Max was born in Berlin Germany of Polish parents. He and his brother, John, emigrated to U.S. to avoid conscription in German Army.
Max voluntarilly enlisted into the US Army and was listed as a baker upon his enlistment to Grants Army of the Republic on March 16, 1864 at New York City, New York.
He was transferred to Company I of the 58th Regiment of New York Volunteers Infantry on June 30, 1865 and was honorably mustered out with his company as a private October 1, 1865 at 25 yrs of age.
Max then worked as a coachman for a wealthy New York family and met Catherine Kenneally, a maid or indentured servant of the same family that Max worked for. He married Catherine in Queens, New York in 1869.
Max was a cigar maker (1880) and it is known that he suffered from a stomach ailment for many years. He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 at 48 yrs of age and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois with his son, Joseph, in a single grave.
Max voluntarilly enlisted into the US Army and was listed as a baker upon his enlistment to Grants Army of the Republic on March 16, 1864 at New York City, New York.
He was transferred to Company I of the 58th Regiment of New York Volunteers Infantry on June 30, 1865 and was honorably mustered out with his company as a private October 1, 1865 at 25 yrs of age.
Max then worked as a coachman for a wealthy New York family and met Catherine Kenneally, a maid or indentured servant of the same family that Max worked for. He married Catherine in Queens, New York in 1869.
Max was a cigar maker (1880) and it is known that he suffered from a stomach ailment for many years. He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 at 48 yrs of age and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois with his son, Joseph, in a single grave.
Max was born in Berlin Germany of Polish parents. He and his brother, John, emigrated to U.S. to avoid conscription in German Army.
Max voluntarilly enlisted into the US Army and was listed as a baker upon his enlistment to Grants Army of the Republic on March 16, 1864 at New York City, New York.
He was transferred to Company I of the 58th Regiment of New York Volunteers Infantry on June 30, 1865 and was honorably mustered out with his company as a private October 1, 1865 at 25 yrs of age.
Max then worked as a coachman for a wealthy New York family and met Catherine Kenneally, a maid or indentured servant of the same family that Max worked for. He married Catherine in Queens, New York in 1869.
Max was a cigar maker (1880) and it is known that he suffered from a stomach ailment for many years. He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 at 48 yrs of age and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois with his son, Joseph, in a single grave.
Max voluntarilly enlisted into the US Army and was listed as a baker upon his enlistment to Grants Army of the Republic on March 16, 1864 at New York City, New York.
He was transferred to Company I of the 58th Regiment of New York Volunteers Infantry on June 30, 1865 and was honorably mustered out with his company as a private October 1, 1865 at 25 yrs of age.
Max then worked as a coachman for a wealthy New York family and met Catherine Kenneally, a maid or indentured servant of the same family that Max worked for. He married Catherine in Queens, New York in 1869.
Max was a cigar maker (1880) and it is known that he suffered from a stomach ailment for many years. He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1887 at 48 yrs of age and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois with his son, Joseph, in a single grave.
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