Lewis Castle (aft. 1839 - 1866)

Born after 1839 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont

Husband of Harriett Jane (Doolittle) Mitchell — married 1859 (to 1866) in Wisconsin

Died 15 May 1866 before age 27 in Jewell County, Kansas

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Biography

Lewis was born after 1839. He passed away in 1866 at the age of 27.

Lewis Castle served in Company "A" 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War. He enlisted in April, 1861 - right at the begging of the war. Lewis fought and was wounded at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 21 Jul 1862.fighting as part of the 4t Wisconsin Cavalry. He was mustered out on 4 July 1863 - the date of the Union victory at Vicksburg.

In May 1866, at the end of a buffalo hunt in Jewell County, he was heading home to Clifton with some friends in May of 1866, when they were attacked by Indians, presumed to be a tribe of Otoes with whom Castle was feuding. All four men from Clifton, as well as two hunters from Lake Sibley were killed along the banks of Little Cheyenne Creek. Several days later a search party covered their mutilated bodies with stones. Family members retrieved their bones the following year, reburying them in Pleasant View and Concordia cemeteries.

Sources

• Doolittles of America – 4948 Harriet Jane Doolittle - http://doolittlesofamerica.com/Genealogy/D7.html#i23850
• Doolittle Family Records (Letters, email, interviews, etc.).
• 1850 United States Federal Census living in Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin - https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9042918:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=69408e0e2e6266337c725bf2e7a56b7e&_phsrc=boJ37&_phstart=successSource
• 1860 United States Federal Census living in Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin - https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/36477370:7667?tid=&pid=&queryId=69408e0e2e6266337c725bf2e7a56b7e&_phsrc=boJ38&_phstart=successSource
• 3rd Wisconsin Cavalty Regiment - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Wisconsin_Cavalry_Regiment
• U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 - https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3860310:1555?tid=&pid=&queryId=a640bc0e8829a0f31301796395ba72f4&_phsrc=boJ41&_phstart=successSource
• Find a Grave Index - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126357967/lewis-castle