Joseph J. Gutelius

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Husband Joseph J. Gutelius ¹

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           Died: 1 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA

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         Father: Frederick Gutelius (1796-1865) 3
         Mother: Lydia Crotzer (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph J. Gutelius

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In 1862 he enlisted as a private soldier in Company D, 150th P. V. I., the famous "Bucktail Regiment," along with two of his brothers, Samuel and Charles. The company was first detailed to guard duty for President Lincoln at his summer residence at the Soldiers' Home, about three miles north of the city of Washington. Mrs. Lincoln showed her appreciation of the boys by many kind words and distribution of lunch which the boys highly appreciated. The boys displayed great courage and valor on the battle field. On the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, Joseph Gutelius was in command of the color-guard, and during the dreadful struggle for supremacy on that day, one after the other of color-bearers being shot down, the duty devolved upon him to bear aloft the stars and stripes; he, although severely wounded, still clung to the flag of his country. As the Rebels were driving them through the town of Gettysburg he sat down upon a doorstep weary and faint from loss of blood, and was there bayoneted by a Rebel soldier, and the flag taken from his body. Strange to say, this same flag was found in the baggage of Jefferson Davis when he was captured, and was taken to the capitol at Harrisburg.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 887.

2 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Vol. IV (Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1870), Pg 665.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 843, 887.