Principal Samuel P. Lockwood and a large number of Janesville high school boys left the school room for volunteer service in Company A, Fortieth regiment; the histories differ on the timing.

The evidence

• “In April, 1864, Principal Samuel P. Lockwood, accompanied by a large number of the high school boys, responded to one of the last calls for volunteers and left the school room as captain of Company A, Fortieth regiment.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/12-janesville-schools.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 286 / book p. 262

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources