Pvt. Levi Tennant Sr.

Pvt. Levi Tennant Sr.

     A slave in Alabama.

B Co. 4th Ala. Colored Infantry

   Regiment organized at Decatur, Ala. March 31, 1864.

   After orginazation the regiment was attached to the Garrison at Pulaski, Tenn. until May 1864.

   Re-designated May 16, 1864.

? Co.       106th United States Colored Troops

   Attached to District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland to Feb. 1865.

   Consolidated with the 40th USCT on Nov. 7, 1865.

 ? Co.       40th United States Colored Troops

       Known Actions;

Forrest's Attack on Athens, Ala. - Sept. 23-24, 1864

Mud Creek, Ala. - Jan. 5, 1865

 

   Died March 29, 1883 in Elgin of Lung Fever.   Aged 54/7/13.

        Obit; from the March 29, 1883 issue of The Elgin Evening Advocate.
       Levi Tennant, a well-known colored man, died at 10:30 o'clock to-day, after an illness extending over several months and inaugurated with Lung fever.  Deceased was about forty years old and leaves a wife and three children, the oldest of whom is but 9 years of age, but poorly provided for.  The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon.

   Buried in the GAR section at Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 14) in Elgin, Ill.

       From U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1,600's – Current
Date of Birth – 1847
Birthplace – Alabama, USA
Date of Death – 1883
Cemetery – Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook county, Ill., USA
Bio;
       Born a slave, he served in the Union army, 106th United States Colored Troops

       From the Bluff City Cemetery files;
Lot – 11 * Section – GAR * Grave – 7 * Interment No. 15598

       Obit – March 29, 1883 issue of the Elgin Every Saturday
       Levi Tennant, a well known colored man, died at 10:30 o'clock today, after an illness extending over several months and inaugurated with lung fever.   Deceased was about forty years old and leaves a wife and three children, the oldest of whom is but 9 years of age, but poorly provided for.   The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon.