Springer, Robert

Robert Springer

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Quick Facts

Significance:

Company C, 98th Illinois Infantry Volunteers

Date of Birth:

October 23, 1840

Place of Death:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Date of Death:

April 3, 1863

Place of Burial:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Cemetery Name:

Stones River National Cemetery

Robert W. Springer was born on October 23, 1839 to Rachel and Enoch Springer. He enrolled to be a soldier on August 29, 1862 and was mustered on September 3, 1862 with his home being listed as Laclede, Illinois. He served as a Private in Company C, 98th Illinois Infantry Volunteers. He died on April 3, 1863 of typhoid fever at a hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Springer is buried at Stones River National Cemetery in plot F-2417.