Godfrey Weitzel
Born: November 1, 1835
Birthplace: Winzeln Pirmasens, Bavaria
Father: Ludwig Weitzel 1807 – 1861
Mother: Susanna Krummel 1813 – 1896
1st Wife: Louisa Moor 1840 – 1859
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
2nd Wife: Louise Bogen 1841 – 1927
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Children:
Irene Weitzel Nye 1876 – 1936
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Education:
1855: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (2nd in class)
Occupation before War:
1855 – 1856: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Engineers
1855 – 1859: Assistant Engineer for Defenses of New Orleans
1856 – 1860: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Engineers
1859 – 1860: Assistant Engineering Professor at West Point
1860 – 1863: 1st Lt. United States Army, Engineers
1860 – 1861: Assistant Engineering Professor at West Point
1861: Attached to Engineer Company in Washington, D.C.
Civil War Career:
1861: Served in the Defenses of Fort Pickens, Florida
1861: Chief Engineer on Staff of Brig. General Mitchel in Cincinnati
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Chief Engineer on staff of Major General Benjamin Butler
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862 – 1863: Union Army Commander in Lafourche Campaign
1862: Routed the confederate army at Labadieville, Louisiana
1862: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Thibodeaux, Louisiana
1863 – 1866: Captain United States Army, Engineers
1863: Served in the fighting at Camp Bisland
1863: Division Commander at Siege of Port Hudson
1863: Served in the expedition to Sabine Pass, Texas
1863: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at Siege of Port Hudson
1864: Chief Engineer for Union Army of the James
1864: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War
1864: Served in the fighting at Drewry’s Bluff
1864: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Capture of Fort Harrison
1864: Assaulted the enemy lines at Williamsburg and Nine Mile Road
1864 – 1866: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers
1864 – 1866: Union Army Commander of 25th Army Corps
1864: Served in the first expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina
1865: Served in the Appomattox Campaign in Virginia
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for his service in Appomattox Campaign
1865: Brevetted Major General U.S. Army for his service in the War
1865 – 1866: Union Army Commander of District of Rio Grande, Texas
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on March 1st
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1866: Captain, United States Army, Engineers
1866 – 1882: Major, United States Army, Engineers
1878: Member of Commission to Devise New Orleans Wharves
1882 – 1884: Lt. Colonel United States Army, Engineers
1882 – 1884: Member of Commissary Advisory Board in Philadelphia
Died: March 19, 1884
Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Congestive Liver
Age at time of Death: 48 years old
Burial Place: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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