Re: [Civil War] Issue of Enfields: 25th, 75th Ohio

Posted By: lee bull (c-24-19-240-39.hsd1.wa.comcast.net)
Date: Friday, 28 October 2005 1620 hrs. EDT

In Response To: [Civil War] Issue of Enfields: 25th, 75th Ohio,etc (Stuart R. Dempsey)

I don't have an answer but I have a query for you. My great-great grandfather Diedrich Horstmann arrived in Cincinnati sometime after the 1848 revolts in Schleswig-Holstein, settled there and became a solid citizen of his new country. He was apparently enrolled in some sort of Cincinnati home guard during the civil war period and was issued an Enfield rifle-musket (which remains in the family today and for which I have a dependable line of descent from my great-great grandfather). He did NOT serve in a volunteer or regular army unit which went into the field. Do you have any idea what sort of home-guard organizations were created in the Cincinnati area which were "military-enough" that the members were issued rifle muskets at state (or federal) goverment expense?

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• [Civil War] Issue of Enfields: 25th, 75th Ohio,etc -- Stuart R. Dempsey (duppp-151-205-241-93.nas1.mbrg.pa.net) -- Monday, 18 July 2005 1704 hrs. EDT
  • Re: [Civil War] Issue of Enfields: 25th, 75th Ohio -- lee bull (c-24-19-240-39.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) -- Friday, 28 October 2005 1620 hrs. EDT
    • Re: [Civil War] Issue of Enfields: 25th, 75th Ohio -- Gary/CA (71.141.238.155) -- Friday, 28 October 2005 1944 hrs. EDT
    • Re: [Civil War] Issue of Enfields: 25th, 75th Ohio -- Stuart R. Dempsey (duppp-66-59-118-4.nas1.mbrg.pa.net) -- Tuesday, 1 November 2005 1921 hrs. EDT