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As a child, I remember my mother always attending meetings of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. She marched in parades, wore banners and ribbons on her dress, and sometimes traveled to Columbus or Cleveland for a gathering. I was too young to really ask questions or know what it was all about, but I do remember her talking about her grandpa being with Sherman in the March to the Sea. She also was interested in visiting Civil War battlefields and I was fortunate to have been to most east of the Mississippi before ending up in Gettysburg, PA as a freshman at Gettysburg College.
Now I live with my husband and children in Gettysburg immersed in everything Civil War. As we approach the 150th Anniversary of the Battle, my church – The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace Episcopal – is also celebrating our 125th of the laying of our cornerstone as the only church built as a memorial to the Battle of Gettysburg. We are compiling a booklet of members’ relatives who fought in the Civil War and, finally, I am looking for definite information about my great-grandfather, Michael Hetsler, who fought with the Ohio 78th Regiment.
I have learned quite a bit about the regiment through your website and others, but I cannot find the exact dates of HIS service with the 78th. Can anyone help me?
Admin reply: Thanks, Shirley, for your post on 78ohio.org. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you, but I've been doing major updates to the site, and I've gotten a little behind. If you'll reply to this message, I'll try to look up and find any additional information on your ancestor that I can. -- Carl J. Denbow, 78ohio.org webmaster.
As a child, I remember my mother always attending meetings of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. She marched in parades, wore banners and ribbons on her dress, and sometimes traveled to Columbus or Cleveland for a gathering. I was too young to really ask questions or know what it was all about, but I do remember her talking about her grandpa being with Sherman in the March to the Sea. She also was interested in visiting Civil War battlefields and I was fortunate to have been to most east of the Mississippi before ending up in Gettysburg, PA as a freshman at Gettysburg College.
Now I live with my husband and children in Gettysburg immersed in everything Civil War. As we approach the 150th Anniversary of the Battle, my church – The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace Episcopal – is also celebrating our 125th of the laying of our cornerstone as the only church built as a memorial to the Battle of Gettysburg. We are compiling a booklet of members’ relatives who fought in the Civil War and, finally, I am looking for definite information about my great-grandfather, Michael Hetsler, who fought with the Ohio 78th Regiment.
I have learned quite a bit about the regiment through your website and others, but I cannot find the exact dates of HIS service with the 78th. Can anyone help me?
Admin reply: Thanks, Shirley, for your post on 78ohio.org. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you, but I've been doing major updates to the site, and I've gotten a little behind. If you'll reply to this message, I'll try to look up and find any additional information on your ancestor that I can. -- Carl J. Denbow, 78ohio.org webmaster.
Added: March 25, 2013
Name: Rebecca Clark
From: New York City
E-mail: Contact
My maternal grandfather's own maternal grandfather was Russel Bethel who enlisted in the 78th Ohio as private and was promoted a number of times and by the end of the war was ranked as 1st Lieutenant. In the Battle of Atlanta, after previous standard bearers were killed, Bethel took up the flag and pressed on in the thick of fiercest fighting. For his courage and bravery, he was awarded the gold medal by the Army of the Tennessee.
Admin reply: Thanks for a most interesting and inspiring story!