Dr. Lutellus Hussey, brother of the Rev. John Hussey, entered Company E, 83rd Ohio, as first sergeant, and was promoted to first lieutenant in the 65th U.S.C.T. (United States Colored Troops) and to Captain in the 119th U.S.C.T. He served from August, 1862 to April, 1865. It was extremely hazardous for a white man to be an officer in a colored
regiment, as the southern soldiers held an extremely bitter hatred for such officers; when they were captured, they were hanged at once, without trial. Captain "Lute", as we called him, came home from the service broken in health, and did not resume the practice of medicine, but spent his last days on his farm. He was killed at a
railroad crossing, while returning with a friend from the Carthage Fair."
Excerpted from "The Hussey Family in War," written by George Perkins (brother-in-law to Lutellus, married to his sister Clarissa).
regiment, as the southern soldiers held an extremely bitter hatred for such officers; when they were captured, they were hanged at once, without trial. Captain "Lute", as we called him, came home from the service broken in health, and did not resume the practice of medicine, but spent his last days on his farm. He was killed at a
railroad crossing, while returning with a friend from the Carthage Fair."
Excerpted from "The Hussey Family in War," written by George Perkins (brother-in-law to Lutellus, married to his sister Clarissa).
Dr. Lutellus Hussey, brother of the Rev. John Hussey, entered Company E, 83rd Ohio, as first sergeant, and was promoted to first lieutenant in the 65th U.S.C.T. (United States Colored Troops) and to Captain in the 119th U.S.C.T. He served from August, 1862 to April, 1865. It was extremely hazardous for a white man to be an officer in a colored
regiment, as the southern soldiers held an extremely bitter hatred for such officers; when they were captured, they were hanged at once, without trial. Captain "Lute", as we called him, came home from the service broken in health, and did not resume the practice of medicine, but spent his last days on his farm. He was killed at a
railroad crossing, while returning with a friend from the Carthage Fair."
Excerpted from "The Hussey Family in War," written by George Perkins (brother-in-law to Lutellus, married to his sister Clarissa).
regiment, as the southern soldiers held an extremely bitter hatred for such officers; when they were captured, they were hanged at once, without trial. Captain "Lute", as we called him, came home from the service broken in health, and did not resume the practice of medicine, but spent his last days on his farm. He was killed at a
railroad crossing, while returning with a friend from the Carthage Fair."
Excerpted from "The Hussey Family in War," written by George Perkins (brother-in-law to Lutellus, married to his sister Clarissa).
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