From Wikipedia.
The Battle of Boydton Plank Road is also known as the 1st Battle of Hatcher's Run and was fought October 27-28, 1864. Levi Schlegel's 198th Pennsylvania was heavily involved in the fight.
The battle was an attempt by the Union Army to seize the Boydton Plank Road and cut off supplies coming to Lee's Army at Petersnurg that came in on the South Side Railroad, a critical supply line for the Confederates.
Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Some More On Private Levi Schlegel's Ring
From the April 10, 2013 Reading (Pa) Eagle "Berks & Beyond."
The ring was found by relic-hunter John Blue. Over his thirty years of digging, he has found a lot of items, but this 2005 find was the first time he was able to track down the original owner's family.
He found it while looking at a Virginia construction site. "When you have a metal detector in your car, and you pass a construction site, you stop,' he said. Thankfully he did or the ring would most likely have been lost forever.
The ring read on the outside "Levi Schlegel, Co. G, 198th P.V.". The P.V. stood for Pennsylvania Volunteers.
A Virginia geneaologist helped him find Ernie Schlegel, descendant and library trustee at the Reading Library.
Levi Schlegel was a carpenter by trade.
Some Almost Lost History. Thanks Mr. Blue. --Old Secesh
The ring was found by relic-hunter John Blue. Over his thirty years of digging, he has found a lot of items, but this 2005 find was the first time he was able to track down the original owner's family.
He found it while looking at a Virginia construction site. "When you have a metal detector in your car, and you pass a construction site, you stop,' he said. Thankfully he did or the ring would most likely have been lost forever.
The ring read on the outside "Levi Schlegel, Co. G, 198th P.V.". The P.V. stood for Pennsylvania Volunteers.
A Virginia geneaologist helped him find Ernie Schlegel, descendant and library trustee at the Reading Library.
Levi Schlegel was a carpenter by trade.
Some Almost Lost History. Thanks Mr. Blue. --Old Secesh
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Fighting With Private Schlegel-- Part 2
Private Levi Schlegel was in Company G, 198th Pennsylvania Infantry. Company officers:
Captain William T. Guinther
1st Lt. John B. Sauermilch
2nd Lt. Jeremiah C. Keller
NCO:
1st Sgt. Jonas Eckert
Of interest, there were four other privates with Levi as a first name in Company G.
During the fighting, the 198th lost 6 officers, 67 enlisted killed in action or mortally wounded. Another 14 enlisted men died from disease. Total: 117.
Old Secesh
Captain William T. Guinther
1st Lt. John B. Sauermilch
2nd Lt. Jeremiah C. Keller
NCO:
1st Sgt. Jonas Eckert
Of interest, there were four other privates with Levi as a first name in Company G.
During the fighting, the 198th lost 6 officers, 67 enlisted killed in action or mortally wounded. Another 14 enlisted men died from disease. Total: 117.
Old Secesh
Fighting With Private Schlegel, 198th Pa.
Continuing with the story of Private Schlegel's Discovered Ring.
From the Family2Remember site which had two members in the 198th Pennsylvania. The regiment was organized in Philadelphia and accepted into service September 9, 1864. They left for Petersburg, Virginia September 19th and were assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division of the 5th Army Corps.
September 1864: Siege of Petersburg
Sept- 29-Oct. 2: Poplar Springs Church
Oct. 8: Reconnaissance to Boydton Road
Oct. 27-28: Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run
Dec. 7-12: Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad
Feb. 5-7, 1865: Dabner's Mills, Hatcher's Run
March 29, 1865: Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads
March 29: Lewis' Farm near Boydton Road
March 30-31: White Oak Road
April 1: Five Forks
April 9: Lee's surrender at Appomattox
May 1-12: March to Washington, DC. Private Schlegel lost his ring during this time.
May 23: Grand Review
June 4, 1865: Mustered Out
Quite a busy regiment, especially the last 11 days of the fighting.
Old Secesh
From the Family2Remember site which had two members in the 198th Pennsylvania. The regiment was organized in Philadelphia and accepted into service September 9, 1864. They left for Petersburg, Virginia September 19th and were assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division of the 5th Army Corps.
September 1864: Siege of Petersburg
Sept- 29-Oct. 2: Poplar Springs Church
Oct. 8: Reconnaissance to Boydton Road
Oct. 27-28: Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run
Dec. 7-12: Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad
Feb. 5-7, 1865: Dabner's Mills, Hatcher's Run
March 29, 1865: Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads
March 29: Lewis' Farm near Boydton Road
March 30-31: White Oak Road
April 1: Five Forks
April 9: Lee's surrender at Appomattox
May 1-12: March to Washington, DC. Private Schlegel lost his ring during this time.
May 23: Grand Review
June 4, 1865: Mustered Out
Quite a busy regiment, especially the last 11 days of the fighting.
Old Secesh
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Civil War Ring Returned-- Part 4: Private Schlegel's Ring
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
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
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Civil War Ring Returned: Private Schlegel's Ring-- Part 3: Identifying Yourself
By the time Private Schlegel's new regiment got to the front lines, it was a time of trench warfare.
Identity rings like his were one of several ways soldiers used to identify themselves in case they were killed. Their name, company and regiment would be etched on the outside and was probably worn on the pinky finger. Soldiers could also wear identity discs around their necks, much more like today's dogtags.
Private Schlegel's appears to be made of silver.
Some soldiers simply wrote their names on a piece of paper that they pinned to their uniforms.
Considering the large numbers of unidentified soldiers buried on both sides, especially after battles, identification was a major issue during the war.
Old Secesh
Identity rings like his were one of several ways soldiers used to identify themselves in case they were killed. Their name, company and regiment would be etched on the outside and was probably worn on the pinky finger. Soldiers could also wear identity discs around their necks, much more like today's dogtags.
Private Schlegel's appears to be made of silver.
Some soldiers simply wrote their names on a piece of paper that they pinned to their uniforms.
Considering the large numbers of unidentified soldiers buried on both sides, especially after battles, identification was a major issue during the war.
Old Secesh
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
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Heritage Attack: Flag at Old North Carolina Capitol Comes Down-- Part 3
State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison came to North Carolina in 2006, he was director at the Biloxi, Mississippi home of Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, which is operated by the Mississippi Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV). The SCV believe in the proud display of the Confederate battle flag as a symbol of heritage, not hate. Sadly, certain hate groups will wave the flag in confrontations with blacks.
Hardison said the display of the Confederate flag, along with a United States flag captured from Union troops at the Battle of Plymouth, was described in the diary of a North Carolina woman who visited the capitol in Raleigh back then.
Old Secesh
Hardison said the display of the Confederate flag, along with a United States flag captured from Union troops at the Battle of Plymouth, was described in the diary of a North Carolina woman who visited the capitol in Raleigh back then.
Old Secesh
Friday, May 17, 2013
Heritage Attack: Flag in North Carolina's Old Capitol Comes Down-- Part 2
The decision to take it down came about fast from Governor Pat McCrory who initially defended it, but you-know-who considered it "as a potent reminder of racial discrimination and bigotry."
State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison, said the flags should be viewed in their proper historical context, "Our goal is not to create issues"
Of course, North Carolina NAACP president William Barber was shocked when he saw a photo of the flag on AP. "He is right that it has a historical context. But what is that history? The history of racism. The history of lynchings. The history of slavery. If you say that shouldn't be offensive, then either you don't know the history, or you are denying the history."
The Old State Capitol is no longer used as the General Assembly moved to the new building a half century ago.
The presence of Confederate flags at state government buildings has long been an issue throughout the South. The NAACP has even boycotted South Carolina over it.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison, said the flags should be viewed in their proper historical context, "Our goal is not to create issues"
Of course, North Carolina NAACP president William Barber was shocked when he saw a photo of the flag on AP. "He is right that it has a historical context. But what is that history? The history of racism. The history of lynchings. The history of slavery. If you say that shouldn't be offensive, then either you don't know the history, or you are denying the history."
The Old State Capitol is no longer used as the General Assembly moved to the new building a half century ago.
The presence of Confederate flags at state government buildings has long been an issue throughout the South. The NAACP has even boycotted South Carolina over it.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Civil War Ring Returned-- Part 1
From the April 8, 2013, WFMZ (Pa) News "Civil War ring found in Virginia given to owner's descendant in Berks" by Kevin Fitzsimmons.
John Blue found a Civil War ring using a metal detector in Virginia which had the name Levi Schlegel on it. He did some research and eventually found a descendant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Ernest Schlegel is a trustee at the Reading Public Library.
The two met Tuesday at Levi Schlegel's garve and the ring was returned to his family after all these years.
Levi Schlegel was born in 1841 and lived until 1932.
I'll need to find out some more on this story.
Now This Is an Interesting Story. --Old Secesh
John Blue found a Civil War ring using a metal detector in Virginia which had the name Levi Schlegel on it. He did some research and eventually found a descendant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Ernest Schlegel is a trustee at the Reading Public Library.
The two met Tuesday at Levi Schlegel's garve and the ring was returned to his family after all these years.
Levi Schlegel was born in 1841 and lived until 1932.
I'll need to find out some more on this story.
Now This Is an Interesting Story. --Old Secesh
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Heritage Attack: Flag in North Carolina's Old Capitol Comes Down-- Part 1
From the March 31, 2013, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus "Confederate flag at old capitol coming down: The Rev. William Barber says flag is history, but history of racism is offensive" by Michael Biesecker, AP.
A Confederate flag was hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, but it is now being taken down because of protests from civil rights people.
The decision was announced Friday, just hours after an AP story about it. State officials said it was to replicate how the building looked in 1863. The flag was to hang there until April 2015, the 150th anniversary of the capture of Raleigh by Union troops.
The exhibit, then was to be temporary and now will probably be moved across the street to the NC Museum of History. Of course, the same people will again protest it for the same reasons.
So, it will have to be moved again.
Getting Ridiculous. --Old Secesh
A Confederate flag was hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, but it is now being taken down because of protests from civil rights people.
The decision was announced Friday, just hours after an AP story about it. State officials said it was to replicate how the building looked in 1863. The flag was to hang there until April 2015, the 150th anniversary of the capture of Raleigh by Union troops.
The exhibit, then was to be temporary and now will probably be moved across the street to the NC Museum of History. Of course, the same people will again protest it for the same reasons.
So, it will have to be moved again.
Getting Ridiculous. --Old Secesh
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Confederate Legacy
This was quite a long and involved bit of research on the part of the Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus. I am very appreciative of it and it sure took awhile to write about it.
Definitely I will be going to the Wayne County Library, just a couple blocks from my mom's home and do some research the next time I'm in town. And, I especially want to research companies F and I of the 1st North Carolina Artillery, "Andrews' Battery" and "Herring's Artillery." Both were at Fort Fisher.
Old Secesh
Definitely I will be going to the Wayne County Library, just a couple blocks from my mom's home and do some research the next time I'm in town. And, I especially want to research companies F and I of the 1st North Carolina Artillery, "Andrews' Battery" and "Herring's Artillery." Both were at Fort Fisher.
Old Secesh
Confederate Legacy: The Boys Who Fell-- Part 19
Men from Goldsboro and Wayne County, NC, who gave their loves for their country.
CO. H, 2ND NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
Pvt. Young C. Blackmon
Sgt. Thomas Carraway
Pvt. James W. Deans
1st Sgt. Epaminondas W. DeFord
Sgt. James W. Elmore
Pvt. Calvin Fields
Pvt. Antone Fladung
Pvt. Lewis Grady
Sgt. Robert W. Henry
Sgt. Joseph R. Herring
Pvt. Samuel Hines
Pvt. William Hines
Pvt. James H. Hinson
Pvt. Richard Lisson
Pvt. Nathan R. Pike
Pvt. John W. Sanderson
Pvt. William Sutherland
Pvt. Ashley Wiggs
CO. H, 1ST NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY
Pvt. John A. Klapp
Pvt. Benejah Price
Pvt. John E. Smith
CO. F, 1ST NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY
Pvt. Benjamin Coombs
Pvt. Robert W. Worrell
They Gave Their Lives. --Old Secesh
CO. H, 2ND NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
Pvt. Young C. Blackmon
Sgt. Thomas Carraway
Pvt. James W. Deans
1st Sgt. Epaminondas W. DeFord
Sgt. James W. Elmore
Pvt. Calvin Fields
Pvt. Antone Fladung
Pvt. Lewis Grady
Sgt. Robert W. Henry
Sgt. Joseph R. Herring
Pvt. Samuel Hines
Pvt. William Hines
Pvt. James H. Hinson
Pvt. Richard Lisson
Pvt. Nathan R. Pike
Pvt. John W. Sanderson
Pvt. William Sutherland
Pvt. Ashley Wiggs
CO. H, 1ST NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY
Pvt. John A. Klapp
Pvt. Benejah Price
Pvt. John E. Smith
CO. F, 1ST NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY
Pvt. Benjamin Coombs
Pvt. Robert W. Worrell
They Gave Their Lives. --Old Secesh
Monday, May 13, 2013
Confederate Legacy: The Boys Who Fell-- Part 18
CO. C, 2ND NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
1st Lt. George W. Britt
Pvt. John T. King
Pvt. James H. Kornegay
Pvt. Rigden J. Martin
Pvt. William B. Martin
Pvt. Robert D. Price
CO. D, 2ND NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
Pvt. James G. Barrow
Pvt. Patrick Darden
Pvt. James M. Hooks
Pvt. Lawrence Pope
Pvt. Frederick Sauls
CO. I, 35TH NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
Capt. William A. Ellis
2nd Lt. Joseph P. Jones
Pvt. James W. Boyette
Pvt. Ervin E. Coombs
Sgt. Needham Forehand
Pvt. Justus G. Jones
1st Sgt. John L. Oliver
Cpl. Elijah Pate
Pvt. Alexander Vinson
Their Lives for Their Country. --Old Secesh
1st Lt. George W. Britt
Pvt. John T. King
Pvt. James H. Kornegay
Pvt. Rigden J. Martin
Pvt. William B. Martin
Pvt. Robert D. Price
CO. D, 2ND NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
Pvt. James G. Barrow
Pvt. Patrick Darden
Pvt. James M. Hooks
Pvt. Lawrence Pope
Pvt. Frederick Sauls
CO. I, 35TH NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
Capt. William A. Ellis
2nd Lt. Joseph P. Jones
Pvt. James W. Boyette
Pvt. Ervin E. Coombs
Sgt. Needham Forehand
Pvt. Justus G. Jones
1st Sgt. John L. Oliver
Cpl. Elijah Pate
Pvt. Alexander Vinson
Their Lives for Their Country. --Old Secesh
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Confederate Legacy-- Part 17: The Boys Who Fell
Continuing with the lists of Confederate soldiers from Goldsboro and Wayne County, NC, who gave their lives for their country.
CO. K, 27TH NC INFANTRY
3rd Lt. Gabriel Johnson
Pvt. James F. Allen
Pvt. John Bass
Sgt. James Beaman
Sgt. Robert H. Best
Pvt. Thomas G.Horne
Sgt. John J. Mattox
Pvt. Joseph E. Parks
Pvt. William Sauls
CO. D, 4TH NC
2nd Lt. Robert A. Best
2nd Lt James C Cotton
Pvt. Henry Bartlett
Pvt. William Boyett
Pvt. Ira Combs
Pvt. Ashley Dickson
Pvt. James M. Harris
Pvt. Robert W. Joyner
Pvt. DeWitt C. Pate
Pvt. James Sanderson
Pvt. Stephen Waters
Sgt. Benjamin Whitley
Pvt. George Whitley
Heroes, All. --Old Secesh
CO. K, 27TH NC INFANTRY
3rd Lt. Gabriel Johnson
Pvt. James F. Allen
Pvt. John Bass
Sgt. James Beaman
Sgt. Robert H. Best
Pvt. Thomas G.Horne
Sgt. John J. Mattox
Pvt. Joseph E. Parks
Pvt. William Sauls
CO. D, 4TH NC
2nd Lt. Robert A. Best
2nd Lt James C Cotton
Pvt. Henry Bartlett
Pvt. William Boyett
Pvt. Ira Combs
Pvt. Ashley Dickson
Pvt. James M. Harris
Pvt. Robert W. Joyner
Pvt. DeWitt C. Pate
Pvt. James Sanderson
Pvt. Stephen Waters
Sgt. Benjamin Whitley
Pvt. George Whitley
Heroes, All. --Old Secesh
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)