Pvt. John T. Appler
John Appler was born in Uniontown, Maryland, on November 16, 1842. He later moved to Missouri and answered Governor Jackson’s call for troops during the secession crisis early in 1861 at Hannibal, Missouri. Appler later joined Company K, 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment of the Confederate army on April 27, 1862, in Memphis, Tennessee. While in the Confederate army, Appler fought in the battles of Corinth and Farmington, MS; Jackson, TN; Iuka, MS; and at later at Grand Gulf and Port Gibson, MS; Hard Times Landing, LA; and Champion Hill, MS; during the Vicksburg campaign. During his exploits, Appler was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Corinth in October of 1862, where he was shot in the shoulder, and then at the Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863. He described how after his second wound he was “left for dead” overnight on the battlefield when his unit retreated, and he told of his second capture the next morning by Federal troops.
Toward the end of the war Appler moved to St. Louis. He worked as a printer for the St. Louis Republican newspaper and became active in Confederate veterans’ activities, eventually becoming commander of the United Confederate Veterans Camp 731 in St. Louis.
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John Appler was born in Uniontown, Maryland, on November 16, 1842. He later moved to Missouri and answered Governor Jackson’s call for troops during the secession crisis early in 1861 at Hannibal, Missouri. Appler later joined Company K, 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment of the Confederate army on April 27, 1862, in Memphis, Tennessee. While in the Confederate army, Appler fought in the battles of Corinth and Farmington, MS; Jackson, TN; Iuka, MS; and at later at Grand Gulf and Port Gibson, MS; Hard Times Landing, LA; and Champion Hill, MS; during the Vicksburg campaign. During his exploits, Appler was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Corinth in October of 1862, where he was shot in the shoulder, and then at the Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863. He described how after his second wound he was “left for dead” overnight on the battlefield when his unit retreated, and he told of his second capture the next morning by Federal troops.
Toward the end of the war Appler moved to St. Louis. He worked as a printer for the St. Louis Republican newspaper and became active in Confederate veterans’ activities, eventually becoming commander of the United Confederate Veterans Camp 731 in St. Louis.
http://www.civilwarmo.org/exhibits/means-war/faces-of-soldiers
Pvt. John T. Appler
John Appler was born in Uniontown, Maryland, on November 16, 1842. He later moved to Missouri and answered Governor Jackson’s call for troops during the secession crisis early in 1861 at Hannibal, Missouri. Appler later joined Company K, 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment of the Confederate army on April 27, 1862, in Memphis, Tennessee. While in the Confederate army, Appler fought in the battles of Corinth and Farmington, MS; Jackson, TN; Iuka, MS; and at later at Grand Gulf and Port Gibson, MS; Hard Times Landing, LA; and Champion Hill, MS; during the Vicksburg campaign. During his exploits, Appler was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Corinth in October of 1862, where he was shot in the shoulder, and then at the Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863. He described how after his second wound he was “left for dead” overnight on the battlefield when his unit retreated, and he told of his second capture the next morning by Federal troops.
Toward the end of the war Appler moved to St. Louis. He worked as a printer for the St. Louis Republican newspaper and became active in Confederate veterans’ activities, eventually becoming commander of the United Confederate Veterans Camp 731 in St. Louis.
http://www.civilwarmo.org/exhibits/means-war/faces-of-soldiers
John Appler was born in Uniontown, Maryland, on November 16, 1842. He later moved to Missouri and answered Governor Jackson’s call for troops during the secession crisis early in 1861 at Hannibal, Missouri. Appler later joined Company K, 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment of the Confederate army on April 27, 1862, in Memphis, Tennessee. While in the Confederate army, Appler fought in the battles of Corinth and Farmington, MS; Jackson, TN; Iuka, MS; and at later at Grand Gulf and Port Gibson, MS; Hard Times Landing, LA; and Champion Hill, MS; during the Vicksburg campaign. During his exploits, Appler was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Corinth in October of 1862, where he was shot in the shoulder, and then at the Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863. He described how after his second wound he was “left for dead” overnight on the battlefield when his unit retreated, and he told of his second capture the next morning by Federal troops.
Toward the end of the war Appler moved to St. Louis. He worked as a printer for the St. Louis Republican newspaper and became active in Confederate veterans’ activities, eventually becoming commander of the United Confederate Veterans Camp 731 in St. Louis.
http://www.civilwarmo.org/exhibits/means-war/faces-of-soldiers
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