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Kieschnick, Pvt. Johann (1834-1916)
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Kieschnick
Johann
Pvt.
8 Jan 1834
14 Feb 1916
also Kisnick or Kishnick~Married.~Enlisted June 11, 1862 at Camp Waul by Voigt.~Shown on muster rolls from June 1862 to February 1863. Left as sick at Yazoo City on Feb. 20, 1863.~A medical examining board in Yazoo City on May 6, 1863 recommended he be reassigned as a shoemaker for the army.~On May 6, 1863 he was detailed to shoemaker service, which was his trade.~Shown on a roll of prisoners captured and paroled on May 21, 1863 at Yazoo City, Miss.~Shown as absent sick in Washington County in January & February 1864.~Website http://bluebonnet-hill.com/civilwar.htm indicates he was in Voigt’s company and was Wendish.~Rejoined Co. K of Timmon’s Regiment at Galveston.~He suffered from rheumatism in knee & ankle joints and had been in the hospital for 6 months. March-August 1864 he was in Austin & Washington counties ill, and on September 10, 1864 he was sent to Houston to shoemaker service.~He was 5'8" tall with brown eyes & hair.~(d. 14 Feb 1916 Thorndale).
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