Adolph Wittmann
48th WI Infantry, Company D
Born: March 31, 1825 at Berlin, Prussia
Wife: Anna C., 1832-1912
1860 Federal Census: WI, Manitowoc County, Manitowoc Ward 1:
Adolph Whitmann, 35, Druggist & PostMaster, RE 2300, PE 200, b Prussia
Christina Whitmann, 28, b Prussia
Chd: Herman-10, Temple-3, Adolph-1, all b Wisconsin
Enlisted: January 26, 1865 as a Captain, from Mani-towoc, WI, 39 year-old Druggist, 5'10", brown eyes, blond hair..
Mustered Out: February 19, 1866
1870 Federal Census: WI, Manitowoc County, Manitowoc Ward 1:
Adolph Whitman, 45, Stove Manufactor, RE 2700, PE 1700, b Prussia
Christina Whitman, 38, Keeps house, b Prussia
Chd: Herman-20, Walter-13, Edward-11
Ottlitt-8, Rudolph-6, all b Wisconsin
1875-76 Manitowoc City Directory: Wittmann, Ad-olph, stave factory near Deport, corner 7th and Ham-ilton
1880 Federal Census: WI, Manitowoc County, Manitowoc Ward 1:
Adolph Wittmann, 55, Married, Civil Officer, b Prussia
Anna Cha Wittmann, 48, Wife, Keeping House, b Saxony
Chd: Adolph Jr-21, Othelia-19, Rudolph-16, all b Wisconsin
1885 Soldiers & Sailors of the Late War, Residing in Wisconsin, 1885: Ad Wittman, Cap-tain, D 48 WI, Post Office Manitowoc
Soldiers' And Citizens' Album Biographical Record Grand Army Of The Republic 1888 Pages 529-530: ADOLPH F. R. WITTMANN, Manitowoc, Wis., publisher of the Post and member of G.A.R. Post No. 18, was born March 31, 1825, at Berlin, Prussia. He emigrated to Amer-ica in 1843, and landed at the port of New York on the 15th day of October. . proceeded to Wisconsin, which had just been admitted as a State, and located at Manitowoc. . He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 48th Wisconsin Infantry, Jan. 26, 1865. Feb. 23rd following, he was made Captain, and in the organization of the regiment, his company was assigned to the 4TH place and went to the field as Company D. When eight companies were organized they received marching orders and they left Camp Washburn early in March, under Lieutenant-Colonel Shears with orders for St. Louis. Orders were there received for the command to march to Fort Scott, Kansas, and, on the route, the information of Lee's surrender and the murder of Lincoln was received. About the last of April the regiment reached Fort Scott. May 11th, Captain Wittmann, commanding Compa-nies I and D, was ordered to Humboldt, Kansas, where they remained until August 17th, when they went to Mound City and afterwards joined the regiment at Lawrence. The war was over and the command expected discharge, but was ordered to proceed to the plains, where the Indians were holding high carnival along the Sante Fe road, under the suppo-sition, that the whites were at war among themselves and the President being dead that their opportunity had come, and they were killing all the whites who fell into their hands. Captain Wittmann, commanding Companies D and F, was sent to Fort Aubrey, 570
miles distant. He marched there with his command, the distance mentioned being greatly increased by the necessity of keeping in the vicinity of the Arkansas river, a crooked water course. The smaller streams being dry and there being no shade or water, the command suffered much on account of spoiled provisions. They reached their destination to find a dilapidated company of Kansas cavalry, which was replaced soon after by a company of U.S. Cavalry. The winter quarters consisted of holes in the ground, each of which sheltered six or eight men and before enough of these dugouts could be constructed for the use of the command, winter was upon them and Captain Wittmann became very ill, but a good constitution and competent medical care pulled him through. The Indians held themselves at a safe distanced and the duty of the garrison consisted in the protection of the road and the mail coaches and the care of travelers. The hardships may be illustrated by a single case. About the middle of December a train of 64 wagons, each drawn by six mules or eight oxen, passed the fort going west. Two feet of snow lay on the ground and, soon after, a furious snow storm set in and about the first of January, four men came to the fort and asked for supplies sufficient to take them to the next fort and stating that their party, a pony and a young steer, which they brought with them, were all that was left of the train, the escort and teams having all been lost in the storm. January 19th, a company of U.S. Infantry reached Fort Aubrey and Captain Wittmann was told that two companies sent previously to relieved him had frozen in near Fort Zarah, and had lost about half their number, and the present relief had been ordered there first. Captain Wittmann left Fort Aubrey for home soon after and the command was obliged to carry wood along to make their coffee, other cooking being done only when they reached a fort and took a day of rest. They suffered on going out from heat, drought and spoiled provision and, returning, en-dured as much from cold, storm and want of wood for cooking and warmth. However, the command was in tolerable condition on arrival at Fort Leavenworth, whence Com-panies D and F were sent to Madison by rail and Captain Wittmann was mustered out March 10, 1866. He was married Nov. 4, 1850, to Anna Christina Heinemann, of Chi-cago. Mr. Wittmann has been engaged since 1881 in publication of the Manitowoc Post, a German weekly newspaper."
1890 Veterans Schedule, Manitowoc County: Adolph Wittman, Captain 48 B, post of-fice Manitowoc
1895 June 20 Veterans Census of Manitowoc County: Adolph Wittman, Capt D 48 Infan-try, post office Manitowoc, WI
Died: February 23, 1897
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, WI
Gravesite: E2-1-2: "Capt./Adolph Wittmann/Co. D/48th Wis. Inf."
E2-1-2: Adolph/1825-1897 [bur. 02-23-1897/cause: heart failure]
E2-1-2: Anna C./1832-1912 [bur. 07-03-1912/cause: chronic enteritis]

Der Nord Westen, 26 Feb. 1897: "Death has taken an-other of the oldest German settlers of our city, a prominent citizen of Manitowoc. Adolph Wittmann died on Tues., totally unexpectedly. He was prominent on the city's streets on Sat., but it appears he came down with a cold on Sun. and suffered swelling of the ton-sils. This led to cramps, which affected the heart, and despite medical attention he succumbed on Tues. after-noon. Adolph Wittmann was born 31 Mar. 1825 in Berlin. After finishing school, he studied the book publishing art and also went into the theater and became one of the foremost performers in Germany, but he lost the use of his vocal chords because of a heavy cold and he had to give up the stage. At that point he came to America in 1848, settling in Chicago which was still a small city, for a year, during which he married his surviving widow. He came to Manitowoc in 1849. At that time Manito-woc Rapids was the principal city of our county, and he was employed in the store Bach & Klingholz. As Manitowoc became the principal city of the county, Mr. Witt-mann moved here and established a guesthouse that he later sold and bought the Loz-ier Pharmacy. He followed that business until early 1865 when he became Capt. in the 48th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment and served the last months of the war. Upon returning he sold the pharmacy and established a barrel stave factory, which prospered until the crash of 1873, followed in 1874 by the destruction of the factory by fire. In 1881 he started a newspaper under the name "Manitowoc Post" which promoted the Democratic Party, then the interest of the Workers Party and later the Populist Party. He continued publication of that newspaper until May of last year when he sold it and retired. During his life he filled several public positions – Postmaster of Manitowoc, County Clerk, and County Treas-urer. Mr. Wittmann is survived by his widow, 4 sons, 1 daughter, 17 grandchil-dren and a great-grandchild. The funeral will take place Sat. at 2 p.m."

Der Nord Westen, 20 June 1901: "Mrs. Christine Wittmann, widow of the late Capt. Adolph Wittmann, has been awarded a widow's pension of $8 a month."