Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
       Wake, Charles - Pvt - co B - 72 IL US INF
        Residence, Joliet, Will Co, IL; Join, 12Aug1862; AGe, 25; Born, Hampshire, England
        Height, 5' 8"; Hair, dark; Eyes, hazel; Complexion, light; Single; Blacksmith
        Trans to Signal Corps SO 245 Maj Gen Grant, 07Sep 1863
        Wounded in breast at Vicksburg 02Jun1863
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Civil War Pension Index (Ancestry.com):
       Wake, Charles
        Service - B 72 Ill. Inf.
                       Sig Corps US A
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
       Wake, Charles Henry - Pvt - Co B - 72nd Illinois Infantry
        Born, 1837; Died, 1925; Age, 88
       Buried, Cozad Cemetery, Cozad, Dawson county, Nebraska, Lot, 51; Section, 3; Grave #4
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