Rank: Sergeant
Unit: M Co, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: January 7, 1863 in Washington, D.C.. He was 23. It was his second enlistment.
Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker
Date of birth: 1840
Hometown: Germany
Campaign: Civil War
Died: 11 June 1864
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Trevilian Station, Virginia
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Place of interment: Lost at War
Note: Sergeant Fisher’s death is cited in the book:
Also killed at in the same battle was First Lieutenant Lawless, and Privates Ardle, Corbett, Chapin, Ferris, Gorman, and Leran. Captain T. F. Rodenbough, Lieutenant T. W. Horrigan were wounded along with 34 other Soldiers. Captain Charles McKnight Leoser and another Soldier were missing. A total of 47 causalities in this battle occurred.
Captain Leoser was captured and later released in 1865 after spending time in the infamous Libby Prison.