106th Ohio Infantry

George Cornelius was born on Oct. 6, 1842 in Nussdorf, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1859. He fought in the Civil War and later became a citizen. He returned to Cincinnati and opened a grocery store near Elm & 14th Streets in Cincinnati. He died September 3, 1910.

Johann “George” Nickel: 3rd Great Grandfather of Trent Rank: Private, Corporal Company: “C” & “H” 106th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (aka “4th German Regiment) Enlisted: August 7, 1862 Camp Dennison, Cincinnati, Ohio Major Engagements: Battle of Hartsville Tennessee Captured: December 7, 1862 at the Battle of Hartsville Tennessee, then paroled and exchanged Detached: January 1865 to June 1865 as an Engineer building Block House #2 in Nashville, Tennessee Discharged: July 12, 1865 Nashville, Tennessee Born: December 23, 1824 Parish of Bicken, Offenbach, Herborn, Germany Died: June 12, 1904 Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio FindAGrave # 93646122

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Killed in action at Butler's Old Mill in Sumner County, Tennessee on June 30, 1863 by Captain Ellis Harper and his Partisan Raiders. He is buried at the Nashville National Cemetery (burial #11263).

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Born 12/15/1835 in Roth, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. Immigrated to Newport, KY, ca. 1845-50 with entire family. Fought and was captured at Battle of Hartsville, TN in December 1862. In Camp Parole near Cincinnati, OH until March 1863 when exchanged. Operated against Guerillas and CS cavalry raiding railroads in KY, TN and AL. Mustered out in June 1865 in AL. Died 11/29/1895 in Newburg, Washington County, WI