Luther M. Preston
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLuther M. Preston was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company A.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Kingston, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
War Career
- May 27, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company A
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- July 27, 1861 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
- July 1, 1863 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- August 26, 1862 - Taken prisoner in action at the
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
- June 30, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service when term expired
Postwar Career
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Family
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Notes
Sources
Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 349)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Green Lake County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Kingston, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Union Prisoners on 1862.08.26 (Beaver Dam Creek, VA)
- Wisconsin Prisoners on 1862.08.26 (Beaver Dam Creek, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners on 1862.08.26 (Beaver Dam Creek, VA)
- Wisconsin Mustered Out
- Source: RWV (1) 0349