Augustus Hahn, Civil War

Mr. Hahn was a member of the German Rifles under Capt. Harrer and at the outbreak
of the civil war enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment,
under Capt. Peter Claesgens. He was captured by the Confederates and spent ten months
in Andersonville prison. After the war he settled in Deerfield, where he made his home
until 1884, when he took up his residence on Mohawk Street.
He was a member of Post John F. McQuade, G.A.R.

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