Private, Company K, 98th Pennsylvania
Volunteers
Mustered In: 10 Sept.
1861, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mustered Out: 23 Jan. 1863, Newark,
New Jersey
August Neumann was born October 30, 1830 in Prussia. He immigrated to the United States in 1854 and was a shoemaker, by trade. August married Rosalia Zeitner about 1857 and they made their home in Philadelphia. According to his service records, August stood 5 feet 3 inches and had blue eyes and brown hair.
August enlisted on September 10, 1861 and served with the 98th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company K. The Regiment first went to Washington, DC for duty in the defenses of that city and later moved further south into Virginia. In the summer of 1862 the Regiment engaged in a number of battles on their way to Richmond.
August was wounded in the
chest and taken prisoner at James Run, Virginia on July 2
1862. He was treated
at a hospital at Savages Station and then paroled in a
prisoner exchange at Aikens Landing on August 5, 1862. In addition to the
chest wound, August contracted typhoid fever and was
discharged on the basis of disability on January 23, 1863. Following the war, he
was a member of the Schuyler Post No. 51 G.A.R.
August died, January
4, 1916 and is buried in Northwood Cemetery in the West Oak
Lane section of Philadelphia.
For many years his grave was unmarked. However, through the
efforts of his descendants, in the summer of 2011, a
military marker, supplied by the Veterans Administration,
was installed to commemorate his life and service.
