DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR
Military Record: Company D, 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Entered service on May 2, 1864. The men in this regiment were to serve 100 days.
On May 15, 1864, authorities dispatched the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Washington, DC, to perform garrison duty at Fort Richardson, Fort Barnard, Fort Reynolds, Fort Ward, and Fort Worth. These forts helped protect the nation's capital city in the defenses south of Washington, D.C. The regiment participated in the repulse of the Confederate Army of the Valley under Gen. Jubal A. Early when the rebels tried to capture the federal capital on July 11 and 12, 1864, the most serious threat the city endured during the Civil War.
John Levi Waltz was assigned to Fort Richardson in Arlington, Virginia. It is believed he participated in the conflict on July 11-12, 1864. Military records indicate that he died on July 20, 1864 in the Regimental Hospital is Virginia. However, it is not clear if he died from wounds he may have received in battle or from disease. During its 100 days of service fortifying Washington, D.C., the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry lost thirty-nine men to disease or accidents.
Civil War Pension Index Files show that his mother Mary filed an application to receive a pension under the name of Mary A. Ware (second marriage) on July 8, 1900 (Application #787671; Certificate #6182227).
[SOURCE: Dr. Ronn E. Friend, a Waltz-Miller descendent. 4th great grandson of John Waltz (1768-1850) and Mary M. Hausen (1770-1848)]
Military Record: Company D, 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Entered service on May 2, 1864. The men in this regiment were to serve 100 days.
On May 15, 1864, authorities dispatched the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Washington, DC, to perform garrison duty at Fort Richardson, Fort Barnard, Fort Reynolds, Fort Ward, and Fort Worth. These forts helped protect the nation's capital city in the defenses south of Washington, D.C. The regiment participated in the repulse of the Confederate Army of the Valley under Gen. Jubal A. Early when the rebels tried to capture the federal capital on July 11 and 12, 1864, the most serious threat the city endured during the Civil War.
John Levi Waltz was assigned to Fort Richardson in Arlington, Virginia. It is believed he participated in the conflict on July 11-12, 1864. Military records indicate that he died on July 20, 1864 in the Regimental Hospital is Virginia. However, it is not clear if he died from wounds he may have received in battle or from disease. During its 100 days of service fortifying Washington, D.C., the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry lost thirty-nine men to disease or accidents.
Civil War Pension Index Files show that his mother Mary filed an application to receive a pension under the name of Mary A. Ware (second marriage) on July 8, 1900 (Application #787671; Certificate #6182227).
[SOURCE: Dr. Ronn E. Friend, a Waltz-Miller descendent. 4th great grandson of John Waltz (1768-1850) and Mary M. Hausen (1770-1848)]
DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR
Military Record: Company D, 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Entered service on May 2, 1864. The men in this regiment were to serve 100 days.
On May 15, 1864, authorities dispatched the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Washington, DC, to perform garrison duty at Fort Richardson, Fort Barnard, Fort Reynolds, Fort Ward, and Fort Worth. These forts helped protect the nation's capital city in the defenses south of Washington, D.C. The regiment participated in the repulse of the Confederate Army of the Valley under Gen. Jubal A. Early when the rebels tried to capture the federal capital on July 11 and 12, 1864, the most serious threat the city endured during the Civil War.
John Levi Waltz was assigned to Fort Richardson in Arlington, Virginia. It is believed he participated in the conflict on July 11-12, 1864. Military records indicate that he died on July 20, 1864 in the Regimental Hospital is Virginia. However, it is not clear if he died from wounds he may have received in battle or from disease. During its 100 days of service fortifying Washington, D.C., the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry lost thirty-nine men to disease or accidents.
Civil War Pension Index Files show that his mother Mary filed an application to receive a pension under the name of Mary A. Ware (second marriage) on July 8, 1900 (Application #787671; Certificate #6182227).
[SOURCE: Dr. Ronn E. Friend, a Waltz-Miller descendent. 4th great grandson of John Waltz (1768-1850) and Mary M. Hausen (1770-1848)]
Military Record: Company D, 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Entered service on May 2, 1864. The men in this regiment were to serve 100 days.
On May 15, 1864, authorities dispatched the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Washington, DC, to perform garrison duty at Fort Richardson, Fort Barnard, Fort Reynolds, Fort Ward, and Fort Worth. These forts helped protect the nation's capital city in the defenses south of Washington, D.C. The regiment participated in the repulse of the Confederate Army of the Valley under Gen. Jubal A. Early when the rebels tried to capture the federal capital on July 11 and 12, 1864, the most serious threat the city endured during the Civil War.
John Levi Waltz was assigned to Fort Richardson in Arlington, Virginia. It is believed he participated in the conflict on July 11-12, 1864. Military records indicate that he died on July 20, 1864 in the Regimental Hospital is Virginia. However, it is not clear if he died from wounds he may have received in battle or from disease. During its 100 days of service fortifying Washington, D.C., the 166th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry lost thirty-nine men to disease or accidents.
Civil War Pension Index Files show that his mother Mary filed an application to receive a pension under the name of Mary A. Ware (second marriage) on July 8, 1900 (Application #787671; Certificate #6182227).
[SOURCE: Dr. Ronn E. Friend, a Waltz-Miller descendent. 4th great grandson of John Waltz (1768-1850) and Mary M. Hausen (1770-1848)]
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