American Civil War Soldiers Record
Name: Gustav Schmidt,
Residence: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Enlistment Date: 21 August 1862
Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Unit Numbers: 3079 3079
Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant
Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class
Enlisted as a Corporal on 21 August 1862
Enlisted in Company E, 27th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 21 August 1862.
Mustered out Company E, 27th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 29 August 1865

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U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004
Name: Gustav Schmidt
Veteran's Rank: 1SGT CO E 27 Wisconsin Infantry
Branch: US Army
Last known address: 5000 West National Ave. Bldg. 1301 Milwaukee , WI 53295
Death Date: 29 Mar 1915
Interment Date: 1 Apr 1915
Cemetery: Wood National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 20 Site 45


1860 Census Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Ward 1

Schmidt, Charles age 63 occupation shoemaker born Saxony (Kingdom State)
Schmidt, Christina age 60 born Preußen
Schmidt, Augusta age 30 born Preußen
Schmidt, Charles age 21 occupation cigar maker born Preußen
Schmidt, Mortiz, age 21 occupation painter born Preußen
Schmidt, Gustav age 23, occupation bookbinder born Preußen
Schmidt, Amilia age 23 born Preußen

1870 Census Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Ward 2

Schmidt, Christina age 72, occupation keeping house
Schmidt, morica (male) age 34, occupation house painter
Schmidt, Gustav age 31 occupation bookbinder

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1890 Special Census for Withee and Township of Hixon, Clark County, Wisconsin

#197; Family #204; Schmidt, Gustave, Rank-sergeant; Regiment-Co. E, 27 WI Inf.; Enlisted-21 Aug 1862; Discharged:13 Sep 1865; Length of Service-3 yr., 21 days
 

Gustav Schmidt died 29 Mar 1915, and is buried in Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin in Plot: #20-45 and was buried April 1915  He fought with Co. E 27 Wisconsin Infantry as a 1Seargent and Seargent.