Floyd County IN Archives Biographies.....Sendlewich, John  1834 - 
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen   Vol. II
H.H. Hardesty, Publisher
N.Y., Toledo, Chicago
1893

P. 1219
John Sendlewich, of German nativity, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1834 and 
came to this country when but 17 years of age. He was by occupation a teamster 
and was 26 years old when the war of the late Rebellion broke out; he became a 
private Co. A, 23d Ind. V.I., which was attached to 15th and 17th A.C.  May, 
1863, he was wounded by gunshot in right hip, inflicting a serious wound, in 
consequence of which he was confined in hospital at Raymond, Miss.  While 
confined in hospital he was taken prisoner by Rebel Cav., and was held 
prisoner in Jackson, Mobile, Richmond and other places. He participated with 
his Regt., in engagements at Ft. Hindman, Ft. Doneldson, Shiloh, Champion 
Hill, Raymond and Atlanta Campaign. At the expiration of his term of service, 
he was granted an honorable discharge in the summer of 1864 at Indianapolis, 
Ind. His wife’s father, served in the Union army during the late war for three 
years. Our subject was a son of Martin and Barbara Sendlewich, parents long 
ago deceased. He was married in 1872 in Floyd county, Indiana, to Mollie 
Fetter who was also a native of Germany, born in 1855 on the Rhein. By this 
marriage there are five children, their births occurring in the order here 
given: Tillie, Ella, Emma, John and George. Comrade Sendlewich belongs to 
Sanderson Post, 191, he is a flagman on the P.C.C.R.R., and he resides in New 
Albany, Ind. 

Additional Comments:
I came across the photocopied pages in a file at the public
library in New Albany. I have never been able to locate an
original copy of the book.


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