VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO LIVED IN MADISON COUNTY 

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Shown below are veterans of the American Civil War known to have resided in Madison County, Iowa, either before the war, after the war or both, their rank and unit in which they served, and their service if known.
County Coordinator's Note:  The names of veterans serving from Madison County are readily obtainable. The County Coordinators would welcome your inputs for data on veterans who lived in Madison County but served from elsewhere.  We would also welcome the submittal of photographs of any of these veterans as soldiers in uniform.

 

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VETERAN RANK & UNIT SERVICE
Lafferty, Smith Corporal, Company I, 16th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 22 Apr 1861, mustered out 18 Aug 1861
Laflin, William A. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Nov 1861, transferred to Invalid Corps 15 Jan 1864
Laidley, James M. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 17 Sep 1862
Laird, Albert G. Corporal, Company M, 16th Kansas Cavalry Enlisted 23 Feb 1864, mustered 10 Mar 1864, promoted to Corporal 23 May 1864, discharged 02 Oct 1865
Lake, Anson O. Private, Company L, 2nd Missouri Battery Enlisted 23 Jan 1864, deserted 21 Jun 1865
Lake, Baylis E. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861, captured 23 Feb 1863
Lake, Thomas Rowland Private, Company B, 37th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 19 Aug 1861, mustered 18 Sep 1861, mustered out 07 May 1866
Lamb, John B. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Lambert, Jesse R. First Lieutenant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, resigned 02 Jul 1862
Lancaster, Charles Henry Private, Company H, 16th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 03 Feb 1862
Lancaster, William Henry Harrison Private, Company A 17th Indiana Infantry Mustered in 12 Jun 1861, mustered out 22 May 1864. Adjutant General's Report Indiana: Co A 17 Indiana Inf: "Original Co "A" was permanently detached as an artillery company, known as the "Wilder Battery"
Landers, Felix Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862
Landes, Charles Thomas Private, Company B, 10th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 18 Sep 1861, mustered out 19 Sep 1864
Landes, John R. Private, Company B, 72nd Indiana Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, mustered out 24 Jul 1865
Landis, Isaac N. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 10 Aug 1862, captured at Allatoona
Landis, William Bird Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Aug 1862, killed at Allatoona 05 Oct 1864
Landon, Daniel J. Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862
Landon, Martin V. B. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Aug 1862
Lane, Reuben C. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Aug 1862
Lane, Thomas Harold Private, Company B, 18th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 21 Jan 1864, mustered out 20 Jul 1865 at Little Rock, Arkansas
Lane, William W. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 04 Mar 1864
Lapella, John H. Private, Company E, 40th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, mustered 13 Sep 1862. Taken prisoner at Camden, Arkansas 18 Apr 1864. Returned to Company 08 Feb 1865 and mustered out 02 Aug 1865 at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation.
LaPettit, Oscar B. 8th Corporal, 32nd Iowa infantry
7th Corporal, 8th Iowa Infantry
Enlisted & mustered 30 Mar 1864, promoted to 8th Corporal 08 Jul 1865
Transferred to 8th Iowa Infantry & promoted to 7th Corporal 28 Jul 1865, discharged 19 Mar 1866
Large, Patrick Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, died at Davenport 19 Nov 1862
Large, Upton T. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 May 1862, wounded at Allatoona
Larrison, Thomas Jefferson Corporal, Company B, 24th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Aug 1862
Lathrop, Dwight Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864, mustered 04 Jun 1864, mustered out 28 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Lathrum, John Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864, mustered out 28 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Law, Francis Martin Private, Company H, 14th Indiana Infantry Mustered in 07 Jun 1861, discharged for disability 24 Mar 1863
Lawless, William E. Private, Company A, 7th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 25 Jul 1861, mustered out 09 Jul 1865
Leadley, Allison Private, Company U, 184th New York Infantry Enlisted 17 Apr 1865, mustered out 09 May 1865 at Elmira, New York
Lease, Richard Reed Private, Battery A, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Enlisted 05 Sep 1864, mustered out 28 Jul 1865 at Jackson, Michigan
Lease, Willard Nelson Private, Battery F, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Enlisted  09 Jan 1862, promoted to Full Corporal 01 Nov 1864, promoted to Full Sergeant 01 Jan 1865, mustered out 01 Jul 1865 at Jackson, Michigan.
Leckliter, Henry Pennell Private, Company C, 191st Ohio Infantry Enlisted 08 Mar 1865, mustered out 27 Aug 1865 at Winchester, Virginia
Ledington, George W. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 29 Feb 1864
Lee, James Marion Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington, D.C.
Lee, James Marion Private, Company C, 43rd Missouri Infantry Enlisted 03 Aug 1864, mustered 02 Sep 1864, mustered out 30 Jun 1865 at Benton Barracks, Missouri
Lee, John Warren Private, Company G, 8th Illinois Infantry Served from McDonough County, dates unknown, aka John W. Lear.
Lee, Reuben G. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, died at Patterson, Missouri 22 Oct 1862
Lee, Samuel W. Private, Company F, 6th Illinois Cavalry Enlisted 11 Mar 1865, mustered out 05 Nov 1865 (may be Warren County Veteran)
Lee, William O. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861, mustered out 09 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Leggett, John Wesley Corporal, 1st Battery, Iowa Light Artillery Enlisted 05 Jan 1864, mustered out 05 Jul 1865 at Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Lenocker, John Private, Company F, 16th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 08 Oct 1862, mustered out 11 Aug 1863
Leonard, Elizabeth (Young) Nurse Assisted husband Dr. William L. Leonard nearly one year in hospitals in Davenport, Iowa and Corinth, Miss
Leonard, Sylvester Rigdon Private, Company G, 20th Ohio Infantry Enlisted Oct 1864, mustered out Jun 1865
Leonard, William L. Assistant Surgeon, Command, 39th Iowa Infantry Commissioned 17 Sep 1862
Leverton, William Private, 2nd Battery, Iowa Artillery Enlisted 01 Aug 1861
Lewis, John Third Sergeant, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862, died at Corinth 03 Apr 1863
Lewis, John Private, Company F, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 28 Sep 1864, mustered out 02 Jun 1865 at Washington DC
Lewis, Joseph Arnold First Battery, Iowa Light Artillery Enlisted 09 Dec 1863, mustered out 05 Jul 1865 at Davenport, Iowa
Liggitt, Robert 2nd Sergeant, Company G, 27th & 32nd Missouri Infantry Enlisted 1862, mustered out 1865, exact dates unknown
Likins, John M. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Aug 1862, died at Milliken’s Bend 20 Jul 1863
Lillard, William E. Private, Company A, 3rd Colorado Cavalry Enlisted Oct 1862, discharged Mar 1864
Lilly, Peter R. Private, Company D, 19th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 07 Aug 1862, discharged for disability 26 Jan 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri
Lippincott, Josiah Wilkens 144th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 14 May 1865, discharged 11 Jul 1865
Little, John H. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Rejected Sept. 8, 1862, by Mustering Officer.
Litton, Burton C. Private, Company C, 155th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 21 Feb 1865, mustered out 04 Sep 1865
Litton, John W. Private, Company G, 30th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Lock, Joshua F. Private, Company E, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Oct 1864
Lockard, Samuel M. Rank Unknown, Company E, 21st Kansas Infantry Unit called up 09 Oct 1864, regiment disbanded 29 Oct 1864
Logan, John C. Private, Company D, Phelp's Missouri Infantry Enlisted late 1861, mustered out 13 May 1862. Also served in Company C, Christian County, Missouri Home Guards and Company M, Greene County, Missouri Home Guards
Logan, William Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, wounded at Pea Ridge, discharged 20 Dec 1862
Longinacker, Isaac S. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered 08 Sep 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC
Lothrop, Dwight C. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864, mustered 04 Jun 1864, mustered out 28 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Loudenback, Reuben Private, Company F, 37th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Oct 1862 as Wagoner, discharged 13 Dec 1863 at Alton, Illinois
Lovelace, Brinton Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Nov 1862
Ludlow, John H. Private, Company E. 1st California Infantry Enlisted 26 Aug 1861, mustered out 31 Aug 1864 at Los Pinos, New Mexico
Ludlow, William Oliver Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 05 Sep 1861
Lull, Alexis Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 16 Nov 1861, captured at Black River Bridge
Lympus, Nathan S. Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted Dec 1861, wounded at Charleston, Missouri 08 Jan 1862, killed by explosion of a torpedo at Fort McAllister, Georgia, 16 Dec 1864.
Lynch, Andrew Company D, 2nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1861, discharged at Bird’s Point 25 Oct 1861 for mental derangement
Lynch, Peter S. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862
Lynch, Robert Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 19 Mar 1864, transferred to Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry 23 Jul 1865
Lyon, John Private, Company E, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 16 Sep 1861, mustered out 08 Aug 1865 at Atlanta, Georgia
Lyon, Septimus Alexander Corporal, 112th New York Infantry Enlisted 21 Feb 1865, transferred to Company A, 3rd NY Infantry 13 Jun 1865, mustered out at Raleigh, North Carolina 28 Aug 1865
Lytle, James P. Fourth Corporal, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1861, killed at Champion Hills
Lytle, William L. Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry William died in Dec 1862 so he is probably a war casualty of some sort. His widow filed pension # 90165. No service record could be found.

 

 

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