Civil War Union Army Officer. A trained lawyer in pre-Civil War life, he entered his Civil War service with a commission of 1st Lieutenant and regimental Adjutant of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on August 19, 1861. The unit was part of a brigade of several regiments recruited in Philadelphia, which became appropriately known as the "Philadelphia Brigade". He was eventually promoted to Major, then Lieutenant Colonel. During the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he recieved a wound on the second day of the engagement (July 2), but refused to leave the regiment in the field. The next day he was posted with his unit at the angle in front of what became known as the Copse of Trees. This position became the focal point of the subsequent "Pickett's Charge". While rallying the right side of the regiment as they opposed the oncoming brigade of Confederate General Lewis Armistead, he was shot in the bladder and killed. In addition to Lieutenant Colonel Tschudy, the regiment lost 53 others killed in the battle, including their commander, Colonel Dennis O'Kane.
Civil War Union Army Officer. A trained lawyer in pre-Civil War life, he entered his Civil War service with a commission of 1st Lieutenant and regimental Adjutant of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on August 19, 1861. The unit was part of a brigade of several regiments recruited in Philadelphia, which became appropriately known as the "Philadelphia Brigade". He was eventually promoted to Major, then Lieutenant Colonel. During the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he recieved a wound on the second day of the engagement (July 2), but refused to leave the regiment in the field. The next day he was posted with his unit at the angle in front of what became known as the Copse of Trees. This position became the focal point of the subsequent "Pickett's Charge". While rallying the right side of the regiment as they opposed the oncoming brigade of Confederate General Lewis Armistead, he was shot in the bladder and killed. In addition to Lieutenant Colonel Tschudy, the regiment lost 53 others killed in the battle, including their commander, Colonel Dennis O'Kane.
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