Hilfe bei Einblick in Militärakten bei Ancestry

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Hallo, liebe Ancestrymitglieder,

ich habe mit Wolfgang Horlbecks Hilfe (Danke nochmal) einen meiner Vorfahren bei Ancestry gefunden (Steuerliste) und nun beim weiteren Recherchieren entdeckt, dass es offensichtlich auch zwei Einträge in Militärunterlagen gibt.
Würde einer von euch sich das einmal näher anschauen und mir sagen, ob es interessant ist?
Folgende Daten habe ich bei der Ancestrysuche eingegeben:
Frederick Ferner, Pennsylvania.
Es kommt dann etwas bei "U.S.Civil War Sodiers".

Danke euch.

Gruß, Inge

[alter Schwede]

Hallo Inge !
Das habe ich gefunden. Ist er das ?

Name: Frederick Ferner
Datum des Eintritts in die Armee: 19. Aug 1862
Rang bei der Einberufung: Private
Bundesland gedient: Indiana
Wehrpass: Enlisted in Company K, Indiana 69th Infantry Regiment on 19 Aug 1862.
Quellen: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana

Regiment: 88th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania
Datum der Organisation: 1 Sep 1861
Musterungsdatum: 30. Jun 1865
Staat des Regiments: Pennsylvania
Art des Regiments: Infantry
Regimentnummer: 88th
Getötete oder tödliche verletzte Offiziere: 8
Offizier durch Krankheit oder Unfall verstorben: 0
Soldat getötet oder tödlich verletzt: 101
Soldat durch Krankheit oder Unfall verstorben: 72

Name: Frederick Ferner
Datum des Eintritts in die Armee: 11. Sep 1861
Seite gedient: Union
Bundesland gedient: Pennsylvania
Wehrpass: Enlisted as a Private on 11 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company H, 88th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 11 Sep 1861.
Killed Company H, 88th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 Aug 1862 at 2nd Bull Run, VA.

Bis dann ,

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Oh ja, alter Schwede, das ist er! Hab vielen Dank!
Was soll eigentlich der mittlere Text? Geht es da grundsätzlich um die Daten dieses Regiments?

Gruß, Inge

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Und noch eine Frage: Bekommt man diese Daten auf Ancestry tatsächlich auf Deutsch oder hast du das übersetzt?
Inge

[alter Schwede]

Hallo Inge !
Ich habe die Daten so bekommen,also nicht übersetzt.
Das Mittelstück beschreibt die Einheit in der er gedient hat.
In dieser Einheit haben 1956 Soldaten gedient.
Wenn ich noch was finde,poste ich es hier.
Bis denne

[alter Schwede]

Hallo Inge !
Hier noch der Bericht über das Gefecht in Richmond KY,
leider in Englisch. Vieleicht überstzt dir das ja jemand.
Nach den Daten ist der Herr bei diesem Gefecht gefallen.

RICHMOND, KY
AUG. 29TH - 30TH, 1862

Richmond, Ky., Aug. 29 30, 1862. 1st and 2nd Brigades,
Army of Kentucky. The battle of Richmond was one of the
incidents of Bragg's invasion of Kentucky. When it was known
that Bragg was moving northward a force of men had been
hurriedly collected at Louisville and organized into the Army
of Kentucky, under the command of Maj.-Gen. William Nelson.
The Union forces at Richmond consisted of the 1st and 2nd
brigades of this army, respectively commanded by Brig.-Gen. M.
D. Manson and Brig.-Gen. Charles Cruft. Manson's brigade was
composed of the 16th, 55th, 68th and 71st Ind. infantry, and
Lanphere's battery. Cruft's was made up of the 12th and 66th
Ind., 18th Ky. and 95th Ohio infantry and Andrews' battery.
Many of the men were new recruits, unused to army discipline
and unskilled in the arts of war. In the absence of Gen.
Nelson the command of the two brigades devolved on Manson, who
had established his headquarters about 2 miles from the town
of Richmond. Here he received word at 11 a.m. on the 28th,
that Munday's cavalry had encountered the enemy, some 5,000
strong in the vicinity of Kingston. Manson sent word to
Munday to hold the Confederates in check as long as possible,
and ordered his whole brigade under arms. Reinforcements were
sent out to the pickets, but about 2 p.m. the entire picket
line was compelled to fall back toward the main body. South
of Manson's camp were some high hills that completely
commanded his position and he determined to move out and
occupy these, to prevent their falling into possession of the
enemy. When he had advanced about three-fourths of a mile a
heavy column of Confederate cavalry was discovered some
distance east of the road. Lieut. Lanphere was directed to
open fire with the artillery, and a few well directed shots
scattered the enemy in all directions. The brigade then moved
forward and took up a position where the artillery commanded
the road as far south as Rogersville, and awaited the
appearance of the enemy. Again the battery opened fire and
after a skirmish of about an hour the Confederates were forced
to retire from the field, with a loss of a number of captured,
together with several horses and a piece of artillery. Manson
then moved his command to Rogersville, where the men
bivouacked for the night, with orders to sleep on their arms.
Col. Metcalfe with his cavalry, was sent out to pursue the
retreating enemy. After following them for some 6 miles he
encountered a cavalry picket who after a slight skirmish
retired. Metcalfe lost 2 men killed and wounded.

That evening Gen. Kirby Smith, commanding the
Confederates, was reinforced by the arrival of Churchill's
division, and decided to move to Richmond the next day, "even
at the cost of a battle with the whole force of the enemy."
Manson had sent word to maintain a strong picket on the
Lancaster road, and to hold his command in readiness to move
at a moment's notice. At 6 o'clock a.m. on the 30th, he found
that the Confederates were advancing. He at once sent an
order to Cruft to bring up his command as soon as possible,
and placing himself at the head of the 55th Ind., moved out
with his brigade to meet the Confederate column. About half a
mile beyond Rogersville, near Mt. Zion church the enemy's
advance was encountered and after a sharp skirmish was driven
back. Manson then took possession of some woods and high
ground on the left of the road and formed a line of battle.
Skirmishers were thrown to the front and the enemy was held in
check over an hour when it was discovered that a movement was
under way to turn the left of the skirmish line. This was
McCray's brigade of Churchill's division, which had almost
gained a position on the flank before its presence there was
discovered. At this juncture Cruft's brigade came on the
field and Manson ordered him to send the 95th Ohio to the
support of the skirmishers, while the 69th Ohio was sent
against a battery that the enemy was trying to plant on a hill
a short distance to the front and right. In attempting to
take the hill the regiment was subjected to an enfilading fire
that threw it into some confusion, and the enemy, prompt to
take advantage of this circumstance, pressed forward with a
heavy force, driving the right of the line from the field. At
the same time the left was turned and for a short time it
looked as if the Union troops were hopelessly defeated. But
Manson, who was a veteran of the Mexican war, inspired
confidence in his men by his heroic example, and after falling
back for about a mile a new line of battle was formed on:
White's farm, with Cruft's brigade on a ridge to the right of
the road, the 1st brigade being formed some distance to the
rear on the left of the road, with its battery in front. The
first attack on thus position was made against Cruft's left,
but it was repulsed by the 95th Ohio and 66th Ind., which
formed that part of the line. The enemy now moved up through
the woods and attacked the right of the brigade. Here the
18th Ky. and 12th Ind., who had not been engaged in the first
fight, stood their ground for some time, but finally yielded
to overpowering numbers and fell back in disorder. The 1st
brigade had already been driven from the field, and in a short
time the whole army was flying toward Richmond. Manson and
Cruft both rode to the front and tried to rally the men, but
in vain. At Richmond Gen. Nelson was met and he assumed
command. Most of the men had fled through the town, but about
2,500 were rallied and a third line formed, the left resting
on the state road near the tollgate, occupying the cemetery
and thence running back into the woods on the right. The line
was scarcely formed when the Confederates, elated by their
first victory, again advanced to the attack. For a time the
enemy was held in check by the skirmishers, but in a little
while the attack became general and the Union lines broke and
fled in confusion. It was now a case of "every fellow for
himself." Before the attack was made at the cemetery the
Confederate cavalry had gained a position in the Federal rear
and as the fugitives rushed back into this enemy they were
either killed or captured in large numbers. Gen. Cruft in his
report says: "The account of the whole battle may be summed up
in a few words. It was an attack by at least 15,000 well
disciplined troops, under experienced officers, upon 6,250
citizens, ignorant of war, without officers of experience.
The wonder is that the latter fought so well for a whole day,
could be twice rallied after being panic-stricken, and that
any escaped slaughter or capture."
The Union loss at Richmond was 206 killed, 844 wounded
and 4,303 captured or missing. Gen. Manson himself was among
the captured and all the artillery fell into the hands of the
enemy. Kirby Smith reported his losses as being 98 killed,
492 wounded and 12 missing.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 6

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Hallo, alter Schwede,

habe schon dies oder das über diese Schlacht gefunden, aber das noch nicht. Danke! Den Großteil werde ich wohl verstehen, nur mit bestimmten Sachbegriffen hapert es natürlich ein bisschen.

Gruß,
Inge

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nochmal hallo, alter Schwede,

ich habe nun den Bericht über die Schlacht gelesen und bin etwas verwundert. Das 88th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania, in dem Frederick Ferner gedient hat, war hier anscheinend gar nicht dabei.
Muss ich halt weitersuchen.

Gruß,
Inge

[alter Schwede]

OHH schiet !
Hier dir richtige !!

Regimentsgeschichte
PENNSYLVANIA
88TH INFANTRY
(Three Years)

Eighty-eighth Infantry.-Cols., George P. McLean, George
W. Gile Louis Wagner; Lieut.-Cols., Joseph A. McLean, George
W. Gile, Louis Wagner, Edmund A. Moss; Majs., George W. Gile,
D. A. Griffith, Benezet F. Foust, John S. Steeple, Aaron
Bright, Jr. The 88th regiment, three companies of which were
recruited in Berks county and the remainder in Philadelphia,
was known as the Cameron Light Guards and was mustered into
the U. S. service at Philadelphia in Sept., 1861 for a three
years' term. It was ordered to Washington on Oct. 1, and
assigned to guard duty at Alexandria, where it received its
arms and equipment. On Feb. 18, 1862, five companies were
detailed for garrison duty in forts on the Potomac, and on
April 17, the regiment, reunited, moved to Cloud's mills, to
guard the line of the Orange & Alexandria railroad from Bull
Run to Fairfax Court House. May 7, the command was ordered to
report to Gen. McDowell and assigned to Gen. Ricketts'
division, with which it fought at Cedar mountain, Thoroughfare
gap, the second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam and
Fredericksburg, its heaviest loss being at Bull Run, where 15
were killed, 102 wounded and 48 missing. It went into winter
quarters at Fletcher's Chapel and, with the exception of the
"Mud March," remained there until April 28, 1863, when it
started on the Chancellorsville movement. Its part in this
was not important, but its service at Gettysburg was brilliant
and resulted in the capture of the colors of the 16th Ala. and
23rd N. C. The regiment shared in the movements of the army
during the remainder of the year, ending with the Mine Run
campaign, after which it went into winter quarters at
Culpeper. Enough men reenlisted to insure the continuance of
the 88th as a veteran organization and on May 3, 1864, it
broke camp and spent the next three days in guarding wagon
trains on their way to the Wilderness. Engagements followed
in rapid succession at Spottsylvania, the North Anna river
Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and White Oak swamp and on June
16, the command arrived at Petersburg. Here it was engaged on
June 18, and at the Weldon railroad in August, besides
performing arduous siege duties. In Feb., 1865, it joined in
the Hatcher's run movement being engaged at Dabney's mills and
afterward encamping on Hatcher's run. It participated in the
final assault on Petersburg and in the pursuit after the
evacuation of the city and returned to Washington, where it
was mustered out of the service on June 30, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

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Ah! Danke!