Balthazar Baumgartner

Balthazar Baumgartner was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / (II) Company K.

Antebellum

• Enlisted from Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

War Career

• February 8, 1862 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / (II) Company K
• ? - Mustered into federal service (unit already in service)

Death and Burial

• July 1, 1863 - Wounded and taken prisoner in action at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• June 15, 1864 - Died at Andersonville, Georgia of disease
• Buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia (Gravesite #2009)
• Roll of Honor information:
  • Date of Death listed as 6/15/1864
  • He was buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA (Grave #2009)

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Sources

• Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 11)
• National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 2
• National Park Service - Baumgardner, Baltis
• National Park Service - Baumgartner, Balt
• National Park Service - Baumgartner, Balth
• National Park Service - Baumgartner, Balthazar
• National Park Service - Baumgartner, Balthis
• National Park Service - Baumgartner, Baltis
• Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 375, 382)
• SUVCW Database: http://www.suvcwdb.org/