Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
       Shaffer, Charles  - Pvt - Co G - 20 IL US INF
       Residence - Momence, Kankakee Co, IL; Join, 05Jan1865- BigBlackMS
       Height, 5' 10-1/2"; Hair, light; Eyes, blue; Complexion, light; Married; Farmer
       Veteran promoted to Sergeant 20May1865
       Mustered out, 16Jul1865
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
       Charles Shaffer - Pvt - Co G - 20th Infantry Regiment Illinois
        Residence, Kankakee, Ill; Enlisted, 13June1861
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
         Charles Shaffer  - Co G - 20 Illinois Infantry
         Soldier's rank in - Pvt.
         Soldier's rank out - Sgt.
         Film Number M539, Roll 81
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
      
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
     April 13th [1900], Charles Shaefer, of Joliet, aged 62 years. He was an old resident and enlisted in the 20th Ill. regiment in 1861.

Headstone Reading,  Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Illinois, G.A.R. Monument:
         Charles Shaffer
            Pvt Co G
            20 ILL Inf
           1838-1900

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