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Carl Conrad – Killed at Wilderness, 1864
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on January 25, 2019
Conrad Carl was born 2 March 1842 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was killed at the Wilderness on 9 May 1864 is buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, in grave #1994.
On 25 February 1864, Carl Conrad enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, at Harrisburg, and the next day was mustered into service as a Private. At the time he said he was 21 years old, and was a laborer who resided in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Physically, he stood 5 foot 9 inches tall, had dark hair, a dark complexion, and brown eyes. Less than three months after joining the regiment and company, he was killed in action at the Nye River, Virginia.
The Military Index Card is shown above from the National Archives, a copy of which is available on Fold3. It provides much less information, and no new information, than is found on the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, shown above.
The above excerpt from the “U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers” repeats the information that Conrad Carl, a Private in Company A of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, was killed on 9 May 1864, but designates the place of death as Spotsylvania. A column on the right side of the page, not shown, notes that the death was reported and verified by J. P. Vickers, an army surgeon.
No pension application has been located for a Conrad Card from this regiment and company. This is an indication that he most likely was not married during the time he served in the military.
The baptismal record shown above is from Pennsylvania Church and Towns Records available at Ancestry.com. It is believed that this is the documentation of the baptism of Conrad Carl, which gives the date of that baptism as 12 June 1842, and his parents as Henry Carl (also known as Heinrich Carl) and Catherina Carl (also known as Catherine “Kitty” [Holwig] Carl). The baptism took place at St. Paul (Artz) Lutheran Church, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Sponsors were Nicholas Adam and his wife Sarah Adam.
If the above genealogical information is correctly matched with the Conrad Carl who died in the war, then there are at least three other children of Heinrich and Kitty, brothers of Conrad, who can be researched to find out more about Conrad Carl. The other children are:
- Moses Carl (1832-1916), also a Civil War solider, who served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, as a Private.
- Edward Carl (1839-1900), also a Civil War soldier, who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private.
- Henry Carl (c. 1841-?), about whom not much is known.
- Daniel Carl (c. 1827-?), about whom not much is known.
- Catherine “Kitty” Carl (c. 1828-?), about whom not much is known.
- Ephraim Carl (c. 1838-?), about whom not much is known.
- Evi Carl (c.1840-?), about whom not much is known.
Finally, the Conrad Carl who was killed in the war gave his residence as Wiconisco. The G.A.R. Monument located in Lykens, Dauphin County, is for veterans who had a connection to Lykens, Wiconisco, and Wiconisco Township, and the surrounding area. Conrad Carl is not recognized on that monument, but should be if he lived in Wiconisco at the time of the war.
Additional information is sought on this veteran who sacrificed his life in the war. It can be provided by adding a comment to this blog post or by sending it via e-mail.
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