Pvt. Luman (Lewan) H. Westover

Pvt. Luman (Lewan) H. Westover

   Listed in the 1857 Elgin Directory as a Pedlar living on the corner of Pinnacle and Dundee Rd.

       From the 1860 Census #295/2188
Aged - 32 Years
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Merchant

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's. Sept. 5, 1862.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Post war;
   Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.