John Louis Lanterman
John Louis Lanterman was born around 1842 in Illinois to Abram Lanterman and Catherine Cabanis. His father was a farmer who owned $500 of personal property by 1860. The family moved to Grant County, Wisconsin, in the 1840s and then moved to Menard County, Illinois, in the 1850s. By 1860, Lanterman was working as a farm laborer in Menard County.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 11, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry. The regiment took part in the Dakota War of 1862 and the siege of Vicksburg. He died of disease in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 31, 1863.
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(4405)Lanterman, John Louis18421863-10-31
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 7

  • (12213) [writer] ~ John L. Lanterman and Jasper N. Cabanis to Abram Lanterman and Catherine M. Lanterman, 23 October 1862
  • (12214) [writer] ~ John L. Lanterman to Abram Lanterman and Catherine M. Lanterman, 14 January 1863
  • (12215) [writer] ~ John L. Lanterman to Abram Lanterman and Catherine M. Lanterman, 16 April 1863
  • (12216) [writer] ~ John L. Lanterman to Abram Lanterman and Catherine M. Lanterman, 26 April 1863
  • (12217) [writer] ~ John L. Lanterman to Abram Lanterman and Catherine M. Lanterman, 13 May 1863
  • (12218) [writer] ~ John L. Lanterman to Abram Lanterman and Catherine M. Lanterman, 14 July 1863
  • (12219) [recipient] ~ Jackson W. S. Lanterman to John L. Lanterman, 2 March 1862

People - Records: 7

  • (4405) Lanterman, John Louis is the [cousin of] (4406) Cabanis, Jasper N.
  • (4409) Lanterman, Abram is the [parent of] (4405) Lanterman, John Louis
  • (4410) Lanterman, Catherine M. is the [parent of] (4405) Lanterman, John Louis
  • (4412) Lanterman, Jackson W. Scott is the [cousin of] (4405) Lanterman, John Louis
  • (4413) Cabanis, Mary Ann is the [aunt/uncle of] (4405) Lanterman, John Louis
  • (4414) Cabanis, George E. is the [aunt/uncle of] (4405) Lanterman, John Louis
  • (4420) Cabanis, James Henry is the [cousin of] (4405) Lanterman, John Louis

Places - Records: 2

  • (372) [birth] ~ Illinois
  • (136) [death] ~ Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1034) [enlisted] [I] ~ 25th Wisconsin Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.