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Johann Christian Appelfeller

Private Army Civil War

Army
Army
Private
Private
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Company 4, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry/8th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
1861 – 1864
Date of Birth
07/19/1821
Date of Death
03/11/1887
Hometown
Leesburg, OH
Burial Location
Leesburg Twp: Hopewell
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Leesburg
Township (current / at death)
Taylor
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. Served as a bugler; his bugle was donated to the Hardin County Museum in the Hardin County Courthouse in Kenton, Ohio; enlisted in 44th Ohio Infantry Oct 2, 1861; discharged at Milwaukee, Wisconsin Oct 4, 1864. The 44th organized in the autumn of 1861 and operated in W. Virginia and Kentucky until the fall of 1863. Followed Gen. Burnside in his advance into Tennessee. In Jan. 1864, the regiment re-enlisted as mounted cavalry, the 8th Ohio Cavalry.

Source: Veteran information received by email 09/21/2006 by great-great-granddaughter, Joyce Rarick