Newspaper Article
A Serious Accident
A very serious accident disabled Mr. Martin Mohr, proprietor of the restaurant at the corner of Fifth and Brady, this forenoon.
Mr. Mohr went to Wolcott, twelve miles west of the city, on one of the early morning trains. At 11 o'clock, after he had finished his business, he attempted to board the caboose of a freight train for return to Davenport. As he was mounting the forward platform of the caboose, his feet slipped from the step and his left foot was caught between a wheel and some timbers in a manner which caused the flesh to be almost literally stripped from it from above to ankle to the toes. The bones were not crushed, but the flesh was mutilated and torn so that the bones were bare.
Mr. Mohr was assisted into the depot, where Dr. Byrnes was soon attending him. At 1:30 he was placed in a caboose and brought to Davenport, accompanied by Dr. Byrnes. Dr. Middleton here assisted in the examination and dressing of the injured member.
It is of the opinion of the physicians that the injury is a very serious one, and that months must elapse before Mr. Mohr will be able to use the limb without support.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - May 1885, Page # ?
Obituary
MARTIN MOHR: 1839 -1885
A VETERAN OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
The death of Martin Mohr, which occurred at 11:55 last night, removes a citizen who was a soldier in the army of the Patomac [sic Potomac] all through the campaigns of that great and illustrious force. The deceased was in his 46th year - born August 10, 1839, in Luxembong [sic Luxembourg]. He came to America in 1860, landing in New York , in which city he remained until June '61, when he enlisted in Co. A, 49th New York infantry. The regiment was sent to Washington and then into Virginia. With it Mr. Mohr served four years, and in that period was in most of the great battles in which the 6th corps engaged. He was wounded twice. At the end of the term, less than one half of the men who went out with the regiment were left - and nine tenths of them veteranized, Mr. Mohr among them; and thus he served to the close of the war. He was mustered out a sergeant. He left the service, a hero, to resume honorable occupation for support, bearing deep scars as evidence of his faithfulness and bravery. Mr. Mohr came to Davenport in '66, and went to work as a journeyman cigar maker. After a few years he opened a factory on his own account. He married in '67. He continued in the cigar trade until about five years since, when he went into the saloon and restaurant business. Two years ago, he purchased two stores of the block at the northwest corner of Fifth and Brady streets which he was accupying [sic occupying], and which he possessed when he died.
The cause of his death is well known to our readers; mutilation of his left foot when attempting to board the caboose of a moving train at Walcott, four weeks since. He was brought home the same day. About a week ago blood poisoning became aparent [sic apparent], and death was the result.
Mr. Mohr was a member of Wentz Post of the Grand Army, Damon Lodge No. 50, K and P., Scott Grove No. 11 of Druids, and of Independent Fire Co. No. 1. He was an active member of Liberty Engine Co. No. 1 in the volunteer fire department for ten years and was awarded the diploma of a veteran fireman by the council a year before the company disbanded.
Mr. Mohr never vaunted himself; he would rarely speak of his army experience, unless in talk with his comrades at Post meetings or some other gathering of persons who, he knew, for a certainty, were soldiers. He was very kind-hearted and Liberal.
The funeral takes place Saturday afternoon next at 2 o'clock, from the residence at 5th and Brady.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - 4 June 1885, Page #?
Military Service Record "War of the Rebellion"
Soldier's Name: Mohr, Martin
Battle Unit Name: 49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Side: Union
Company: B
Soldier's Rank In: Private
[sic Regiment Overview "September 18, 1861"]
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician [sic per Obit "Sergeant"]
[sic Regiment Overview "June 27, 1865"]
Alternate name: None
Film Number: M551 ROLL 98
UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Overview:
Organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and mustered in on September 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June 1865.
Service:
Camp near Lewinsville, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March 1862. Action at Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., March 22. Action at Lee's Mills April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Mechanicsville May 23-24. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Garnett's and Golding's Farms June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-27. In works at Centreville August 28-31, and cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Deep Run Ravine June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 7. Duty online of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty near Brandy Station till May 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Online of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Toponymy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early July 14-22. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequon Creek, September 13. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, thence to Petersburg December 13-16. Siege of Petersburg December 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., April 23-27. Duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington May 18-June 2. Corps Review June 8. (Old members mustered out September 17, 1864.) Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 174 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
VOYAGE TO AMERICA
Embarked: Apr 1858 port of Bremen, Germany
Debarked: 14 May 1858 port of New York, New York
Ship's Name: "North America"
Destination: Buffalo, New York
A Serious Accident
A very serious accident disabled Mr. Martin Mohr, proprietor of the restaurant at the corner of Fifth and Brady, this forenoon.
Mr. Mohr went to Wolcott, twelve miles west of the city, on one of the early morning trains. At 11 o'clock, after he had finished his business, he attempted to board the caboose of a freight train for return to Davenport. As he was mounting the forward platform of the caboose, his feet slipped from the step and his left foot was caught between a wheel and some timbers in a manner which caused the flesh to be almost literally stripped from it from above to ankle to the toes. The bones were not crushed, but the flesh was mutilated and torn so that the bones were bare.
Mr. Mohr was assisted into the depot, where Dr. Byrnes was soon attending him. At 1:30 he was placed in a caboose and brought to Davenport, accompanied by Dr. Byrnes. Dr. Middleton here assisted in the examination and dressing of the injured member.
It is of the opinion of the physicians that the injury is a very serious one, and that months must elapse before Mr. Mohr will be able to use the limb without support.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - May 1885, Page # ?
Obituary
MARTIN MOHR: 1839 -1885
A VETERAN OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
The death of Martin Mohr, which occurred at 11:55 last night, removes a citizen who was a soldier in the army of the Patomac [sic Potomac] all through the campaigns of that great and illustrious force. The deceased was in his 46th year - born August 10, 1839, in Luxembong [sic Luxembourg]. He came to America in 1860, landing in New York , in which city he remained until June '61, when he enlisted in Co. A, 49th New York infantry. The regiment was sent to Washington and then into Virginia. With it Mr. Mohr served four years, and in that period was in most of the great battles in which the 6th corps engaged. He was wounded twice. At the end of the term, less than one half of the men who went out with the regiment were left - and nine tenths of them veteranized, Mr. Mohr among them; and thus he served to the close of the war. He was mustered out a sergeant. He left the service, a hero, to resume honorable occupation for support, bearing deep scars as evidence of his faithfulness and bravery. Mr. Mohr came to Davenport in '66, and went to work as a journeyman cigar maker. After a few years he opened a factory on his own account. He married in '67. He continued in the cigar trade until about five years since, when he went into the saloon and restaurant business. Two years ago, he purchased two stores of the block at the northwest corner of Fifth and Brady streets which he was accupying [sic occupying], and which he possessed when he died.
The cause of his death is well known to our readers; mutilation of his left foot when attempting to board the caboose of a moving train at Walcott, four weeks since. He was brought home the same day. About a week ago blood poisoning became aparent [sic apparent], and death was the result.
Mr. Mohr was a member of Wentz Post of the Grand Army, Damon Lodge No. 50, K and P., Scott Grove No. 11 of Druids, and of Independent Fire Co. No. 1. He was an active member of Liberty Engine Co. No. 1 in the volunteer fire department for ten years and was awarded the diploma of a veteran fireman by the council a year before the company disbanded.
Mr. Mohr never vaunted himself; he would rarely speak of his army experience, unless in talk with his comrades at Post meetings or some other gathering of persons who, he knew, for a certainty, were soldiers. He was very kind-hearted and Liberal.
The funeral takes place Saturday afternoon next at 2 o'clock, from the residence at 5th and Brady.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - 4 June 1885, Page #?
Military Service Record "War of the Rebellion"
Soldier's Name: Mohr, Martin
Battle Unit Name: 49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Side: Union
Company: B
Soldier's Rank In: Private
[sic Regiment Overview "September 18, 1861"]
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician [sic per Obit "Sergeant"]
[sic Regiment Overview "June 27, 1865"]
Alternate name: None
Film Number: M551 ROLL 98
UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Overview:
Organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and mustered in on September 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June 1865.
Service:
Camp near Lewinsville, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March 1862. Action at Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., March 22. Action at Lee's Mills April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Mechanicsville May 23-24. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Garnett's and Golding's Farms June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-27. In works at Centreville August 28-31, and cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Deep Run Ravine June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 7. Duty online of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty near Brandy Station till May 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Online of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Toponymy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early July 14-22. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequon Creek, September 13. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, thence to Petersburg December 13-16. Siege of Petersburg December 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., April 23-27. Duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington May 18-June 2. Corps Review June 8. (Old members mustered out September 17, 1864.) Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 174 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
VOYAGE TO AMERICA
Embarked: Apr 1858 port of Bremen, Germany
Debarked: 14 May 1858 port of New York, New York
Ship's Name: "North America"
Destination: Buffalo, New York
Newspaper Article
A Serious Accident
A very serious accident disabled Mr. Martin Mohr, proprietor of the restaurant at the corner of Fifth and Brady, this forenoon.
Mr. Mohr went to Wolcott, twelve miles west of the city, on one of the early morning trains. At 11 o'clock, after he had finished his business, he attempted to board the caboose of a freight train for return to Davenport. As he was mounting the forward platform of the caboose, his feet slipped from the step and his left foot was caught between a wheel and some timbers in a manner which caused the flesh to be almost literally stripped from it from above to ankle to the toes. The bones were not crushed, but the flesh was mutilated and torn so that the bones were bare.
Mr. Mohr was assisted into the depot, where Dr. Byrnes was soon attending him. At 1:30 he was placed in a caboose and brought to Davenport, accompanied by Dr. Byrnes. Dr. Middleton here assisted in the examination and dressing of the injured member.
It is of the opinion of the physicians that the injury is a very serious one, and that months must elapse before Mr. Mohr will be able to use the limb without support.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - May 1885, Page # ?
Obituary
MARTIN MOHR: 1839 -1885
A VETERAN OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
The death of Martin Mohr, which occurred at 11:55 last night, removes a citizen who was a soldier in the army of the Patomac [sic Potomac] all through the campaigns of that great and illustrious force. The deceased was in his 46th year - born August 10, 1839, in Luxembong [sic Luxembourg]. He came to America in 1860, landing in New York , in which city he remained until June '61, when he enlisted in Co. A, 49th New York infantry. The regiment was sent to Washington and then into Virginia. With it Mr. Mohr served four years, and in that period was in most of the great battles in which the 6th corps engaged. He was wounded twice. At the end of the term, less than one half of the men who went out with the regiment were left - and nine tenths of them veteranized, Mr. Mohr among them; and thus he served to the close of the war. He was mustered out a sergeant. He left the service, a hero, to resume honorable occupation for support, bearing deep scars as evidence of his faithfulness and bravery. Mr. Mohr came to Davenport in '66, and went to work as a journeyman cigar maker. After a few years he opened a factory on his own account. He married in '67. He continued in the cigar trade until about five years since, when he went into the saloon and restaurant business. Two years ago, he purchased two stores of the block at the northwest corner of Fifth and Brady streets which he was accupying [sic occupying], and which he possessed when he died.
The cause of his death is well known to our readers; mutilation of his left foot when attempting to board the caboose of a moving train at Walcott, four weeks since. He was brought home the same day. About a week ago blood poisoning became aparent [sic apparent], and death was the result.
Mr. Mohr was a member of Wentz Post of the Grand Army, Damon Lodge No. 50, K and P., Scott Grove No. 11 of Druids, and of Independent Fire Co. No. 1. He was an active member of Liberty Engine Co. No. 1 in the volunteer fire department for ten years and was awarded the diploma of a veteran fireman by the council a year before the company disbanded.
Mr. Mohr never vaunted himself; he would rarely speak of his army experience, unless in talk with his comrades at Post meetings or some other gathering of persons who, he knew, for a certainty, were soldiers. He was very kind-hearted and Liberal.
The funeral takes place Saturday afternoon next at 2 o'clock, from the residence at 5th and Brady.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - 4 June 1885, Page #?
Military Service Record "War of the Rebellion"
Soldier's Name: Mohr, Martin
Battle Unit Name: 49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Side: Union
Company: B
Soldier's Rank In: Private
[sic Regiment Overview "September 18, 1861"]
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician [sic per Obit "Sergeant"]
[sic Regiment Overview "June 27, 1865"]
Alternate name: None
Film Number: M551 ROLL 98
UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Overview:
Organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and mustered in on September 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June 1865.
Service:
Camp near Lewinsville, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March 1862. Action at Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., March 22. Action at Lee's Mills April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Mechanicsville May 23-24. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Garnett's and Golding's Farms June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-27. In works at Centreville August 28-31, and cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Deep Run Ravine June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 7. Duty online of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty near Brandy Station till May 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Online of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Toponymy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early July 14-22. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequon Creek, September 13. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, thence to Petersburg December 13-16. Siege of Petersburg December 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., April 23-27. Duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington May 18-June 2. Corps Review June 8. (Old members mustered out September 17, 1864.) Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 174 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
VOYAGE TO AMERICA
Embarked: Apr 1858 port of Bremen, Germany
Debarked: 14 May 1858 port of New York, New York
Ship's Name: "North America"
Destination: Buffalo, New York
A Serious Accident
A very serious accident disabled Mr. Martin Mohr, proprietor of the restaurant at the corner of Fifth and Brady, this forenoon.
Mr. Mohr went to Wolcott, twelve miles west of the city, on one of the early morning trains. At 11 o'clock, after he had finished his business, he attempted to board the caboose of a freight train for return to Davenport. As he was mounting the forward platform of the caboose, his feet slipped from the step and his left foot was caught between a wheel and some timbers in a manner which caused the flesh to be almost literally stripped from it from above to ankle to the toes. The bones were not crushed, but the flesh was mutilated and torn so that the bones were bare.
Mr. Mohr was assisted into the depot, where Dr. Byrnes was soon attending him. At 1:30 he was placed in a caboose and brought to Davenport, accompanied by Dr. Byrnes. Dr. Middleton here assisted in the examination and dressing of the injured member.
It is of the opinion of the physicians that the injury is a very serious one, and that months must elapse before Mr. Mohr will be able to use the limb without support.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - May 1885, Page # ?
Obituary
MARTIN MOHR: 1839 -1885
A VETERAN OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
The death of Martin Mohr, which occurred at 11:55 last night, removes a citizen who was a soldier in the army of the Patomac [sic Potomac] all through the campaigns of that great and illustrious force. The deceased was in his 46th year - born August 10, 1839, in Luxembong [sic Luxembourg]. He came to America in 1860, landing in New York , in which city he remained until June '61, when he enlisted in Co. A, 49th New York infantry. The regiment was sent to Washington and then into Virginia. With it Mr. Mohr served four years, and in that period was in most of the great battles in which the 6th corps engaged. He was wounded twice. At the end of the term, less than one half of the men who went out with the regiment were left - and nine tenths of them veteranized, Mr. Mohr among them; and thus he served to the close of the war. He was mustered out a sergeant. He left the service, a hero, to resume honorable occupation for support, bearing deep scars as evidence of his faithfulness and bravery. Mr. Mohr came to Davenport in '66, and went to work as a journeyman cigar maker. After a few years he opened a factory on his own account. He married in '67. He continued in the cigar trade until about five years since, when he went into the saloon and restaurant business. Two years ago, he purchased two stores of the block at the northwest corner of Fifth and Brady streets which he was accupying [sic occupying], and which he possessed when he died.
The cause of his death is well known to our readers; mutilation of his left foot when attempting to board the caboose of a moving train at Walcott, four weeks since. He was brought home the same day. About a week ago blood poisoning became aparent [sic apparent], and death was the result.
Mr. Mohr was a member of Wentz Post of the Grand Army, Damon Lodge No. 50, K and P., Scott Grove No. 11 of Druids, and of Independent Fire Co. No. 1. He was an active member of Liberty Engine Co. No. 1 in the volunteer fire department for ten years and was awarded the diploma of a veteran fireman by the council a year before the company disbanded.
Mr. Mohr never vaunted himself; he would rarely speak of his army experience, unless in talk with his comrades at Post meetings or some other gathering of persons who, he knew, for a certainty, were soldiers. He was very kind-hearted and Liberal.
The funeral takes place Saturday afternoon next at 2 o'clock, from the residence at 5th and Brady.
"The Daily Times" Newspaper - Davenport, Iowa - 4 June 1885, Page #?
Military Service Record "War of the Rebellion"
Soldier's Name: Mohr, Martin
Battle Unit Name: 49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Side: Union
Company: B
Soldier's Rank In: Private
[sic Regiment Overview "September 18, 1861"]
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician [sic per Obit "Sergeant"]
[sic Regiment Overview "June 27, 1865"]
Alternate name: None
Film Number: M551 ROLL 98
UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
49th Regiment, New York Infantry
Overview:
Organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and mustered in on September 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June 1865.
Service:
Camp near Lewinsville, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March 1862. Action at Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., March 22. Action at Lee's Mills April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Mechanicsville May 23-24. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Garnett's and Golding's Farms June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-27. In works at Centreville August 28-31, and cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Deep Run Ravine June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Fairfield, Pa., July 7. Duty online of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty near Brandy Station till May 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Online of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Toponymy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early July 14-22. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequon Creek, September 13. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, thence to Petersburg December 13-16. Siege of Petersburg December 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., April 23-27. Duty there till May 18. Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington May 18-June 2. Corps Review June 8. (Old members mustered out September 17, 1864.) Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 174 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
VOYAGE TO AMERICA
Embarked: Apr 1858 port of Bremen, Germany
Debarked: 14 May 1858 port of New York, New York
Ship's Name: "North America"
Destination: Buffalo, New York
Inscription
MARTIN MOHR
DIED
JUNE 3, 1885
AGED 46 YRS.
MOHR
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