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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Wolf Hirsch, butcher, Attica, eldest son of Zodick and Malche (Joseph)
Hirsch, was born in the state of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, on February 15, 1844.
Anxious to leave the fatherland before he became of military age, in 1859 he
emigrated to America alone and came direct to Attica. He was at once sent out
peddling by his friends, but this occupation was not suited to his tastes and he
soon abandoned it and traveled around the country in search of other employment.
On September 13, 1862, he was enrolled in Company C, 86th Ind. He was in the
supporting column at Perryville, but not engaged; fought at Laurel Hill.
Crawfish Springs and Stone River, and was taken prisoner in the last battle;
confined at Libby prison, and held three months. When exchanged he returned to
his command and participated in the battle of Chickamauga, where he received a
wound in the left wrist, and was again captured by the rebels and taken to
Castle Thunder. Like all the Union prisoners he suffered greatly; though he got
comparatively enough to eat, the attention he received was poor; and from a
large, robust man of 180 pounds he was reduced to seventy-nine pounds when he
reached Annapolis. Of eighty-five in the lot with which he left prison nine died
between Richmond and City Point. He came home and obtained six successive
furloughs of thirty days each; and was then detailed as orderly at the Soldier's
Home hospital in Indianapolis, and did some service in dressing wounds. When
fully recovered from his own wound he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve
Corps and did duty as escort for prisoners till he was mustered out in the
summer of 1865. He engaged in butchering and has since followed that business,
except in the year 1866 he was selling groceries and liquors at Armiesburg,
Parke county. The remainder of the time his residence has been at Attica. He was
united in marriage with Rosa Heidelberger, of Rensselaer, Jasper county,
Indiana, December 22, 1869. She was born August 16, 1852. Their two children,
Belle and Gertie, were born respectively April 23, 1872, and June 22, 1873. Mr.
and Mrs. Hirsch are members of the Benai Jeshurun congregation. The former is a
Mason and a republican.

Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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