Oscar Anthony DeLeuw (Carlinville, Illinois, 121st US Colored troops 1st lieut & ass't adj gen'l)
b. 1846?
Carlinville, Illinois, soldier. Sheboygan, Wisconsin native. Son of Leopold DeLeuw and Johanna L. DeLeuw. Attended school in Madison County, Illinois, in 1860. Served in the 122nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from February 19, 1864. Served in the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.). Served in the 121st United States Colored Infantry Regiment as first lieutenant and assistant adjutant general from March 18, 1865, to October 4, 1865.
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Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Ward 5, p. 398B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Madison County, Alton, p. 73.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, Ward 3, p. 16.
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Detail Report, Illinois State Archives, https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do (accessed December 14, 2018).
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866, NARA Roll RG94-USCT-121-Bx06.
Citation
DeLeuw, Oscar Anthony. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200652 (November 12, 2026).
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