Timeline
Birth- Jun 1846
Siblings
Theresa Amelia (1836-1855), Christianna (1839-1859), Emma (1845-1923), Paulina/Pauline (1848-1909), and Otto (1853-1890)
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Half-Siblings
Maria Francizke (1821-1874), Mathilda Charlotte (1824-1890), Charlotte (1828-1906), Penrose Frederick (1831-1898), William Jonas (1832-1913), Jno. Daniel (1842-1843), and C.L. Eisenbraun (1838-1839).
Parents' Names
Johann Daniel Eisenbraun (1795- 1874), a Frakturist and tombstone carver who emigrated in 1820 from Württemberg, Germany to the United States, and Margaret (Troxell) Eisenbraun (1812-1879), a native of Egypt in Lehigh County
Of Note
Civil War drummer boy who was the third member of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to die in service.
Residence: From
1846
Place of Residence
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Residence: To
1861
Gender
Male
Physical Description: Height
5' 5"
Physical Description: Hair Color
Black
Physical Description: Eye Color
Black
Occupation
Tobacco Stripper (1861)
Physical Description: Complexion
Dark
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Age: 15 years
Served For
United States of America
Company
B
Branch
Army
State
Pennsylvania
Unit
47th Infantry
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Gold Star
Died in Service
Contracted typhoid fever in late September/early October 1861. Initially treated at the fort hospital, Camp Griffin, Virginia. Transported 22 or 23 October to Union General Hospital, Georgetown, where he died 26 October 1861
Rank
Musician (drummer boy)
Service Start Date
30 Aug 1861
Service End Date
26 Oct 1861
Musc
Enlistment- 20 Aug 1861-Age: 15 years
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Discharge
Musc
Death- 26 Oct 1861-Age: 15 years
Union Hotel, Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia
Typhoid Fever
Circumstances of Death
Contracted typhoid fever in late September/early October 1861. Initially treated at the fort hospital, Camp Griffin, Virginia. Transported 22 or 23 October to Union General Hospital, Georgetown, where he died 26 October 1861.
Burial- Oct 1861-Age: 15 years
U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home Cemetery (Section F, Grave No. 553), Washington, District of Columbia
Find A Grave Memorial No. 34745967
Alfred E. Eisenbraun, U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home Cemetery
Other Facts
Full Name
Alfred Eisenbraun
Also known as
Allen Eisenbrown
Also known as
Alfred Eisenbraum
Also known as
Alfred Eisenbrown
