KIRK, Edward Needles

Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 29 1828, Jefferson Cty OH

Died: July 21 1863, Sterling IL

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer.

War Service: September 1861 Col. of 34th Illinois (which he helped recruit), Shiloh (w), opposed Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/XIV Corps at Stone's River

Post War: He was severely wounded in the hip during the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Minié ball lodging near his spine. He was transported to a field hospital and then eventually taken to the Tremont House in Chicago, where he died several months later.