Weiss Civil War

There may be more veterans of this family. I will include them when I can identify them.

Weiss Civil War Timeline

April 12, 1861

Civil War Begins

April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter, South Carolina, is attacked.
April 15, 1861: President Lincoln calls for troops.

Ohio sends men, Missouri’s governor refused.

May 28, 1863

Henry Beck (Union)

Henry Beck (1845-1863)

Born at Grosselfingen, Hohenzollern, Prussia
Enlisted July 31, 1862
Corporal, 25th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Company D
Died at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 9, 1865

Civil War Ends


Robert E. Lee surrenders to
Ulysses S Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.

Men listed in this timeline after this date served during the civil war, and lived to tell about it.