| Labeled 'Great Grandfather Loeffel' in
Auntie Boo's handwriting. Name inferred to be 'August' per
conversation with Mom.
August Loeffel appears in the 1880 Census of Chicago, Cook, Illinois. At
the time, he states his age as 64, which places his birth year as 1816. At
the same census, he is shown as married to Minnie Loeffel, which confirms the
first name. Note that he is 34 years her senior.
| Birth Year |
<1816> |
| Birthplace |
GER. |
| Age |
64 |
| Occupation |
Engineer |
| Marital Status |
M <Married> |
| Race |
W <White> |
| Head of Household |
August LOEFFEL |
| Relation |
Self |
| Father's Birthplace |
GER. |
| Mother's Birthpla |
GER. |
Click here to view the civil war pension record that shows his death
date as September 18, 1894
- Name:
- Loeffel, August
- Publication Number:
- T289
- Publication Title:
- Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between
1861 and 1900.
- Publisher:
- NARA
- State:
- New York
- Arm Of Service:
- Infantry
- Regiment:
- 40
- Company:
- C
- Rank:
- P.
- Date:
- 15-FEB-1892
- State/arm Of Service:
- N. Y. Inf.
- Company/regiment:
- C,40
- Roll Number:
- 321
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Click here for list of civil war regiments from NY. The 40th was
known as 'The Mozart Regiment' or "the Constitution guard.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 228 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 2 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease. Total 410 losses during
service.
Click here for a short history of the 4th. regiment. They were
active June 27, 1861 to June 27, 1865 and saw action at the
(click any name for detail) Battle of Ball's Bluff, Peninsular Campaign, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville,
Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg
Per The Civil War Archives, Union Regiments, New York, the
unit history is as follows:
Organized at Yonkers, N.Y., June 27, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D.C., July 4, 1861. Duty near Alexandria until August 4. Attached to
Howard's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Sedgwick's Brigade,
Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 3rd Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps,
to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
Unit Service:
| 1861 |
June 27, 1861 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
|
July 4, 1861-AUgust 4 |
Duty near Alexandria |
|
October 21-24, 1861 |
Operations on the Potomac |
|
October 21 |
Action at Ball's Bluff |
|
Through March, 1862 |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, and on the Upper Potomac, |
| 1862 |
March 10-15, 1862 |
Advance on Manassas, Va |
|
March 17 |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va |
|
April 5-May 4. |
Siege of Yorktown, Va |
|
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
|
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
|
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
|
June 25 |
Battles of Oak Grove near Seven Pines |
|
June 29 |
Jordan's Ford |
|
June 29 |
Savage Station |
|
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
|
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
|
July 3 |
Turkey Bend |
|
until August 16 |
At Harrison's Landing |
|
August 16-26 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville |
|
August 26-Septr 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
|
August 29 |
Battles of Groveton |
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August 30 |
Bull Run |
|
September 1 |
Chantilly |
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until October |
Picket duty at Conrad's Ferry |
|
October 11-November 19 |
Movement up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va. |
|
December 12-15. |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
| 1863 |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
|
until April 27 |
At Falmouth |
|
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
|
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
|
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign |
|
July 1-4. |
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. |
|
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
|
July 23 |
Wapping Heights, Va. |
|
until October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
|
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign. |
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October 13-14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
|
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
|
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
|
November 26 - Dec 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
|
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
|
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
| 1864 |
February 6, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
|
until May |
Near Brandy Station |
|
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
|
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
|
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
|
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
|
May 10 |
Po River |
|
| May 12-21.
| Spottsylvania Court House
|
|
| May 12
| Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle"
|
|
| May 19.
| Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road
|
|
| May 23-26.
| North Anna River
|
|
| May 26-28.
| On line of the Pamunkey
|
|
| May 28-31.
| Totopotomoy
|
|
| June 1-12.
| Cold Harbor
|
|
| June 16-18.
| Before Petersburg
|
|
| June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
| Siege of Petersburg
|
|
| June 21-23, 1864.
| Jerusalem Plank Road
|
|
| July 27-29.
| Demonstration north of the James
|
|
| July 27-28.
| Deep Bottom
|
|
| August 13-20.
| Demonstration north of the James
|
|
| August 14-18.
| Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom,
|
|
| September 29-October 2.
| Poplar Springs Church
|
|
| October 27-28.
| Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run,
|
|
| December 7-12.
| Raid on Weldon Railroad
|
| 1865
| February 5-7, 1865.
| Dabney's Mill, Hatcher's Run,
|
|
| March 25.
| Watkins' House
|
|
| March 28-April 9.
| Appomattox Campaign
|
|
| March 29-30.
| White Oak Road
|
|
| March 31.
| Crow's House
|
|
| April 2.
| Fall of Petersburg
|
|
| April 6.
| Sailor's Creek
|
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| April 7.
| High Bridge and Farmville
|
|
| April 9
| Appomattox Court House
|
|
| May 2.
| Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville until |
|
| May 2-15.
| March to Washington, D.C.,
|
|
| May 23.
| Grand Review
|
|
| June 27, 1865.
| Unit mustered out
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