Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
Shiffer, Solomon - Pvt - Co I - 46 IL US INF
Residence, Plainfield, Will Co, IL; Join, 16Nov1861; Age, 20
Height, 5' 11"; Hair, dark; Eyes, blue; Complexion, dark
Reenlisted as a veteran
Shiffer, Solomon A. - Pvt - Co I - 46 IL US INF
Residence, Plainfield, Will Co, IL; Join, 23Dec1863; Age, 20; Born, PA
Height, 5' 11"; Hair, dark; Eyes, blue; Complexion, dark; Farmer
Mustered out, 20Jan1856
Veteran mustered out as 1SGT
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
Civil War Pension Index (ancestry.com):
Shiffer, Solomon A.
Service - I 46 Ill Inf
Date of filing - 1882Jan18 - Application #1137416; Certificate #252673; Iowa
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Shiffer, Solomon - 46 Illinois Infantry
Died, 02Aug1929; Buried, Oakwood [Joliet] Will Co, IL
Honor roll of State of Illinoi, Illinois Veteran's Commission, Oct 1, 1956:
Shiffer, Solomon Sgt - Co I - 46 IL Inf
Died, 02Aug1929; Buried, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, IL, Section A
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Headstone Reading,Published Obituaries:
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US Census Records:
1910 - New Lenox, Will Co, IL - Solomon A. Shiffer Household
Solomon A. Shiffer, 69, born-Pennsylvania; Margaret E., 53