2nd great-grandfather of Nancy Starr

Private      Co. E     151 IN Infantry
Dates of Service:  14 Feb 1865 - 19 Sep 1865

Lewis S. Patten was born 18 March 1848 in Lake County, Illinois to John and Mary (Cook) Patten. By 1860, the Patten family had moved to Eden, Fayette County, Iowa.

In 1865, Lewis went to Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, where his grandfather, John H. Patten lived with his family. Here, Lewis and two of his uncles, Henry and Joseph, joined the 151st Indiana Infantry on 14 February 1865.

The 151st was stationed in the Tullahoma-Nashville Tennessee area. They did not fight in any battles, but they still lost 60 men to disease and 22 men to desertion.

Although Lewis ended up with a lung infection, bowel infection and loss of hearing in one ear, he and his uncles made it home. They mustered out 19 September 1865.

GRAVESITE: Floral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Written by Nancy Starr, 2007