Born in Mecklenburg. 1885 Soldiers & Sailors of the Late War, Residing in Wisconsin, 1885: B. Rhode, Sergeant, D 16 Wisconsin, Post Office Manitowoc.
Soldiers' and Citizens' Album, Biographical Record, Grand Army of the Republic, 1888 page 395: Bernard Rhode, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, member of G.A.R. Post No. 18, was born November 20, 1841, in Germany. His parents came with their family to America in 1854, and passed a year respectively in Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1855 they went to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where the son remained until 1863, and when he was of age he went to Menomonee, Wisconsin and entered the employ of a lumber firm with which he remained until he enlisted. He enrolled August 31, 1864, in Company D, 16th Wisconsin Infantry at Menomoninee for one year. He enlisted as a recruit and joined the regiment at Atlanta. His first service was in pursuit of Hood whom he helped to drive through Georgia into central Alabama. He was in the movement to destroy the railroad from Tunnel Hill to Alabama and was afterwards in the destruction of Atlanta and went thence on the Savannah campaign, marching through Georgia and the Carolina's. He was in the actions at Macon, Savannah, Beaufort, Columbia, Orangeburg, and Averysboro and went North after the surrender, to Washington where he was discharged after the Review and returned home. November 16, 1864 he was made Sergeant. He had received a promise to be made 1st Lieutenant when he enlisted but it was never fulfilled and he served in the ranks until the end of the war. At Orangeburg the men of his command forded a creek in the dead of winter and formed in the line of battle while they were wet and freezing and many of the regiment became so chilled as to bne disabled. Mr. Rhode returned to Tow Rivers after the war and resumed his former employment. He was married at Manitowoc before he enlisted, August 20, 1864 to Mary Wasserer. They has seven children. In 1883, Mr. Rhode removed his family and interests to Manitowoc and has since been engaged in the vocation of hotel keeper.
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Soldiers' and Citizens' Album, Biographical Record, Grand Army of the Republic, 1888 page 395: Bernard Rhode, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, member of G.A.R. Post No. 18, was born November 20, 1841, in Germany. His parents came with their family to America in 1854, and passed a year respectively in Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1855 they went to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where the son remained until 1863, and when he was of age he went to Menomonee, Wisconsin and entered the employ of a lumber firm with which he remained until he enlisted. He enrolled August 31, 1864, in Company D, 16th Wisconsin Infantry at Menomoninee for one year. He enlisted as a recruit and joined the regiment at Atlanta. His first service was in pursuit of Hood whom he helped to drive through Georgia into central Alabama. He was in the movement to destroy the railroad from Tunnel Hill to Alabama and was afterwards in the destruction of Atlanta and went thence on the Savannah campaign, marching through Georgia and the Carolina's. He was in the actions at Macon, Savannah, Beaufort, Columbia, Orangeburg, and Averysboro and went North after the surrender, to Washington where he was discharged after the Review and returned home. November 16, 1864 he was made Sergeant. He had received a promise to be made 1st Lieutenant when he enlisted but it was never fulfilled and he served in the ranks until the end of the war. At Orangeburg the men of his command forded a creek in the dead of winter and formed in the line of battle while they were wet and freezing and many of the regiment became so chilled as to bne disabled. Mr. Rhode returned to Tow Rivers after the war and resumed his former employment. He was married at Manitowoc before he enlisted, August 20, 1864 to Mary Wasserer. They has seven children. In 1883, Mr. Rhode removed his family and interests to Manitowoc and has since been engaged in the vocation of hotel keeper.
Contributed by Kent Salomon
Born in Mecklenburg. 1885 Soldiers & Sailors of the Late War, Residing in Wisconsin, 1885: B. Rhode, Sergeant, D 16 Wisconsin, Post Office Manitowoc.
Soldiers' and Citizens' Album, Biographical Record, Grand Army of the Republic, 1888 page 395: Bernard Rhode, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, member of G.A.R. Post No. 18, was born November 20, 1841, in Germany. His parents came with their family to America in 1854, and passed a year respectively in Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1855 they went to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where the son remained until 1863, and when he was of age he went to Menomonee, Wisconsin and entered the employ of a lumber firm with which he remained until he enlisted. He enrolled August 31, 1864, in Company D, 16th Wisconsin Infantry at Menomoninee for one year. He enlisted as a recruit and joined the regiment at Atlanta. His first service was in pursuit of Hood whom he helped to drive through Georgia into central Alabama. He was in the movement to destroy the railroad from Tunnel Hill to Alabama and was afterwards in the destruction of Atlanta and went thence on the Savannah campaign, marching through Georgia and the Carolina's. He was in the actions at Macon, Savannah, Beaufort, Columbia, Orangeburg, and Averysboro and went North after the surrender, to Washington where he was discharged after the Review and returned home. November 16, 1864 he was made Sergeant. He had received a promise to be made 1st Lieutenant when he enlisted but it was never fulfilled and he served in the ranks until the end of the war. At Orangeburg the men of his command forded a creek in the dead of winter and formed in the line of battle while they were wet and freezing and many of the regiment became so chilled as to bne disabled. Mr. Rhode returned to Tow Rivers after the war and resumed his former employment. He was married at Manitowoc before he enlisted, August 20, 1864 to Mary Wasserer. They has seven children. In 1883, Mr. Rhode removed his family and interests to Manitowoc and has since been engaged in the vocation of hotel keeper.
Contributed by Kent Salomon
Soldiers' and Citizens' Album, Biographical Record, Grand Army of the Republic, 1888 page 395: Bernard Rhode, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, member of G.A.R. Post No. 18, was born November 20, 1841, in Germany. His parents came with their family to America in 1854, and passed a year respectively in Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1855 they went to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where the son remained until 1863, and when he was of age he went to Menomonee, Wisconsin and entered the employ of a lumber firm with which he remained until he enlisted. He enrolled August 31, 1864, in Company D, 16th Wisconsin Infantry at Menomoninee for one year. He enlisted as a recruit and joined the regiment at Atlanta. His first service was in pursuit of Hood whom he helped to drive through Georgia into central Alabama. He was in the movement to destroy the railroad from Tunnel Hill to Alabama and was afterwards in the destruction of Atlanta and went thence on the Savannah campaign, marching through Georgia and the Carolina's. He was in the actions at Macon, Savannah, Beaufort, Columbia, Orangeburg, and Averysboro and went North after the surrender, to Washington where he was discharged after the Review and returned home. November 16, 1864 he was made Sergeant. He had received a promise to be made 1st Lieutenant when he enlisted but it was never fulfilled and he served in the ranks until the end of the war. At Orangeburg the men of his command forded a creek in the dead of winter and formed in the line of battle while they were wet and freezing and many of the regiment became so chilled as to bne disabled. Mr. Rhode returned to Tow Rivers after the war and resumed his former employment. He was married at Manitowoc before he enlisted, August 20, 1864 to Mary Wasserer. They has seven children. In 1883, Mr. Rhode removed his family and interests to Manitowoc and has since been engaged in the vocation of hotel keeper.
Contributed by Kent Salomon
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