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Joseph Groff GAR

Capt Joseph Groff (1821-1903) - Find a Grave...

Married first: Rebecca Biglul/ Beichtel /Bechtel (different maiden name spellings) on October 28, 1842 in Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa. Had two children in Harpers Ferry, VA. Rebecca died in 1850. Joseph married Susan Christina Smith in Frederick, MD on Jan. 1, 1852. They had 10 children. He...

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[Tom Elmore]

Lieutenant Colonel John A. Steiner indicated that Groff was wounded during the early morning charge on July 3 and brought off the field. In that charge the five right companies of the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade advanced just west of Spangler's Spring against the rock wall held by Steuart's 37th Virginia, I believe. That was taking place when the 2nd Massachusetts advanced to the vicinity of the spring, followed closely by the 27th Indiana into the meadow. (Steiner Papers, Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc., Frederick, Maryland)