COL Speigel, Marcus M.

Marcus M. Spiegel​

Born: December 8, 1829

Birthplace: Worms, Germany

Father: Moses Spiegel 1802 – 1857

(Buried: Jewish Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

Mother: Regina "Rachel" Herz 1802 – 1870

(Buried: Jewish Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

Wife: Caroline Frances Hamlin 1833 – 1901

(Buried: Jewish Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

Children:

Hamlin Montefiore Spiegel 1854 – 1935​

(Buried: Jewish Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

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Elizabeth Theresa "Lizzie" Spiegel Barbe 1856 – 1943​

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Moses Marion Spiegel 1860 – 1884​

(Buried: Jewish Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

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Hattie Victoria Spiegel Nerney 1862 – 1919​

(Buried: San Francisco Columbian, San Francisco, California)​

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Clara Marcus Spiegel Woolf 1864 – 1894​

(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois)​

Occupation before War:

1848: Immigrated to the United States from Germany​

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Farmer in Akron, Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: 1st​ Lt. 67th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 120th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: Colonel of 120th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Led his men in the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Wounded by an exploding Shell at Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863 – 1864: On Sick leave due to his wound, he received​

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1864: Part of the ambush on City Belle near Snaggy Point, Louisiana​

Died: May 4, 1864

Place of Death: Louisiana

Cause of Death: Wounds received on City Belle

Age at time of Death: 34 years old

Burial Place: Jewish Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

 

[Pollaco]

Officially commissioned colonel on March 20, 1863. Tje "ambush on City Belle" in this biography is referring to an ambush on a Union transport ship named the City Belle near a location called Snaggy Point on the Red River. Most of the 120th Ohio were taken prisoner and Spiegel was mortally wounded by a shell bursting near by.

 

[Pollaco]

His 120th Ohio was consolidated with the 114th Ohio on November 25, 1864.

 

[Luke Freet]

One of the higher ranking Jewish Americans of the war. A couple fellow Jewish Colonels made brigadier by the end of the conflict.