Featured Civil War Tin Type help ID name

Any help appreciated.
Quincy Ollinors?
I tried to Google the name but not coming up with anything.

 

That's "Quincy Illinois", his name is looks to be "Henry L. Cleaveland".

 

OMG I definitely am not awake yet. Lol Duh moment. Thank you

 

that's a very nice example !!!

 

Beautiful clear image,right down to his curled snake belt buckle ! Also a nice Union Case.
https://www.google.com/search?clien...cxvK9YQtKgLegQIHBAB&biw=1146&bih=542&dpr=1.67

 

1860 census for Quincy, IL. Surname given as "Cleveland." Found on familysearch.org which is free to join.

Debora

 

The page says he was a bookkeeper.

 

And doing well as there was a domestic servant in the household.

Debora

 

At the time, that wasn't unusual. If you were doing OK there was often a maid in the house to help with the heavy work. It was too much for one person.

 

Agree. Often times it was a country girl who lived in and did household work in order to attend a county seat high school.

Debora

 

The country schools only went to eighth grade. If a woman wanted more she had to find a way to move to a bigger area for four years. Being a maid was one way to do it.

My grandmother moved to New York City when she was 14 (eek!) probably just that way, except that instead of going to high school she went to work full time. As a maid. This was in 1910/1911 and farm kids who stayed on the farm didn't get high school diplomas. The boys often quit in sixth or seventh grade because their labor was needed.

 

Here's a possible ...
https://ilgenweb.whalen-family.org/civilwar/acm/cav004-a.html
CLEVELAND, Henry L QM Serg. Chicago Sep 26, 1861 Disch, Oct 2, 1862 as private; disability

Who can tell us something about the uniform?

That middle initial could be an R or Q?

No luck with Lydia (Darling) Cleaveland.

 

Married in 1850. Both residents of Boston, MA. His occupation is given as "Agent." And surname spelled on record "Cleaveland."

Debora

 

My mother went as far as 8th grade in a one room schoolhouse in Manchester, NH. She was born in 1909. In about 1923 she was sent to Dracut, MA to become a maid in a boarding house. Not at all unusual then.

 

This is all so interesting.

 

QM - Quartermaster Sergeant

During the US Civil War, -

"Each regiment or battalion was assigned a quartermaster sergeant as part of the staff, appointed by the commander from among the regiment's sergeants. Their task was to assist the quartermaster of the regiment with ordering, storing and distributing various equipage (clothing, tents, etc.) and maintaining appropriate records. Other tasks may have included overseeing the regimental train or work parties assigned to the regiment. Particularly with cavalry and artillery regiments, acquiring and distributing forage was an important function of the quartermaster sergeant."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartermaster_sergeant

A job well suited to a bookkeeper.

 

That's a really nice piece with great provenance.

 

The insignia (2 chevrons) in the photo is for a corporal. If it is the same man who became a quartermaster sergeant, he may have briefly held the rank of corporal before being promoted to quartermaster. But it also seems the rank badge for a quartermaster was not formalized during this period -
"The company quartermaster sergeant wore three chevrons with a single straight tie in worsted. Although worn by volunteer cavalry from 1862, this rank badge was not incorporated into United States military regulations until 1866."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quart...n 1902 the rank was,colour during World War I.

In the History of the 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, written by Phineas Orlando Avery (of Company I, 4th IL) and published in 1903, Henry L. Cleveland is listed as the Company Quartermaster Sergeant for Company A. (This is also indicated in the link that Roaring provided.)

From Avery's History -
"On the 26th day of September. 1861, the regiment was
mustered into the United States Military service and on
November 4th, took its line of march for Springfield, where
it received its arms, which were not removed from their
cases, however, until the command arrived at Cairo.

The regiment left Ottawa with 1050 enlisted men and
46 officers. Three years later, when we returned to Spring-
field to be mustered out, we had 340 men, exclusive of 116
that re-enlisted and a few that received commissions in
colored regiments."
https://archive.org/stream/historyoffourthi00aver/historyoffourthi00aver_djvu.txt

Henry L. Cleveland was discharged October 2, 1862 due to disability, so he only served about a year before being seriously injured, one of many in a very high casualty rate for the Regiment. I wonder if his injury was ultimately the cause of his death 2 years later (as indicated on the photo).

Two other Clevelands are included in the roster for the 4th IL Cavalry Regiment as privates, George Cleveland (Company I, discharged Aug. 5, 1862) and John Cleveland (Company I, mustered out Nov. 3, 1864).

I can't tell if they were related to Henry, but the notations on the photograph say Henry was "father of Henry and George". It is unclear how old any of these men were at the time but, if related, it seems more likely that George and John might be brothers to Henry, and the child George named after his uncle.

I could not find either George Cleveland or John Cleveland listed in the rosters reproduced in the illinoisgenweb.org site, only in Avery's History of the Regiment.
https://illinoisgenweb.org/civilwar/reg_html/cav_004.html

John Cleveland is mentioned in one anecdote included by Avery -
"May 4th — The army moved again and we camped that
night near the state line. We had just got our tents
pitched when the effective mounted force of Company I
was ordered out on picket, without their suppers. We
expected to be relieved soon but we were not relieved
until ten o'clock the next morning. We were stationed
along a road on the state line, that, we were told, some
rebel troops would probably pass along- that nig-ht. We
sat on our horses all nig-ht in a drizzling- rain, two in a
place, a few rods apart and ordered to be very vigilant.
My comrade, John Cleveland, leaned over on his horse and
slept until morning, I did not sleep a minute. We did not
see or hear anyone, not even the "grand rounds.""
https://archive.org/stream/historyoffourthi00aver/historyoffourthi00aver_djvu.txt