- August Bloedner
Christian Friedrich August Bloedner was a German-born
carpenter fromCincinnati, Ohio , until his enlistment in the32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry in August 1861. He commemorate the deaths of his comrades killed in action at theBattle of Rowlett's Station ,Kentucky , in December 1861, by building the firstAmerican Civil War monument, the32nd Indiana Monument , which was placed inCave Hill Cemetery inLouisville, Kentucky after the Civil War.August Bloedner was born around 1825 in
Altenburg ,Saxony ,Germany . After the Civil War, he return to Cincinnati, where he worked as a marble/stone cutter until his death from heart disease on Nov. 14, 1872.External links
* [http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/gemindiana_peake.htm German Indiana Regt. Monument To be Preserved]
* [http://www.geocities.com/inkyger/inmon.html 32nd INDIANA MONUMENT UPDATE]
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