9th WI Infantry, Company E
Born: October 25, 1846, Lubs, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Prussia
Passenger and Immigration List Index, 1500s-1900s:
Karl Johann Rieck, Year: 1854, Place: North America
RIECK: Carl b: Lubs, Mecklenburg Schwerin p: Joachim Rieck and Charlotte (Bobzin) Rieck m: 18 June 1858 First Ger. Evang. Luth. Ch. (v.2 p.2 co. mar. index) to: Maria Denkert p: Joachim and Katharine (Witt) Denkert
Enlisted: September 19, 1861 as a Private from Milwaukee, WI Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 3/14/1863 from company E to company H * 1/1/1864 from company H to company E * 12/15/1864 from company E to company A (Estimated Day) Mustered Out: May 30, 1865 1890 Veterans Schedule, Manitowoc County: Charles Riech, Pvt 9 A, post office St Wendel
1901-02 Schmidt's Directory, Manitowoc County: Rieck Carl, Section 20, Centerville Township, Cleveland Post Office, 60 acres.
1905 Zorn's Rural Route Directory: Rieck Karl,* Cleveland R 2
Died: April 30, 1936 Buried: Saxon Cemetery, Centerville, WI
Gravesite: "Rieck: Vater/Karl/25 Oct. 1846/30 Apr. 1936/GAR 1861-1865 marker"
Greater Centreville Historians Jan/Feb Newsletter: "the Rieck family . . Settled in Spring Valley (Meeme Township) in 1853. A son, Carl, born in 1848 in Mecklen-
burg, Prussia was "..the oldest Civil War Veteran in Manitowoc County when he died in 1936." He tried to enlist in Manitowoc but was refused because he was 15; he followed the troops to Milwaukee and enlisted there when he was 16. He had been a teamster before the war and worked in the supply division."
9th WI Infantry, Company E
Born: October 25, 1846, Lubs, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Prussia
Passenger and Immigration List Index, 1500s-1900s:
Karl Johann Rieck, Year: 1854, Place: North America
RIECK: Carl b: Lubs, Mecklenburg Schwerin p: Joachim Rieck and Charlotte (Bobzin) Rieck m: 18 June 1858 First Ger. Evang. Luth. Ch. (v.2 p.2 co. mar. index) to: Maria Denkert p: Joachim and Katharine (Witt) Denkert
Enlisted: September 19, 1861 as a Private from Milwaukee, WI Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 3/14/1863 from company E to company H * 1/1/1864 from company H to company E * 12/15/1864 from company E to company A (Estimated Day) Mustered Out: May 30, 1865 1890 Veterans Schedule, Manitowoc County: Charles Riech, Pvt 9 A, post office St Wendel
1901-02 Schmidt's Directory, Manitowoc County: Rieck Carl, Section 20, Centerville Township, Cleveland Post Office, 60 acres.
1905 Zorn's Rural Route Directory: Rieck Karl,* Cleveland R 2
Died: April 30, 1936 Buried: Saxon Cemetery, Centerville, WI
Gravesite: "Rieck: Vater/Karl/25 Oct. 1846/30 Apr. 1936/GAR 1861-1865 marker"
Greater Centreville Historians Jan/Feb Newsletter: "the Rieck family . . Settled in Spring Valley (Meeme Township) in 1853. A son, Carl, born in 1848 in Mecklen-
burg, Prussia was "..the oldest Civil War Veteran in Manitowoc County when he died in 1936." He tried to enlist in Manitowoc but was refused because he was 15; he followed the troops to Milwaukee and enlisted there when he was 16. He had been a teamster before the war and worked in the supply division."
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