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American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Samuel Leinart
Enlistment Date: 17 Aug 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Tennessee
Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain on 17 August 1864.
Commission in Batty D Light Artillery Regiment Tennessee on 17 Aug 1864.

American Civil War Regiments
REGIMENT: Batty D Light Artillery Battery Tennessee
Regiment State: Tennessee
Regiment Type: Light Artillery
Regiment Number: Batty D
Regimental History
Battery D Light Artillery
TENNESSEE
(3-YEARS)

Battery D was first ordered to report to Brig.-Gen. R. S.
Granger "for duty with the artillery of Nashville," on March
23, 1864.

It was afterward transferred to the District of East Tennessee
and on April 2 1865, was assigned to the 4th division,
Department of the Cumberland. It was relieved of duty on June
26, 1865, and soon thereafter was mustered out at Nashville.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 390

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: Samuel D. Leinart
State Filed: Tennessee
Widow: Elizabeth Leinart
Invalid application, 1886 Apr 20
Application # 570491 Certificate # 383303 State Tennessee
Widow Application
1887 July 15 Application # 358*008

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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Samuel D Leinart
[Samuel D Linhart]
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Birth Place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Subdivision 16, Anderson, Tennessee
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Dunn 72 w/m Farmer b. MD
Samuel D Leinart 25 w/m Farmer b. TN
Sarah Leinart 20 w/f b. TN
Safroney f Leinart 5/12 w/f b. TN

Tennessee Census, 1810-91
Name: Samuel* D. Leinart
State: TN
County: Anderson County
Township: No Twp Listed
Year: 1860
Record Type: Slave Schedule
Page: 001
Database: TN 1860 Slave Schedule

Tennessee Census, 1810-91
Name: Samuel D. -D- Leinart
State: TN
County: Knox County
Township: Ed 186
Year: 1890
Page: 001
Database: TN 1890 Veterans Schedule

The Samuel D. Leinart I can find has middle name DUNN.
Son of William Houston Leinart 1802-1847 and Martha Jane Dunn 1802-1847
DOB 11 Aug 1825 Clinton, Anderson County, TN
DOD 19 June 1887 Knoxville, Knox county, TN
Spouse:
Elizabeth Norman
Child:
Rufus Stephen Leinart 1851-1929

Other spouses found:
Sarah Smallwood Hoskins
Sarah J. Hoskins

No guarantee on the genealogy.

JR

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