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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Title, Manuscript | Civil War Letters and Documents for Peter Schaffner, John Stahel, etc. [Photocopies] |
| Date | 1864 |
| Extent of Work | various pagination |
| Abstract | Peter Schaffner [Shaffner] was born in Germany and came to America in the 1850s. He was living in Plymouth, Wisconsin when the Civil War began. He enlisted and was a member of Company G, 13th Wisconsin Infantry. In 1864 he was captured at Paint Rock River and taken to Libby Prison. He died of disease in 1865 in St. Louis as he was returning home. Documents include: a history of Company G, 13th Wisconsin Infantry; [Veteran] Volunteer Enlistment for Peter Shaffner (State of Tennessee, Town of Nashville, 1864); memorandum from prisoner of war records, 1865; discharge due to death (diarrhia, 1865); certificate for government undertakers, John A. Smithers & Bro., St. Louis; company muster rolls; a letter, with translation, from 29 July 1864 written from "Lars-Laending, Staat Alabama" and signed Peter Schaeffner; copies of pages 101, 108, and 109 from Der Turner Soldat; A Turner Soldier in the Civil War--Germany to Antietam [A biographical narrative of a German immigrant who served as a Private in the 20th Regiment, New York Volunteers, United Turner Rifles, by C. Eugene Miller and Forrest F. Steinlage]; and a translation of a letter from John Stahel, Capt. Company K, 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers (from The Fugelman, vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1995). Captain John Stahel was born in Wuelflingen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland in 1832, and settled in Wisconsin (first in Sauk Prairie, then later in Mazomanie). |
| Notes | Photocopies. |
| Donated by | Elda Ehrlinge, Hanover, WI |
| Call Number | P95-4 |
| MKI Terms | Family history/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans/ Letters/ Schaffner, Peter/ Stahel, John |