Alphabetical List of Enlisted Men

Alphabetical List of Enlisted Men

in the Twelfth Iowa Infantry

Surnames beginning with L

COMPANY "A"

Lane, Joshua. Age 21. Residence Little Sioux. Mustered Nov. 26, 1864.
    Mustered out Nov. 17, 1865, Mobile, Ala.

Lefever, Simon. Age 32. Residence Berlin, nativity New York. Enlisted
    Sept. 14, 1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. On Hospital Steamer to
    June 30, 1862. No further record.

Lefter, William. Age 23. Residence Iowa Falls, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
     Oct. 8, 1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. Missing in action April 6, 1862,
     Shiloh, Tenn. No further record.

Loy, John H. Age 19. Residence Grinnell, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Jan. 4,
     1865. Mustered Jan. 4, 1865. Deserted Sept. 20, 1865, Selma, Ala.

COMPANY "B"

Lankins, Frederick F. Age 28. Residence Postville, nativity Canada.
    Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. Missing in battle
    April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted Eighth Corporal March 1, 1863,
    Mustered out Nov. 30, 1864, expiration of term of service.

Larkins, Resse N. Age 22. Residence Waterloo, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
    Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out June 11, 1865,
    New Orleans, La.

Larsen, Aslak. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Paint Creek, nativity Norway.
    Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. Re-enlisted and
    re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Promoted Fifth Corporal March 1, 1865;
    Third Corporal

Leue, August. (Veteran.) Age 29. Residence Lansing, nativity Germany.
    Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. Missing in
    battle April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan.
    5, 1864. Killed in battle July 14, 1864, Tupelo, Miss. Buried in
    Union National Cemetery, Corinth, Miss. Section 1, grave 567.

Lewis, Edward. Age 26. Residence Lansing, nativity New York. Enlisted
    Sept. 30, 1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. Discharged April 4, 1862,
    Pittsburg, Tenn.

COMPANY "C"
Larson, Charles. Age 23. Residence Clermont, nativity Norway. Enlisted
    Sept. 22, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Killed in battle April 6,
    1862, Shiloh, Tenn.

Latimer, George H. Age 18. Residence Fayette County, nativity
    Pennsylvania. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered
    out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Latimer, Robert J. Age 19. Residence Fayette County, nativity Pennsylvania.
    Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered
    out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lewis, Leroy. Age 21. Residence Independence, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
    Sept. 5, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Died Jan. 3, 1862, Good
    Samaritan Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson
    Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 38, grave 138.

Little, James. Age 18. Residence Fayette, nativity Rhode Island. Enlisted
     Sept. 22, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Discharged Feb. 9, 1863,
     Davenport, Iowa.

Lott, Lawrence. (Veteran.) Age 35. Residence Elgin, nativity Illinois.
     Enlisted Sept. 22, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Missing in battle
     April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864.
     Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lyons, William A. (Veteran.) Age 25. Residence Elgin, nativity New
    York. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Re-enlisted
    and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis,
    Tenn.

COMPANY "D"
Lambert, John B. (Veteran.) Age 43. Residence Shellsburg. Enlisted
   Sept. 25, 1861. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
   Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lanagan, James. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity
    Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1861. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Missing
    in battle April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
    Jan. 5, 1864. Wounded in right knee severely Dec. 15, 1864. Promoted
    Second Corporal March 20, 1865; First Corporal June 1, 1865;
    Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn

Larimour, Jeremiah C. Age 44. Residence Benton Township, nativity
    Virginia. Enlisted Nov. 26, 1864. Mustered Nov. 26, 1864. Discharged
    for disability June 7, 1865.

Lee, John S. Age 19. Residence Shellsburg. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861.
     Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Died of measles Jan. 12, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
     Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Section 61, grave
     132.

Lee, William L. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Shellsburg. Enlisted Sept.
     23, 1861. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Missing in battle April 6, 1862,
     Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered
     out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lewis, Thomas J. (Veteran.) Age 24. Residence Kingston. Enlisted Sept.
    25, 1861. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Missing in battle April 6, 1862,
    Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Promoted
    Eighth Corporal June 1, 1865. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis,
    Tenn.

Little, James H. Residence Cedar Rapids. Enlisted Sept. 20, 1861. See
     company K.

Luse, Bentley. Age 18. Residence Muscatine County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
    Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered out Jan.
    20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn. See company D, Thirty-fifth Infantry.

Luther, Daniel. Age 23. Residence Shellsburg. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861.
    Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Killed in battle April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.
    Buried in National Cemetery, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Section R G,
    grave 9.

Luther, John. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Shellsburg. Enlisted Sept.
    28, 1861. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Missing in battle April 6, 1862,
    Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Promoted
    Third Corporal March 20, 1865; Second Corporal June 1, 1865. Mustered
    out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lutz, William B. Age 27. Residence Cedar Rapids. Enlisted Oct. 5, 1861.
     Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Missing in battle April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.
     Discharged for disability Dec. 2, 1862, St. Louis Mo.

COMPANY "E"
Large, Francis A. Age 19. Residence Osage, nativity Indiana. Enlisted
    Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered Oct. 29, 1861. Missing in battle April 6,
    1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Discharged for disability March 5, 1863, St. Louis,
    Mo.

Leech, Willis P. Age 23. Residence Enterprise, nativity Virginia. Enlisted
    Oct. 4, 1861. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Died May, 1862, St.
    Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
    Section 38, grave 87.

Lichty, Oliver. (Veteran.) Age 16. Residence Waterloo, nativity Pennsylvania.
     Enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, as Fifer. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered
     out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn

Lichty, Samuel J. Age 46. Residence Waterloo, nativity Pennsylvania.
     Enlisted Oct. 10, 1861. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Missing in battle
     and wounded April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died Oct. 10, 1862, Macon,
     Ga.

COMPANY "F"
Lazelle, Marshall. Age 40. Residence York, nativity New York. Enlisted
     Nov. 11, 1861. Mustered Nov. 12, 1861. Died of pneumonia Jan. 20,
     1862, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks,
     Mo. Section 50, grave 107.

Lee, James F. Age 19. Residence Cascade, nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted
     Oct. 7, 1861. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Missing in battle and taken
     prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted Third Corporal March 1,
     1863; Fifth Sergeant Sept. 3, 1863. Re-enlisted and remustered Jan.
     5, 1864. Promoted Fourth Sergeant Sept. 1, 1864; First Sergeant
     June 1, 1865. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lee, John F. Age 19. Residence Cascade, nativity Missouri. Enlisted
     March 31, 1864. Mustered April 24, 1864. Promoted Eighth Corporal
     Jan. 1, 1866. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lewis, John P. F. Age 27. Nativity Canada. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered
    Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lillibridge, David N. Age 22. Residence Manchester, nativity Pennsylvania.
     Enlisted Sept 21, 1861. Mustered Sept. 26, 1861. Missing in battle
     and taken prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died while in prison
     Oct. 12, 1862, Macon, Ga.

Litcher, John. Age 26. Residence St. Donatus, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted
    Dec. 10, 1864. Mustered Dec. 10, 1864. Mustered out Dec. 9,
    1865, Mobile, Ala.

Loring, James T. Age 18. Residence Delaware, nativity Maine. Enlisted
    Sept. 10, 1864. Mustered Sept. 14, 1864. Killed in battle Dec. 16,
    1864, Nashville, Tenn.

Lukens, Joseph. Age 18. Residence Oneida, nativity New Jersey. Enlisted
    Dec. 22, 1863. Mustered Dec. 22, 1863. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866,
    Memphis, Tenn. See company F, Twenty-seventh Infantry.

Lyon, Leicester D. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence York, nativity Ohio.
    Enlisted Oct. 23, 1861. Mustered Nov. 12, 1861. Missing in battle
    April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Discharged Aug. 21, 1865, Keokuk, Iowa.

COMPANY "G"
Larson, Hover. Age 19. Residence Decorah, nativity Norway. Enlisted
    Oct. 16, 1861. Mustered Nov. 5, 1861. Died April, 1862, Savannah,
    Ga.

Larson, John. (Veteran.) Age 33. Residence Calmar, nativity Sweden.
    Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861. Mustered Nov. 5, 1861. Missing in battle and
    taken prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
    Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 20, 1865, Cincinnati, O

Larson, Peter. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Hesper, nativity Norway.
    Enlisted Oct. 20, 1861. Mustered Nov. 5, 1861. Missing in battle and
    taken prisoner April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Wounded in foot slightly
    Dec. 15, 1864, Nashville, Tenn. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis,
    Tenn.

Low, Lewis L. Age 21. Residence Hesper, nativity Maine. Enlisted Mar.
    29, 1864. Mustered April 28, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866,
    Memphis, Tenn.

COMPANY "H"
Lambert, Robert J. Age 28. Residence Milwaukee, nativity New Jersey.
   Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861 as Third Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 5, 1861.
   Promoted Second Sergeant Dec. 12, 1861. Discharged for promotion
   as Second Lieutenant of Twenty-seventh Missouri Infantry Aug. 30,
   1862.

Laughlin, Henry J. Age 22. Residence Washington, nativity New York.
    Enlisted Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20,
    1866, Memphis, Tenn. See company H, Twenty-seventh Infantry.

Light, Joseph A. Age 18. Residence Millville, nativity Illinois. Enlisted
     March 31, 1864. Mustered April 16, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866,
     Memphis, Tenn.

Light, Robert W. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Millville, nativity Illinois.
     Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Missing in battle
     April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864.
     Promoted Seventh Corporal May 1, 1865; Fifth Corporal June 1, 1865;
     Third Sergeant Nov. 3, 1865. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis,
     Tenn.

Lightfoot, John. Age 26. Residence Lee County, nativity England.
    Enlisted Oct. 24, 1864. Mustered Oct. 24, 1864. Mustered out Oct.
    26, 1865, Montgomery, Ala.

Logan, James W. Age 18. Residence Dubuque. Enlisted Nov. 23, 1863.
    Mustered Nov. 23, 1863. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.
    See company H, Twenty-seventh Infantry.

COMPANY "I"
Lane, Nelson M. Age 18. Residence Maquoketa, nativity New York. Enlisted
    Sept. 20, 1861. Mustered Oct. 29, 1861. Discharged July 16,
    1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Lewis, Lewis. Age 18. Residence Mendon, nativity Sweden. Enlisted
    Dec. 15, 1863. Mustered Jan. 9, 1864. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866,
    Memphis, Tenn. See company I, Twenty-seventh Infantry.

Lewis, Peter. Age 20. Nativity Sweden. Enlisted Dec. 8, 1863. Mustered
    Jan. 9, 1864. Promoted Eighth Corporal Nov. 11, 1865. Mustered
    out Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn. See company I, Twenty-seventh
    Infantry

Locke, Charles W. R. Age 28. Residence Delaware County, nativity Maine.
    Enlisted March 24, 1864. Mustered April 23, 1864. Promoted Eighth
    Corporal Sept. 1, 1865; Seventh Corporal Nov. 11, 1865. Mustered out
    Jan. 20, 1866, Memphis, Tenn.

Lumsden, Alexander. Age 25. Residence Dubuque, nativity Scotland. Enlisted
   Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Deserted Sept. 25, 1862,
   Keokuk, Iowa.

COMPANY "K"

Lande, F. George. Age 21. Residence Mosulum, nativity New York. Enlisted
   Nov. 20, 1861. Mustered Nov. 25, 1861. Missing in battle April
   6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died Nov. 15, 1862, Annapolis, Md.

Larrabee, Lewellyn. Age 22. Residence Marion, nativity Maine. Enlisted
    Sept. 8, 1861. Mustered Nov. 25, 1861. Killed in battle April 6, 1862,
    Shiloh, Tenn. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
    Section 51, grave 55.

Lathrop, Merriam. Age 19. Residence Cascade, nativity New York. Enlisted
    Sept. 3, 1861 as Seventh Corporal. Mustered Nov. 25, 1861.
    Promoted Sixth Corporal Feb. 20, 1862. Missing in battle April 6,
    1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died Aug. 15, 1862, Macon, Ga. Buried in Andersonville
    Cemetery, Ga.

Lawrence, William. Age 23. Residence Mount Vernon, nativity New York.
    Enlisted Dec. 17, 1864. Mustered Dec. 17, 1864. Mustered out Dec.
    22, 1865, Mobile, Ala.

Lezer, Moses. Age 22. Residence Bonaparte, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
    Dec. 23, 1864. Mustered Dec. 23, 1864. Mustered out Dec. 28,
    1865, Memphis, Tenn.

Little, James. Age 25. Residence Dubuque. Enlisted as Fourth Sergeant.
      Mustered Nov. 25, 1861. Reduced to ranks Feb. --, 1862, Fort Donelson,
      Tenn. See company K, First Infantry.

Little, James H. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept.
     20, 1861. Mustered Nov. 15, 1861. Discharged Jan. 2, 1864, to enlist
     in First Missouri Light Artillery. See company D.

Loomis, William. Age 20. Residence Hopkinton, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
   Dec. 20, 1862. Mustered Dec. 20, 1862. Discharged for disability
   March 11, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Lyons, Charles. Age 29. Residence Uniontown, nativity Ohio. Enlisted
    Nov. 20, 1861. Mustered Nov. 20, 1861. Died March 6, 1862, Fort
    Donelson, Tenn. Buried in Cumberland River National Cemetery,
    Fort Donelson, Tenn. Section B, grave 86.