 1834 - 1864 (30 years)
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| Name |
Josiah M KEPLER [1] |
| Prefix |
1stSgt |
| Born |
1834 |
, Defiance, Ohio, USA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
12 Aug 1862 |
, Defiance, Ohio, USA |
| Co E, 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry |
- I'm almost positive that this is our Josiah. The official record says he died on 5 Sep at Lovejoy Station but this put his deathon the 6th near Jonesborough:
CAMP ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH OHIO, Decatur, Ga., September 9, 1864.
SIR: In accordance with orders, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my command from August 15 to September 8, 1864:
August 15, my command was in position on right of Second Brigade, a point about three miles southwest of East Point, Ga. Remained in this position until the 18th, receiving a few shells from the enemy's batteries in our front, and furnishing details to build a line of works in our rear. On the 18th we advanced our line and moved about brigade distance to right, confronting a line of rebel works. On 19th went south and east about two and a half miles with balance of division, returning to camp at night. Repeated the same move on 20th; remained until 23d, when One hundred and eleventh Ohio went out on Campbellton road five miles on foraging expedition, returning in evening. Remained in this position until August 28, when we moved out at sunset on Sandtown road, three miles to Mount Gilead Church, and camped for the night. On evening of 29th moved south-southeast about two miles and went into position one mile and a half from West Point railroad and fourteen miles from Atlanta.
On 30th marched east; struck the West Point railroad; went into position; had some skirmishing in front; position east of railroad and five miles south of East Point. August 31, moved out at 6 a. m. Moved south about two and a half miles; turned and marched north-northeast till reached line of works built by rebels previous evening, where we rested for the night.
On September 1 moved out at daybreak, marching east; struck Macon railroad after marching two and a half miles; destroyed track at Red Oak Station and moved south along railroad to within two and a half miles of Jonesborough, where One hundred and eleventh Ohio went out a mile in advance on reconnaissance; returned to brigade and went into position at dark. On September 2 marched by a circuitous route about ten miles and reached point near Lovejoy's Station and went into position on left of Fourth Corps. At dark were under fire somewhat, as Fourth Corps were engaged with enemy as we went into position. On September 3 we changed position, retiring our left and building a line of works. Remained in this position (being considerably exposed to shell and musketry) until 9 p. m. of September 5, when we moved out, marching all night, and going into camp two and a half miles from Jonesborough on the morning of the 6th. Left this camp 11 a. m. on 7th and marched to within seven miles of Decatur, where we camped for night. On the 8th we reached Decatur at 12 m.
My casualties are: Killed-Josiah M. Kepler, first sergeant Company E, on September 6.
I am, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
ISAAC R. SHERWOOD,
Lieut.-Col., Cmdg.
Lieut. S. H. HUBBELL.
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| Died |
6 Sep 1864 |
, Clayton, Georgia, USA |
| Person ID |
I23429 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
1 Jul 2018 |
| Father |
Samuel KEPLER, b. Cal 3 Mar 1793, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 10 Dec 1872, , Defiance, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 79 years) |
| Mother |
Rachel MCKINNIS, b. 1804, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 25 Feb 1880, , , Ohio, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
2 Dec 1824 |
, Wood, Ohio, USA [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F5608 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S2423] 1860 Defiance OH, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592.
Josiah Kepler
- [S2423] 1860 Defiance OH, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592.
age 26, Ohio
- [S700] History of Hancock County (Ohio), (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886), Chapter II, Part III, pg 208.
"The first marriage in Hancock County was contracted September 2, 1824, Samuel Kepler and Rachel McKinnis being the happy couple."
- [S1212] Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997, (FamilySearch.org), Kepler, Samuel.
to Rachel McKinnis, 2 Dec 1824, Wood County, by Wilson Vance, JP
This record wasn't filed until 20 Jun 1831, in Wood County, so the History book might be correct that they were married in September in Hancock County.
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