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John Dippold

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Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Friedrich Dipold	ABT 1820	Margaret	ABT 1818

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	ABT 1834	Bavaria
Census	1860	Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Death	6 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Burial		Gettysburg National Cemetery, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Notes


At age 24, John enlisted as a private in B Company, Massachusetts 20th Infantry Regiment on 31 July 1861. The 20th was nicknamed "The Harvard Regiment", because its officers were largely Harvard graduates. The 20th was one of the most honored regiments in the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War. It was also ranked fifth highest out of two thousand Union regiments in casualties. Companies B and C of the 20th were comprised largely of German immigrants. At the battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 Oct 1861, the Confederates forced the Union troops to the edge of the bluff, where the only escape was to swim across the strong currents of the Potomac River while under fire from the enemy soldiers on the bluff. In 1862, the regiment participated in the Pensisula Campaign (including Fair Oaks-Seven Pines), Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Some notes on the 20th at Fredericksburg, from "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War", by William F. Fox: "At Fredericksburg, the brigade, under Colonel Norman Hall of the Seventh Michigan, distinguished itself by crossing the river in the face of the enemy's riflemen, who occupied the buildings on the opposite bank. To the Twentieth was assigned the bloody task of clearing the streets; in column of companies, led by Macy, it fought its way through the main street of the city exposed to a terrible fire from the windows and housetops; its casualties in this fight were 25 killed and 138 wounded; no missing." One of the 20th's most important engagements was at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. The 20th was crucial in repelling Pickett's Charge, known as the high-water mark of the Confederacy, on 3 Jul 1863. On that day, John Dippold was mortally wounded. John died of his wounds on 6 Jul 1863. At Gettysburg, it lost 30 killed, 94 wounded, and 3 missing; a total of 127 out of the 12 officers and 218 men who went into that action. John was buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, with other soldiers from Massachusetts. His grave is within earshot of the place President Lincoln later gave the Gettysburg Address. He worked as a wire drawer. Downloaded from Kevin B. Peters. Please contact me at kpeters@ptd.net with questions and corrections.

At age 24, John enlisted as a private in B Company, Massachusetts 20th Infantry Regiment on 31 July 1861. The 20th was nicknamed "The Harvard Regiment", because its officers were largely Harvard graduates. The 20th was one of the most honored regiments in the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War. It was also ranked fifth highest out of two thousand Union regiments in casualties. Companies B and C of the 20th were comprised largely of German immigrants.

At the battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 Oct 1861, the Confederates forced the Union troops to the edge of the bluff, where the only escape was to swim across the strong currents of the Potomac River while under fire from the enemy soldiers on the bluff.

In 1862, the regiment participated in the Pensisula Campaign (including Fair Oaks-Seven Pines), Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Some notes on the 20th at Fredericksburg, from "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War", by William F. Fox:

"At Fredericksburg, the brigade, under Colonel Norman Hall of the Seventh Michigan, distinguished itself by crossing the river in the face of the enemy's riflemen, who occupied the buildings on the opposite bank. To the Twentieth was assigned the bloody task of clearing the streets; in column of companies, led by Macy, it fought its way through the main street of the city exposed to a terrible fire from the windows and housetops; its casualties in this fight were 25 killed and 138 wounded; no missing."

One of the 20th's most important engagements was at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. The 20th was crucial in repelling Pickett's Charge, known as the high-water mark of the Confederacy, on 3 Jul 1863. On that day, John Dippold was mortally wounded. John died of his wounds on 6 Jul 1863. At Gettysburg, it lost 30 killed, 94 wounded, and 3 missing; a total of 127 out of the 12 officers and 218 men who went into that action.

John was buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, with other soldiers from Massachusetts. His grave is within earshot of the place President Lincoln later gave the Gettysburg Address.

He worked as a wire drawer.

Downloaded from Kevin B. Peters. Please contact me at
kpeters@ptd.net with questions and corrections.

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