Albert Lee was born on January 16, 1834, in Fulton, New York. He attended Union College in Schenectady, practiced law, then moved to the Kansas Territory in 1858 and settled in Elwood. He became a district judge in 1859 and a justice of the state supreme court in 1861, but resigned when the ...
Hiram Leffingwell was a contract surgeon for the U. S. Medical Department and the surgeon of the 65th U. S. Colored Infantry. The 65th U. S. Colored Infantry was organized from December 1863 to January 1864 as the 2nd Missouri Colored Infantry, at Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Missouri; its designation was changed to the ...
Alexander A. Lesueur, born on November 25, 1842, participated in the “Southwest Expedition” (the Missouri State Militia expedition to the Kansas-Missouri border in the winter of 1860-61). According to the 1881 History of Lafayette County, he enlisted in Captain Joseph M. Kelly’s Washington Blues company of Missouri State Militia on May 8, 1861, and served ...
James “Dick” Liddell was a member of William Clarke Quantrill’s Confederate guerilla band during the Civil War. In this photo, Liddell is wearing a mounted services jacket, most likely taken from a Union soldier. Quantrill and his guerrillas harassed Union soldiers, raided pro-Union towns, and scored several dramatic and devastating victories, such as ...
Decatur County, Indiana native Joseph Linville enlisted as a private in Company E, 21st Missouri Infantry on July 15, 1861; he fought at the battles of Shiloh and Corinth. In early 1862 he contracted measles and lost the hearing in his right ear; he had lost the sight in his left eye several years ...
Born in Galesburg, Illinois, about 1838 and a resident of Muscatine, Iowa in 1861, Newton Long first saw service during the Civil War as a member of the 1st Iowa Infantry. He fought at Wilson’s Creek, was mustered out, then enlisted in Company H, 24th Missouri Infantry on January 25, 1862; he was promoted ...
James Love began the Civil War as a private in Company D, 5th U.S. Reserve Corps. He was mustered into that unit as a sergeant on May 11, 1861, in St. Louis, and was mustered out on August 31, 1861. The 5th U.S.R.C. served at Jefferson City, Boonville, Lexington, and at other points ...
Christine (Hager) Lusk, the wife of Union Major William H. Lusk, who served with the 10th Missouri Cavalry and commanded the regiment at the Battle of Mine Creek. Carte-de-Visite by Bailey & North, Jefferson City, Mo. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31827
William Lusk was commissioned a lieutenant in the 28th Missouri Infantry on June 25, 1862; in October 1862, the 28th Missouri Infantry was reorganized as the 10th Missouri Cavalry at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Lusk was promoted to captain and assumed command of Company E; on December 4, 1862, he was promoted to major. ...
James Jerome Lyon was born in West Pembroke, New York, on July 27, 1837. He enlisted in Company B, 1st Michigan Infantry on April 29, 1861, at Jackson, Michigan, and was mustered into service on June 4, 1861; he was mustered out at the end of his 90-day enlistment on August 7, 1861, at ...
Nathaniel Lyon was born on July 14, 1818, in Ashford, Connecticut; he graduated from West Point in 1841. His military service included fighting the Seminoles in Florida and several battles in the Mexican-American War. Promoted to captain in 1851, Lyon’s immediate pre-Civil War career consisted mostly of garrison duty in California and Kansas. During the ...
Ambrotype by Unknown Photographer Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 10138
Carte-de-Visite by Unknown Photographer Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31861
Carte-de-Visite by Anthony's, New York, N.Y. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31752
