Christian Ludwig Wanke was born in Gembitzhauland, Posen, Prussia to Christian Gottlieb Wanke and Wilhelmine Dahlke. On 18 October 1858, he left Hamburg, Germany aboard the Sir Robert Peel. He was accompanied by his sister, Wilhelmine Wanke. Shortly after arriving in New York, New York, they continued on to Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin where Wilhelmine married Samuel Gottlieb Kreisel on 8 Jan 1859.
He is recorded in the 1860 US Census in Kingston, Sauk County, Wisconsin. His sister, her husband, and their young son are living in Honey Creek.
Twenty-seven-year-old Christian Ludwig Wanke enlisted in the 23rd Regiment, Company K, of the Wisconsin Infantry. It was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin on September 15, 1862. He was a resident of the Town of Sumpter, Saulk County, Wisconsin at the time.
The regiment was dispatched to Newport, Kentucky where it remained until October 8 when it was directed to Memphis, Tennessee. There it became part of General Sherman's Yazoo Expedition and fought at Milliken's Bend, Chickasaw Bayou, Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, and at the capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas on January 10-11, 1863.
The regiment departed Fort Hindman on January 15 for Young's Point, Louisiana where it would remain until March 8. Young's Point was a small town on the Mississippi River and an important supply point for Union troops. It was also the winter headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant.
L. Wanke appears on p. 207 of the 1869 book, "Roll of Honor. (No. XXI.) Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union Interred in the National Cemeteries at Memphis, Tennessee and Chalmette, (Near New Orleans,) Louisiana." It lists him with the "Deceased Union soldiers classed with the unknown dead" buried at the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Memphis having originally been interred at Fort Pickering. Another source specifies that he died at the Overton G. H. The book, "Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume II." states that Ludwig died of disease.
It is interesting to note that his sister's son, born a little over a month after his death, is named August Louis. Louis is the English form of Ludwig.
He is recorded in the 1860 US Census in Kingston, Sauk County, Wisconsin. His sister, her husband, and their young son are living in Honey Creek.
Twenty-seven-year-old Christian Ludwig Wanke enlisted in the 23rd Regiment, Company K, of the Wisconsin Infantry. It was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin on September 15, 1862. He was a resident of the Town of Sumpter, Saulk County, Wisconsin at the time.
The regiment was dispatched to Newport, Kentucky where it remained until October 8 when it was directed to Memphis, Tennessee. There it became part of General Sherman's Yazoo Expedition and fought at Milliken's Bend, Chickasaw Bayou, Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, and at the capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas on January 10-11, 1863.
The regiment departed Fort Hindman on January 15 for Young's Point, Louisiana where it would remain until March 8. Young's Point was a small town on the Mississippi River and an important supply point for Union troops. It was also the winter headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant.
L. Wanke appears on p. 207 of the 1869 book, "Roll of Honor. (No. XXI.) Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union Interred in the National Cemeteries at Memphis, Tennessee and Chalmette, (Near New Orleans,) Louisiana." It lists him with the "Deceased Union soldiers classed with the unknown dead" buried at the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Memphis having originally been interred at Fort Pickering. Another source specifies that he died at the Overton G. H. The book, "Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume II." states that Ludwig died of disease.
It is interesting to note that his sister's son, born a little over a month after his death, is named August Louis. Louis is the English form of Ludwig.
Christian Ludwig Wanke was born in Gembitzhauland, Posen, Prussia to Christian Gottlieb Wanke and Wilhelmine Dahlke. On 18 October 1858, he left Hamburg, Germany aboard the Sir Robert Peel. He was accompanied by his sister, Wilhelmine Wanke. Shortly after arriving in New York, New York, they continued on to Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin where Wilhelmine married Samuel Gottlieb Kreisel on 8 Jan 1859.
He is recorded in the 1860 US Census in Kingston, Sauk County, Wisconsin. His sister, her husband, and their young son are living in Honey Creek.
Twenty-seven-year-old Christian Ludwig Wanke enlisted in the 23rd Regiment, Company K, of the Wisconsin Infantry. It was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin on September 15, 1862. He was a resident of the Town of Sumpter, Saulk County, Wisconsin at the time.
The regiment was dispatched to Newport, Kentucky where it remained until October 8 when it was directed to Memphis, Tennessee. There it became part of General Sherman's Yazoo Expedition and fought at Milliken's Bend, Chickasaw Bayou, Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, and at the capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas on January 10-11, 1863.
The regiment departed Fort Hindman on January 15 for Young's Point, Louisiana where it would remain until March 8. Young's Point was a small town on the Mississippi River and an important supply point for Union troops. It was also the winter headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant.
L. Wanke appears on p. 207 of the 1869 book, "Roll of Honor. (No. XXI.) Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union Interred in the National Cemeteries at Memphis, Tennessee and Chalmette, (Near New Orleans,) Louisiana." It lists him with the "Deceased Union soldiers classed with the unknown dead" buried at the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Memphis having originally been interred at Fort Pickering. Another source specifies that he died at the Overton G. H. The book, "Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume II." states that Ludwig died of disease.
It is interesting to note that his sister's son, born a little over a month after his death, is named August Louis. Louis is the English form of Ludwig.
He is recorded in the 1860 US Census in Kingston, Sauk County, Wisconsin. His sister, her husband, and their young son are living in Honey Creek.
Twenty-seven-year-old Christian Ludwig Wanke enlisted in the 23rd Regiment, Company K, of the Wisconsin Infantry. It was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin on September 15, 1862. He was a resident of the Town of Sumpter, Saulk County, Wisconsin at the time.
The regiment was dispatched to Newport, Kentucky where it remained until October 8 when it was directed to Memphis, Tennessee. There it became part of General Sherman's Yazoo Expedition and fought at Milliken's Bend, Chickasaw Bayou, Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, and at the capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas on January 10-11, 1863.
The regiment departed Fort Hindman on January 15 for Young's Point, Louisiana where it would remain until March 8. Young's Point was a small town on the Mississippi River and an important supply point for Union troops. It was also the winter headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant.
L. Wanke appears on p. 207 of the 1869 book, "Roll of Honor. (No. XXI.) Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union Interred in the National Cemeteries at Memphis, Tennessee and Chalmette, (Near New Orleans,) Louisiana." It lists him with the "Deceased Union soldiers classed with the unknown dead" buried at the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Memphis having originally been interred at Fort Pickering. Another source specifies that he died at the Overton G. H. The book, "Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume II." states that Ludwig died of disease.
It is interesting to note that his sister's son, born a little over a month after his death, is named August Louis. Louis is the English form of Ludwig.
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