Person:Paul Drobisch (1)

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Paul Drobisch
d.3 Oct 1861
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Name Paul Drobisch
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 Jul 1839 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Immigration[3] 19 Oct 1855 New York, New York
Military[4] 5 Mar 1861 New York, New York
Death[1][2] 3 Oct 1861
Burial[2] Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia, United States

Paul (age 16) arrived in New York in Oct 1855 on the Adonis from Bremen. His country of origin was Germany and his occupation was bookseller.

Paul enlisted as a private in Company C, New York 20th Infantry Regiment on 06 May 1861 and mustered out on 03 Oct 1861 at Camp Hamilton, VA.

He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery Section D Site 3163.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ida Cichorius, Thekla Wigand, Rosi Wigand, Moriz Wigand and Otto Schaefer. Chronik der Familie Wigand. (Leipzig: Walter Wigands Buchdruckerei, 1902).
  2. 2.0 2.1 National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (database on-line). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.).
  3. Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (database on-line). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006).
  4. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles (database on-line). (Provo, UT, USA).