Heft, Joseph, active 1864-1870

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Joseph Heft was from Coshocton County, Ohio. He was drafted for service in the Union Army on 21 September 1864. Heft joined the 78th Ohio Infantry Regiment in Atlanta, Ga., in early November and participated with the Army of the Tennessee in William T. Sherman's March to the Sea and March through the Carolinas during the fall of 1864 and the spring of 1865. He was mustered out of the Army in June 1865 and returned to Ohio. He was discharged from military service on 16 June 1865.

From the guide to the Joseph Heft Diary, 1864-1865, 1870, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Joseph Heft was from Coshocton County, Ohio. He was drafted for service in the Union Army on 21 September 1864.

From the description of Joseph Heft diary, 1864-1870. WorldCat record id: 51287737

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Bentonville, Battle of, Bentonville, N.C., 1865
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Sherman's March through the Carolinas
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Death 1870

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