The following information was transcribed from Joseph Barth's newspaper obituary:

Joseph Barth, 81, died at his home Sunday evening. He was the last of the Civil War veterans here. Funeral will be held at 1:30 Thursday afternoon from the home and at 2 o'clock from the Evangelical Friedens church.

Barth enlisted at Scott, WI, on Oct. 13, 1864, in Co. G, 12th Wisconsin Vol. Infantry. He mustered out on July 16, 1865.

Sources: Appleton Post Crescent, 30 July 1930, Pg 11
Winnebagoland Genealogical Society - Janet Eiler
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion
1890 Veterans Schedule
1900, 1920, 1930, U.S. Federal Census

Researched by Vince Barker

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