Christian Rinehart Saalman (1823 - 1864)

Born 19 Jul 1823 in German Empire

Died 26 Jul 1864 at age 41 in Macon County, Georgia, USA [uncertain]

Biography

Sergeant Christian Saalman served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA

Sergeant Christian Saalman was a POW in Andersonville Prison during The United States Civil War.

Sergeant Christian Saalman Died while a Prisoner of War in Andersonville Prison during The United States Civil War.

Christian was born in 1823. While serving in Company D, 35th Indiana Infantry, Sergeant Christian Saalman was captured at Chickamauga, Georgia on September 19, 1863. He died while imprisoned at Andersonville Prison in Macon County, Georgia. He died on July 29, 1864 of diarrhea. ^[1]

Notes

Burial: Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Civil War Prisons http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=Christian&lname=Saalman&regiment=&database=andersonville

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M4NY-JSP : Tue Oct 11 00:49:26 UTC 2022), Entry for Christophe Salman and Dora T Salman, 1860. Oil Township, Perry, Indiana, United States

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDP-3JQP : 20 February 2021), Christian Saalmann, 1865.

• "United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX6S-39S : 4 December 2014), Christian Saalmann in entry for Dorothea Christiana Ruhling Saalmann, 1861 - 1934; from "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861- ca. 1934," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : 2008); citing military unit 35 Indiana Infantry, company D, application number WC69981, NAID identifier 300020, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47342774/christian-rinehart-saalman: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for Christian Rinehart Saalman (19 Jul 1823–26 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47342774, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Searching for Answers (contributor 46881808).