Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Johann Christian Appelfeller

BranchArmy
RankPrivate
Conflict / EraCivil War
Years of Service1861 – 1864
Date of Birth07/19/1821
Date of Death03/11/1887
HometownLeesburg, OH
Burial LocationLeesburg Twp: Hopewell
Monument PaverNo
SourceVeteran information received by email 09/21/2006 by great-great-granddaughter, Joyce Rarick

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.

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument