Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Joseph L. Richardson - Pvt - Co D - 13th Infantry Regiment Michigan
Residence, Shiawassee County, Michigan; Enlisted, 09Nov1861; Age, 44
Received a disability discharge, 04Dec1862 in Nashville, TN
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
Joseph L. Richardson - Co D - 13 Michigan Infantry
Soldier's Rank in - Pvt
Soldier's Rank out - Pvt
Film Number M545, Roll 35
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
November 30 [1896], Joseph Richardson, of Joliet, aged 89 years. He was an old soldier, serving in a Michigan regiment. He came to Joliet soon after the war.
Civil War Pension Index (ancestry.com):
Richardson, Joseph L.
Widow - Richardson, Sarah E.
Service - Co D 13 Mich Inf
Date of Filing - 1863Mar24 - Invalid - Certificate #16630
1896Dec7 - Widow - State filed, ILL
Headstone Reading, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Illinois, G.A.R. Section:
J. I. Rechardson
Pvt Co D
13 Mich INF
1814
1896
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
US Census Records:
1870 - Manhattan, Will Co, Illinois - Joseph Richardson household
Joseph Richardson, 54, born - New York; Sarah E., 32
Ginnie R, 11; Lizza, 2; Lorin, 5/12
1880 - Joliet, Will Co, Illinois - Joseph Richardson household
Joseph Richardson, 65, born - New York, gardner; Sarah, 41
Gertrude E., 11; Lorin, 10; Cora, 7; George, 7m.