnant of the ultimate price of War, this 6 X 8 mortician receipt is issued in the hand of the mortician whos billhead boasts the availability of Fisks and Cranes burial cases and ALL KINDS OF WOOD COFFINS, KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND . The billhead offers read more

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