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Title	Johannes Lefevre
Date.Original	1861-1865
Description	Portrait of Johannes Lefevre in his Civil War uniform. He fought for the Union with a company out of Kingston.
Notes	Surname spellings and their variants: Lefevre, Lefever Johannes Lefevre, was born on May 26, 1837, and attended the academies at New Paltz Academy and Claverack, and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., where he graduated in the Scientific field in 1860 and Civil Engineering in 1861. During the Civil War, Johannes helped to organize, and later joined the Company E. of the 156th Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers for whom he served as Second and later First Lieutenant in 1862, and First Lieutenant of the 156th N. Y. Regiment of Infantry in October, 1863. He also held the positions of Regimental Quartermaster, Quartermaster of the Pioneer Corps under Gen. Banks and served as Civil Engineer at Camp Bisland, Port Hudson joined Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah, and fought in the battle of Winchester. On October 18, 1864, Johannes received the commission of Captain of the N. Y. 156th Regiment and the next day commanded his troops in the battle of Cedar Creek, where he was fatally wounded. Captain Johannes LeFevre died three weeks later at Tidball Hospital in Winchester, Virginia. His body is buried in the New Paltz Rural Cemetery.
Subject.LCSH	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Soldiers Uniforms Portraits
Personal Name	Lefevre, Johannes (1837-1864)
HRVH Topic	People Military
Resource Type	Image Still Image
Resource Identifier	hhs_JohannesLefevrecwcopy.jpg
Publisher.Digital	Historic Huguenot Street
Date.Digital	2007
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Exhibit Homepage	http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/aa07; http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/hhslefever/
Digital.Collection	African American Presence in the Hudson Valley I regret to inform you
Holding.Institution	Historic Huguenot Street
Contact.Information	Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845-255-1660 http://www.huguenotstreet.org
Rights	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information.

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