Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Joseph Heitz

Birth Year: 1839
Birth Place: Germany
Residence at Enlistment: Arenzville, IL
Regiment(s): Co K, 27th IL Inf
Military Notes:

Enlisted 1861; wounded at Missionary Ridge, TN, on 25 Nov 1863; mustered out 20 Sep 1864 at Camp Butler, IL.

Death Year: 1917
Death Place: Ord, NE
Burial Place: Ord, NE
Cemetery Name: Ord Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 61772229
Spouse(s): Eudora Warren (m. 1865 in Mason County, IL)
Remarks: Resident of Arenzville when he entered service

Family oral history is that Joseph and his “twin brother” Frank served in the same unit.