Festus Litchfield Graves
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Jump to navigationJump to searchFestus Litchfield Graves was a Junior 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery / Battery A.
Antebellum
- Born on December 20, 1835 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York
War Career
- Enlisted on April 21, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / (I) Company K
- Corporal
- 1st Sergeant
- Transferred to the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery / Battery A on December 8, 1861
- Promoted to Junior 2nd Lieutenant on January 1, 1862
- Dismissed on January 13, 1863
Postwar Career
- Died on April 12, 1904 in Deming, King County, Washington
Family
- PARENTS
- Father Lyman S. Graves - Born in December 1805 in Chazy, Clinton County, New York. Died on December 10, 1878 in Imogene, Fairmount County, Minnesota
- Mother Eliza M. Calkins - Born on August 11, 1812 in Smyrna, Chemung County, New York
- Married about 1834
- Further genealogy available HERE
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 263, 374)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Festus Litchfield Graves