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PROFILE of EDWARD FASSEL |
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| 8th MO Infantry (US) Company K |
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PROFILE of EDWARD FASSEL |
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| 8th MO Infantry (US) Company K |
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Here is a brief chronology of the life of Edward Fassel.
He served in Company K of the 8th Missouri.
| 1833 | Born in Baden-Baden, Germany |
| October 24, 1853 | Arrives in New York on the ship Manchester (age 20) |
| July 2, 1860 | Counted in Cape Girardeau MO census (age 26) |
| December 8, 1860 | Married Mary Freidonvald |
| June 27, 1860 | Enlisted in Home Guard, Cape Girardeau County MO |
| August 1, 1861 | Enlisted in 8th MO Infantry in Cape Girardeau MO (age 27) |
| February 11-16, 1862 | Fought in Battle of Fort Donelson |
| March 15, 1862 | Sent to General Hospital |
| April 6, 1862 | Fought under General Grant at Pittsburg Landing |
| July 10-11, 1862 | Treated for febris remittens |
| July 28, 1862 | Deserted from camp at Memphis, Tennessee |
| September 4, 1862 | Rejoined unit from desertion |
| September 19, 1862 | Admitted to Hospital Odontalgia |
| February 16-19, 1863 | Admitted to hospital: acute dysentery |
| April 6-7, 1863 | Admitted to hospital: acute dysentery |
| May 25, 1863 | Promoted to Corporal |
| August 31, 1863 | Last settlement date: "clothing account" |
| December 31, 1863 | Last time paid until mustered out |
| August 16, 1864 | Mustered out "with Company as Corpl at St. Louis" |
| August, 1870 | Counted in Wittenberg MO census (age 35) |
| January 10, 1877 | Died in Wittenberg MO (age 44) |
| January 1877 | Buried at Trinity Lutheran Church, Altenburg MO |
The above information comes from Edward Fassel's great-great-grandson: Roy Fassel.