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40th Wisconsin Infantry

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Contributor Melinda BowmanDate added 5/8/2012

Company A

Private

Was the last living Civil war veteran of my town way back in 1933. Buried in Hebron Cemetery, Jefferson Co., WI
Contributor Penny KreslDate added 5/26/2014

Company D

1st Lieutenant

Samuel Henry Sabin – Samuel lived in Windsor, WI and enlisted as a 1st Lt. on 24 May 1864. He then was mustered into Co D, 40th WI Vol. Inf. on 24 May 1864. Then he was mustered out on16 Sep 1864 at Milwaukee, WI.
Contributor Donald W. ReadDate added 11/29/2005

Company F

Private

1.Henry J. Small a private in Company 'F' of the 40th Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers was enlisted into military service on the 26th day of May 1864, by Capt. Augustus J. Cherry of Bloomfield, Wis. for a term of 100 days was mustered into the military service of the United States on the 8th day of June, 1864, by Lieut. J. H. Purcell at Madison Wisconsin. The records list his place of residence as Bloomfield, Walworth County Wisconsin. He died of Renal Calculus in a field hospital on the 9th day of July, 1864, at Memphis Tennessee. Records indicate that he was buried in Section 2, Grave 395 (#4673) Mississippi River Cemetery near Memphis.
Contributor Steven SmallDate added 7/25/2005

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