Charles Vertz
Born: April 24, 1840
Birthplace: Yamaska, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Father: Private Jacob Vertz; Chalmette Regiment, C.S.A, (1817 - 1899)
(Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin)
Mother: Marie Rosalie "Rosa" Lefebvre dite Boulanger (1812 - 1901)
(Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin)
Spouse: Mary Louise Le Lorrain (1850 - 1906); m. 1867 in Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
(Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin)
Children:
Mary (Vertz) Curtice (1868 - 1930); married Frank E. Curtice in 1902.
(Buried: Fort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin)
Charles Vertz, Jr. (1869 - 1939); married Amelia Braunsdorf in 1903.
(BBayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin)
Frederick "Fred" Vertz (1872 - 1935); married Augusta Paepka in 1899.
(Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Trout Lake, Chippewa County, Michigan)
Julia (Vertz) Burlo Richmond (1874 - 1947); married Thomas Burlo in 1895, he passed away in 1908. Julia remarried in 1909 to John Richmond.
(Buried: Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin)
Josephine (Vertz) DeMarb (1876 - 1964); married Henry DeMarb in 1895.
(Buried: Fort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin)
Celia (Vertz) DeFere (1877 - 1949); married Peter DeFere, Jr. on December 16, 1896 in Door County, Wisconsin. Celia is my 3x great grandmother.
(Buried: Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery, Institute, Door County, Wisconsin)
Joseph Vertz (1884 - 1964); married Wilhelmina Senft in 1917.
(Buried: Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin)
Harry Vertz (1890 - 1972); married Ella Demmin in 1923, Ella is the elder sister of my great-great-grandmother, Martha Ida Demmin (1905 - 1988), who married Celia (Vertz) DeFere and Peter DeFere's eldest child, Peter III, born in 1899. Harry was a Private in Co. H, 28th Infantry Regiment, WWI.
(Buried: Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin)
Education:
No formal education, couldn't read nor write
Occupation before War:
1847 - 1861: Farmer; worked for Antoine DeFer from emigration until they moved to Stiles, Wisconsin in 1858, then he worked as a farm hand for his father, Jacob Vertz.
Civil War Career:
1861: Enlisted in Stiles, Wisconsin on May 29 in the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Co. H.
Mustered into federal service on July 2nd
1861: Moved to Baltimore, MD on July 15-22
1862: Attached to Dix's Division, Baltimore, MD
1862: Participated in the Battles of Fort Jackson and Saint Phillip, Rebel forces failed to stop Union naval ships.
1862: Participated in the New Orleans Expedition with his company and regiment.
Captured his fathers regiment, Chalmette Regiment, in the expedition and famously gave him a handshake before he was sent to prison.
1863: Participated in the Battle of Fort Bisland, wounded by minor shrapnel in the skirmish. Later was present at the Battle of Port Hudson with his company.
1863: Regiment is transferred to a Cavalry Brigade in July, regiment designation changed to 4th Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry on August 22, 1863.
1864: Company was sent to Baton Rouge, LA as a detachment under Colonel Frederick A. Boardman. Boardman was later killed in action at a skirmish in Comite River, LA.
1864: Charles was subject to a Court Martial in Baton Rouge, LA in March, 1864. Charles was convicted but given a lesser punishment of rail duty until December, 1864. Charles was convicted on July 14, 1864 and was then dropped off muster rolls and rosters.
1865: Charles reenlists for a one year commitment in Company H, of the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on January 16, 1865, about a month after his sentence ended.
1866: On January 16, Charles was discharged from the Army in Brownsville, TX after his commitment and returned back home to Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
Occupation After War:
Farmer (1865 - 1922); Charles was a career farmer and worked until his death
Died: November 21, 1922
Place of Death: Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
Cause of Death: Illness of a week
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Egg Harbor Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
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