Johann "Herman" Hasz was born in Lüdingworth, Niedersachsen, Germany during 1834. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, four brothers and two sisters in 1856. In 1861 he bought the family farm in the town of Westfield, Sauk County, WI.
Herman mustered in 20 Nov. 1863 into Co. H, 1st WI Inf. and shortly after was transferredd to Co. D, 21st WI Inf.
He was killed in action at Bentonville, North Carolina, 19 Mar. 1865. The 21st Regiment started their walk to Washington D.C. the end of April 1865, after the end of the war to participate in the Grand Review. Herman never returned back to Wisconsin. He is buried in the Raleigh National Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.
The following excerpt is from the printed diary of Captain John Henry Otto, "Memoirs of a Dutch Mudsill". He was Captain of Company D, 21st Regiment, WI Vol. Inf. and was published in 2004 by Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio...
"...Half our men were left in the scirmishline the other half set to work to built breastworks. A little while after, three guns ha[d] worked through the swamp. The Officer of the Artillery wanted to know where the rebel lines were, and, although not able to see any object to fire at in the woods, he threw shells at random, hoping the rebels would reply and thereby disclose their whereabouts. He had not long to wait. After firing a few shots the rebels replied, not with shells, but with whole shot, and with such precision that in a little while all the horses were down and the guns dismantled. A boy in my Comp. Herman Hasz was actually shot in two while bending to lift a little log to be put onto the breatworks."
Herman mustered in 20 Nov. 1863 into Co. H, 1st WI Inf. and shortly after was transferredd to Co. D, 21st WI Inf.
He was killed in action at Bentonville, North Carolina, 19 Mar. 1865. The 21st Regiment started their walk to Washington D.C. the end of April 1865, after the end of the war to participate in the Grand Review. Herman never returned back to Wisconsin. He is buried in the Raleigh National Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.
The following excerpt is from the printed diary of Captain John Henry Otto, "Memoirs of a Dutch Mudsill". He was Captain of Company D, 21st Regiment, WI Vol. Inf. and was published in 2004 by Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio...
"...Half our men were left in the scirmishline the other half set to work to built breastworks. A little while after, three guns ha[d] worked through the swamp. The Officer of the Artillery wanted to know where the rebel lines were, and, although not able to see any object to fire at in the woods, he threw shells at random, hoping the rebels would reply and thereby disclose their whereabouts. He had not long to wait. After firing a few shots the rebels replied, not with shells, but with whole shot, and with such precision that in a little while all the horses were down and the guns dismantled. A boy in my Comp. Herman Hasz was actually shot in two while bending to lift a little log to be put onto the breatworks."
Johann "Herman" Hasz was born in Lüdingworth, Niedersachsen, Germany during 1834. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, four brothers and two sisters in 1856. In 1861 he bought the family farm in the town of Westfield, Sauk County, WI.
Herman mustered in 20 Nov. 1863 into Co. H, 1st WI Inf. and shortly after was transferredd to Co. D, 21st WI Inf.
He was killed in action at Bentonville, North Carolina, 19 Mar. 1865. The 21st Regiment started their walk to Washington D.C. the end of April 1865, after the end of the war to participate in the Grand Review. Herman never returned back to Wisconsin. He is buried in the Raleigh National Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.
The following excerpt is from the printed diary of Captain John Henry Otto, "Memoirs of a Dutch Mudsill". He was Captain of Company D, 21st Regiment, WI Vol. Inf. and was published in 2004 by Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio...
"...Half our men were left in the scirmishline the other half set to work to built breastworks. A little while after, three guns ha[d] worked through the swamp. The Officer of the Artillery wanted to know where the rebel lines were, and, although not able to see any object to fire at in the woods, he threw shells at random, hoping the rebels would reply and thereby disclose their whereabouts. He had not long to wait. After firing a few shots the rebels replied, not with shells, but with whole shot, and with such precision that in a little while all the horses were down and the guns dismantled. A boy in my Comp. Herman Hasz was actually shot in two while bending to lift a little log to be put onto the breatworks."
Herman mustered in 20 Nov. 1863 into Co. H, 1st WI Inf. and shortly after was transferredd to Co. D, 21st WI Inf.
He was killed in action at Bentonville, North Carolina, 19 Mar. 1865. The 21st Regiment started their walk to Washington D.C. the end of April 1865, after the end of the war to participate in the Grand Review. Herman never returned back to Wisconsin. He is buried in the Raleigh National Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.
The following excerpt is from the printed diary of Captain John Henry Otto, "Memoirs of a Dutch Mudsill". He was Captain of Company D, 21st Regiment, WI Vol. Inf. and was published in 2004 by Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio...
"...Half our men were left in the scirmishline the other half set to work to built breastworks. A little while after, three guns ha[d] worked through the swamp. The Officer of the Artillery wanted to know where the rebel lines were, and, although not able to see any object to fire at in the woods, he threw shells at random, hoping the rebels would reply and thereby disclose their whereabouts. He had not long to wait. After firing a few shots the rebels replied, not with shells, but with whole shot, and with such precision that in a little while all the horses were down and the guns dismantled. A boy in my Comp. Herman Hasz was actually shot in two while bending to lift a little log to be put onto the breatworks."
