Christian Friedrich August Bloedner was a German-born

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from Cincinnati, who served with the

32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry 32nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. It was also known as Indiana's "1st German" regiment because its members were mainly of German descent. Organized at Indianapolis, th ...

during the American Civil War. He built the

32nd Indiana Monument The 32nd Indiana Monument, also known as the August Bloedner Monument, honors the Union soldiers of the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as Indiana's "1st German" regiment, who died in the Battle of Rowlett's Station on Dece ...

Biography

August Bloedner was born around 1825 in

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, Saxe-Altenburg, Germany. Emigrating to the United States, he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio until enlisting in the

in August 1861. He commemorated the deaths of his comrades killed in action at the Battle of Rowlett's Station, Kentucky, in December 1861, by building the first American Civil War monument. This was the

, completed in January 1862. It was placed in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky after the Civil War. Following the conclusion of the war, Bloedner returned to Cincinnati, where he worked as a marble and stone cutter until his death from heart disease on November 14, 1872.

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* 1872 deaths German emigrants to the United States Military personnel from Cincinnati People from Saxe-Altenburg Union Army soldiers People of Ohio in the American Civil War 1825 births Burials at Vine Street Hill Cemetery {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub