US Volunteers Hospital Chaplain - Commissioned Feb. 16, 1863. Mustered out; Aug. 21, 1865.
The following information was provided by Julia Baker:
A July 12, 2014, Vicksburg Post article on Anshe Chessed says, "Perhaps the most notable burial ...is Rabbi Bernhard H. Gotthelf, a Civil War chaplain in the Union Army. Gotthelf, who was born in Germany, was the second officially appointed chaplain in U.S. history. He served as the first rabbi in Vicksburg and died of yellow fever in 1878. The simple inscription on his tombstone reads 'a wise teacher, a faithful minister, a devoted father and a good man.'The reporter, Josh Edwards, got his information from Stan Kline, President of the Anshe Chesed Congregation.
US Volunteers Hospital Chaplain - Commissioned Feb. 16, 1863. Mustered out; Aug. 21, 1865.
The following information was provided by Julia Baker:
A July 12, 2014, Vicksburg Post article on Anshe Chessed says, "Perhaps the most notable burial ...is Rabbi Bernhard H. Gotthelf, a Civil War chaplain in the Union Army. Gotthelf, who was born in Germany, was the second officially appointed chaplain in U.S. history. He served as the first rabbi in Vicksburg and died of yellow fever in 1878. The simple inscription on his tombstone reads 'a wise teacher, a faithful minister, a devoted father and a good man.'The reporter, Josh Edwards, got his information from Stan Kline, President of the Anshe Chesed Congregation.
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