Robert Elder
Private, C Company, 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry



Photo by Barry Goodall

Robert Elder was enrolled in the 17th Infantry on October 28th, 1861. He was mustered in on January 4th, 1862 at Calhoun for a three year term in Company E prior to consolidation, and then transferred to Co. C. He was listed as a deserter, being absent on August 1st, 1862 in Huntsville. There are no other entries in the AG Report.

ABSENT may be a more correct title than "deserted" as given in the AG Report. Men in these sections were not with their unit upon muster-out. Some were hospitalized, others dead, others prisioners, and others no doubt AWOL.

Robert Elder Co. C, Buried in Grayson County at Caney Creek Church near Caneyville [Barry Goodall]

Photo by Barry Goodall