Luke Avery
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLuke Avery was a Corporal in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company I
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 22, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company I
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- ? - Corporal
- August 28, 1862 - Wounded and taken prisoner in action at the
Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia
Death and Burial
- July 1, 1863 - Killed in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Family
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Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 7)
- National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 1
- National Park Service - Avery, Luke
- These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 370)