James L. Barney

James ("Jim") L. Barney was a Corporal in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K.

Antebellum

• Did not enlist at original meeting of Lemonweir minutemen
• Wednesday after 2nd meeting on May 8, he and friends James P. Sullivan and Rescun W. Davis went to nearby Bill Steward's farm to enlist with John St. Clair, first to arrive at muster with this group

War Career

• Enlisted on May 10, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K
• Veteran
• Corporal
• Wounded on September -, 1862
• Wounded on May 6, 1864
• Discharged on October 24, 1864 for disability

Postwar Career

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Family

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Sources

• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 533)

Other Souces

• Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 52-53