Note:
Mr. Hooper submitted this back in 1999 in a jpeg format.  During all the remodelings on this site, it was missed several time but is now back on.  I tried to type it exactly as written into text format (below the jpg).  Please accept my apologies.

Dianna
 

The records of the Adjtant General's office, now in the State Archives, show the following Civil War service record on:

Name:   Hooper, Samuel

           Unit:  Company D - 40th Infantry

              Age:  47                              Height:  5' 10"              Hair:  Gray

              Eyes:  Blue                   Complexion:  Fair

              Marital Status:  Married                 Occupation:  carpenter
 

Nativitry:
      Town:                                             County:  Union              State:  Kentucky
 

Joined for Service and Enrolled
         When:  August 4, 1861                                  Where:  Fairfield, Illinois

                                                                                   Term:  3 years

    By Whom:  Samuel Hooper
 

Mustered  into  Service
         When:  August 10, 1861                           Where:  Camp Butler, Illinois

    By whom:  Captain Pitcher
 

Residence
            Town:  Fairfield, Illinois              County:  Wayne        State:  Illinois
 

Mustered Out:
        When:                             Where:

    By whom:
 

REMARKS:

                         Killed in action at Battle of Shilo, Tennessee, April 6, 1862.