5th Minnesota Battle FlagJulius Schwarzkopf

Name: Julius Schwarzkopf
Company: D
Birth
  • Date: May 15, 1843
  • Place: Prussia
 Mustered In
  • Date: September 3, 1864
  • Rank: Private
  • Age: 21
  • Residence prior to military service: Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota (1860)
  • Vocation prior to military service: farm laborer (1860)
Death
  • Date: October 7, 1905
  • Place: Carver County, Minnesota
  • Burial: Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Cologne (Benton Township), Carver County, Minnesota
 Mustered Out
  • Date: September 6, 1865
  • Rank: Private
  • Age: 22
  • Residence following military service: Carver County, Minnesota

Julius Schwarzkopf Biography

Julius Schwarzkopf was born to Gottfried and Maria Dorothea Schwarzkopf in Prussia on May 15, 1843. A younger brother, Charles, was also born in Prussia about 1856. By 1860, the family had moved to America and settled in Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota, where they operated a farm.

Julius enlisted in Company D of the 5th Minnesota Regiment on September 3, 1864, as a Private. He served during the final year of the Civil War and was mustered out with the company on September 6, 1865.

Five years later, in June 1870, Julius married Catharine (Katherina) Ehlers. Catharine was born August 2, 1851.

On October 7, 1905, at the age of 62, Julius Schwarzkopf died in Carver County, Minnesota. His wife Katherina died 2 1/2 years later on May 21, 1908, also in Carver County, Minnesota. Julius and Katherina are buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Cologne, Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota.

The following obituaries were published for Julius and Catharine:




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