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Samuel Lafayette “Luther” Lance

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Samuel Lafayette “Luther” Lance

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
23 Jan 1863 (aged 25–26)
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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After the war his body was reburied in Union territory because the Union Army did not want their dead in a southern held state.

Information from Elaine Day

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UNION CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
PVT, Co. "I", 29th Missouri Infantry Volunteers

~~Aug 11, 1862, enrolled, Syracuse MO for 3 years

~~Sep 25, 1862, Muster-In roll, Benton Barracks, MO

~~Sep 23- Oct 31, 1862 Muster Roll- PRESENT

~~ Nov & Dec 1862 Muster Roll - ABSENT - Missing in engagement near Vicksburg MS on 29 Dec 1862

~~ Dec 1862 Regimental Return Roster-Loss 29 Dec 1862 dear Vicksburg MIA at Battle of Chickasaw Hills; May 1, 1863-May 9 at Paducah KY died of wounds rec's at Chickasaw Bluff MS Dec 29, 1862. Was dropped off morning report by error having already been dropped when accounted for MIA.

~~Co. Descriptive Book-24yrs, 5'8", fair complexion, grey eyes, black hair, b. Buncombe Co. N.C., Farmer; enlisted 11 Aug 1862, Syracuse MO.
REMARKS: DIED, 9 May at Paducah KY 1863. Disease not known.

~~Hospital Casualty Sheet- "Inventory of Effects-signed by H. Hard, A.A. Surgeon in charge of Hospital (on file in 29th Aud. Ofc). shows 'SAMUEL LANCE, PVT, Co I, 29 MO Vol died at Stearns Hospital, Paducah KY 23 Jan 1863 of gunshot wound received 29 Dec 1862 at Vicksburg." {NOTE:"Roll of Honor, Vol 18, page 243 states, Pvt Samuel Lance, Co I, 29th MO Vol, died *21 Jan 1863, Paducah KY.}

~~June 12, 1865- Co. Muster-Out Roll, Washington D.C.-24yrs, last paid to 31 Oct 1862, $25 Bounty paid, $29.11 drawn since enlistment, due $75; DIED at Paducah KY of wounds, 9 May 1863.

Submitted by Donna Meinscher Estes, Historian, Margaret Howell Davis, Chap 2418, United Daughters of the Confederacy and relative of Samuel Lafayette Lance from information from Fold3.com


After the war his body was reburied in Union territory because the Union Army did not want their dead in a southern held state.

Information from Elaine Day

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UNION CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
PVT, Co. "I", 29th Missouri Infantry Volunteers

~~Aug 11, 1862, enrolled, Syracuse MO for 3 years

~~Sep 25, 1862, Muster-In roll, Benton Barracks, MO

~~Sep 23- Oct 31, 1862 Muster Roll- PRESENT

~~ Nov & Dec 1862 Muster Roll - ABSENT - Missing in engagement near Vicksburg MS on 29 Dec 1862

~~ Dec 1862 Regimental Return Roster-Loss 29 Dec 1862 dear Vicksburg MIA at Battle of Chickasaw Hills; May 1, 1863-May 9 at Paducah KY died of wounds rec's at Chickasaw Bluff MS Dec 29, 1862. Was dropped off morning report by error having already been dropped when accounted for MIA.

~~Co. Descriptive Book-24yrs, 5'8", fair complexion, grey eyes, black hair, b. Buncombe Co. N.C., Farmer; enlisted 11 Aug 1862, Syracuse MO.
REMARKS: DIED, 9 May at Paducah KY 1863. Disease not known.

~~Hospital Casualty Sheet- "Inventory of Effects-signed by H. Hard, A.A. Surgeon in charge of Hospital (on file in 29th Aud. Ofc). shows 'SAMUEL LANCE, PVT, Co I, 29 MO Vol died at Stearns Hospital, Paducah KY 23 Jan 1863 of gunshot wound received 29 Dec 1862 at Vicksburg." {NOTE:"Roll of Honor, Vol 18, page 243 states, Pvt Samuel Lance, Co I, 29th MO Vol, died *21 Jan 1863, Paducah KY.}

~~June 12, 1865- Co. Muster-Out Roll, Washington D.C.-24yrs, last paid to 31 Oct 1862, $25 Bounty paid, $29.11 drawn since enlistment, due $75; DIED at Paducah KY of wounds, 9 May 1863.

Submitted by Donna Meinscher Estes, Historian, Margaret Howell Davis, Chap 2418, United Daughters of the Confederacy and relative of Samuel Lafayette Lance from information from Fold3.com


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bur. 01/21/1863

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