Weitzel, Gottfried (Godfrey)

Life Span
to
Full name
Gottfried Weitzel
Place of Birth
Bavaria, Germany
Burial Place
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
1
Family
Ludwig Weitzel (father), Susanna Krummel Weitzel (mother), Louisa C. Moor (first wife - died 1859), Louise Bogen (second wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Corps of Engineers
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
- In Louisiana, Union forces advance to surround the Mississippi River fortress at Port Hudson
In Louisiana, Confederate defenders of Port Hudson beat back an all-out Union assault
African-American troops perform well in the abortive attack on Port Hudson and earn wide praise
Afro-Creole Captain Andre Cailloux falls at the head of his troops in the attack on Port Hudson
- In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues
In Louisiana, Confederate defenders of Port Hudson beat back another all-out Union assault
- In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues
U.S. naval units drive off a Confederate attempt to capture Donaldsonville, Louisiana
In Louisiana, General N.P. Banks accepts the surrender of Port Hudson after a seven week siege
- In Virginia, Union attacks at Chaffin's Farm tighten the ring around Petersburg
In Richmond, teenaged Union officer Johnston De Peyster hoists the Stars and Stripes over the Confederate Capitol
A mix of regular and irregular American forces occupy Bagdad, Mexico
U.S. General Weitzel arrives in Bagdad, Mexico to restore order and declares martial law.
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
Mexican Imperial troops re-occupy Bagdad, Mexico after American forces withdraw.
Date Title
Editorial, "Grant's Negro Troops," Chicago Tribune, April 8, 1865
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