Jacob Bechtold's Civil War Record

Jacob Bechtold was Louisa Bittlingmeier's second husband. Her first husband. William Schneider, was killed in action in 1864, during the American Civil War. Jacob was also a Civil War soldier. He served in Company C of the 8th New Jersey Volunteers, having enlisted for three years as a substitute (i.e. he was paid to take the place of a draftee) on August 5, 1864. Jacob was at Appomattox on April 9, 1865 to witness Lee's surrender. He was mustered out of service on July 17, 1865 in Washington, D.C., a week before marrying the widow Louisa on July 26, 1865, two months after the war had ended.