Louis Leferier
April 11th, 2023
Private Louis Leferier, the last Civil War veteran buried in Marshall County, will be honored in a ceremony at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 24th, 2023, at Saint Rose de Lima Cemetery at Argyle, Minnesota.
The ceremony is open to veterans, those with an interest in Civil War history, and the general public. Wearing Civil War era attire is encouraged. Private Leferier’s descendants are most cordially invited to attend as special guests.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is conducting the ceremony with the assistance of the Marshall County Historical Society.
Louis Leferier was born in Canada on 24 April 1837. He immigrated to the US in 1854.
He enlisted into the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 14 August 1862. at Jessenland, Sibley County, Minnesota.
He was mustered in on the same day as a Private into Company H. He was 25 years old.
He would have been with his Regiment until the end of the War. He served during the Minnesota Dakota War Battles of Birch Coulee, Wood Lake and Sibley’s 1863 Expedition. Then the Regiment was moved to engage the Confederates at the Battles of Tupelo, the campaign to stop General Stirling Price in Arkansas and Missouri. The Battle of Nashville and lastly, they were a part of General E.R.S. Canby’s campaign against Mobile, Alabama.
Louis was discharged when the Regiment mustered out at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 16 August 1865.
He married Marie Louise Jesmer in 1867 in Iowa. They had four children: Louis Jr, Adelia, Ollie, and Nelson. They moved to Marshall County in 1882. They raised their family and farmed until 1917, when Louis retired from the farm, and they moved to Argyle. Louis Leferier died on 20 April 1929 in Argyle at age 91.
SUVCW William Colvill Camp #56, Department of Wisconsin, will be presiding over the ceremony. The ceremony will feature the Last Soldier dedication ritual of the SUVCW and includes the placing of a Last Soldier Marker on the veteran’s grave. Camp #56 of the Department of Wisconsin, whose territory is the entire states of Wisconsin and Minnesota supports the national goal of identifying and placing a marker on the grave of the last Union veteran buried in each of Minnesota’s 87 counties. The members of Camp #56 consider the Last Soldier ceremony an honor and a fitting tribute for a Union soldier whose service helped preserve the liberties Americans enjoy as a nation today.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is a national veterans organization made up of the descendants of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The SUVCW has more than 6,000 members across the country and is the successor to the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R), the veterans organization formed after the Civil War by soldiers who served in the Union Army. The last member of the G.A.R., Albert Woolson from Duluth, Minnesota died in 1956.
Media inquiries: Jim Johnson Camp #56, Department of Wisconsin Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War [email protected]; 218 820-5580
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War websites:
https://www.suvcw.org/ Department of Wisconsin: http://www.suvcw-wi.org/index2.html
William Colvill Camp 56: Col. William Colvill Camp 56 Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War | Facebook
Information accurate as of date released.
Private Louis Leferier, the last Civil War veteran buried in Marshall County, will be honored in a ceremony at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 24th, 2023, at Saint Rose de Lima Cemetery at Argyle, Minnesota.
The ceremony is open to veterans, those with an interest in Civil War history, and the general public. Wearing Civil War era attire is encouraged. Private Leferier’s descendants are most cordially invited to attend as special guests.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is conducting the ceremony with the assistance of the Marshall County Historical Society.
Louis Leferier was born in Canada on 24 April 1837. He immigrated to the US in 1854.
He enlisted into the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 14 August 1862. at Jessenland, Sibley County, Minnesota.
He was mustered in on the same day as a Private into Company H. He was 25 years old.
He would have been with his Regiment until the end of the War. He served during the Minnesota Dakota War Battles of Birch Coulee, Wood Lake and Sibley’s 1863 Expedition. Then the Regiment was moved to engage the Confederates at the Battles of Tupelo, the campaign to stop General Stirling Price in Arkansas and Missouri. The Battle of Nashville and lastly, they were a part of General E.R.S. Canby’s campaign against Mobile, Alabama.
Louis was discharged when the Regiment mustered out at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 16 August 1865.
He married Marie Louise Jesmer in 1867 in Iowa. They had four children: Louis Jr, Adelia, Ollie, and Nelson. They moved to Marshall County in 1882. They raised their family and farmed until 1917, when Louis retired from the farm, and they moved to Argyle. Louis Leferier died on 20 April 1929 in Argyle at age 91.
SUVCW William Colvill Camp #56, Department of Wisconsin, will be presiding over the ceremony. The ceremony will feature the Last Soldier dedication ritual of the SUVCW and includes the placing of a Last Soldier Marker on the veteran’s grave. Camp #56 of the Department of Wisconsin, whose territory is the entire states of Wisconsin and Minnesota supports the national goal of identifying and placing a marker on the grave of the last Union veteran buried in each of Minnesota’s 87 counties. The members of Camp #56 consider the Last Soldier ceremony an honor and a fitting tribute for a Union soldier whose service helped preserve the liberties Americans enjoy as a nation today.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is a national veterans organization made up of the descendants of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The SUVCW has more than 6,000 members across the country and is the successor to the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R), the veterans organization formed after the Civil War by soldiers who served in the Union Army. The last member of the G.A.R., Albert Woolson from Duluth, Minnesota died in 1956.
Media inquiries: Jim Johnson Camp #56, Department of Wisconsin Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War [email protected]; 218 820-5580
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War websites:
https://www.suvcw.org/ Department of Wisconsin: http://www.suvcw-wi.org/index2.html
William Colvill Camp 56: Col. William Colvill Camp 56 Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War | Facebook
Information accurate as of date released.