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Civil War Veteran - Leonard Cantrell, SGT Co A 16 Tennessee Infantry, CSA.
Enlisted 5/18/61. Elected 2nd Sgt. 3/17/63. 21 y/o at Minute Roll 7/18/63. Captured at Greysville Ga. 11/27/63. Sent to Rock Island, Ill. Released 10/14/64.
Remarks: "Joined USA". It appears he joined the US Army for frontier duty.
An "L. Cantrell Co. A" was wounded at Perryville.
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18540183/leonard-cantrell
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ2P-SNW/leonard-%28len%29-ca...
1842 |
January 25, 1842
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McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, United States
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1922 |
January 23, 1922
Age 79
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Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States
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Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonsburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States
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