This is the VIC 4 VETS, Honored Veteran, during Veterans Month in America.

SUBMITTED BY:  Allison Schottenhaml 
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I am a grateful patriot and thank God every day for every Veteran that has and will serve this great Nation! 

I have many family members, friends and community members who have served in the military and every Veteran deserves to be honored I would like to honor the oldest known Veteran in my family history.

Lt. Nelson Williams my Great Great Grandfather born November 9, 1840 on the family farm in Grafton Illinois on September 8, 1862 he Mustered with the 97th Illinois Infantry Company K which served the Union Army during the American Civil War.  Company K was instrumental in the Unions efforts to regain control of the Mississippi River and participated in key battles and campaigns including the siege of Vicksburg then moving down River retaking key positions along the way to retake Mobile Bay in the Bloody Battle of Fort Blakeley hours after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Company K Mustered out July 1865 almost 3 years of Hell!

After the war Nelson returned to his family's large farm in Grafton Illinois where he died August 24, 1927 at the age of 86 surrounded by a large family!

This is why I pledge alliance to one flag the American flag and to one Nation under God!

Thank you for honoring Real American Heroes who have shaped our great history and continue to inspire its future with their acts of valor, humanity, patriotism and sacrifices the American Soldiers! 

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