1st Lt. Bertram Heinrich Karl Muetze traveled from his home in Louisville, KY to New York City and enlisted in the 68th New York Infantry on August 16, 1861 while KY was still neutral. Muetze was born at Marburg, Germany in the Electorate of Hessen in 1837. He fought in both the Eastern and Western theaters and was a flag bearer for the regiment in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded and captured fighting in von Gilsa's brigade of Barlow's 11th Corps. Division. His unit was transferred to Tennessee in October 1863. He mustered out on November 30, 1865. He served in Companies A,E & F. He died in 1877 and was laid to rest at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY next to his wife Elizabeth and 5 of his 7 children.

*Courtesy Barb Sutton

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Carl Farber served through out the war with out being wounded or promoted. Carl moved from New York to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and resided there until his death.

My Great-great grandfather, Balthaser Neumann from Germany, was killed on 30 August 1862 in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run leaving a wife and 4 month old son.

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This man is buried in the Abbey Cemetery, Arkwright New York. The stone has no dates, but does say Co. H, 68th NY Inf.

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NOT my ancestor, but an outstanding Jewish-American soldier worthy of mention:

In August 1861, ABRAHAM COHN--a Jewish immigrant from Silesia/Prussia--enlisted as a Sergeant in Co. C of the 68th N.Y. Inf. Rgt. (which served in Gen. Louis Blenker's German-American Infantry Division); he was promoted thru the ranks to Captain of Co. K of the same regiment; and, he resigned his commission due to service-related disability on 17 Dec. 1863.

After being discharged for disability, ABRAHAM COHN relocated to Campton, New Hampshire; and, in January 1864, enlisted as a Private in the 6th N.H. Inf. Rgt.--where he was promoted to Sergeant Major in March 1864. He was described as being '5'5' tall, of florid complexion, with blue eyes, and black hair.' He served with the 6th N.H. in the Virginia Campaign of 1864: on 06 May 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness, he displayed such 'conspicuous gallantry' in rallying the men of his and neighboring regiments that he became the first Jewish-American from New Hampshire to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Displaying similarly 'conspicuous gallantry' at the Battle of the Crater, near Petersburg, Va., on 30 July 1864--where he was wounded-in-action--he was awarded one Congressional Medal of Honor (in 1865) for TWO brave acts.

SGT. MAJ. ABRAHAM COHN was commissioned First Lieutenant in the 6th N.H. Inf. Rgt. on 08 Mar. 1865; he participated in the final campaign in the Spring of 1865; and, he was honorably discharged with his regiment in the summer of 1865.

Please see the entry under the 6th N.H. Inf. Rgt.

SOURCES INCLUDE:
1. Slotkin, Richard, 'No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864.' New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2009 (pp. 69, 263 & 359).
2. The Adjutant General's Office. 'Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the U.S. Army, 1861-65.' Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 (Pt. I, p. 76; Pt. II, p. 530).

Born in Metz,Lorraine, France in 1840. Signed up in the beginning of the war, re-enlisted in 1864. Mustered out at Ft. Pulaski , Georgia in November of 1865. Died Brooklyn, New York 1883. Married to Dorothea Brinz, born 1833 in Betchsdorf, Alsace, France, died Brooklyn, New York in 1913.