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A REBEL SOLDIER
Isaac Burgauer
born Nov 1, 1836 Haigerloch, Germany
died July 18, 1863 Hagerstown, Md.
The English epitaph states that Isaac Burgauer died on July 18,
1863 "from the effects of a wound received at the battle of
Gettysburg". Before he succumbed to his injuries, he had requested to
be
buried in Chambersburg according to Jewish rites.
Isaac Burgauer had immigrated from
Haigerloch, Germany, in 1853 and settled in
Fenter, Arkansas, in 1859. On June 20, 1861 a company of volunteers was
organized by the Sheriff of Hot Spring County at Rockport., Ar., and
Burgauer joined that company the same day. In July 1861 the "Hot Spring
Hornets", as they called themselves, arrived in Lynchburg, Va., and
were assigned to the Third Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry
Volunteers. "Ike" Burgauer was promoted fifth sergeant in January
1862, and second sergeant in May 1863. He was wounded at the Devil's
Den near Gettysburg on
July 2, 1863 and subsequently taken to Hagerstown, where he died 16
days later.
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