Discharge From Service

Patrick Wallace entered the service August 1862 and was detached in February of 1865. From that point until the end of the war he was noted as having become a "scout" (or a spy as was noted in The Plato Township History). He later settled on a farm close to the NW corner of Plank and Brier Hill Roads. His farm's entrance was on Brier Hill Road. He married Mary Ella Dougherty who was born in Nantucket to John and Eliza Jane Dougherty. Their farm was in the SW corner of Rutland Township.
To all whom it may concern: Know ye, That Patrick Wallace a Sergeant of Captain William Warner Company, (C,) 127th Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers, who was enrolled on the fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty two to serve three years or during the war, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this fifth day of June 1865, at Near Washington D. C. by reason of expiration of Term of Service (No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist.*) Said Patrick Wallace was born in Ireland in the state of , is twenty four years of age, Five feet six & ¼ inches high, fair complexion, gray eyes, Black hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a farmer Given at Near Washington D. C. this fifth day of June 1865 John C. Nelson Capt 70th O. V. Vol. (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) A C M 2nd Div 15th A. C. (2nd Division, 15th Army Corps) * This sentence will be erased should there be anything in the conduct or physical condition of the soldier rendering him unfit for the Army. [A. G. O., No. 99] Alfred Darnell 1st Lieut. 127th Ill Vols. Infty. (127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry) Comdg Co. C. (Company C)