James M. Lewis
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJames M. Lewis was a Surgeon in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
War Career
- ? - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- April 29, 1861 - Promoted to Surgeon
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- July 21, 1861 - Taken prisoner at the
Battle of Bull Run, Virginiawhen Confederate troops take possession of a Union hospital near the battlefield - August 10, 1861 - Paroled and assigned to the Skeleton Regt.[1]
- January ?, 1862 - Honorably discharged
Postwar Career
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Notes
- ↑ Page 345 mentions this. What is the Skeleton Reg(imen)t?
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 345)
- Quiner, Edward Bryant. The Military History of Wisconsin: A Record of the Civil and Military Patriotism of the State in the War for the Union. Chicago: Clarke & Co. Publishers, 1866. (Page 441)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Officers
- Union Officers on 1861.04.29 (Surgeon)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.04.29 (Surgeon)
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Union Prisoners on 1861.07.21 (Manassas, VA)
- Wisconsin Prisoners 1861.07.21 (Manassas, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners 1861.07.21 (Bull Run, VA)
- Wisconsin Discharged
- Union Discharged on 1862.01.?? (Honorable)
- Wisconsin Discharged on 1862.01.?? (Honorable)
- Source: RWV (1) 0345
