Giesy, Daniel

  General Notes:

Mr. Giesy entered the employ of the government as abstract clerk in the qu
artermaster's department, with which he was connected for about eight mont
hs. He then returned to Lancaster, but in 1864 again accepted a posti
on in the quartermaster's department, where he joined his brother. He h
ad just reached his post when he was captured by the rebels and was he
ld a prisoner for four months and a half, being confined at Cahaba, Alabam
a. At the end of that time he was exchanged and returned home.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Began his own business as a dealer in boots and shoes on Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio, Between 1856 and 1859.

• Occupation: Engaged in the manufacture of vinegar and spent two years in Cincinnati, Ohio as a salesman for Shil, 1859.

• Occupation: Merchandising in connection with Reber & Kutz, Between 1860 and 1870.

• Military Service: Civil War Soldier.

• Church. Members of the Grace Reformed Church

• Reference Number. 13003