Civil War Veteran
Co C 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Krepps, John. Age 18.
Residence Harrison County,Iowa
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Feb. 18, 1864
Mustered March 15, 1864.
Wounded April 30 1864, Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.
Died of wounds Aug. 8, 1864, Hospital Little Rock, Ark.
"Case 1229. — Private John Keeps, Co. C, 29th Iowa, aged 16 years, received on April 30, 1864, a shot wound of the right thigh; the femur was fractured at the junction of the lower with the middle thirds, and the bone was splintered to the knee joint. He was admitted to hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 3d. The ends of the bone at the point of fracture became carious, and on July 9th amputation was performed at the junction of the upper and middle thirds of the thigh by the anteroposterior flap method; there was little haemorrhage; chloroform was used. The patient did well till the 20th day, when abscesses formed in the stump and in the parotid gland. The patient died of pyaemia August 8, 1864. No autopsy was held. The case is reported by Assistant Surgeon E. A. Clark. U. S. V., who performed the amputation." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
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Krepps, Charles. Age 41. (His brother) same residence nativity Pennsylvania, enlisted same day into same company of 29th Iowa Infantry. Survived the war. Mustered out May 31, 1865, Greenville, La.
Charles is buried in California #123851958
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1850 Liberty Twp, Butler County, Ohio names a Charles Creps age 25, born PA in the household of Abraham Creps, age 55, born PA (also found 1840, Richland County, Ohio census) and Elizabeth Creps, age 44, born Maryland. Charles is listed as a shoemaker.
Siblings in the same household include, Susan, 22, born PA, Margaret, 20, born Maryland, William B, 19, born Ohio, Hannah M, 16, born Ohio, Eliza, 11, born Ohio, John M, 9, born Ohio and Russell B Creps, 4, born Ohio.
also in the same household is Peter Myrer 16, born Germany.
Civil War Veteran
Co C 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Krepps, John. Age 18.
Residence Harrison County,Iowa
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Feb. 18, 1864
Mustered March 15, 1864.
Wounded April 30 1864, Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.
Died of wounds Aug. 8, 1864, Hospital Little Rock, Ark.
"Case 1229. — Private John Keeps, Co. C, 29th Iowa, aged 16 years, received on April 30, 1864, a shot wound of the right thigh; the femur was fractured at the junction of the lower with the middle thirds, and the bone was splintered to the knee joint. He was admitted to hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 3d. The ends of the bone at the point of fracture became carious, and on July 9th amputation was performed at the junction of the upper and middle thirds of the thigh by the anteroposterior flap method; there was little haemorrhage; chloroform was used. The patient did well till the 20th day, when abscesses formed in the stump and in the parotid gland. The patient died of pyaemia August 8, 1864. No autopsy was held. The case is reported by Assistant Surgeon E. A. Clark. U. S. V., who performed the amputation." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
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Krepps, Charles. Age 41. (His brother) same residence nativity Pennsylvania, enlisted same day into same company of 29th Iowa Infantry. Survived the war. Mustered out May 31, 1865, Greenville, La.
Charles is buried in California #123851958
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1850 Liberty Twp, Butler County, Ohio names a Charles Creps age 25, born PA in the household of Abraham Creps, age 55, born PA (also found 1840, Richland County, Ohio census) and Elizabeth Creps, age 44, born Maryland. Charles is listed as a shoemaker.
Siblings in the same household include, Susan, 22, born PA, Margaret, 20, born Maryland, William B, 19, born Ohio, Hannah M, 16, born Ohio, Eliza, 11, born Ohio, John M, 9, born Ohio and Russell B Creps, 4, born Ohio.
also in the same household is Peter Myrer 16, born Germany.
Gravesite Details
Birth year based on age at enlistment
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