Lanson D. Finton
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLanson D. Finton[1] was a Corporal in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company A.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company A on May 11, 1861
- Veteran
- Corporal
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Antietam
- Killed in action on June 2, 1864 at the Battle of Cold Harbor
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ RWV (1) 0497 spells his name Lanson D. Finton and and WLCW 0024 spells his name L.D. Fenton (or Finton). 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 497)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Sauk County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Merrimac, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0497
- Source: WLCW 0024
- Wisconsin Wounded
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Antietam
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Antietam
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Wisconsin Killed at Cold Harbor
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed at Cold Harbor
