Dane County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....HARVEY, Louis Powell 
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Cemetery:           Forest Hills Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Name:               Louis Powell HARVEY
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HARVEY, Louis Powell
Born 22 Jul 1820 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CONN.
Died 19 Apr 1862
Son of David & Almira (POWELL) HARVEY
Drowned in Tennesee river near Pittsburg Landing (Fell off a steamboat)(was 
visiting injured Wisconsin Soldiers)
Member of the Wisconsin Constitutional comvention, 1847-1848
State Senator 1854-1858
Helped organize the Republican party in 1854
Secretary of State 1860-1862
Governor Jan 1862-19 Apr 1862
There is a picture of him at the Wisconsin state historical society in 
Madison, Dane Co., Wi. There is also an obit in the Wisconsin Necrology, Vol 
2, pg 110-112
Married Miss Cordelia A. PERRINE in 1847. 
From the Memorial Record Of The Fathers Of Wisconsin
"The circumstances attending his death may be briefly related in this 
connection. On receiving the news of the battle of Shiloh, in which Wisconsin 
troops had suffered terrible losses, Gov. Harvey deemed it his duty to repair 
at once to the scene of suffering, and to afford all the relief in his power. 
On the following morning, full of vigor and in the most perfect health, he 
left his home duties, his family comforts, to seek out the afflicted soldiers 
of the state, and to administer relief and consolation to them. His mission 
was competely successful. His pressence among the troops had an electric 
effect, giving them new life and new hope. he had finished his noble work, and 
prepared to return home. On the 17th of April, he wrote to his wife from 
Pittsburg, Landing, using these words:'Yesterday was the day of my life! Thank 
God for the impulse that brought me here! I am well, and have done more good 
by coming than I can well tell.' This was probably his last letter. he had 
taken position a a boat at Savannah, to await the arrival of another vessel 
that was to convey him to Cairo, on his homeward trip. I was  late in the 
evening, and the night was dark and rainy. The expected boat hove in sight, 
and as it rounded to, the bow touching the one upon which the governor stood, 
he took a step-perhaps stumbled- and fell overboard between the two boats, 
into the Tennsessee river, and all efforts to rescue him proved unavailing. He 
sank, never to rise again, Alive. Thus was lost to the state  an able, 
energetic and honest public servant; to the communtiy, and excellent citizen 
and kind-hearted, genial man."
Sec 2, lot 046, Gr 2


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