Lewis Beidler

Lewis Beidler was a private in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company H.

Antebellum

• Enlisted from Millville, Grant County, Wisconsin

War Career

• May 20, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
• June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• August 28, 1862 - Wounded in action at the Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia
• January 5, 1863 - Discharged for wounds received
• January 2, 1864 - Re-enlisted
• June 10, 1864 - Transferred to the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion / Company B
• May 5, 1864 - Wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia (wounded in the abdomen)
• September 26, 1864 - Exchanged
• September 27, 1864 - Hospitalized at Annaplois, Maryland
• November 24, 1864 - Hospitalized at Swift Hospital, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
• November 30, 1864 - Transferred to the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company H
• April 13, 1865 - Transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps / Unknown Company
• July 29, 1865 - Discharged for wounds

Sources

• The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War
• National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Rolls 2 and 3
• National Archive Microfilm - Group M636, Rolls 3 and 4
• National Park Service - Beedler, Lewis (2nd Infantry)
• National Park Service - Beidler, Lewis (2nd Infantry)
• National Park Service - Bidler, Lewis (2nd Infantry)
• National Park Service - Biedler, Louis (2nd Infantry)
• National Park Service - Beidler, Lewis (6th Infantry)
• National Park Service - Bidler, Lewis (6th Infantry)
• National Park Service - Beidler, Lewis (Veterans Reserve Corps)
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 353, 382, 525)