Charles F. Loper, Sr. was the last surviving member of Lodi's Civil War veterans. Charles enlisted 9 November 1861 in Company K, 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, part of the Iron Brigade. Age 16, he had blue eyes, dark hair, and a dark complexion. He was 5' 3" and a farmer.
Mr. Loper was wounded twice in battle, once on 28 August 1862 at Brawner Farm. His compiled military service record does not indicate that he was wounded a second time. He was transferred 15 January 1864 to the Veteran Reserve Corp and mustered out 13 February 1865.
When he was hospitalized after one battle, on a summer evening, President and Mrs. Lincoln visited the hospital and stopped to speak with him for several minutes. It was one of the crowning moments of his life. After the war, he returned to the family farm in Roxbury, Wisconsin.
Charles Loper was born in Mecklenberg, Germany on December 3, 1846 and came to the US at the age of five, settling with his parents on a farm in the town of Roxbury. They traveled to their new home in an ox cart and lived in a soddy.
On December 25, 1870, Charles Loper married Miss Catherine Lombarty Loeffler. They had nine children, seven of who survived Mr. Loper. In 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Loper retired from farming and moved to Lodi where he has since resided. Mrs. Loper died October 1, 1919.
Mr. Loper served for a time as treasurer for the town of Dane. He was a longtime member of the G.A.R. and attended many state and national encampments. He was a delegate in 1913 to the fiftieth national encampment at Gettysburg.
His funeral was held at the Methodist church in Lodi. He was escorted from the church to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by a squad of the American Legion and the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers were Lawson Brereton, Edwin Worthing, Charles Brereton, George Herr, Tony Shuster and Elmer Goddard.
He was survived by three sons: Oren E. of Lodi, Earl W. of Poynette, Walter H. of Lodi; and four daughters: Abbie E. Steele, Portage; Viola Reynolds, Yakima, Washington, Amy Groves, Lodi, and Sylvia Cook, Portage; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mr. Loper was wounded twice in battle, once on 28 August 1862 at Brawner Farm. His compiled military service record does not indicate that he was wounded a second time. He was transferred 15 January 1864 to the Veteran Reserve Corp and mustered out 13 February 1865.
When he was hospitalized after one battle, on a summer evening, President and Mrs. Lincoln visited the hospital and stopped to speak with him for several minutes. It was one of the crowning moments of his life. After the war, he returned to the family farm in Roxbury, Wisconsin.
Charles Loper was born in Mecklenberg, Germany on December 3, 1846 and came to the US at the age of five, settling with his parents on a farm in the town of Roxbury. They traveled to their new home in an ox cart and lived in a soddy.
On December 25, 1870, Charles Loper married Miss Catherine Lombarty Loeffler. They had nine children, seven of who survived Mr. Loper. In 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Loper retired from farming and moved to Lodi where he has since resided. Mrs. Loper died October 1, 1919.
Mr. Loper served for a time as treasurer for the town of Dane. He was a longtime member of the G.A.R. and attended many state and national encampments. He was a delegate in 1913 to the fiftieth national encampment at Gettysburg.
His funeral was held at the Methodist church in Lodi. He was escorted from the church to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by a squad of the American Legion and the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers were Lawson Brereton, Edwin Worthing, Charles Brereton, George Herr, Tony Shuster and Elmer Goddard.
He was survived by three sons: Oren E. of Lodi, Earl W. of Poynette, Walter H. of Lodi; and four daughters: Abbie E. Steele, Portage; Viola Reynolds, Yakima, Washington, Amy Groves, Lodi, and Sylvia Cook, Portage; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Charles F. Loper, Sr. was the last surviving member of Lodi's Civil War veterans. Charles enlisted 9 November 1861 in Company K, 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, part of the Iron Brigade. Age 16, he had blue eyes, dark hair, and a dark complexion. He was 5' 3" and a farmer.
Mr. Loper was wounded twice in battle, once on 28 August 1862 at Brawner Farm. His compiled military service record does not indicate that he was wounded a second time. He was transferred 15 January 1864 to the Veteran Reserve Corp and mustered out 13 February 1865.
When he was hospitalized after one battle, on a summer evening, President and Mrs. Lincoln visited the hospital and stopped to speak with him for several minutes. It was one of the crowning moments of his life. After the war, he returned to the family farm in Roxbury, Wisconsin.
Charles Loper was born in Mecklenberg, Germany on December 3, 1846 and came to the US at the age of five, settling with his parents on a farm in the town of Roxbury. They traveled to their new home in an ox cart and lived in a soddy.
On December 25, 1870, Charles Loper married Miss Catherine Lombarty Loeffler. They had nine children, seven of who survived Mr. Loper. In 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Loper retired from farming and moved to Lodi where he has since resided. Mrs. Loper died October 1, 1919.
Mr. Loper served for a time as treasurer for the town of Dane. He was a longtime member of the G.A.R. and attended many state and national encampments. He was a delegate in 1913 to the fiftieth national encampment at Gettysburg.
His funeral was held at the Methodist church in Lodi. He was escorted from the church to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by a squad of the American Legion and the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers were Lawson Brereton, Edwin Worthing, Charles Brereton, George Herr, Tony Shuster and Elmer Goddard.
He was survived by three sons: Oren E. of Lodi, Earl W. of Poynette, Walter H. of Lodi; and four daughters: Abbie E. Steele, Portage; Viola Reynolds, Yakima, Washington, Amy Groves, Lodi, and Sylvia Cook, Portage; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mr. Loper was wounded twice in battle, once on 28 August 1862 at Brawner Farm. His compiled military service record does not indicate that he was wounded a second time. He was transferred 15 January 1864 to the Veteran Reserve Corp and mustered out 13 February 1865.
When he was hospitalized after one battle, on a summer evening, President and Mrs. Lincoln visited the hospital and stopped to speak with him for several minutes. It was one of the crowning moments of his life. After the war, he returned to the family farm in Roxbury, Wisconsin.
Charles Loper was born in Mecklenberg, Germany on December 3, 1846 and came to the US at the age of five, settling with his parents on a farm in the town of Roxbury. They traveled to their new home in an ox cart and lived in a soddy.
On December 25, 1870, Charles Loper married Miss Catherine Lombarty Loeffler. They had nine children, seven of who survived Mr. Loper. In 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Loper retired from farming and moved to Lodi where he has since resided. Mrs. Loper died October 1, 1919.
Mr. Loper served for a time as treasurer for the town of Dane. He was a longtime member of the G.A.R. and attended many state and national encampments. He was a delegate in 1913 to the fiftieth national encampment at Gettysburg.
His funeral was held at the Methodist church in Lodi. He was escorted from the church to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by a squad of the American Legion and the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers were Lawson Brereton, Edwin Worthing, Charles Brereton, George Herr, Tony Shuster and Elmer Goddard.
He was survived by three sons: Oren E. of Lodi, Earl W. of Poynette, Walter H. of Lodi; and four daughters: Abbie E. Steele, Portage; Viola Reynolds, Yakima, Washington, Amy Groves, Lodi, and Sylvia Cook, Portage; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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