Samuel D. Leinart

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/17/1864 as a Captain.
On 8/17/1864 he was commissioned into TN Batty D Light Artillery USA
(date and method of discharge not given)

On March 23, 1864, Company "D", East Tennessee Artillery was ordered to report to Brigadier General Robert S. Granger for duty with the artillery at Nashville. On April 1, 1864, at Nashville, with Captain David K. Young in command, it reported four officers and 90 men as effectives. It remained on garrison duty at Nashville until April, 1865. During this time the following officers were reported in command: on April 30, Lieutenant Solomon Strombough; on May 31, Captain David K. Young; from September 30 to December 31, Captain Samuel D. Leinart; on February 28, 1865, Lieutenant James H. Kyle. On April 2, 1865, the battery was ordered to report to the 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, and on April 30, under Captain Leinart, it was reported in Gibson's Brigade, Brigadier General Davis Tillson's Division. Here it remained until June 26, 1865, when it was ordered to Nashville to be mustered out of service.

BATTERY "D."
Attached to Post and District of Nashville, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.