"William Ganz was born in 1841 in Au am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the child of August F and Anastasia Anna. He married Isabel Camacho about 1882. They had one child during their marriage. He died on August 10, 1883, in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 42, and was buried there."
"Civil War: Co. E and K, 1st Iowa Infantry,
Co. B, 1st Missouri Engineers, and
Co. K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West
Wilhelm Ganz was born in Au am Rhein, Baden [Germany], the son of August F. Ganz and Anastasia Anna Jaeger. He was only 3 years old when he departed La Havre, France, with his parents aboard the "Louis Philippe", arriving at New York City April 14, 1843 (NARA M237, Roll 51). The Ganz family headed west and settled at Burlington, Iowa, where William trained as a tinner. When the Civil War erupted at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861, William enlisted for 90 days as a private on April 20 and was mustered into Company E, 1st Iowa Infantry, at Des Moines May 14. Private Ganz was subsequently transferred to Company K. After he was mustered out at St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, he re-enlisted for three years September 17, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 1st Missouri Engineers. He was later promoted to corporal and transferred to Company K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West. Corporal Ganz served as an artificer and was mustered out about September 1864 (NARA M405, Roll 0765). After the war he settled at Tucson, Arizona Territory, where he married Isabel Camacho y Durazo and became a member of Negley Post, Grand Army of the Republic. William Ganz was buried in the old Grand Army plot in the Court Street Cemetery by his Negley Post comrades. When the Court Street Cemetery closed, his remains were transferred to Evergreen Cemetery. His mother filed for a Civil War veteran's survivior's pension at Burlington May 14, 1889, and received application No. 395,267, but died before she was issued a certificate number."
"Civil War: Co. E and K, 1st Iowa Infantry,
Co. B, 1st Missouri Engineers, and
Co. K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West
Wilhelm Ganz was born in Au am Rhein, Baden [Germany], the son of August F. Ganz and Anastasia Anna Jaeger. He was only 3 years old when he departed La Havre, France, with his parents aboard the "Louis Philippe", arriving at New York City April 14, 1843 (NARA M237, Roll 51). The Ganz family headed west and settled at Burlington, Iowa, where William trained as a tinner. When the Civil War erupted at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861, William enlisted for 90 days as a private on April 20 and was mustered into Company E, 1st Iowa Infantry, at Des Moines May 14. Private Ganz was subsequently transferred to Company K. After he was mustered out at St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, he re-enlisted for three years September 17, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 1st Missouri Engineers. He was later promoted to corporal and transferred to Company K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West. Corporal Ganz served as an artificer and was mustered out about September 1864 (NARA M405, Roll 0765). After the war he settled at Tucson, Arizona Territory, where he married Isabel Camacho y Durazo and became a member of Negley Post, Grand Army of the Republic. William Ganz was buried in the old Grand Army plot in the Court Street Cemetery by his Negley Post comrades. When the Court Street Cemetery closed, his remains were transferred to Evergreen Cemetery. His mother filed for a Civil War veteran's survivior's pension at Burlington May 14, 1889, and received application No. 395,267, but died before she was issued a certificate number."
"William Ganz was born in 1841 in Au am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the child of August F and Anastasia Anna. He married Isabel Camacho about 1882. They had one child during their marriage. He died on August 10, 1883, in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 42, and was buried there."
"Civil War: Co. E and K, 1st Iowa Infantry,
Co. B, 1st Missouri Engineers, and
Co. K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West
Wilhelm Ganz was born in Au am Rhein, Baden [Germany], the son of August F. Ganz and Anastasia Anna Jaeger. He was only 3 years old when he departed La Havre, France, with his parents aboard the "Louis Philippe", arriving at New York City April 14, 1843 (NARA M237, Roll 51). The Ganz family headed west and settled at Burlington, Iowa, where William trained as a tinner. When the Civil War erupted at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861, William enlisted for 90 days as a private on April 20 and was mustered into Company E, 1st Iowa Infantry, at Des Moines May 14. Private Ganz was subsequently transferred to Company K. After he was mustered out at St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, he re-enlisted for three years September 17, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 1st Missouri Engineers. He was later promoted to corporal and transferred to Company K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West. Corporal Ganz served as an artificer and was mustered out about September 1864 (NARA M405, Roll 0765). After the war he settled at Tucson, Arizona Territory, where he married Isabel Camacho y Durazo and became a member of Negley Post, Grand Army of the Republic. William Ganz was buried in the old Grand Army plot in the Court Street Cemetery by his Negley Post comrades. When the Court Street Cemetery closed, his remains were transferred to Evergreen Cemetery. His mother filed for a Civil War veteran's survivior's pension at Burlington May 14, 1889, and received application No. 395,267, but died before she was issued a certificate number."
"Civil War: Co. E and K, 1st Iowa Infantry,
Co. B, 1st Missouri Engineers, and
Co. K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West
Wilhelm Ganz was born in Au am Rhein, Baden [Germany], the son of August F. Ganz and Anastasia Anna Jaeger. He was only 3 years old when he departed La Havre, France, with his parents aboard the "Louis Philippe", arriving at New York City April 14, 1843 (NARA M237, Roll 51). The Ganz family headed west and settled at Burlington, Iowa, where William trained as a tinner. When the Civil War erupted at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861, William enlisted for 90 days as a private on April 20 and was mustered into Company E, 1st Iowa Infantry, at Des Moines May 14. Private Ganz was subsequently transferred to Company K. After he was mustered out at St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, he re-enlisted for three years September 17, 1861, and was mustered into Company B, 1st Missouri Engineers. He was later promoted to corporal and transferred to Company K, 1st Missouri Engineers of the West. Corporal Ganz served as an artificer and was mustered out about September 1864 (NARA M405, Roll 0765). After the war he settled at Tucson, Arizona Territory, where he married Isabel Camacho y Durazo and became a member of Negley Post, Grand Army of the Republic. William Ganz was buried in the old Grand Army plot in the Court Street Cemetery by his Negley Post comrades. When the Court Street Cemetery closed, his remains were transferred to Evergreen Cemetery. His mother filed for a Civil War veteran's survivior's pension at Burlington May 14, 1889, and received application No. 395,267, but died before she was issued a certificate number."
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