Civil War Military Service of the
“Uncles” of Beth Ellen Wessel

AUGUSTUS EUGENE DUNLAP: Enlisted as a Private on Jan. 28, 1865, in Company B, 47th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry; mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 4, 1865.

ADAM JOHN McGOWAN: Enlisted as a Private on Mar. 29, 1864, in Company I, 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry; mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn., on July 19, 1865.

ROBERT JAMES ORR McGOWAN: Enlisted as a Musician on May 5, 1861, in Company G, 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry; re-designated as Fifer; discharged for disability; reenlisted on Feb. 27, 1864, as an unassigned recruit in the 33rd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry; discharged in order to accept a commission as Captain of Company B, 47th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry; enrolled as such on Feb. 24, 1865; discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 4, 1865.

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH LUDWIG NOLTE: Enlisted as a Private at Saint Louis, Mo., in the 1st Regiment, Missouri Infantry, United States Reserve Corps; mustered in at Saint Louis on May 7, 1861; mustered out at Saint Louis on Aug. 20, 1861; enlisted as a Private at Saint Louis on Oct. 1, 1861, in Battery A, 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, United States Reserve Corps; mustered in at Saint Louis on Oct. 11, 1861; designation of the regiment changed on Nov. 20, 1861, to 2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery; discharged at Saint Louis on Jan. 31, 1862, for disability. “Discharged on account of physical disability by order of Maj. Gen. Halleck, from Feb. 1, 1862.” “In a report of a Medical Board, dated at St. Louis, Mo., February 10, 1862, this man is reported as unfit for service by reason of ‘loss of finger of right hand; not received in service.’”



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