Joseph Zediker
Joseph Zediker was born around 1835 in Ohio to Daniel and Mary Zediker. His father was a farmer who owned $500 of real estate and $200 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Monroe, Ohio, until the 1850s, when they moved to Harrison Township, Ohio. On November 29, 1861, Zediker travelled about ten miles to Decatur, Indiana, in order to enlist in the Union army. He mustered in as a private in Company C of the 47th Indiana Infantry later that day. He eventually earned a promotion to corporal. The regiment took part in the Vicksburg campaign, and Zediker died in the Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863.
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(2653)Zediker, Joseph18351863-05-16
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 4

  • (7505) [associated with] ~ Edward W. W. Brothers to Sophia Rummel, 3 July 1863
  • (7507) [writer] ~ Joseph Zediker to Sophia Rummel, 10 July 1862
  • (7509) [writer] ~ Joseph Zediker to Sophia Rummel, 10 May 1862
  • (7511) [writer] ~ Joseph Zediker to Sophia Rummel, 27 March 1862

People - Records: 2

  • (2653) Zediker, Joseph is the [friend of] (2651) Brothers, Edward W. W.
  • (2653) Zediker, Joseph is the [sweetheart of] (2652) Rummel, Sophia

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (1993) [death] ~ Champion Hill, Hinds County, Mississippi

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (283) [enlisted] [C] ~ 47th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.