Renville, Lewis (Civil War Record)

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Posted By: Linda Linn (email)
Date: 7/6/2010 at 13:19:28

"Name: Lewis Renville
Residence: Loda, Illinois
Age at Enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 8 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Illinois
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, Illinois 76th Infantry Regiment on 22 Aug 1862.
Mustered out on 09 Nov 1863.
Transferred to on 09 Nov 1863.
Mustered out on 15 Oct 1864 at Vicksburg, MS.

Birth Date: 7 Mar 1834
Death Date: 24 Jan 1899
Sources: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Old Soldiers who lived in O'Brien County, Iowa

Biography: Renville, Louis. Born March 7, 1834, Naperville, Canada; father, Louis(born in Canada, 1810), mother, Amelia (born in Canada, 1816). Married his wife, May, 1871; one child born, but died in infancy.
Enlisted August 8, 1862, in Company K, Seventy-sixth Illinois Infantry; November 9, 1863, transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged October, 1864, at Vicksburg, Miss. Settled in Grant Township about 1881. Died January 24, 1899.
Source: Old Soldiers of O'Brien County, Iowa"