10 October 1861 Enlisted, Captain Inman's Company, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer infantry. Mustered in by Captain Nelson at Fort Snelling, Minnesota for three years. 

10 November 1861 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Captain Inman's Company, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

31 December 1861 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

January, February 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

March, April 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

May, June 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

July, August 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

September 1862 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

28 September 1862 - Reported to duty to 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

October 1862 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. 

5 October 1862 - On detached service to 11th Ohio Battery Light Artillery. 

31 October 1862 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

November - December 1862 - On detached service to 11th Ohio Battery Light Artillery. 

19 November 1862 - A letter is received from Luther by his brother Captain Loren Webb in which Luther states that he is in the 11th Ohio battery and is doing well. 

26 December 1862 - Detached to guard provision train to Memphis. $10 of his pay is forfeited to US by department order against     straggling. 

January, February 1863 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

March, April 1863 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

May, June 1863 - Recorded as present on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

30 June 1863 - Paid by Major Stanton. 

July, August 1863 - Recorded as present on the Hospital muster roll of Adams USA General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Recorded as absent on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

 13 August 1863 - Sick in hospital. 

26 August 1863 - Recorded as patient in hospital, Adams USA General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. 

September, October 1863 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. Recorded as
present on the Hospital muster roll of Adams USA General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, attached to Company E, 11th Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

14 September 1863 - Luther arrives home in Roscoe, Minnesota on furlough.  He had been very ill. 

26 October 1863 - Deserted from furlough. 

29 October 1863 - Recorded as sick in hospital on the hospital muster roll of Adams USA Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

24 November 1863 - Joined Detachment of Convalescents, 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

November, December 1863 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.  Recorded as absent on muster roll of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. $13 stopped for transportation during absence. 

31 December 1863 - Settled clothing account, drawn $33.77.  Last paid $100 by Major Phenney. 

January, February 1863 - Present on muster roll of Convalescent Detachment of 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery at USA Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.  Returned to duty and transferred. 

March 1864 - Transferred back to service. 

April 1864 - Recorded as sick in hospital until August. 

May, June 1864 - Attached to Hospital as patient, Keokuk USA General Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa.  Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers. Remarks : Non-vet, absent sick in Keokuk, Iowa since June 1, 1864. Stop for transportation on furlough $13. 

19 May 1864 - Patient in hospital, Keokuk USA General Hospital. 

1 June 1864 - Sick in Hospital as patient, Keokuk USA General Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa. 

30 June 1864 - Last paid by Major R. Smyth.  Bounty due $100. 

July, August 1864 - Recorded as absent on muster roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.  Stopped for furlough $13.  With reg't at Allatoona, Georgia. Non-vet. 

15 August 1864 - Transferred  back to 11th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. 

September 1864 - this month is un-recorded on any muster roll, but it should be apparent that he returned to service with 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in Georgia. 

5 October 1864 - Shot at Battle of Allatoona Pass, Georgia.  Struck in arm, severe.  Casualty report issued in 1880. 

11 October 1864 - Mustered out - expiration of service- at Allatoona, Georgia. Due $100. 

4 January 1865 - 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Veterans (?). 

19 January 1865 - Appears as present on company muster-out roll, Company D, 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at Huntsville, Alabama.  Bounty due $100.  Between January and March he must have returned to Minnesota. 

10 March 1865 - Volunteered at St. Paul, Minnesota for Company A, 9th Regiment U.S. Volunteer Veterans Infantry. 

11 March 1865 - Mustered in at St. Paul, Minnesota. 

23 April 1865 - Draft Rendezvous at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

15 May 1865 - Appears on the company muster roll for Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV at Camp Stoneman, District of Columbia. 

18 May 1865 - Special $300 Bounty paid. 

30 June 1865 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV. 

July, August 1865 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV. 

5 August 1865 - Detached in Quarter Master Department, Indianapolis, Indiana. Recorded as Absent on returns for Co. A, 9th
Reg't USVV. 

September, October 1865 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV. 

November 1865 - On returns of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV as Absent by reason of Post to Q.M. Department. 

November, December 1865 - Recorded as Present on the muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV.  Posted to Q.M. Department. 

January, February 1866 - Recorded as Present on muster roll of Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV. 

9 March 1866 - Appears on Detachment Muster Out Roll for Co. A, 9th Reg't USVV at Indianapolis, Indiana.