Source: "The Waterloo Evening Courier": Thursday, May 29, 1913

Lorraine T. Washburn, A member of Company I, Third Iowa Vol. Infantry
Enlisted May 20, 1861--died of wounds at Battle of Blue Mills, Missouri,
September 18, 1861

First Waterloo Soldier to Give Life for Country

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pvt., age 20; born in Vermont; enlisted 5-20-1861; wounded 9-17-1861 through leg at Blue Mills Landing, MO; died 9-18-1861 of wounds at Blue Mills Landing, Missouri.

Guess Lorraine, along with Cpl. Victor Gilbert were buried along the road in Blue Mills Landing, Missouri. He enlisted at Waterloo.