This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10461/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 10 Apr 1911 NY Times obit Frederick WIEGAND a pioneer of Chautauqua Co NY died at his home in MARKHAMS NY he was 85 Yrs old, He served with the NY 154th in the Civil War and marched with SHERMAN to the sea . Added notes; he lived and died in CATTARAUGUS CO NY Frederick Wiegand , Enlistment Date: 30 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: New York Unit Numbers: 1423 1423 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 30 August 1862 at the age of 36 Enlisted in Company K, 154th Infantry Regiment New York on 25 September 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 15 July 1864 (Estimated day) Promoted to Full Sergeant on 01 May 1865 Mustered out Company K, 154th Infantry Regiment New York on 11 June 1865 in Bladensburg, MD according the the "Hardtack Regiment data, Wiegand, Frederick (K)--December 4, 1825; Saxony, Germany; 1911; ?; Markhams Lutheran Cemetery, Dayton, New York.