A few years ago, I started what turned out to be a HUGE data entry project; my goal was to compile a data base of ALL members of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment ("the Harvard Regiment"), using Bruce's Regimental History. 2200+ records later, I "discovered" the Adjutant General's report "Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War", which gave even MORE information about some individuals (and in a few cases, contradicting informantion). For example, in Bruce's work, the "residence" of an individual, in most cases, is the locality to which his enlistment was credited, and not necessarily the place where he actually "lived".
A second data base was constructed, using the information from the Adjutant General's report; the two data bases were then searched for names of individuals described as "from" Germany, Prussia, "German states", and other European countries (if the surname "looked German".
Then, because I really didn't have enough to do, I decided that it might be interesting to go through the ENTIRE Adjutant General's report for ALL Massachusetts regiments and snare EVERY individual who was "from" Germany, Prussia, etc., and construct yet ANOTHER data base of "Germans" in ALL Massachusetts Civil War regiments.
Well, I got as far as adding individuals from the NINETEENTH Regiment, before I came to the realization that THIS "little project" was bigger than I could handle! So, on this page, you will find information about "Germans" in the 19th and 20th regiments only.
Column "headers" for the chart are as follows -
NAME -
REG'T - regiment
CO - company - "U" means "unassigned"
RANK -
RESIDENCE - per the AG's report; in almost all cases, Bruce gives "Boston"
AGE - at start of service
OCCUPATION -
START DATE -
TYPE - E(nlisted), M(ustered), D(rafted), TR(ansferred), COM(missioned)
ENDING DATE -
END TYPE -
NOTES per AG - information from AG's report
I've used a lot of abbreviations in the last two columns; hopefully, they are self-explanatory.
Think of this data as a list of "Germans" who were IN Boston at a given date. There's no way to tell if a "German-born" individual was actually recruited IN Germany OR if he was already residing in the US when he began his service. My hunch is that the former is the case with most of these men.
Of particular interest to the obsessive-compulsive data-gathering Family Historian, is this thought - of the "recruited in Germany" men who survived the war, how many of them actually STAYED in Boston after 1865?
NAME | REG'T | CO | RANK | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | STARTDATE | TYPE | ENDINGDATE | ENDTYPE | NOTES/AdjutantGeneral |
ALBERS, Karl A. J. | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 25 Aug 1864 | POW-NFR | wnd WILD; pris REAM |
ALPEN, Rudolph | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 24 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 14 Jun 1864 | X-DOW | wnd SPOT; d WASH |
AMENDE, John | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 34 | laborer | 01 Apr 61 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | d WILD |
BADER, Frederick | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 19 | laborer | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
BAUER, William | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 14 Apr 1864 | m-o | pris 25 Aug '64, REAM; NFR? |
BAUMANN, August | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 24 | painter | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 5 Feb 1865, HTCH |
BECKMAN, August | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 24 | saddler | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 22 May 1865 | m-o | wou 14 Aug '64, DEEP |
BEDDIGS, Henry | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 40 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd WILD; POW REAM |
BENDER, Senrin | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 29 | weaver | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 15 Jul 1865 | DDisch | dishonorable discharged |
BIERLEG, Ernst | 20 MA | C | pvt | Saxony | 20 | clerk | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wounded 6 May '64, WILD |
BIEWALD, Carl | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 19 | confctner | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou 12 May '64, SPOT |
BIXLER, Paul | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 23 | artist | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
BOCHET, Hugo | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 25 | weaver | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 12 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | POW REAM; enl Confed. Army; NFR |
BOHME, Frank | 20 MA | C | pvt | Saxony | 20 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 6 May '64, WILD |
BOHME, Franz | 20 MA | C | pvt | Saxony | 26 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 20 Apr 1865 | D-disability | wnd/missing 6 May '64, WILD |
BOLMER, Adam | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 26 | butcher | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 26 Jul 1865 | m/o-VRC | wou May '64; POW REAM; see 14 VRC |
BORNEMANN, Henry C. A. | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 31 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 29 May 1865 | m-o | missing 6 May '64, WILD |
BOSTELL, Theodore | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 19 | laborer | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 29 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd May '64; see Co G, 10 VRC |
BREITFELD, Emil | 20 MA | B | pvt | Prussia | 21 | hat maker | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 10 May '64, SPOT |
BROWN, John | 19 MA | U | pvt | France | 24 | laborer | 30 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Aug 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
BROWN, John | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 21 | seaman | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 25 Aug 1864 | NFR | POW REAM |
BROWN, John 2d | 19 MA | U | pvt | Prussia | 21 | sailor | 03 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Aug 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
BUCK, Frederick | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 26 | mason | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 18 Jun 1864 | DSRTD | wou 6 May '64, WILD; dsrtd fr hospl |
CAESAR, Julius | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 21 | bookbinder | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 29 Jul 1865 | D-disability | wou 6 May '64, WILD; see I, 2 VRC |
CARCHER, Carl | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 22 | tailor | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 08 Aug 1864 | X-POW | d/disease, RICH |
CASLER, Theodore | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 24 | blacksmith | 09 Apr 64 | e/m | 18 Dec 1864 | D-disability | wnd 10 May 1864, SPOT |
CLARE, Carl | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 24 | painter | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wounded May '64 |
COOK, Charles | 19 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 25 | jeweller | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
COOK, Charles | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 25 | jeweller | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 21 Nov 1863 | DSRTD | deserted as of Co A; |
DAMP, Ludwig | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 24 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 10 May 1864 | MIA | missing SPOT; NFR |
DECK, Henry | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 25 | hsptl stwrd | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 25 Oct 1864 | X-POW | died at SLSB |
DECKER, Anton | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 19 | baker | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 09 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | POW REAM; enl in Confed. Army |
DERNER, Robert | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 24 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd May '65; POW REAM |
DETMER, William | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 32 | clerk | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 02 Dec '64 | DSRTD | deserted from hospital |
DIERCKS, Christian | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 22 | jeweller | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 24 Dec 1864 | FUR-NFR | wou/prisoner 6 May '64, WILD |
DIERNANN, August | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 19 | cabinet mkr | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | unk | NFR | unassigned |
DORCHESKY, William | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 21 | weaver | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | d WILD |
DURANT, Oswald | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 25 | hunter | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 17 Nov 1864 | D-wounds | wnd/missing 18 May '64, SPOT |
ECKELMAN, James | 19 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 39 | laborer | 30 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
ECKHARDT, Karl | 19 MA | C | pvt | Germany | (ng) | mason | 03 Aug 63 | d/m | 12 Oct 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
EGGERS, Henry | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 21 | baker | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | (none) |
EHLES, John | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 31 | laborer | 26 Mar 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | ABW? | absent sick or wounded WILD; NFR |
EINHORN, Carl J. W. | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 27 | basket mkr | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | d WILD |
ELSNER, Constantin | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 25 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 08 Jun 1865 | D-wounds | wnd 3 Jun 1864, COLD |
EPP, Henry | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 26 | cabinet mkr | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 04 May 1865 | DISCH | wou/pris 6 May '64, WILD |
FAERL, John | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 26 | carpenter | 30 Apr 64 | e/m | unk | NFR | unassigned; no further record |
FATHAURN | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 30 | baker | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 14 Aug '64, DEEP |
FINN, William | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 23 | hat maker | 26 Mar 64 | enl | 27 Jul 1864 | DSRTD | wnd 6 May '64, WILD; dsrtd fr hospl; NFR |
FISCHER, Edward | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 15 Jul 1864 | DISCH | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
FRIEDRICHSEN, Ludwig | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 40 | hunter | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 14 Aug 1864 | X-KIA | d DEEP |
FRINCK, Jelwin | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 24 | butcher | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 13 Jun 1864 | DSRTD? | reported deserted |
FRITSCH, George | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 26 | confctner | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 22 Jun 1864 | ABW-NFR | absent wounded; NFR |
FUHRMAN, Michael | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 21 | saddler | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jan 1865 | D-wounds | wnd 9 Nov '64, PTSB; see VRC |
GARBE, Henry | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 29 | weaver | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 19 Oct 1864 | X-DOD | d Brattleboro, VT |
GATZENS, George | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 21 | mariner | 11 May 64 | e/m | 25 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | wnd DEEP; dsrtd fr hospl |
GESPER, Carl | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 28 | porter | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 12 May 1864 | NFR | wounded, SPOT; NFR |
GETZ, Jacob | 20 MA | A | pvt | Germany | 18 | cutler | 30 Aug 61 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 11 Dec '62, FRBG |
GOUDIG, Herman G. | 20 MA | G | pvt | Prussia | 36 | currier | 12 Jul 64 | tr-15th | 21 Jan 1865 | DSRTD | transfer from Co D, 15 MA Inf |
GRAICHEN, Bernhard | 20 MA | C | pvt | Saxony | 21 | weaver | 29 Aug 61 | e/m | 30 Jun 1862 | DSRTD | dsrtd Harrison's Landing, VA |
GREGAS, Gustave | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 19 | painter | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | unk | NFR | unassigned, no further record |
GROHT, Henry | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 25 | cooper | 26 Mar 64 | e/m | 19 Jul 1864 | X-DOD | d Portsmouth Grove Hospl., RI |
GUILLAUME, Charles | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 26 | jeweller | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | (none) |
GURLITZ, Louis | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 29 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 20 Jun 1864 | DSRTD | wnd 6 May '64, WILD; rprtd dsrtd; NFR |
HAESSNER, William | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 38 | none | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 12 May 1864 | ABW-NFR | wou 12 May '64, SPOT; NFR |
HAMPE, Frederick | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 30 | painter | 26 Mar 64 | e/m | 20 Jun 1865 | DISCH | wnd 10 May '64, SPOT |
HARRIS, Charles | 19 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 32 | seaman | 31 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
HARRIS, Charles | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 32 | seaman | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | tr fr 19 MA; d WILD |
HARTENSTEIN, William | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 21 | printer | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 11 May 1864 | MIA-NFR | missing SPOT |
HARTSMAN, Alfred | 19 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 20 | clerk | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
HARTSMAN, Alfred | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 20 | clerk | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | See Co E, 19th MASS Inf |
HAUSCH, Albert | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 18 | baker | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 11 Nov 1864 | X-POW | d SLSB; wnd WILD; POW COLD |
HEESCHEN, Henry | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 28 | painter | 26 Mar 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | MIA-NFR | missing WILD |
HEHL, John | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 21 | tailor | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 20 Sep 1864 | DSRTD | wou WILD; dsrtd fr hospl |
HEIDELBERG, Louis | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 32 | tailor | 10 Jun 64 | e/m | 16 Jun 1865 | m-o | POW 25 Aug 1864, REAM |
HEILL, Frank | 19 MA | D | pvt | France | (ng) | engineer | 31 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
HELDT, Otto | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 24 | clerk | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 31 May 1864 | POW-NFR | pris 24 May '64, ANNA; sent ANDV; NFR |
HENRY, Albert | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 38 | stone mason | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 22 Dec 1864 | NFR | pris 5 May '64, WILD |
HILLSE, Julius | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 26 | barber | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | NFR | wou 6 May '64, WILD; NFR |
HOMBERG, John | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 25 | baker | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | (none) |
HUHN, August | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 23 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 28 Aug 1865 | m-o as VRC | wou May '64; see 11 VRC |
HUMPKE, Herman | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wounded 6 May '64, WILD |
HUNCK, Frederick | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 22 | gardener | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | d WILD |
JACOBSEN, Carsten | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 31 | cabinet mkr | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA? | wnd WILD; NFR |
JAGER, Heinrich | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 23 | baker | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 5-7 May, '64, WILD |
JOHANNSEN, John H. M. | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 27 | porter | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | ABS-NFR | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
JORDAN, Carl | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 21 | laborer | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 03 Jun 1865 | m-o | wnd WILD; wnd HTCH |
JOST, John | 20 MA | D | pvt | Grmany | 20 | laborer | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 09 Oct 1864 | POW-NFR | wnd, POW REAM; sent to SLSB; NFR |
JUNGHANTZ, John | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 28 | soldier | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 18 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | POW PTSB; enlstd Confed. Army |
KATZ, Fritz | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 19 | porter | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
KEISER, Julius | 19 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 28 | bricklayer | 29 Jul 63 | d/m | 07 Mar 64 | D-disability | (none) |
KIRKE, Hermann | 19 MA | U | pvt | Prussia | 23 | merchant | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Aug 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
KLANZ, Ernst | 20 MA | A | pvt | Germany | 36 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 13 Jul 1864 | X-DOD | died of disease Alexandria, VA |
KOCH, Martin | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 42 | farmer | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA? | wnd WILD; NFR |
KRABBES, Albert | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 21 | furrier | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 15 Feb 1865 | D-disability | disch for disability as of Co C |
KRUG, August | 20 MA | C | pvt | Grmany | 21 | butcher | 26 Mar 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 12 May '64, SPOT |
KUHFUS, Max | 20 MA | G | pvt | Prussia | 21 | painter | 12 May 64 | e/m | 21 Jan 1865 | DSRTD | wou/pris DEEP; dsrtd on furlough |
KUHN, Frederick | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 23 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 11 Feb 1865 | X-POW | pris 25 Aug 1864, REAM; d SLSB |
KURTZ, Henry | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 19 | farmer | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou 18 May 1864, SPOT |
LAIDSCH, Theodore | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 23 | mason | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 12 May 1864 | MIA-NFR | missing in action, SPOT; NFR |
LAMB, Jacob | 20 MA | B | pvt | Bavaria | 47 | laborer | 03 Sep 61 | e/m | 10 May 1862 | D-disability | see V.R.C. |
LANGE, Carl | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 40 | gunmaker | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 11 Aug 1864 | DSRTD | deserted from hospital |
LECKBAUD, Christian | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 22 | stonecutter | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 Feb 1865 | D-wounds | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
LEVERENCE, Charles | 19 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 30 | shoemaker | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Sep 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
LOHRMANN, Carl | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 25 | musician | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 15 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug 1864, REAM |
LORENZ, Herman J. | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 27 | cigar mkr | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 29 May 1864 | DSRTD? | rprtd dsrtd fr hosptl, WASH. DC |
LOUIS, Henry P. | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 22 | collier | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 Jan 1865 | NFR | wou SPOT; POW ANNA; paroled |
LUBBERT, William | 20 MA | B | pvt | Grmany | 32 | saddler | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 02 Jun 1865 | D-wounds | wnd 6 May 1864, WILD |
LYSHOLM, Henry | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 22 | cigar mkr | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug '64, REAM |
MARSHALL, William | 19 MA | F | pvt | Prussia | 21 | butcher | 31 Jul 63 | d/m | 25 Aug 64 | KIA | d REAMS; as 1 RI Lt Art. |
MARTIN, Simon | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 23 | laborer | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | unk | NFR | unassigned, no further record |
MARZAHT, August | 20 MA | A | pvt | Germany | 21 | porter | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 25 Aug 1864 | POW-NFR | POW REAM; sent to SLSB; NFR |
MATHISON, Henry | 19 MA | H | pvt | Russia | 33 | laborer | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
MATTNER, Louis | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 21 | gunsmith | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 10 Sep 1864 | X-POW | POW REAM; d ANDV |
MENNICH, Christian | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 22 | jeweller | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 01 Jun 1864 | ABW-NFR | wou May '64; NFR |
MESSERSHMIDT, Frederick | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 22 | laborer | 13 Apr 64 | e/l | unk | NFR | unassigned, no further record |
METZGER, George | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 26 | butcher | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 03 Mar 1865 | NFR | POW BOYD; furloghed fr hospl; NFR |
MEYER, Albert | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 22 | mariner | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 12 May 1865 | m-o | wou SPOT |
MILLER, Carl | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 18 | locksmith | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | MIA | wounded, missing at WILD; NFR |
MILLER, Gustav A. E. | 20 MA | C | pvt | Prussia | 20 | laborer | 06 Jun 64 | e/m | 13 Jun 1865 | DSRTD? | reported deserted |
MILLER, Henry | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 24 | barkeeper | 09 Apr 64 | e/m | unk | NFR | unassigned, no further record |
MILLER, Jacob | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 38 | miller | 05 Apr 64 | e/m | 15 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd/pow 6 May '64, WILD |
MILLER, Ludwig | 20 MA | E | pvt | Grmany | 28 | miller | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | MIA | missing WILD; NFR |
MOEGLIN, Louis | 20 MA | A | pvt | Germany | 36 | farmer | 29 Aug 61 | e/m | 29 Apr 1862 | D-disability | (none) |
MOEHLE, Theodore | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 29 | carpenter | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | d WILD |
MOLLER, Julius | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 25 | printer | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou 6 May '64, WILD |
NATTER, Edward | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 19 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 08 Jan 1865 | X-POW | pris 25 Aug '64, REAM; d FLOR |
NEUER, John | 19 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 21 | painter | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
NEUER, John | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 21 | painter | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 12 Apr 1864 | ABS-NFR | tr fr 19 MA; absent sick; NFR |
OHLENSCHLAGER, William | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 23 | painter | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 10 Oct 1864 | X-DOW | wnd/pris 6 May '64, WILD; d Annapolis |
OTTO, Simon | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 19 | shoemaker | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 24 Jun 1864 | DSRTD | wnd WILD; dsrtd fr hospl |
PAHL, Albert | 20 MA | F | pvt | Prussia | 26 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 20 Jun 1865 | m-o | pris 19 May '64, SPOT |
PALM, John | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 34 | soldier | 14 Apr 64 | e/m | xx May 1864 | MIA-? | reported missing May '64; NFR |
PICHER, William | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 19 | tailor | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 18 May 1864 | MIA-NFR | missing Spottsylvania, VA |
PINKAN, Emil | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 20 | shoemaker | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 25 Aug 1864 | NFR | wou 6 May 1864, WILD |
PLATTE, William | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 21 | farmer | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | killed Wilderness, VA |
POMMERESCHE, Julius | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 20 Jul 1864 | tr-NFR | wnd 6 May '64, WILD; NFR |
PONNAZ, William | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 39 | soldier | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 6 May '64, WILD |
PREHL, John | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 36 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | MIA | missing since WILD; NFR |
RADICKE, Andrew | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 24 | shoemaker | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 27 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | wou (no date); dsrtd fr hospl |
RAKKE, Henry | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 19 | locksmith | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 22 Nov 1864 | DSRTD | wnd WILD; POW REAM; ret; dsrtd fr hospl |
RAUCH, Louis | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 33 | cigar mkr | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 24 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug '64, REAM; returned |
REIDEL, Herman | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 19 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 01 Mar 1865 | D-wounds | wnd 6 May '64, WILD |
REX, Frederick W. | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 21 | rider | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 29 Aug 1864 | DSRTD | wou SPOT; dsrtd fr hospl |
RIENSBERG, Heinrich | 20 MA | A | pvt | Germany | 31 | painter | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 04 Dec 1864 | FUR-NFR | wnd WILD; POW ANNA; exch; NFR |
RIES, August | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 19 | butcher | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 01 Nov 1864 | DSRTD | pris REAM; dsrtd BellIsle; NFR |
RIESS, Christian | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 24 | locksmith | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 12 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | pris REAM; enlstd Confed Army; d SLSB |
ROHRBECK, Fritz | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 27 | servant | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jan 1865 | X-POW | POW REAM; d SLSB |
ROSENAU, Charles | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 22 | artist | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wou May 1864 |
SCHARFF, Anthony | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 44 | basket mkr | 02 Sep 61 | e/m | 10 Jan 1863 | D-disability | disch Fort Monroe, VA |
SCHAUR, John | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 23 | laborer | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 30 Apr 1865 | DSRTD | dsrtd on furl fr hospl, Balt. MD |
SCHERER, Peter | 20 MA | F | pvt | Prussia | 19 | laborer | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | AB-W | absent wounded WILD |
SCHILLER, William | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 19 | saddler | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 06 May 1864 | X-KIA | d WILD |
SCHMIDT, Harry | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 22 | farmer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | MIA-NFR | missing WILD |
SCHMIDT, Henry | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 26 | tailor | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 25 Aug 1864 | POW-NFR | wnd WILD; POW REAM; rep dsrtd BellIsle; NFR |
SCHMIDT, John H. F. | 20 MA | U | pvt | Germany | 30 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | MIA | missing WILD |
SCHMITT, George A. | 20 MA | E | cap | Bavaria | 34 | instructor | 10 Jul 61 | com | 22 Jul 1863 | tr to VRC | wou BALL, ANTM; see 3 VRC, 11 VRC |
SCHOENHERR, Gustavus | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 21 | seal maker | 26 Mar 64 | e/m | 25 Aug 1864 | POW-NFR | pris REAM, as of Co B; NFR |
SCHRADER, Frederick | 20 MA | B | pvt | Prussia | 37 | porter | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | (none) |
SCHROEDER, John | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 28 | mason | 30 Mar 64 | e/m | 30 Jun 1865 | m-o | wounded May '64 |
SCHUBERT, Augustus | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 22 | locksmith | 13 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jan 1865 | D-wounds | wou WILD; wou DEEP |
SCHULTZ, Hans W. | 19 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 32 | teamster | 30 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
SCHULTZ, Henry W. | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 32 | teamster | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 31 Jan 1865 | X-POW | tr fr19th MA; wou/POW WILD; d SLSB |
SCHULZE, Charles | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 26 | carpenter | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 07 Aug 1865 | D-disability | wnd WILD; see 2 VRC |
SCHUMACHER, William | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 35 | cabinet mkr | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 10 May 1864 | X-KIA | d SPOT |
SCHWABE, Henry | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 35 | cloth fnshr | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 06 May 1864 | ABW-NFR | absent wounded, WILD; NFR |
SCHWERIN, Fritz | 19 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 31 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
SCHWERVIN, Fritz | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 27 | soldier | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | tr fr 19 MA Inf; pris May 64 |
SEEBERG, Rudolph | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 24 | soldier | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 27 Feb 1865 | X-DOD | d Beverly NJ, as of Co. C |
SEEBERG, Simon | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 19 | bookbinder | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 18 Sep 1864 | X-DOW | wou SPOT, REAM; d Washington |
STAMP, John | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 21 | baker | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 27 Sep 1864 | X-POW | POW COLD; d ANDV |
STEINHOFER, August | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 24 | soldier | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 30 May 1864 | X-DOW | died of wounds, Wash. DC |
STIEBER, Albert | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 23 | painter | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wounded 6 May '64, WILD |
STOLLE, Louis | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 19 | shoemaker | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | (none) |
STRASSIG, Heinrich | 20 MA | C | pvt | Prussia | 21 | servant | 12 May 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 21 Jul '64, near PTSB; paroled |
STURM, Martin | 20 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 26 | driver | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug '64, REAM; exchanged |
TENT, Frederick | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 30 | clerk | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 25 Nov 1864 | X-POW | pris 6 May '64, WILD; d ANDV |
TEPFER, Edward | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 22 | tailor | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 29 Aug 1864 | X-DOW | wnd 6 May '64, WILD; d Washington |
TRAPP, Charles | 19 MA | A | pvt | Germany | 23 | butcher | 03 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Jan 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
TRAPP, Charles | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 23 | butcher | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 09 Apr 1864 | DSRTD | tr fr 19 MA Inf |
UNREIN, Carl | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 20 | stonecutter | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 14 Jun 1864 | ABS-NFR | wou 6 May '64, WILD; NFR |
URBAN, Henry | 19 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 21 | sailor | 23 Jul 63 | d/m | 14 Jul 64 | tr to 20 MA | (none) |
URBAN, Henry | 20 MA | F | pvt | Germany | 22 | sailor | 14 Jan 64 | tr-19th | 07 Jan 1865 | X-DOW | tr fr 19 MA Inf; wou May 64; d Beverly NJ |
VOIGHT, Julius | 20 MA | G | pvt | Prussia | 22 | painter | 12 May 64 | e/m | 12 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | POW DEEP; enl in Confed. Army |
VOLKER, William | 20 MA | E | pvt | Germany | 23 | laborer | 04 Apr 64 | enl | 04 Sep 1864 | X-POW | d at ANDV |
Von BRESCHAN, Hugo | 19 MA | K | pvt | Poland | 30 | soldier | 03 Aug 63 | d/m | 10 Sep 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
WALDECK, Louis | 19 MA | G | pvt | France | 25 | steward | 04 Aug 63 | d/m | 19 Jan 64 | DSRTD | dsrtd fr hospital |
WARNECKE, Herman | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 20 | barkeeper | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 27 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug '64, REAM |
WETTBERG, Edward | 20 MA | K | pvt | Germany | 23 | student | 01 Apr 64 | e/m | 10 Feb 1865 | D-wounds | wou 12 May '64, SPOT |
WIRTH, Frederick | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 21 | tailor | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 10 Jun 1865 | m-o | pris 26 Jul '64, DEEP; released |
WIRTH, Herman | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 21 | baker | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug 1864, REAM; exchanged |
WITT, Edward | 20 MA | H | pvt | Germany | 19 | laborer | 04 Apr 64 | e/m | 21 Nov 1865 | m-o VRC | wou 6 May '64, WILD; see 2 VRC |
WOLFF, Sedliz | 19 MA | G | pvt | Germany | 21 | sailor | 03 Aug 63 | d/m | 14 Aug 63 | DSRTD | (none) |
WOLFRAM, Adolph | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 27 | mariner | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 20 Jun 1864 | X-DOW | wounded May or June '64 |
WORTMANN, Adolph | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 26 | soldier | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | pris 25 Aug 1864, REAM; exchanged |
WRIETH, Henry | 20 MA | B | pvt | Germany | 26 | laborer | 01 Apr 64 | enl | 23 Aug 1865 | D-wounds | wounded Jul or Aug '64 |
YORKATSEN, Julius | 20 MA | D | pvt | Germany | 27 | painter | 13 Apr 64 | enl | 17 May 1864 | X-DOD | died of disease, Alexandria, VA |
ZEIS, Jonas | 20 MA | I | pvt | Germany | 26 | soldier | 09 Apr 64 | e/m | 20 Oct 1864 | DSRTD | wou May '64; dest fr hosptl |
ZEIS, Julius | 20 MA | C | pvt | Germany | 24 | turner | 09 Apr 64 | e/m | 16 Jul 1865 | m-o | wnd 6 May '64, WILD |
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