Goshe Frederick Schweers, Shawano, Wis., and a member of G.A.R. Post No. 81, was born March 2, 1837, in Germany, and is the son of Christian and Anna Schweers, who removed with their family to America in 1861 and located at Shawano where they both died.
Mr. Schweers came to Wisconsin with his parents, having received his education and training as a blacksmith in his native country, and he worked at this business until he entered the army. He enlisted August 19 1862 in Company I 32nd Wisconsin Infantry at Shawano for three years and received honorable discharge at Washington, June 14, 1865. He went with his command from the rendezvous at Oshkosh to West Tennessee, where the regiment was assigned to the command of Sherman and was attached to the forces of Grant in readiness to move in the operations against Vicksburg, which were brought to a sudden termination by the disaster at Holy Springs, and Mr. Schweers was a participant in the heavy and exhaustive marching consequent upon the change of base and afterwards to the relief of Colonel Hatch. He was on scout duty in looking after Forrest and in the operations of the Maridan Expedition, returning to Vicksburg. He was in the movements against General Forrest afterward and performed guard and garrison duty at Decantur and was in the skirmished in the vicinity of Courtland which were several times repeated. He was in the continuous siege of Atlanta for more than a week and was in the raids on the Mason Railroad and followed the rebels to Lovejoy Station and was afterwards at Atlanta preparing for the march through the heart of rebeldom with Sherman and was engaged in the activities with which his regiment was connected in Georgia and the Carolinas and in the final long march to Virginia to Washington.
He returned from the war to Shawano where he has since followed his trade. He was married September 20, 1866 to Augusta Heldt and their children are named William, Emma, Lucelia and Alma. Mr. Schweers is of the Democratic persuasion in politics and is a respective citizen of Shawano.