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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Charles Henry Keppler

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 19 year old watchmaker, he enlisted in Henrico County on 23 April 1861 as Private, Company A, 15th Virginia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Thanks to Adam Zimmerli for pointer to Keppler and his research in the Southern Historical Society Papers1 and the Virginia Military Dead2. His service basics from Manarin.3

Birth

c. 1842

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Southern Historical Society, and Rev. John William Jones, Robert Alonzo Brock, James Power Smith, editors, Southern Historical Society Papers, 52 Vols., Richmond: Southern Historical Society, 1876-1959, Vol. 22, pg. 51 [AotW citation 8835]

2 Library of Virginia, Virginia Military Dead Database, Published 2002, first accessed 30 November 2012, <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/> [AotW citation 8836]

3 Manarin, Louis H., 15th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1990 [AotW citation 25821]

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