Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Henry Schaefer

Birth Year: 1833
Birth Place: Germany
Residence at Enlistment: Arenzville, IL
Regiment(s): Co G, 18th IL Inf Con
Military Notes:

Entered service Mar 1865; mustered out as Sergeant in Dec 1865.

Death Year: 1912
Death Place: Arenzville, IL
Burial Place: Arenzville, IL
Cemetery Name: Arenzville East Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 44182225
Spouse(s): Dora Reuschlein (m. 1854 in Cumberland, MD)
Remarks: Resident of Arenzville when he entered service

Described on muster rolls as a “shoemaker.” In the History of Cass County (Perrin, 1882), he is described as the son of Conrad Schaefer and Christina Eiler. Baptismal records show he was baptized at Maar (in Hesse). He immigrated from Germany in 1850.