The Descendants of Hans Michael Wallick in the American Civil War

This is the revised edition of the Wallick family's participation in the American Civil War. Two new soldier's stories are told in this renewed volume and several original biographies have been updated with recently discovered materials.
Patriarch Hans Michael Wallick arrived in America from Germany in the year 1732. In the one hundred and twenty-nine years between his arrival and the outbreak of the American Civil War, his family had greatly multiplied and prospered, which created a large population of military-aged men. From Lincoln's first call-up of soldiers after the attack on Fort Sumter to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, twenty-five Wallicks served in the Union army. These men were at the battles of Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chancellorsville and Chickamauga, plus many other engagements. Some became prisoners of war and one participated in the most daring and successful escape attempt of the entire conflict. His heroic service is even documented in a United States House of Representatives committee report. Four young men never returned home and three are now buried in our national cemeteries. The war forever changed the lives of these Wallick soldiers, and this book is a chronicle of their service to our country.