Marriage: 07 Aug 1853, Stark County, Ohio, 5 children of this marriage
Marcus emigrated with his family from Germany to the United States in 1848, when he was twenty years old.
The 1850 census revealed Marcus was living in New York Ward 11, New York, New York, with his parents Moses and Rachel and his three sisters and brother. They were all born in Germany. His father was a school teacher.
The 1860 census revealed Marcus was a farmer and they were living in Akron,Summit,Ohio with their three oldest children and a sixteen year old Elizabeth Spiegel, probably Marcus's sister.
Nov 13, 1861; Enlisted
Dec 31, 1861; 1st Lieutenant
Jan 15, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant
Oct 2, 1862; Promoted to Lient Colonel from Capt Co C, 67th OVI,
Feb 18, 1863; Promoted to Colonel
May 2.1864; Mortally wounded in a Confederate ambush
May 3, 1864; Died near Snaggy Point, on Red River, La.
Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, of the 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mortally wounded in the Red River Campaign, during the Civil War and died on May 4, 1864. He was buried by his fellow soldiers in an unmarked grave on Captain Wilson's Plantation on the bank of the Red River near Snaggy Point, Louisiana. The monument in the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery/Jewish Graceland is a cenotaph in his memory.
See also a book written about Marcus, "A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War - Marcus Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers".
Marcus emigrated with his family from Germany to the United States in 1848, when he was twenty years old.
The 1850 census revealed Marcus was living in New York Ward 11, New York, New York, with his parents Moses and Rachel and his three sisters and brother. They were all born in Germany. His father was a school teacher.
The 1860 census revealed Marcus was a farmer and they were living in Akron,Summit,Ohio with their three oldest children and a sixteen year old Elizabeth Spiegel, probably Marcus's sister.
Nov 13, 1861; Enlisted
Dec 31, 1861; 1st Lieutenant
Jan 15, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant
Oct 2, 1862; Promoted to Lient Colonel from Capt Co C, 67th OVI,
Feb 18, 1863; Promoted to Colonel
May 2.1864; Mortally wounded in a Confederate ambush
May 3, 1864; Died near Snaggy Point, on Red River, La.
Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, of the 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mortally wounded in the Red River Campaign, during the Civil War and died on May 4, 1864. He was buried by his fellow soldiers in an unmarked grave on Captain Wilson's Plantation on the bank of the Red River near Snaggy Point, Louisiana. The monument in the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery/Jewish Graceland is a cenotaph in his memory.
See also a book written about Marcus, "A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War - Marcus Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers".
Marriage: 07 Aug 1853, Stark County, Ohio, 5 children of this marriage
Marcus emigrated with his family from Germany to the United States in 1848, when he was twenty years old.
The 1850 census revealed Marcus was living in New York Ward 11, New York, New York, with his parents Moses and Rachel and his three sisters and brother. They were all born in Germany. His father was a school teacher.
The 1860 census revealed Marcus was a farmer and they were living in Akron,Summit,Ohio with their three oldest children and a sixteen year old Elizabeth Spiegel, probably Marcus's sister.
Nov 13, 1861; Enlisted
Dec 31, 1861; 1st Lieutenant
Jan 15, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant
Oct 2, 1862; Promoted to Lient Colonel from Capt Co C, 67th OVI,
Feb 18, 1863; Promoted to Colonel
May 2.1864; Mortally wounded in a Confederate ambush
May 3, 1864; Died near Snaggy Point, on Red River, La.
Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, of the 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mortally wounded in the Red River Campaign, during the Civil War and died on May 4, 1864. He was buried by his fellow soldiers in an unmarked grave on Captain Wilson's Plantation on the bank of the Red River near Snaggy Point, Louisiana. The monument in the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery/Jewish Graceland is a cenotaph in his memory.
See also a book written about Marcus, "A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War - Marcus Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers".
Marcus emigrated with his family from Germany to the United States in 1848, when he was twenty years old.
The 1850 census revealed Marcus was living in New York Ward 11, New York, New York, with his parents Moses and Rachel and his three sisters and brother. They were all born in Germany. His father was a school teacher.
The 1860 census revealed Marcus was a farmer and they were living in Akron,Summit,Ohio with their three oldest children and a sixteen year old Elizabeth Spiegel, probably Marcus's sister.
Nov 13, 1861; Enlisted
Dec 31, 1861; 1st Lieutenant
Jan 15, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant
Oct 2, 1862; Promoted to Lient Colonel from Capt Co C, 67th OVI,
Feb 18, 1863; Promoted to Colonel
May 2.1864; Mortally wounded in a Confederate ambush
May 3, 1864; Died near Snaggy Point, on Red River, La.
Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, of the 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mortally wounded in the Red River Campaign, during the Civil War and died on May 4, 1864. He was buried by his fellow soldiers in an unmarked grave on Captain Wilson's Plantation on the bank of the Red River near Snaggy Point, Louisiana. The monument in the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery/Jewish Graceland is a cenotaph in his memory.
See also a book written about Marcus, "A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War - Marcus Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers".
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