Lewis David Massuere was born (possibly as David Lewis Massuere) in Natick, Massachussetts to David P. Massuere and Susan Hill (Corliss) Massuere. He was the oldest of four children, with Susan Almira (b 1844), Wilbur Page (b 1849) and Ella Abbie (B 1856). By 1860, the Massueres were living in Arcadia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, where they were some of the first inhabitants. David helped establish one of the first flour mills there.
Lewis Massuere enlisted as a Private in the Third Independent Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery on January 1, 1862 at age 19 for three years. This unit served in the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater of the Civil War and saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. PVT Massuere was with his battery in the advance on Corinth, MS; Buell's operations toward Chattanooga, TN; the Kentucky Campaign (present but not engaged in the Battle of Perryville); the Battle of Stones River, TN; the Tullahoma Campaign, TN; and the Battle of Chickamauga, GA. The battery was armed with two 12pdr howitzers and four 10pdr Parrott rifled guns. He served as a driver; i.e. he rode and guided one of the pairs of horses that pulled the guns (six horses per gun).
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties. PVT Massuere helped save the life of Corporal Ira Smith, who was shot through the lungs, by carrying him off the battlefield during the retreat. The survivors retired with the rest of the Army of the Cumberland into Chattanooga. Having sustained such damage, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was never reorganized as a full battery but was subsequently used for garrison duties and detached services, including duties at Fort Negley in Chattanooga and Lunette Palmer of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro, TN.
In January 1864, PVT Massuere reenlisted for three more years of service. He was transferred in January 1865 to the 8th Wisconsin Battery and then, in June 1865, to the 6th Wisconsin Battery. He mustered out of the army on July 3, 1865.
Following his discharge from the army, Lewis returned to Trempealeau County, where he married Eliza Shepard in 1868. They had a total of eight children.
After residing in Arcadia and running the Massuere mill, Lewis Massuere went to Devil's Lake, North Dakota in 1882 where he homesteaded land. Ten years later, with his family, he again took up his residence in Arcadia and had charge of the mill. The year 1905 found him back in North Dakota. Later he moved to Greely, Coloroado. He spent three years out from Big Sandy, Montana, while his daughters were proving up their claims. In his last five years he lived in Cheyenne. Lewis came back to Arcadia in the summer of 1922, accompanied by his daughter Susan who cared for him constantly for his last two years and during his final illness. Lewis died in 1923 at age 80.
Lewis Massuere enlisted as a Private in the Third Independent Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery on January 1, 1862 at age 19 for three years. This unit served in the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater of the Civil War and saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. PVT Massuere was with his battery in the advance on Corinth, MS; Buell's operations toward Chattanooga, TN; the Kentucky Campaign (present but not engaged in the Battle of Perryville); the Battle of Stones River, TN; the Tullahoma Campaign, TN; and the Battle of Chickamauga, GA. The battery was armed with two 12pdr howitzers and four 10pdr Parrott rifled guns. He served as a driver; i.e. he rode and guided one of the pairs of horses that pulled the guns (six horses per gun).
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties. PVT Massuere helped save the life of Corporal Ira Smith, who was shot through the lungs, by carrying him off the battlefield during the retreat. The survivors retired with the rest of the Army of the Cumberland into Chattanooga. Having sustained such damage, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was never reorganized as a full battery but was subsequently used for garrison duties and detached services, including duties at Fort Negley in Chattanooga and Lunette Palmer of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro, TN.
In January 1864, PVT Massuere reenlisted for three more years of service. He was transferred in January 1865 to the 8th Wisconsin Battery and then, in June 1865, to the 6th Wisconsin Battery. He mustered out of the army on July 3, 1865.
Following his discharge from the army, Lewis returned to Trempealeau County, where he married Eliza Shepard in 1868. They had a total of eight children.
After residing in Arcadia and running the Massuere mill, Lewis Massuere went to Devil's Lake, North Dakota in 1882 where he homesteaded land. Ten years later, with his family, he again took up his residence in Arcadia and had charge of the mill. The year 1905 found him back in North Dakota. Later he moved to Greely, Coloroado. He spent three years out from Big Sandy, Montana, while his daughters were proving up their claims. In his last five years he lived in Cheyenne. Lewis came back to Arcadia in the summer of 1922, accompanied by his daughter Susan who cared for him constantly for his last two years and during his final illness. Lewis died in 1923 at age 80.
Lewis David Massuere was born (possibly as David Lewis Massuere) in Natick, Massachussetts to David P. Massuere and Susan Hill (Corliss) Massuere. He was the oldest of four children, with Susan Almira (b 1844), Wilbur Page (b 1849) and Ella Abbie (B 1856). By 1860, the Massueres were living in Arcadia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, where they were some of the first inhabitants. David helped establish one of the first flour mills there.
Lewis Massuere enlisted as a Private in the Third Independent Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery on January 1, 1862 at age 19 for three years. This unit served in the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater of the Civil War and saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. PVT Massuere was with his battery in the advance on Corinth, MS; Buell's operations toward Chattanooga, TN; the Kentucky Campaign (present but not engaged in the Battle of Perryville); the Battle of Stones River, TN; the Tullahoma Campaign, TN; and the Battle of Chickamauga, GA. The battery was armed with two 12pdr howitzers and four 10pdr Parrott rifled guns. He served as a driver; i.e. he rode and guided one of the pairs of horses that pulled the guns (six horses per gun).
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties. PVT Massuere helped save the life of Corporal Ira Smith, who was shot through the lungs, by carrying him off the battlefield during the retreat. The survivors retired with the rest of the Army of the Cumberland into Chattanooga. Having sustained such damage, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was never reorganized as a full battery but was subsequently used for garrison duties and detached services, including duties at Fort Negley in Chattanooga and Lunette Palmer of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro, TN.
In January 1864, PVT Massuere reenlisted for three more years of service. He was transferred in January 1865 to the 8th Wisconsin Battery and then, in June 1865, to the 6th Wisconsin Battery. He mustered out of the army on July 3, 1865.
Following his discharge from the army, Lewis returned to Trempealeau County, where he married Eliza Shepard in 1868. They had a total of eight children.
After residing in Arcadia and running the Massuere mill, Lewis Massuere went to Devil's Lake, North Dakota in 1882 where he homesteaded land. Ten years later, with his family, he again took up his residence in Arcadia and had charge of the mill. The year 1905 found him back in North Dakota. Later he moved to Greely, Coloroado. He spent three years out from Big Sandy, Montana, while his daughters were proving up their claims. In his last five years he lived in Cheyenne. Lewis came back to Arcadia in the summer of 1922, accompanied by his daughter Susan who cared for him constantly for his last two years and during his final illness. Lewis died in 1923 at age 80.
Lewis Massuere enlisted as a Private in the Third Independent Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery on January 1, 1862 at age 19 for three years. This unit served in the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater of the Civil War and saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. PVT Massuere was with his battery in the advance on Corinth, MS; Buell's operations toward Chattanooga, TN; the Kentucky Campaign (present but not engaged in the Battle of Perryville); the Battle of Stones River, TN; the Tullahoma Campaign, TN; and the Battle of Chickamauga, GA. The battery was armed with two 12pdr howitzers and four 10pdr Parrott rifled guns. He served as a driver; i.e. he rode and guided one of the pairs of horses that pulled the guns (six horses per gun).
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties. PVT Massuere helped save the life of Corporal Ira Smith, who was shot through the lungs, by carrying him off the battlefield during the retreat. The survivors retired with the rest of the Army of the Cumberland into Chattanooga. Having sustained such damage, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was never reorganized as a full battery but was subsequently used for garrison duties and detached services, including duties at Fort Negley in Chattanooga and Lunette Palmer of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro, TN.
In January 1864, PVT Massuere reenlisted for three more years of service. He was transferred in January 1865 to the 8th Wisconsin Battery and then, in June 1865, to the 6th Wisconsin Battery. He mustered out of the army on July 3, 1865.
Following his discharge from the army, Lewis returned to Trempealeau County, where he married Eliza Shepard in 1868. They had a total of eight children.
After residing in Arcadia and running the Massuere mill, Lewis Massuere went to Devil's Lake, North Dakota in 1882 where he homesteaded land. Ten years later, with his family, he again took up his residence in Arcadia and had charge of the mill. The year 1905 found him back in North Dakota. Later he moved to Greely, Coloroado. He spent three years out from Big Sandy, Montana, while his daughters were proving up their claims. In his last five years he lived in Cheyenne. Lewis came back to Arcadia in the summer of 1922, accompanied by his daughter Susan who cared for him constantly for his last two years and during his final illness. Lewis died in 1923 at age 80.
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