Gustav served in Company H. 1ts Illinois Light Artillery in the Civil War.
He was a resident of Chicago when he enlisted on Feb 2, 1864 for 3 years and was mustered into Company H on Feb 29, 1864. He is described as 25 years old born in Saxony and a butcher by trade. He was 5' 4" tall with dark hair, brown eyes, and dark complexion.
As part of the 15th Army Corps he participated in the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. They took part in the 2 day Grand Review of 200,000 Union Soldiers marching down Pennsylvania Ave. before President Johnson, Generals, Grant, Sherman, Meade and other dignitaries. He was mustered out of the service on June 14, 1865 at Springfield, IL.
Gustav received an Army Invalid Pension beginning on Aug 14, 1883 and following his death his wife Rosina A. Gottmanshausen received an Army Widows Pension beginning on June 21, 1904.
In the Illinois census of 1870 Gustav is listed as a 35 year old butcher living with his wife Rosina 22 son Otto age 1 and brother Oscar Guttmanshausen age 25also a butcher.
In 1880 Gustav is listed as 42 with a Butcher Shop in Chicago age 42 with wife Rosina 29 and sons Otto 11, Robert 8, and Gustav 5.
The 1900 census of Chicago Gustav is shown as a Provision Dealer born Feb 1838 in Germany and immigrated to America in 1854, married in 1868, with wife Rosina 53 born Feb 1847 in Germany immigrated to America is 1868, with sons Otto 31, Robert 28, and daughter Math 15. They were residing at 500 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
His wife Rosina Woelsing (Woelfing) Gottmanshausen died Nov 23, 1915.
He is listed in the records mostly as Gustav but his army pension and other records list him as Louis G.
He was a resident of Chicago when he enlisted on Feb 2, 1864 for 3 years and was mustered into Company H on Feb 29, 1864. He is described as 25 years old born in Saxony and a butcher by trade. He was 5' 4" tall with dark hair, brown eyes, and dark complexion.
As part of the 15th Army Corps he participated in the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. They took part in the 2 day Grand Review of 200,000 Union Soldiers marching down Pennsylvania Ave. before President Johnson, Generals, Grant, Sherman, Meade and other dignitaries. He was mustered out of the service on June 14, 1865 at Springfield, IL.
Gustav received an Army Invalid Pension beginning on Aug 14, 1883 and following his death his wife Rosina A. Gottmanshausen received an Army Widows Pension beginning on June 21, 1904.
In the Illinois census of 1870 Gustav is listed as a 35 year old butcher living with his wife Rosina 22 son Otto age 1 and brother Oscar Guttmanshausen age 25also a butcher.
In 1880 Gustav is listed as 42 with a Butcher Shop in Chicago age 42 with wife Rosina 29 and sons Otto 11, Robert 8, and Gustav 5.
The 1900 census of Chicago Gustav is shown as a Provision Dealer born Feb 1838 in Germany and immigrated to America in 1854, married in 1868, with wife Rosina 53 born Feb 1847 in Germany immigrated to America is 1868, with sons Otto 31, Robert 28, and daughter Math 15. They were residing at 500 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
His wife Rosina Woelsing (Woelfing) Gottmanshausen died Nov 23, 1915.
He is listed in the records mostly as Gustav but his army pension and other records list him as Louis G.
Gustav served in Company H. 1ts Illinois Light Artillery in the Civil War.
He was a resident of Chicago when he enlisted on Feb 2, 1864 for 3 years and was mustered into Company H on Feb 29, 1864. He is described as 25 years old born in Saxony and a butcher by trade. He was 5' 4" tall with dark hair, brown eyes, and dark complexion.
As part of the 15th Army Corps he participated in the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. They took part in the 2 day Grand Review of 200,000 Union Soldiers marching down Pennsylvania Ave. before President Johnson, Generals, Grant, Sherman, Meade and other dignitaries. He was mustered out of the service on June 14, 1865 at Springfield, IL.
Gustav received an Army Invalid Pension beginning on Aug 14, 1883 and following his death his wife Rosina A. Gottmanshausen received an Army Widows Pension beginning on June 21, 1904.
In the Illinois census of 1870 Gustav is listed as a 35 year old butcher living with his wife Rosina 22 son Otto age 1 and brother Oscar Guttmanshausen age 25also a butcher.
In 1880 Gustav is listed as 42 with a Butcher Shop in Chicago age 42 with wife Rosina 29 and sons Otto 11, Robert 8, and Gustav 5.
The 1900 census of Chicago Gustav is shown as a Provision Dealer born Feb 1838 in Germany and immigrated to America in 1854, married in 1868, with wife Rosina 53 born Feb 1847 in Germany immigrated to America is 1868, with sons Otto 31, Robert 28, and daughter Math 15. They were residing at 500 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
His wife Rosina Woelsing (Woelfing) Gottmanshausen died Nov 23, 1915.
He is listed in the records mostly as Gustav but his army pension and other records list him as Louis G.
He was a resident of Chicago when he enlisted on Feb 2, 1864 for 3 years and was mustered into Company H on Feb 29, 1864. He is described as 25 years old born in Saxony and a butcher by trade. He was 5' 4" tall with dark hair, brown eyes, and dark complexion.
As part of the 15th Army Corps he participated in the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. They took part in the 2 day Grand Review of 200,000 Union Soldiers marching down Pennsylvania Ave. before President Johnson, Generals, Grant, Sherman, Meade and other dignitaries. He was mustered out of the service on June 14, 1865 at Springfield, IL.
Gustav received an Army Invalid Pension beginning on Aug 14, 1883 and following his death his wife Rosina A. Gottmanshausen received an Army Widows Pension beginning on June 21, 1904.
In the Illinois census of 1870 Gustav is listed as a 35 year old butcher living with his wife Rosina 22 son Otto age 1 and brother Oscar Guttmanshausen age 25also a butcher.
In 1880 Gustav is listed as 42 with a Butcher Shop in Chicago age 42 with wife Rosina 29 and sons Otto 11, Robert 8, and Gustav 5.
The 1900 census of Chicago Gustav is shown as a Provision Dealer born Feb 1838 in Germany and immigrated to America in 1854, married in 1868, with wife Rosina 53 born Feb 1847 in Germany immigrated to America is 1868, with sons Otto 31, Robert 28, and daughter Math 15. They were residing at 500 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
His wife Rosina Woelsing (Woelfing) Gottmanshausen died Nov 23, 1915.
He is listed in the records mostly as Gustav but his army pension and other records list him as Louis G.
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