In the final months of the war, the 198th Pennsylvania saw a lot of action. They fought hand-to-hand at the Battle of Hatcher's Run. Then they fought at Quaker Road, White Oak Ridge, Five Forks. They lost officers Major Charles J. Meceum and captains George W, Mulfrey and Isaac Schroeder.
After lee's surrender, the unit marched through Fredericksburg on May 9, 1865. This is where Private Levi Schlegel parted with the ring for some reason. They then continued on to Washington, DC and then took the train to Philadelphia and were mustered out of service June 12, 1865.
Schlegel came home to Reading, married and had eleven children. He died at age 91 in 1932 and is buried alongside his wife at the 167-year-old Charles Evans Cemetery.
One of Those Little Stories That make the War So Interesting. --Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Civil War Ring Returned-- Part 2: Levi Schlegel's Ring
From the April 9, 2013, Washington Post.
How did one private Levi Schlegal come to lose a ring with his name, company and regiment on it way back then? This ring essentially was the Civil War version of dogtags. The ring was found near Fredericksburg, a place Mr. Schlegel only passed through a month after the war ended on his way home.
Was it misplaced in camp? Did he figure that with the fighting over, he didn't need it anymore?
No one will ever know for sure as Private Schlegel died a lot of years ago.
It was found back in 2005.
What is known is that Levi Schlegal was 21 when he enlisted in the 167th Pennsylvania in 1862, a nine month regiment that was disbanded in August 1863 without seeing too much action.
In September 1864, he signed up again in the 198th Pennsylvania, recruited in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where Reading is loacted. Many in his company, like Schlegel, were 18th century German immigrants like Reuben Reifsnyder, Alfred Seiple, Augustus Shupert and Annes Sicher.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
How did one private Levi Schlegal come to lose a ring with his name, company and regiment on it way back then? This ring essentially was the Civil War version of dogtags. The ring was found near Fredericksburg, a place Mr. Schlegel only passed through a month after the war ended on his way home.
Was it misplaced in camp? Did he figure that with the fighting over, he didn't need it anymore?
No one will ever know for sure as Private Schlegel died a lot of years ago.
It was found back in 2005.
What is known is that Levi Schlegal was 21 when he enlisted in the 167th Pennsylvania in 1862, a nine month regiment that was disbanded in August 1863 without seeing too much action.
In September 1864, he signed up again in the 198th Pennsylvania, recruited in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where Reading is loacted. Many in his company, like Schlegel, were 18th century German immigrants like Reuben Reifsnyder, Alfred Seiple, Augustus Shupert and Annes Sicher.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fort Fisher's Major James Reilly-- Part 3
His military stone was dedicated October 24th at Oakdale Cemetery. On it are listed battles he took part in: Yorktown, Peninsula Campaign, Manassas, South Mountain. Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Washington, NC, Suffolk Campaign, Gettysburg, and 1st and 2nd Battles of Fort Fisher.
The memorial service was attended by his great granddaugthers Mary Scott Betham and Mary Alice Crowley of Wilmington, and Catherine Reilly Steele of Gatlinburg, Tn. Also, two reenactors portraying his battery, one from NC and the other from Maine were there.
Source thewildgeese.com
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