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Germain Dettweiler (Louisville, Kentucky, porter and soldier)

b. 1825? d. 1878-09-11

Louisville, Kentucky, porter and soldier. Native of Baden, Germany. Married to F. Dettweiler. Father of E. H. Dettweiler. Porter in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1861. Grocer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1863. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 9, 1861, to December 26, 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 207A.

Louisville, Kentucky, City Directory, 1861, [database on-line] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011, p. 48 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 57 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0203.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7007126, Louisville, Books 1-4, p. 813 of 923 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Dettweiler, Germain. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213176 (November 12, 2026).

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