Private JOHN PERMONIA VOGLER, Co. F, 86th Illinois
John Permonia Vogler is believed to have been born in December of 1835 in or near Salem, North Carolina in Forsyth County, the oldest Child of Gottlieb Vogler and his 2nd wife, Martha (Teague) Vogler. Gottlieb, who was a Gunsmith by trade, was born about January 16, 1798 in Salem, North Carolina and had been previously married to Sarah (Mass) Vogler, who died on August 20, 1827, leaving Gottlieb with three daughters, Lucia Lorette Vogler 1823-1855, Charlotte Emeline "Emma" Vogler 1825-1902, and Catharina Pauline Vogler 1826-1876. The youngest daughter was 1 year old at the time of her mother's death. Gottlieb was then married to Martha sometime before 1835. Martha was born on April 5, 1811 in North Carolina. Five children are believed to been born to Gottlieb and Martha before he died on August 9, 1854 in Forsyth County, North Carolina at the age of 56. This left John Permonia Vogler, the man of the house at the age of 18. Gottlieb's earthly remains are laid to rest in what is today known as the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
John P. Vogler was married to Naomi Ader on December 3, 1855 in Davidson County, North Carolina. In an affidavit dated August 27, 1868, State of North Carolina, Forsyth County, Johns' mother, Martha Teague Vogler stated, "that her son John nineteen years of age by his labors bought a small house & a little piece of land after his father's death. That she lived in the house with John, that John married Naomi Ader in December 1855 when he lacked a few days of being twenty years old and that his wife the said Naomi died on the 24th of March 1857 leaving an only child, which child died on the 4th day of July 1858." From the information in this affadavit, we can see that according to his mother, John must have been born in December of 1835. Naomi was born on May 8, 1832, the daughter of Peter Ader and Elizabeth (Pickett) Ader. Naomi's earthly remains were laid to rest in the Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lexington, North Carolina. Baby Vogler's grave has not been located as of yet. After searching the Mount Olivet cemetery a baby was found to be buried beside Naomi, but it was the child of Naomi's brother. The child's name being, Carrie Ader. In less than three years, John's father had died, his infant son or daughter had died, and his young bride had died. The family had endured 3 deaths in less than 32 months. The belief is that John wanted to start a new life for the family in the west. So in February 1859, still in his early 20's, John went west with the hopes of finding work, buying some land and sending for his mother and siblings and starting a new life.
When John got to Illinois he settled in Knox county, near Maquon, Illinois where he purchased some land and began farming. Shortly after getting settled, he made arrangements for his mother to come west to join him in Knox county Illinois in the Fall of 1860. "She sold their little house and property in order to remove to Illinois with him when she was taken down sick with the typhoid fever and remained sick during the winter of 1860 so as to disable her from traveling and the war soon thereafter intervening. She was entirely prevented from getting to her son's home in Illinois."
Then the Civil War or War Between the States broke out. Barely a month after the firing on Fort Sumter, John's 18 year old brother, William Franklin Vogler, volunteered on May 22, 1861 to serve in a company which was being raised in Salem, North Carolina. This company would eventually be assigned as Co. D of the 21st North Carolina, which was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. William was assigned as the Teamster for Co. D. Now any move by the family would have to wait until after the war came to a close. On August 4 1862, John volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Maquon, Illinois by a local Carpenter, Contractor and Businessman by the name of James L. Burkhalter. At the time he volunteered, John gave his age as 25 and his place of residence as Maquon. If his birthdate was in December, this would place his year of birth as 1836, rather than 1835.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name VOGLER, JOHN Rank PVT
Company F Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence MAQUON, KNOX CO, IL
Age 25 Height 5' 9 1/2
Hair BROWN Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity FORSYTH CO, NC
Service Record
Joined When AUG 4, 1862
Joined Where MAQUON, IL
Joined By Whom J L BURKHALTER
Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out Muster Out Where
Muster Out By Whom
Remarks KILLED IN ACTION AT ROME GA MAY 17, 1864
When Burkhalter had about 100 volunteers, he led the Maquon company into Peoria, where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. There on August 27, 1862, he was elected by the men of the Maquon company to be their Captain and Captain Burkhalter and 93 of his volunteers, including now Private John Vogler, were mustered in as Co. F of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, Capt. James L. Burkhalter leading Co. F, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Union victory at Perryville, the Confederate Army withdrew from Kentucky and McCook's Brigade marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they went into winter camp.
During these next one and a half years, the men of the 86th served in Tennessee and Georgia. During this time, Riley was witness to and a participant in several battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia in September of 1864; and Resaca, Georgia on May 15, 1864, during which 5 men were killed or wounded in the 86th.
Most likely for a good part of the year 1863 and all of 1864, one of John Vogler's mess mates was Samuel B. Ouderkirk. In a letter that was written in April of 1864, while the 86th was encamped at Lee & Gordon's Mill, on the Chickamauga Battlefield, and just days before the Campaign for Atlanta would go in full swing, Samuel wrote the following in a letter home. "John Vogler is my mess mate he is a good fellow to mess with we hav messed together ever since I quit going with the team." The entire typed transcript of this letter can be found on the Find A Grave site of Samuel Bond Ouderkirk.
After the Battle of Resaca, the men of McCook's Brigade pursued the retreating Confederates in the direction of Rome, Georgia. On the morning of May 17, 1864, McCook's Brigade continued their pursuit of the retreating Confederates. About 5:30 P.M., the 2nd Division of the 14th Army Corps, commanded by Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, of which McCook's 3rd Brigade was a part, ran into the Confederates, who had halted their retreat about two miles north of Rome, Georgia, where they had built fortifications. McCook's 3rd Brigade was deployed on the left, or east, side of the road. In his diary, Captain James L. Burkhalter described the battle in the following way.
"It was about half past five, when we encountered the enemy in force, outside their fortification. Dispositions were immediately made to give them battle and, if possible, to push them across the Oostanaula River, yet save for ourselves the bridge across the stream. We engaged the Rebels on the north side of Rome. Our men were very excited and thanks to the inefficiency of our field officers, became almost beyond control. As the 1st Brigade had the advance, it was deployed on the right of the road and our brigade (3rd) on the left, where after some exchange of fire, we managed to drive the enemy back for some little distance. In the meantime, the 1st Brigade had moved by the right flank, with their right thrown forward so as to flank the rebels on their left and give room for the 2nd Brigade to form on our immediate right and between us and the 1st Brigade. While in this position, the enemy counter-attacked in considerable force on the front of our brigade. This rebel jab hurt and gave rise to great excitement in our ranks and quite a bit of wavering backward and forward, amid great volleys of musketry. During this bedlam, our brigade lost many men. From my company, I lost John Vogler, John Wesley McCullough killed, James McNaughton and William M. Gardner wounded. In the regiment, five men were killed and twelve severely wounded."
".......Company F, 86th Illinois, lost two fine lads, Johnny Vogler was shot through the abdomen and Wes McCulloch was shot through the head. Both lived several hours afterwards, but then died and were buried near the general field hospital. in losses, the regiment had many killed and 1200 wounded - a great percentage of whom will yet die from the wounds. Joe MacMarus was shot in the left arm. The effects of John Wesley McCulloch as found on his person after he fell on the field one(1) watch with detachable fab of silver and one dollar and 25/100 in cash. He was 28. Will have to write his wife back home. Immediately after the battle, the rebels withdrew a short distance. Our line remained in its old position and was actively fortified. We bivouacked there for the night. Lost four Enfield muskets in this battle. Two of them belonged to the men killed - Wes McCulloch and Johnny Vogler. Instead of these weapons being returned to my custody, all the guns were simply picked up and carried along with the wounded, to the field hospital. No means of transportation was provided for cast off equipment. I applied to Lt. Scraggs in order to have the guns put into the Ordnance Train, but was refused. He said he had no means of getting the guns from the hospital and over to where his depot was situated."
The five men who were killed were initially buried on the field of battle. Several years later, the Union dead from the Battle of Rome, Georgia were exhumed and re-interred in the Marietta National Cemetery. Private John Vogler and John Wesley McCullough are buried two graves apart in Section C in Graves 1758 and 1760, respectively.
After John's death, his widowed mother, Martha, applied for and was granted a Pension on February 10, 1868 for her son's service. She most likely received this until her death, which occurred on June 23, 1878 in Boonville, North Carolina. Her earthly remains were laid to rest in the Boonville Cemetery in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
by Baxter Fite (FAG Contributor #47203738) and Norma Vogler Koontz (FAG Contributor #46972897).
(Baxter and Norma would love to hear from anyone, especially descendants, who might be able to add further to the biography of Private John Vogler. They would also love to get copies of any pictures of Private John Vogler, which may have survived to this day, for his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
Ancestral line: Gottlieb, Christoph, Philipp Christoph Vogler
"Voices of The Prairie Land" -- Vol.II
Claim No. 157490 Pension Affidavit - State of North Carolina
Surgeon Generals Office
Record and Pension Division
Washington, D.C.
Pension Information Credit: Max Vogler
John Permonia Vogler is believed to have been born in December of 1835 in or near Salem, North Carolina in Forsyth County, the oldest Child of Gottlieb Vogler and his 2nd wife, Martha (Teague) Vogler. Gottlieb, who was a Gunsmith by trade, was born about January 16, 1798 in Salem, North Carolina and had been previously married to Sarah (Mass) Vogler, who died on August 20, 1827, leaving Gottlieb with three daughters, Lucia Lorette Vogler 1823-1855, Charlotte Emeline "Emma" Vogler 1825-1902, and Catharina Pauline Vogler 1826-1876. The youngest daughter was 1 year old at the time of her mother's death. Gottlieb was then married to Martha sometime before 1835. Martha was born on April 5, 1811 in North Carolina. Five children are believed to been born to Gottlieb and Martha before he died on August 9, 1854 in Forsyth County, North Carolina at the age of 56. This left John Permonia Vogler, the man of the house at the age of 18. Gottlieb's earthly remains are laid to rest in what is today known as the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
John P. Vogler was married to Naomi Ader on December 3, 1855 in Davidson County, North Carolina. In an affidavit dated August 27, 1868, State of North Carolina, Forsyth County, Johns' mother, Martha Teague Vogler stated, "that her son John nineteen years of age by his labors bought a small house & a little piece of land after his father's death. That she lived in the house with John, that John married Naomi Ader in December 1855 when he lacked a few days of being twenty years old and that his wife the said Naomi died on the 24th of March 1857 leaving an only child, which child died on the 4th day of July 1858." From the information in this affadavit, we can see that according to his mother, John must have been born in December of 1835. Naomi was born on May 8, 1832, the daughter of Peter Ader and Elizabeth (Pickett) Ader. Naomi's earthly remains were laid to rest in the Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lexington, North Carolina. Baby Vogler's grave has not been located as of yet. After searching the Mount Olivet cemetery a baby was found to be buried beside Naomi, but it was the child of Naomi's brother. The child's name being, Carrie Ader. In less than three years, John's father had died, his infant son or daughter had died, and his young bride had died. The family had endured 3 deaths in less than 32 months. The belief is that John wanted to start a new life for the family in the west. So in February 1859, still in his early 20's, John went west with the hopes of finding work, buying some land and sending for his mother and siblings and starting a new life.
When John got to Illinois he settled in Knox county, near Maquon, Illinois where he purchased some land and began farming. Shortly after getting settled, he made arrangements for his mother to come west to join him in Knox county Illinois in the Fall of 1860. "She sold their little house and property in order to remove to Illinois with him when she was taken down sick with the typhoid fever and remained sick during the winter of 1860 so as to disable her from traveling and the war soon thereafter intervening. She was entirely prevented from getting to her son's home in Illinois."
Then the Civil War or War Between the States broke out. Barely a month after the firing on Fort Sumter, John's 18 year old brother, William Franklin Vogler, volunteered on May 22, 1861 to serve in a company which was being raised in Salem, North Carolina. This company would eventually be assigned as Co. D of the 21st North Carolina, which was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. William was assigned as the Teamster for Co. D. Now any move by the family would have to wait until after the war came to a close. On August 4 1862, John volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Maquon, Illinois by a local Carpenter, Contractor and Businessman by the name of James L. Burkhalter. At the time he volunteered, John gave his age as 25 and his place of residence as Maquon. If his birthdate was in December, this would place his year of birth as 1836, rather than 1835.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name VOGLER, JOHN Rank PVT
Company F Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence MAQUON, KNOX CO, IL
Age 25 Height 5' 9 1/2
Hair BROWN Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity FORSYTH CO, NC
Service Record
Joined When AUG 4, 1862
Joined Where MAQUON, IL
Joined By Whom J L BURKHALTER
Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out Muster Out Where
Muster Out By Whom
Remarks KILLED IN ACTION AT ROME GA MAY 17, 1864
When Burkhalter had about 100 volunteers, he led the Maquon company into Peoria, where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. There on August 27, 1862, he was elected by the men of the Maquon company to be their Captain and Captain Burkhalter and 93 of his volunteers, including now Private John Vogler, were mustered in as Co. F of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, Capt. James L. Burkhalter leading Co. F, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Union victory at Perryville, the Confederate Army withdrew from Kentucky and McCook's Brigade marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they went into winter camp.
During these next one and a half years, the men of the 86th served in Tennessee and Georgia. During this time, Riley was witness to and a participant in several battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia in September of 1864; and Resaca, Georgia on May 15, 1864, during which 5 men were killed or wounded in the 86th.
Most likely for a good part of the year 1863 and all of 1864, one of John Vogler's mess mates was Samuel B. Ouderkirk. In a letter that was written in April of 1864, while the 86th was encamped at Lee & Gordon's Mill, on the Chickamauga Battlefield, and just days before the Campaign for Atlanta would go in full swing, Samuel wrote the following in a letter home. "John Vogler is my mess mate he is a good fellow to mess with we hav messed together ever since I quit going with the team." The entire typed transcript of this letter can be found on the Find A Grave site of Samuel Bond Ouderkirk.
After the Battle of Resaca, the men of McCook's Brigade pursued the retreating Confederates in the direction of Rome, Georgia. On the morning of May 17, 1864, McCook's Brigade continued their pursuit of the retreating Confederates. About 5:30 P.M., the 2nd Division of the 14th Army Corps, commanded by Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, of which McCook's 3rd Brigade was a part, ran into the Confederates, who had halted their retreat about two miles north of Rome, Georgia, where they had built fortifications. McCook's 3rd Brigade was deployed on the left, or east, side of the road. In his diary, Captain James L. Burkhalter described the battle in the following way.
"It was about half past five, when we encountered the enemy in force, outside their fortification. Dispositions were immediately made to give them battle and, if possible, to push them across the Oostanaula River, yet save for ourselves the bridge across the stream. We engaged the Rebels on the north side of Rome. Our men were very excited and thanks to the inefficiency of our field officers, became almost beyond control. As the 1st Brigade had the advance, it was deployed on the right of the road and our brigade (3rd) on the left, where after some exchange of fire, we managed to drive the enemy back for some little distance. In the meantime, the 1st Brigade had moved by the right flank, with their right thrown forward so as to flank the rebels on their left and give room for the 2nd Brigade to form on our immediate right and between us and the 1st Brigade. While in this position, the enemy counter-attacked in considerable force on the front of our brigade. This rebel jab hurt and gave rise to great excitement in our ranks and quite a bit of wavering backward and forward, amid great volleys of musketry. During this bedlam, our brigade lost many men. From my company, I lost John Vogler, John Wesley McCullough killed, James McNaughton and William M. Gardner wounded. In the regiment, five men were killed and twelve severely wounded."
".......Company F, 86th Illinois, lost two fine lads, Johnny Vogler was shot through the abdomen and Wes McCulloch was shot through the head. Both lived several hours afterwards, but then died and were buried near the general field hospital. in losses, the regiment had many killed and 1200 wounded - a great percentage of whom will yet die from the wounds. Joe MacMarus was shot in the left arm. The effects of John Wesley McCulloch as found on his person after he fell on the field one(1) watch with detachable fab of silver and one dollar and 25/100 in cash. He was 28. Will have to write his wife back home. Immediately after the battle, the rebels withdrew a short distance. Our line remained in its old position and was actively fortified. We bivouacked there for the night. Lost four Enfield muskets in this battle. Two of them belonged to the men killed - Wes McCulloch and Johnny Vogler. Instead of these weapons being returned to my custody, all the guns were simply picked up and carried along with the wounded, to the field hospital. No means of transportation was provided for cast off equipment. I applied to Lt. Scraggs in order to have the guns put into the Ordnance Train, but was refused. He said he had no means of getting the guns from the hospital and over to where his depot was situated."
The five men who were killed were initially buried on the field of battle. Several years later, the Union dead from the Battle of Rome, Georgia were exhumed and re-interred in the Marietta National Cemetery. Private John Vogler and John Wesley McCullough are buried two graves apart in Section C in Graves 1758 and 1760, respectively.
After John's death, his widowed mother, Martha, applied for and was granted a Pension on February 10, 1868 for her son's service. She most likely received this until her death, which occurred on June 23, 1878 in Boonville, North Carolina. Her earthly remains were laid to rest in the Boonville Cemetery in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
by Baxter Fite (FAG Contributor #47203738) and Norma Vogler Koontz (FAG Contributor #46972897).
(Baxter and Norma would love to hear from anyone, especially descendants, who might be able to add further to the biography of Private John Vogler. They would also love to get copies of any pictures of Private John Vogler, which may have survived to this day, for his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
Ancestral line: Gottlieb, Christoph, Philipp Christoph Vogler
"Voices of The Prairie Land" -- Vol.II
Claim No. 157490 Pension Affidavit - State of North Carolina
Surgeon Generals Office
Record and Pension Division
Washington, D.C.
Pension Information Credit: Max Vogler
Private JOHN PERMONIA VOGLER, Co. F, 86th Illinois
John Permonia Vogler is believed to have been born in December of 1835 in or near Salem, North Carolina in Forsyth County, the oldest Child of Gottlieb Vogler and his 2nd wife, Martha (Teague) Vogler. Gottlieb, who was a Gunsmith by trade, was born about January 16, 1798 in Salem, North Carolina and had been previously married to Sarah (Mass) Vogler, who died on August 20, 1827, leaving Gottlieb with three daughters, Lucia Lorette Vogler 1823-1855, Charlotte Emeline "Emma" Vogler 1825-1902, and Catharina Pauline Vogler 1826-1876. The youngest daughter was 1 year old at the time of her mother's death. Gottlieb was then married to Martha sometime before 1835. Martha was born on April 5, 1811 in North Carolina. Five children are believed to been born to Gottlieb and Martha before he died on August 9, 1854 in Forsyth County, North Carolina at the age of 56. This left John Permonia Vogler, the man of the house at the age of 18. Gottlieb's earthly remains are laid to rest in what is today known as the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
John P. Vogler was married to Naomi Ader on December 3, 1855 in Davidson County, North Carolina. In an affidavit dated August 27, 1868, State of North Carolina, Forsyth County, Johns' mother, Martha Teague Vogler stated, "that her son John nineteen years of age by his labors bought a small house & a little piece of land after his father's death. That she lived in the house with John, that John married Naomi Ader in December 1855 when he lacked a few days of being twenty years old and that his wife the said Naomi died on the 24th of March 1857 leaving an only child, which child died on the 4th day of July 1858." From the information in this affadavit, we can see that according to his mother, John must have been born in December of 1835. Naomi was born on May 8, 1832, the daughter of Peter Ader and Elizabeth (Pickett) Ader. Naomi's earthly remains were laid to rest in the Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lexington, North Carolina. Baby Vogler's grave has not been located as of yet. After searching the Mount Olivet cemetery a baby was found to be buried beside Naomi, but it was the child of Naomi's brother. The child's name being, Carrie Ader. In less than three years, John's father had died, his infant son or daughter had died, and his young bride had died. The family had endured 3 deaths in less than 32 months. The belief is that John wanted to start a new life for the family in the west. So in February 1859, still in his early 20's, John went west with the hopes of finding work, buying some land and sending for his mother and siblings and starting a new life.
When John got to Illinois he settled in Knox county, near Maquon, Illinois where he purchased some land and began farming. Shortly after getting settled, he made arrangements for his mother to come west to join him in Knox county Illinois in the Fall of 1860. "She sold their little house and property in order to remove to Illinois with him when she was taken down sick with the typhoid fever and remained sick during the winter of 1860 so as to disable her from traveling and the war soon thereafter intervening. She was entirely prevented from getting to her son's home in Illinois."
Then the Civil War or War Between the States broke out. Barely a month after the firing on Fort Sumter, John's 18 year old brother, William Franklin Vogler, volunteered on May 22, 1861 to serve in a company which was being raised in Salem, North Carolina. This company would eventually be assigned as Co. D of the 21st North Carolina, which was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. William was assigned as the Teamster for Co. D. Now any move by the family would have to wait until after the war came to a close. On August 4 1862, John volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Maquon, Illinois by a local Carpenter, Contractor and Businessman by the name of James L. Burkhalter. At the time he volunteered, John gave his age as 25 and his place of residence as Maquon. If his birthdate was in December, this would place his year of birth as 1836, rather than 1835.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name VOGLER, JOHN Rank PVT
Company F Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence MAQUON, KNOX CO, IL
Age 25 Height 5' 9 1/2
Hair BROWN Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity FORSYTH CO, NC
Service Record
Joined When AUG 4, 1862
Joined Where MAQUON, IL
Joined By Whom J L BURKHALTER
Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out Muster Out Where
Muster Out By Whom
Remarks KILLED IN ACTION AT ROME GA MAY 17, 1864
When Burkhalter had about 100 volunteers, he led the Maquon company into Peoria, where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. There on August 27, 1862, he was elected by the men of the Maquon company to be their Captain and Captain Burkhalter and 93 of his volunteers, including now Private John Vogler, were mustered in as Co. F of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, Capt. James L. Burkhalter leading Co. F, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Union victory at Perryville, the Confederate Army withdrew from Kentucky and McCook's Brigade marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they went into winter camp.
During these next one and a half years, the men of the 86th served in Tennessee and Georgia. During this time, Riley was witness to and a participant in several battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia in September of 1864; and Resaca, Georgia on May 15, 1864, during which 5 men were killed or wounded in the 86th.
Most likely for a good part of the year 1863 and all of 1864, one of John Vogler's mess mates was Samuel B. Ouderkirk. In a letter that was written in April of 1864, while the 86th was encamped at Lee & Gordon's Mill, on the Chickamauga Battlefield, and just days before the Campaign for Atlanta would go in full swing, Samuel wrote the following in a letter home. "John Vogler is my mess mate he is a good fellow to mess with we hav messed together ever since I quit going with the team." The entire typed transcript of this letter can be found on the Find A Grave site of Samuel Bond Ouderkirk.
After the Battle of Resaca, the men of McCook's Brigade pursued the retreating Confederates in the direction of Rome, Georgia. On the morning of May 17, 1864, McCook's Brigade continued their pursuit of the retreating Confederates. About 5:30 P.M., the 2nd Division of the 14th Army Corps, commanded by Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, of which McCook's 3rd Brigade was a part, ran into the Confederates, who had halted their retreat about two miles north of Rome, Georgia, where they had built fortifications. McCook's 3rd Brigade was deployed on the left, or east, side of the road. In his diary, Captain James L. Burkhalter described the battle in the following way.
"It was about half past five, when we encountered the enemy in force, outside their fortification. Dispositions were immediately made to give them battle and, if possible, to push them across the Oostanaula River, yet save for ourselves the bridge across the stream. We engaged the Rebels on the north side of Rome. Our men were very excited and thanks to the inefficiency of our field officers, became almost beyond control. As the 1st Brigade had the advance, it was deployed on the right of the road and our brigade (3rd) on the left, where after some exchange of fire, we managed to drive the enemy back for some little distance. In the meantime, the 1st Brigade had moved by the right flank, with their right thrown forward so as to flank the rebels on their left and give room for the 2nd Brigade to form on our immediate right and between us and the 1st Brigade. While in this position, the enemy counter-attacked in considerable force on the front of our brigade. This rebel jab hurt and gave rise to great excitement in our ranks and quite a bit of wavering backward and forward, amid great volleys of musketry. During this bedlam, our brigade lost many men. From my company, I lost John Vogler, John Wesley McCullough killed, James McNaughton and William M. Gardner wounded. In the regiment, five men were killed and twelve severely wounded."
".......Company F, 86th Illinois, lost two fine lads, Johnny Vogler was shot through the abdomen and Wes McCulloch was shot through the head. Both lived several hours afterwards, but then died and were buried near the general field hospital. in losses, the regiment had many killed and 1200 wounded - a great percentage of whom will yet die from the wounds. Joe MacMarus was shot in the left arm. The effects of John Wesley McCulloch as found on his person after he fell on the field one(1) watch with detachable fab of silver and one dollar and 25/100 in cash. He was 28. Will have to write his wife back home. Immediately after the battle, the rebels withdrew a short distance. Our line remained in its old position and was actively fortified. We bivouacked there for the night. Lost four Enfield muskets in this battle. Two of them belonged to the men killed - Wes McCulloch and Johnny Vogler. Instead of these weapons being returned to my custody, all the guns were simply picked up and carried along with the wounded, to the field hospital. No means of transportation was provided for cast off equipment. I applied to Lt. Scraggs in order to have the guns put into the Ordnance Train, but was refused. He said he had no means of getting the guns from the hospital and over to where his depot was situated."
The five men who were killed were initially buried on the field of battle. Several years later, the Union dead from the Battle of Rome, Georgia were exhumed and re-interred in the Marietta National Cemetery. Private John Vogler and John Wesley McCullough are buried two graves apart in Section C in Graves 1758 and 1760, respectively.
After John's death, his widowed mother, Martha, applied for and was granted a Pension on February 10, 1868 for her son's service. She most likely received this until her death, which occurred on June 23, 1878 in Boonville, North Carolina. Her earthly remains were laid to rest in the Boonville Cemetery in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
by Baxter Fite (FAG Contributor #47203738) and Norma Vogler Koontz (FAG Contributor #46972897).
(Baxter and Norma would love to hear from anyone, especially descendants, who might be able to add further to the biography of Private John Vogler. They would also love to get copies of any pictures of Private John Vogler, which may have survived to this day, for his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
Ancestral line: Gottlieb, Christoph, Philipp Christoph Vogler
"Voices of The Prairie Land" -- Vol.II
Claim No. 157490 Pension Affidavit - State of North Carolina
Surgeon Generals Office
Record and Pension Division
Washington, D.C.
Pension Information Credit: Max Vogler
John Permonia Vogler is believed to have been born in December of 1835 in or near Salem, North Carolina in Forsyth County, the oldest Child of Gottlieb Vogler and his 2nd wife, Martha (Teague) Vogler. Gottlieb, who was a Gunsmith by trade, was born about January 16, 1798 in Salem, North Carolina and had been previously married to Sarah (Mass) Vogler, who died on August 20, 1827, leaving Gottlieb with three daughters, Lucia Lorette Vogler 1823-1855, Charlotte Emeline "Emma" Vogler 1825-1902, and Catharina Pauline Vogler 1826-1876. The youngest daughter was 1 year old at the time of her mother's death. Gottlieb was then married to Martha sometime before 1835. Martha was born on April 5, 1811 in North Carolina. Five children are believed to been born to Gottlieb and Martha before he died on August 9, 1854 in Forsyth County, North Carolina at the age of 56. This left John Permonia Vogler, the man of the house at the age of 18. Gottlieb's earthly remains are laid to rest in what is today known as the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
John P. Vogler was married to Naomi Ader on December 3, 1855 in Davidson County, North Carolina. In an affidavit dated August 27, 1868, State of North Carolina, Forsyth County, Johns' mother, Martha Teague Vogler stated, "that her son John nineteen years of age by his labors bought a small house & a little piece of land after his father's death. That she lived in the house with John, that John married Naomi Ader in December 1855 when he lacked a few days of being twenty years old and that his wife the said Naomi died on the 24th of March 1857 leaving an only child, which child died on the 4th day of July 1858." From the information in this affadavit, we can see that according to his mother, John must have been born in December of 1835. Naomi was born on May 8, 1832, the daughter of Peter Ader and Elizabeth (Pickett) Ader. Naomi's earthly remains were laid to rest in the Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lexington, North Carolina. Baby Vogler's grave has not been located as of yet. After searching the Mount Olivet cemetery a baby was found to be buried beside Naomi, but it was the child of Naomi's brother. The child's name being, Carrie Ader. In less than three years, John's father had died, his infant son or daughter had died, and his young bride had died. The family had endured 3 deaths in less than 32 months. The belief is that John wanted to start a new life for the family in the west. So in February 1859, still in his early 20's, John went west with the hopes of finding work, buying some land and sending for his mother and siblings and starting a new life.
When John got to Illinois he settled in Knox county, near Maquon, Illinois where he purchased some land and began farming. Shortly after getting settled, he made arrangements for his mother to come west to join him in Knox county Illinois in the Fall of 1860. "She sold their little house and property in order to remove to Illinois with him when she was taken down sick with the typhoid fever and remained sick during the winter of 1860 so as to disable her from traveling and the war soon thereafter intervening. She was entirely prevented from getting to her son's home in Illinois."
Then the Civil War or War Between the States broke out. Barely a month after the firing on Fort Sumter, John's 18 year old brother, William Franklin Vogler, volunteered on May 22, 1861 to serve in a company which was being raised in Salem, North Carolina. This company would eventually be assigned as Co. D of the 21st North Carolina, which was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. William was assigned as the Teamster for Co. D. Now any move by the family would have to wait until after the war came to a close. On August 4 1862, John volunteered to serve in a company which was being raised in Maquon, Illinois by a local Carpenter, Contractor and Businessman by the name of James L. Burkhalter. At the time he volunteered, John gave his age as 25 and his place of residence as Maquon. If his birthdate was in December, this would place his year of birth as 1836, rather than 1835.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name VOGLER, JOHN Rank PVT
Company F Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence MAQUON, KNOX CO, IL
Age 25 Height 5' 9 1/2
Hair BROWN Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity FORSYTH CO, NC
Service Record
Joined When AUG 4, 1862
Joined Where MAQUON, IL
Joined By Whom J L BURKHALTER
Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out Muster Out Where
Muster Out By Whom
Remarks KILLED IN ACTION AT ROME GA MAY 17, 1864
When Burkhalter had about 100 volunteers, he led the Maquon company into Peoria, where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. There on August 27, 1862, he was elected by the men of the Maquon company to be their Captain and Captain Burkhalter and 93 of his volunteers, including now Private John Vogler, were mustered in as Co. F of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, Capt. James L. Burkhalter leading Co. F, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Three weeks later, the men of the 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Union victory at Perryville, the Confederate Army withdrew from Kentucky and McCook's Brigade marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they went into winter camp.
During these next one and a half years, the men of the 86th served in Tennessee and Georgia. During this time, Riley was witness to and a participant in several battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia in September of 1864; and Resaca, Georgia on May 15, 1864, during which 5 men were killed or wounded in the 86th.
Most likely for a good part of the year 1863 and all of 1864, one of John Vogler's mess mates was Samuel B. Ouderkirk. In a letter that was written in April of 1864, while the 86th was encamped at Lee & Gordon's Mill, on the Chickamauga Battlefield, and just days before the Campaign for Atlanta would go in full swing, Samuel wrote the following in a letter home. "John Vogler is my mess mate he is a good fellow to mess with we hav messed together ever since I quit going with the team." The entire typed transcript of this letter can be found on the Find A Grave site of Samuel Bond Ouderkirk.
After the Battle of Resaca, the men of McCook's Brigade pursued the retreating Confederates in the direction of Rome, Georgia. On the morning of May 17, 1864, McCook's Brigade continued their pursuit of the retreating Confederates. About 5:30 P.M., the 2nd Division of the 14th Army Corps, commanded by Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis, of which McCook's 3rd Brigade was a part, ran into the Confederates, who had halted their retreat about two miles north of Rome, Georgia, where they had built fortifications. McCook's 3rd Brigade was deployed on the left, or east, side of the road. In his diary, Captain James L. Burkhalter described the battle in the following way.
"It was about half past five, when we encountered the enemy in force, outside their fortification. Dispositions were immediately made to give them battle and, if possible, to push them across the Oostanaula River, yet save for ourselves the bridge across the stream. We engaged the Rebels on the north side of Rome. Our men were very excited and thanks to the inefficiency of our field officers, became almost beyond control. As the 1st Brigade had the advance, it was deployed on the right of the road and our brigade (3rd) on the left, where after some exchange of fire, we managed to drive the enemy back for some little distance. In the meantime, the 1st Brigade had moved by the right flank, with their right thrown forward so as to flank the rebels on their left and give room for the 2nd Brigade to form on our immediate right and between us and the 1st Brigade. While in this position, the enemy counter-attacked in considerable force on the front of our brigade. This rebel jab hurt and gave rise to great excitement in our ranks and quite a bit of wavering backward and forward, amid great volleys of musketry. During this bedlam, our brigade lost many men. From my company, I lost John Vogler, John Wesley McCullough killed, James McNaughton and William M. Gardner wounded. In the regiment, five men were killed and twelve severely wounded."
".......Company F, 86th Illinois, lost two fine lads, Johnny Vogler was shot through the abdomen and Wes McCulloch was shot through the head. Both lived several hours afterwards, but then died and were buried near the general field hospital. in losses, the regiment had many killed and 1200 wounded - a great percentage of whom will yet die from the wounds. Joe MacMarus was shot in the left arm. The effects of John Wesley McCulloch as found on his person after he fell on the field one(1) watch with detachable fab of silver and one dollar and 25/100 in cash. He was 28. Will have to write his wife back home. Immediately after the battle, the rebels withdrew a short distance. Our line remained in its old position and was actively fortified. We bivouacked there for the night. Lost four Enfield muskets in this battle. Two of them belonged to the men killed - Wes McCulloch and Johnny Vogler. Instead of these weapons being returned to my custody, all the guns were simply picked up and carried along with the wounded, to the field hospital. No means of transportation was provided for cast off equipment. I applied to Lt. Scraggs in order to have the guns put into the Ordnance Train, but was refused. He said he had no means of getting the guns from the hospital and over to where his depot was situated."
The five men who were killed were initially buried on the field of battle. Several years later, the Union dead from the Battle of Rome, Georgia were exhumed and re-interred in the Marietta National Cemetery. Private John Vogler and John Wesley McCullough are buried two graves apart in Section C in Graves 1758 and 1760, respectively.
After John's death, his widowed mother, Martha, applied for and was granted a Pension on February 10, 1868 for her son's service. She most likely received this until her death, which occurred on June 23, 1878 in Boonville, North Carolina. Her earthly remains were laid to rest in the Boonville Cemetery in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
by Baxter Fite (FAG Contributor #47203738) and Norma Vogler Koontz (FAG Contributor #46972897).
(Baxter and Norma would love to hear from anyone, especially descendants, who might be able to add further to the biography of Private John Vogler. They would also love to get copies of any pictures of Private John Vogler, which may have survived to this day, for his Find A Grave site and for the local Historical Societies.)
Ancestral line: Gottlieb, Christoph, Philipp Christoph Vogler
"Voices of The Prairie Land" -- Vol.II
Claim No. 157490 Pension Affidavit - State of North Carolina
Surgeon Generals Office
Record and Pension Division
Washington, D.C.
Pension Information Credit: Max Vogler
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