Johann is a great great-grandfather of mine. The following letter was found in the papers of his Grand-daughter, Viola Ida Kruwell Hoppas.
John H. Pardieck died October 21, 1903. Veteran of the Civil War, honored man and loyal citizen. Mr. Pardieck was born in Cincinnati June 29th, 1839 was son of J. R. D. and Elizabeth (Otte) Pardieck. The father was born in the province of Hanover, Germany, took up abode in Hamilton County, Ohio in 1833. Moved in 1841 to Wayne Township, Bartholomew County. Reared on his home farm John H. learned to toil early and late. August 23,1866 Mr. Pardieck was joined in wedlock to Miss Lizzie Beerman, daughter of John and Mary Beerman, natives of Hanover, Germany. Mr Pardieck enlisted 3rd of October 1862, was shot three or four times in the arm. Participated in battles Fort Doneelson, Shiloh, Stone River and others, was discharged 8th of December 1864. Was a stanch Republican, belonged to Lutheran Church. Was formally a member Grand Army of the Rupublic.
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The following was taken from the " Atlas of Bartholomew County, Indiana."
J.H. Beers & Co., Publishers, Lakeside Bldg., Corner of Clark & Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
1879
"John Henry Pardieck, Waymansville, wagonmaker, son of J.R.D. Pardieck and Elizabeth Otte, was born in Ohio June 20, 1839. Married August 22, 1866 at Indianapolis, Doretta Behrman, children - William (deceased) Mary (deceased) Sophia, Mary, Lewis. Mr. Pardieck came to this township with his parents in 1840, where he resided till the age of 14, when he went to Cincinnatti and learned the trade of wagon-making; after serving his time he moved to Indianapolis where he worked till the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Co. K, 3rd I.V.C. (45th regiment) serving three years and taking part in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Mission Ridge; after his discharge, returned to Indianapolis and followed his trade. He is the pantentee of a hub and felloe boring machine, a description of which can be had by addressing him; is particularly desirous of receiving communications from all wagon and cabinet manufactures."
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3rd Regiment Indiana Cavalry Left Wing
Companies "G," "H," "I" and "K," Left Wing, organized at Madison, Ind., October 1, 1861. Never joined Regiment. Company "L" organized October, 1862. Joined Left Wing in East Tennessee. Company "M" organized December 11, 1862. Joined Left Wing in East Tennessee. Left Wing moved to Kentucky October, 1861. Company "G" attached to 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Company, "H" to 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Company "I" to 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862, and Company "K" to Dumont's Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. Cavalry, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Cavalry, Right Wing, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864, and 2nd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Calvary Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to December, 1864.

SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., till February, 1862. Advance to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 2. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Boonesville May 30-JUNE 12. Shelbyville June 21. Sparta, Tenn., June 28. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. (Co. "K" Garrison at Nashville and scout duty till August. Dumont's Expedition over Cumberland Mountains, June.) March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. March to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till December 26. (Cos. "L" and "M" on duty at Indianapolis, Ind., till December, 1863; then joined in East Tennessee.) Reconnaissance to Lavergne November 26-27. Lavergne, Scourgesville November 27. Kimbrough's Mills, Mill Creek, December 6. Near Nashville December 23. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Triune and Nolensville December 27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Lytle's Creek and Manchester Pike January 5. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Christiana and Middleton March 6. Methodist Church, Shelbyville Pike, March 6. Middleton March 7. Franklin April 10. Shelbyville Pike April 23. Expedition to Middleton May 21-22. Middleton May 21-22. Near Murfreesboro June 3. Scout on Middleton and Eaglesville Pike June 10. Scout on Manchester Pike June 13. Expedition to Lebanon June 15-17. Lebanon June 16. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Guy's Gap, Fosterville and Shelbyville June 27. University Depot July 4. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22. Reconnoissance to Rock Island Ferry August 405. Sparta August 9. Calf Killer River August 17. March over Cumberland Mountains, passage of Tennesssee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 17-September 22. Reed's Bridge September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 30-October 17. Cottonport September 30. McMinnville October 4. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. March to Relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Kingston December 4. Campaign in East Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864. Expedition from Marysville up Little Tennessee River January 11-12, 1864. Somersville Road, near Knoxville, February 20. Chucky Bend March 12. Bent Creek and Spring Hill March 13. Bull's Gap March 15. Near Greenville April 15. Rheatown April 16. Expedition from Bull's Gap to Watauga River April 25-27. Watauga Bridge April 25-26. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Lee's Cross Roads and near Ringgold Gap May 2. Demonstrations on Resssaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Calhoun June 10. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. On line of the Chattahoochie River July 5-18. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Sandtown and Fairburn August 15. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Fairburn August 27-28. Flint River Station August 30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Camp Creek September 30. Van Wert October 9-10 and 14. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Transferred to the 8th Indiana Cavalry December, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officers and 62 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 194.
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Source: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer. Copyright, 1908.
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