Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Rossiter, L. 
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L. ROSSITER, railroad contractor, residence, corner Main and Tenth streets, is 
a native of Prince Edward Island, British America; came to Wisconsin in 1852 
with his parents; lived at Fort Howard till 1857, then went to Milwaukee. In 
June, 1861, he enlisted in the 5th W. V. I., Co. B, and served in that 
regiment three years and three months, the last eight months as First 
Lieutenant in command of his company. In December, 1864, he received a Second 
Lieutenant's commission in the 6th U. S. V. V.; was promoted to First 
Lieutenant in June, 1865; and Captain, December, 1865, and was mustered out of 
service in April, 1866. In a charge of the 6th Corps on the enemy's works at 
Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 10, 1864, he was wounded by a cannister-
shot in the right shoulder, which disabled him about forty days. He 
participated in seventeen of the principal engagements of the Army of the 
Potomac; fought under McClellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade; has been 
railroading since the war closed, and in La Crosse since 1871.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 788.

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