Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
Staffan, Christian - Pvt - Co C - 100 IL US INF
Residence, Mokena, Will Co, IL; Join, 06Aug1862; Age, 24; Born, Germany
Height, 5' 9-1/2"; Hair, black; Eyes, black; Complexion, black Single; Butcher
Discharged 10Mar1865
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Christian Staffan - Pvt - Co C - 100 Infantry Regiment Illinois
Enlisted, 06Aug1862
Discharged, 10March 1865
Civil War Pension Index (Ancestry.com):
Steffan, Christian - Co C - 100 Ill Inf.
Date of Filing - 1879Jun7; Invalid; App. #290729; Cert. #203558
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
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):
July 17 [1901]– Christian Steffan, of Joliet, aged 78 [sic] years. He was a soldier in the civil war, enlisting in the 100th regiment in Joliet.
Headstone Reading,Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
US Census Records:
1870 - Frankfort, Will Co, Illinois, Christian Steffan Household:
Steffan, Christian, 29, b-Darmstad, Butcher; Nancy, 23
Lizzie, 3; Frank, 2/12
Joliet, Illinois Directories - 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 (all the same):
Christian Steffan, 728 E. Washington, meat market