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Enlisted July 10, 1861, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 8, 1861. Wounded in side slightly Dec. 29, 1862, Vicksburg, Miss. Wounded in finger slightly May 19, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. |
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Mustered out Sept. 4, 1865, Jonesboro, Ga. |
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5 1/4 (from US Army enlistment) |
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dark (from US Army enlistment) |
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brown (from US Army enlistment) |
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hazel (from US Army enlistment) |
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about 1835 ? (see bellow) |
Biography :
Emil Knepper is found in the 1860 census at Franklin, Monona County,
Iowa, a day laborer born about 1834, working for W. D. Thompson, Engineer.
I find an Emil Knepper having previously enlisted in the US Army on February
12, 1858 in New York for 5 years, deserted May 26, 1858. He stated being 23
years old (so born around 1835) a clerk and born Luxembourg, Belgium.
If so, his age at enlistment in 1861 was rather 32 not 22 if he is the same man found in the census and in the US Army records.
No other information found, no pension filled.
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