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C.W. Nesper
(1838 - 1881)
Home State: Ohio
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Ohio Infantry
Before Antietam
He was a merchant sailor from the age of 13 (c. 1851) until arriving in New York in 1855. He then went to Cleveland, learned the cigar-making business, and started his own firm. He was active in the Cleveland Turnverein. He enlisted in Company K, 7th Ohio Infantry (3 months) on 22 April 1861. He re-enlisted in the 3 year unit, same Company on 20 June 1861. He was appointed Corporal on 1 November 1861, Sergeant on 19 July 1862, and 2nd Lieutenant on 25 July 1862. He was wounded in the leg in action at Cedar Mountain, VA on 9 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the head in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 1 November 1863 and was wounded again, in the right hip, in action at Ringgold, GA on 27 November 1863. He was appointed Captain, Company H on 19 March 1864. He mustered out with his Company on 7 July 1864.
After the War
He returned to his cigar business in Cleveland
References & notes
Basic information and his photograph from Wilson1.
Birth
1838; Flein, Württemberg, GERMANY
Death
09/01/1881
1 Wilson, Lawrence, and the Historical Committee of the Regimental Association, Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio Infantry 1861-1864, New York: The Neale Publishing Co., 1907, pp. 472, 601 [AotW citation 13131]