Saturday, May 25, 2013

Four men of the 58th., Ohio, Co. C.

I ran a cross these men will doing some navy research and thought some one would be interested in there information.
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William Rethorn, Corporal, 58th., Ohio Infantry, Co. C., Age 23, Enlisted October 16, 1861, for 3 years.  Appointed Corporal ?, killed May 27, 1863, on the gun boat Cincinnati, at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Authors note.  The report states that he was wounded and drowned, Also his name was spelled "Redhorn."

Martin B. Campbell, Private, 58th., Ohio Infantry, Co. C., Age 21, Enlisted January 14, 1861, for 3 years.   killed May 27, 1863, on the gun boat Cincinnati, at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Authors note.  The report states that he was wounded and drowned.

John George Just, Private, 58th., Ohio Infantry, Co. C., Age 24, Enlisted December 8, 1861, for 3 years.   killed May 27, 1863, on the gun boat Cincinnati, at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Authors note. Mustered in as John George Fust;  killed May 27, 1863, on the gun boat Cincinnati, at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Authors note.  The report states that he was wounded and drowned.

Frederick Young, Private, 58th., Ohio Infantry, Co. C., Age 31, Enlisted July 7, 1862, for 3 years.   wounded May 27, 1863, on the gun boat Cincinnati, at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, transferred from Co. E., as Frederick Zung, December 26, 1864, perished by an explosion of the steamer Sutana on the Mississippi river, near Memaphis Tenn., April 27, 1865.

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