Lafayette Brant
Lafayette Brant was born around 1841 in Michigan to Daniel and Marietta Brant. His father was a farmer who owned $800 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Berrien County, Michigan, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 14, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company B of the 6th Michigan Infantry six days later. He died of disease on Ship Island, Mississippi, on April 2, 1862.
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(2770)Brant, Lafayette18411862-04-02
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (7805) [writer] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Warren M. Brant, 2 March 1862
  • (7806) [writer] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Warren M. Brant, 13 February 1862
  • (7807) [writer] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Laura A. Brant, 21 January 1862
  • (7808) [writer] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Laura A. Brant, 3 January 1862
  • (7809) [writer] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant, 31 October 1861
  • (7811) [writer] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant, 27 September 1861

People - Records: 4

  • (2770) Brant, Lafayette is the [cousin of] (2771) Brant, Warren M.
  • (2765) Thompson, Hattie is the [cousin of] (2770) Brant, Lafayette
  • (2766) Brant, Porter E. is the [sibling of] (2770) Brant, Lafayette
  • (2772) Brant, Laura A. is the [cousin of] (2770) Brant, Lafayette

Places - Records: 2

  • (587) [birth] ~ Michigan
  • (79) [death] ~ Ship Island, Mississippi

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (201) [enlisted] [B] ~ 6th Michigan 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