Private August Kissel - Oakwood Cemetery - Redwood, NY - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

One of two large zinc monuments erected by the local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic near the frontal area of Oakwood Cemetery in Redwood. The cemetery is located off Pine Street in Redwood.

August Kissel was born in Germany on 18 June, 1842 and died 28 March, 1923.

Civil War Veteran records indicate he was Private in Company B, 94th New York Infantry from October 8, 1861 to April 25, 1865

The marker, erected by the Grand Army of the Republic, indicates that he served in several major Civil War campaigns:

CEDAR MOUNTAIN Aug 9, 1862
BULL RUN Aug 31, 1862
RAPPAHANNOCK STATION
CHANTILLY Sep 1, 1862
THOROUGHFARE GAP
FREDERICKSBURG Dec 13, 1862
CHANCELLORSVILLE May 1, 2 & 3 1863
GETTYSBURG July 1, 2 and 3 1863
WILDERNESS
SEVEN PINES
SPOTSYLVANIA
PETERSBURG Jun 18, 1864
COLD HARBOR
WELDON R.R. Aug 19, 1864

He was Private in Company B, 94th New York Infantry from October 8, 1861 to April 25, 1865

He was captured and spent 6 months as POW before escaping from the Confederate Military Prison in Salisbury, NC on 27 January 1865.

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