OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - Charles KEMMER - Soldier History Civil War
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Hi Anmarie,
   Here's your Charles Kemmer:

Soldier History:      

Charles Kemmer--Residence not listed; 50 years old. Enlisted on 8/22/62
as a Private.On 9/12/62 he mustered into "F"Co.OH 118th Infantry (date
and method of discharge not given) Promotions: 
Comm Sergt 9/15/62 
Sources: - Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

The General Assembly; The Roster Commission. Official Roster of
the Soldiers of the State of Ohio. 11 vols. 
Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin, 1886.


Soldier History:      

Charles Kemmer--Residence not listed; 50 years old. Enlisted on 8/22/62
as a Private. On 9/17/62 he mustered into Field Staff OH 
118th Infantry He was Transferred on 1/15/65 On 1/15/65 he trans- ferred
into Veteran Reserve Corps (date and method of discharge 
not given) Promotions:Comm Sergt 9/15/62 * 1st Lieut 1/6/65 (Not
Mustered) 
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio 

The General Assembly; The Roster Commission. Official Roster of
the Soldiers of the State of Ohio. 11 vols. 
Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin, 1886.


                    Regiment History      
        OHIO ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY 
                      (One Year) 

One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Infantry. - Col., Jacob E. Taylor;
Lieut.-Col., John C. Frankeberger; Maj., Jacob A. Leon- ard. This
regiment was organized at Camp Chase, March 2 to 4, 1865, to serve 
for one year. On March 4 it received orders to report to Gen. Thomas at
Nashville, where it arrived on the 9th. It was assigned to duty under
Brig.Gen. Van Cleve, and ordered to Murfreesboro, where it remained for
two months and was then ordered to Tullahoma. Here it remained for two
months and was then ordered to Nashville, where it remained until Sept.
2l,1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the war
department. 
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.

(Veterans Reserve Corps. to follow.)   Bob


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