married: Francella Rudolph
occupation: R.W.Postal Clerk
father: Jno Rudolph Jr. born in Westmoreland Valley, W.Va
mother: Cleona Atwater born in Mantua, Ohio
informant: Karl Rudolph, Esparto, Yolo Co., Calif
digital folder number: 4022188
His & Clara's 1st was Edwin Karl Rudolph, born 3 Jun 1870 in Hiram, Portage, Ohio. He died 19 Jan 1949 in Yolo, California
Civil War Service - He enlisted May 18 1861. He was mustered into Co A 23rd OVI as a Private Jun 11 1861 @ Camp Jackson, Ohio. He was dischared at the end of his enlistment Jun 11 1864, just after the battle of Buffalo Gap, W.Va.
Biography
He spent the first year of the war in western Virginia. In the late summer of 1862, he was suddenly sent east to Maryland to help defend against Robert E. Lee's first incursion into northern soil. At Antietam , more men died in a single day of battle than on any other in our military history. Rudolph and the Twenty-third were in the thick of it for a few hours
Excerpts from his letters:
"You must not worry about me, Clara. If I am to be shot, I shall be, but God grant that be not my fate."
"Dear Clara, I suppose you have been anxiously looking at the papers, expecting to see my name among the wounded, dead, or missing. I am still alive, well and unharmed. And Clara, I am not a brave boy by any means. Still, I didn't shrink Sunday when we charged the enemy."
"At such a time, a person forgets the danger, forgets that he is liable any moment to run against a bullet. Your companions drop down around you, and you mind it no more than a falling raindrop. That does not seem natural, but we are not natural. When I drawed up to fire, I knew perfectly well that I was shooting at a human being, but I considered I was doing my duty."
"Lee and his army almost annihilated, the Potomac Army finally, grandly victorious! Vicksburg is ours, Rebs, guns and everything. Hurrah three times! Hurrah for Grant and Meade and their brave boys!"
occupation: R.W.Postal Clerk
father: Jno Rudolph Jr. born in Westmoreland Valley, W.Va
mother: Cleona Atwater born in Mantua, Ohio
informant: Karl Rudolph, Esparto, Yolo Co., Calif
digital folder number: 4022188
His & Clara's 1st was Edwin Karl Rudolph, born 3 Jun 1870 in Hiram, Portage, Ohio. He died 19 Jan 1949 in Yolo, California
Civil War Service - He enlisted May 18 1861. He was mustered into Co A 23rd OVI as a Private Jun 11 1861 @ Camp Jackson, Ohio. He was dischared at the end of his enlistment Jun 11 1864, just after the battle of Buffalo Gap, W.Va.
Biography
He spent the first year of the war in western Virginia. In the late summer of 1862, he was suddenly sent east to Maryland to help defend against Robert E. Lee's first incursion into northern soil. At Antietam , more men died in a single day of battle than on any other in our military history. Rudolph and the Twenty-third were in the thick of it for a few hours
Excerpts from his letters:
"You must not worry about me, Clara. If I am to be shot, I shall be, but God grant that be not my fate."
"Dear Clara, I suppose you have been anxiously looking at the papers, expecting to see my name among the wounded, dead, or missing. I am still alive, well and unharmed. And Clara, I am not a brave boy by any means. Still, I didn't shrink Sunday when we charged the enemy."
"At such a time, a person forgets the danger, forgets that he is liable any moment to run against a bullet. Your companions drop down around you, and you mind it no more than a falling raindrop. That does not seem natural, but we are not natural. When I drawed up to fire, I knew perfectly well that I was shooting at a human being, but I considered I was doing my duty."
"Lee and his army almost annihilated, the Potomac Army finally, grandly victorious! Vicksburg is ours, Rebs, guns and everything. Hurrah three times! Hurrah for Grant and Meade and their brave boys!"
married: Francella Rudolph
occupation: R.W.Postal Clerk
father: Jno Rudolph Jr. born in Westmoreland Valley, W.Va
mother: Cleona Atwater born in Mantua, Ohio
informant: Karl Rudolph, Esparto, Yolo Co., Calif
digital folder number: 4022188
His & Clara's 1st was Edwin Karl Rudolph, born 3 Jun 1870 in Hiram, Portage, Ohio. He died 19 Jan 1949 in Yolo, California
Civil War Service - He enlisted May 18 1861. He was mustered into Co A 23rd OVI as a Private Jun 11 1861 @ Camp Jackson, Ohio. He was dischared at the end of his enlistment Jun 11 1864, just after the battle of Buffalo Gap, W.Va.
Biography
He spent the first year of the war in western Virginia. In the late summer of 1862, he was suddenly sent east to Maryland to help defend against Robert E. Lee's first incursion into northern soil. At Antietam , more men died in a single day of battle than on any other in our military history. Rudolph and the Twenty-third were in the thick of it for a few hours
Excerpts from his letters:
"You must not worry about me, Clara. If I am to be shot, I shall be, but God grant that be not my fate."
"Dear Clara, I suppose you have been anxiously looking at the papers, expecting to see my name among the wounded, dead, or missing. I am still alive, well and unharmed. And Clara, I am not a brave boy by any means. Still, I didn't shrink Sunday when we charged the enemy."
"At such a time, a person forgets the danger, forgets that he is liable any moment to run against a bullet. Your companions drop down around you, and you mind it no more than a falling raindrop. That does not seem natural, but we are not natural. When I drawed up to fire, I knew perfectly well that I was shooting at a human being, but I considered I was doing my duty."
"Lee and his army almost annihilated, the Potomac Army finally, grandly victorious! Vicksburg is ours, Rebs, guns and everything. Hurrah three times! Hurrah for Grant and Meade and their brave boys!"
occupation: R.W.Postal Clerk
father: Jno Rudolph Jr. born in Westmoreland Valley, W.Va
mother: Cleona Atwater born in Mantua, Ohio
informant: Karl Rudolph, Esparto, Yolo Co., Calif
digital folder number: 4022188
His & Clara's 1st was Edwin Karl Rudolph, born 3 Jun 1870 in Hiram, Portage, Ohio. He died 19 Jan 1949 in Yolo, California
Civil War Service - He enlisted May 18 1861. He was mustered into Co A 23rd OVI as a Private Jun 11 1861 @ Camp Jackson, Ohio. He was dischared at the end of his enlistment Jun 11 1864, just after the battle of Buffalo Gap, W.Va.
Biography
He spent the first year of the war in western Virginia. In the late summer of 1862, he was suddenly sent east to Maryland to help defend against Robert E. Lee's first incursion into northern soil. At Antietam , more men died in a single day of battle than on any other in our military history. Rudolph and the Twenty-third were in the thick of it for a few hours
Excerpts from his letters:
"You must not worry about me, Clara. If I am to be shot, I shall be, but God grant that be not my fate."
"Dear Clara, I suppose you have been anxiously looking at the papers, expecting to see my name among the wounded, dead, or missing. I am still alive, well and unharmed. And Clara, I am not a brave boy by any means. Still, I didn't shrink Sunday when we charged the enemy."
"At such a time, a person forgets the danger, forgets that he is liable any moment to run against a bullet. Your companions drop down around you, and you mind it no more than a falling raindrop. That does not seem natural, but we are not natural. When I drawed up to fire, I knew perfectly well that I was shooting at a human being, but I considered I was doing my duty."
"Lee and his army almost annihilated, the Potomac Army finally, grandly victorious! Vicksburg is ours, Rebs, guns and everything. Hurrah three times! Hurrah for Grant and Meade and their brave boys!"
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