tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296287100970811608.post887650735495080786..comments2024-03-06T06:52:36.635-05:00Comments on The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry: A Sad End To A Promising Life: Captain Peter Fisher, Co. D 48th Pennsylvania InfantryJohn David Hoptakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10521690201528852944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296287100970811608.post-84269499600730152252018-03-03T04:03:57.235-05:002018-03-03T04:03:57.235-05:00According to his death record in the Trinity Luthe...According to his death record in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville, PA (available online at Ancestry.com) Johann Peter Fischer was born in Sonnenberg (now part of Wiesbaden) in Herz-Sachsen Meiningen.Tim Grubernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296287100970811608.post-48327236486019644432016-10-30T21:25:12.423-04:002016-10-30T21:25:12.423-04:00Gr-great grandson Dr. Charles Achenbach did an inc...Gr-great grandson Dr. Charles Achenbach did an incredible job of German research conducted through genealogist Christian Hoske Ahnen in Eisenach, Germany. All the German records were then translated with Dr. Esther Bauer, a German historian. Born Johann Peter Fischer, Peter was one of several families who immigrated from 1850-1855 to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The nearly 75 Germans were all neighbors in Germany and remained friends and neighbors in America. They became U.S. citizens and some like Peter Fisher, proudly served in the military during the Civil War. Thank you, Charley, and John David Hoptak for the beautiful story of Peter Fisher. Although we don't know what his reasons were at the end, I would not be surprised if he suffered from PTSD.pages.ca@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975687741440667249noreply@blogger.com