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Last Name: Janig   Birth: August 26, 1842 First Name: Gotthold   Death: August 01, 1913 Middle Name:   Age: 70

Unit: 26th Branch: INF     State: WI Company: A Side: Union Confederate If Federal State From: Rank: PVT     Enlisted: August 21, 1862 Discharged: June 13, 1865 Veteran Summary Born at Saxony, Germany and immigrated to the United States about 1843. He worked as a tailor and was a resident of Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the 26th Wisconsin Infantry. Mustered in as a Private in Company A. On 2 May 1863 he was taken as a prisoner of war during the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. He was a resident of Oakland, Alameda County, California by 1875 and was naturalized there as a U.S. citizen, 31 Jul 1875. He married Mary Haas, also a German immigrant, before 1878. He was a member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. By 1900 he was a resident of Whatcom County, Washington where he continued working as a tailor. He died at Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Military records spell his last name as "Jaenig".

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Cemetery Name	Bayview
Cemetery Street	1420 Woburn St
Cemetery City	Bellingham
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Cemetery County	Whatcom
Cemetery State	WA

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Cemetery Lot	Sec B
Cemetery Section	Lot 89
Cemetery Grave Number	8A
GAR Post	Custer Post 6
GAR Department	WA
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