Lewis PELTON
1835 - -
Name Lewis PELTON Birth 2 May 1835 MI 
Gender Male Person ID I001815 My Family Last Modified 20 Mar 2024
Father Henry M. PELTON, b. 14 Oct 1805, Portland, Middlesex, CT d. 12 Dec 1836, Sandstone, MI (Age 31 years)Relationship Birth Mother Caroline CRITTENDEN, b. Abt 1805, Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT d. Yes, date unknownRelationship Birth Marriage 22 Nov 1827 Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT - Reference Number:13386
Family ID F000432 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Julia B. HARRINGTON, b. Abt 1835, NY d. Yes, date unknownMarriage 5 Mar 1855 - Reference Number:27866
Children 1. Carrie L. PELTON, b. Abt 1857, MI d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]Family ID F000967 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Mar 2024
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Notes - In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 8th Regiment, Michigan
Volunteers Infantry, and was assigned to the 2d
Brigade, 1st Division of the 9th Corps, under Gen.
W. T. Sherman, Gen. Stevens Brigade Commander.
Landed in South Carolina November 8, 1861; remained
there until the summer of 1862, when in
storming a breastwork on James Island, S.C., June
16, he was severely wounded in the wrist. After
lying a week in the brigade hospital he was sent to
the city hospital in New York city, where he stayed
four months, and was then honorably discharged for
physical disability, October 20, 1862.
- In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 8th Regiment, Michigan