Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 512.
The War of the Rebellion ...
Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ...
Seventh Regiment Infantry, C. V. ...
Lesure, Swan L., private company C, February 25, 1864. Wounded May 1864, killed June 2, 1864, Bermuda Hundred, Va.
Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 303.
Seventh Regiment Infantry, C. V.
Company C
Privates:
Lesure, Swan L.
Residence: Oxford
Date of Enlistment: Feb. 25, '64
Date of muster in this organization: Feb. 25, '64
Remarks: Wd. May 14, '64, Drewry's Bluff, Va. Killed June 2, '64, Bermuda Hundred, Va.