August Bloedner

August Bloedner

Christian Friedrich August Bloedner was a German-born carpenter from Cincinnati, Ohio, until his enlistment in the 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry in August 1861. He commemorate the deaths of his comrades killed in action at the Battle of Rowlett's Station, Kentucky, in December 1861, by building the first American Civil War monument, the 32nd Indiana Monument, which was placed in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky after the Civil War.

August Bloedner was born around 1825 in Altenburg, Saxony, Germany. After the Civil War, he return to Cincinnati, where he worked as a marble/stone cutter until his death from heart disease on Nov. 14, 1872.

External links

* [http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/gemindiana_peake.htm German Indiana Regt. Monument To be Preserved]
* [http://www.geocities.com/inkyger/inmon.html 32nd INDIANA MONUMENT UPDATE]


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