August was a carpenter, sometimes described as a cabinet maker.
He fought in the Civil War, began in the 149th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company C (also known as the 2nd Bucktail Regiment); transferred to 47th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order on July 1, 1865. He was injured on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading to his transfer to the VRC. His injuries were a shell wound of the left fore arm near the elbow; the piece of shell broke his gun and hurt his left leg. He also fell down an embankment. His pension records make it difficult to discern in which order these events happened, but seem to have been near simultaneous. He remained in the field hospital on the battlefield for 10 days, after which he was then taken to Summit House Hospital near Philadelphia, where he contracted rheumatism and severe neuralgia, for which all his teeth had to be extracted except three. He lived the rest of his life in a significant amount of pain and disability, though rarely saw any pension increases.
He died of Bright's Disease and valvular disease of the heart.
His surname was always changing slightly on paperwork, but he signed his name "Curtius"; his descendants all decided to go by "Curtis".
His wife's name was also ever changing, but it was something similar to Thecla Krausek; she was born circa 1817 in Germany and died several weeks after suffering a paralytic stroke on December 24, 1889 at The Good Samaritan Hospital, 711 Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.
He fought in the Civil War, began in the 149th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company C (also known as the 2nd Bucktail Regiment); transferred to 47th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order on July 1, 1865. He was injured on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading to his transfer to the VRC. His injuries were a shell wound of the left fore arm near the elbow; the piece of shell broke his gun and hurt his left leg. He also fell down an embankment. His pension records make it difficult to discern in which order these events happened, but seem to have been near simultaneous. He remained in the field hospital on the battlefield for 10 days, after which he was then taken to Summit House Hospital near Philadelphia, where he contracted rheumatism and severe neuralgia, for which all his teeth had to be extracted except three. He lived the rest of his life in a significant amount of pain and disability, though rarely saw any pension increases.
He died of Bright's Disease and valvular disease of the heart.
His surname was always changing slightly on paperwork, but he signed his name "Curtius"; his descendants all decided to go by "Curtis".
His wife's name was also ever changing, but it was something similar to Thecla Krausek; she was born circa 1817 in Germany and died several weeks after suffering a paralytic stroke on December 24, 1889 at The Good Samaritan Hospital, 711 Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.
August was a carpenter, sometimes described as a cabinet maker.
He fought in the Civil War, began in the 149th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company C (also known as the 2nd Bucktail Regiment); transferred to 47th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order on July 1, 1865. He was injured on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading to his transfer to the VRC. His injuries were a shell wound of the left fore arm near the elbow; the piece of shell broke his gun and hurt his left leg. He also fell down an embankment. His pension records make it difficult to discern in which order these events happened, but seem to have been near simultaneous. He remained in the field hospital on the battlefield for 10 days, after which he was then taken to Summit House Hospital near Philadelphia, where he contracted rheumatism and severe neuralgia, for which all his teeth had to be extracted except three. He lived the rest of his life in a significant amount of pain and disability, though rarely saw any pension increases.
He died of Bright's Disease and valvular disease of the heart.
His surname was always changing slightly on paperwork, but he signed his name "Curtius"; his descendants all decided to go by "Curtis".
His wife's name was also ever changing, but it was something similar to Thecla Krausek; she was born circa 1817 in Germany and died several weeks after suffering a paralytic stroke on December 24, 1889 at The Good Samaritan Hospital, 711 Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.
He fought in the Civil War, began in the 149th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company C (also known as the 2nd Bucktail Regiment); transferred to 47th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order on July 1, 1865. He was injured on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading to his transfer to the VRC. His injuries were a shell wound of the left fore arm near the elbow; the piece of shell broke his gun and hurt his left leg. He also fell down an embankment. His pension records make it difficult to discern in which order these events happened, but seem to have been near simultaneous. He remained in the field hospital on the battlefield for 10 days, after which he was then taken to Summit House Hospital near Philadelphia, where he contracted rheumatism and severe neuralgia, for which all his teeth had to be extracted except three. He lived the rest of his life in a significant amount of pain and disability, though rarely saw any pension increases.
He died of Bright's Disease and valvular disease of the heart.
His surname was always changing slightly on paperwork, but he signed his name "Curtius"; his descendants all decided to go by "Curtis".
His wife's name was also ever changing, but it was something similar to Thecla Krausek; she was born circa 1817 in Germany and died several weeks after suffering a paralytic stroke on December 24, 1889 at The Good Samaritan Hospital, 711 Chestnut Street, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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