Civil War papers of Joseph H. Volk, 1864-1865.
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Volk, Joseph H.
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Joseph H. Volk was born in Hesse-Darmstadt (Germany) in the mid-1840s. He immigrated to the United States in the latter 1840s with his parents, who eventually settled in rural Sand Creek Township, Scott County (Minn.) in the 1850s. He enlisted in the Army on September 9, 1864, was mustered in on September 10, 1864, and was mustered out in Kentucky on June 12, 1865. From the description of Civil War papers of Joseph H. Volk, 1864-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313869896 ...
United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865). Company C.
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