Linnaeus Westcott
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLinnaeus Westcott[1] was a Sergeant in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on May 10, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K
- Veteran
- Sergeant
- Killed in action on June 18, 1864 at the Battle of Petersburg
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ RWV (1) 0536 spells his name Linnaeus Westcott, and WLCW 0024 spells it Linnaeus Wescott. For now it has been left this way.
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 24)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 536)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Juneau County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Lindina, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0536
- Source: WLCW 0024
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Wisconsin Killed at Petersburg
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed at Petersburg