He was 19 years old when he enlisted (4). He was born in Saxon, Germany (4).
He was a case maker (4).
He was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a light complexion, grey eyes, and brown hair (4).
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 14 September 1861 (4) [or 14 September 1862 (1)]. He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Starr (4). He served as a private in company A (1).
He was killed on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia (1, 3, 4). He was then a private (1, 3).
He was reported missing in action on 7 May 1863 (2).
On 22 July 1864, his mother, Augusta Maedel, successfully applied for a pension (5, 6).
In 1870, Augustia Maidel (presumably his mother) was living in ward 1, Washington, DC (7). She was living with Adolphus and Caroline Maidel and others (7).
In 1880, Agusta Madle (presumably his mother) was living at 107 E Street, Washington, DC (8). She was living with her daughter Katie and Katie's family, and with two other children (8).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Rudolph Maidre)
2 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 7 May 1863 (Private Maidle [?])
3 company A register of deaths (Rudolph Madeil [the name is very clear])
4 company A descriptive roll, entry 44 (Rudolph Maidel)
5 pension index, by regiment (Rudolph Maidel)
6 pension index, by name (Rudolph Maedel)
7 1870 US census, Washington, DC, ward 1, microfilm series M593, film 123, page 66 = 132 handwritten (Augustia Maidel)
8 1880 US census, Washington DC, supervisor's district 17, enumeration district 57, microfilm series T9, film 123, pages 286 D-287 A = 36-37 handwritten (Agusta Madle)
[I did not find him in Ancestry's index to the 1890 veterans census (searched October 2005)]
[I did not find an entry for him in the LDS indices to the 1850 or 1860 census (searched November 2009)]
[I did not find an entry for him in RootsWeb WorldConnect (searched November 2009)]
| line | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Dwelling-house number | 982 | ||||||||
| Family number | 24 | ||||||||
| Name | Maidel Adolphus | Caroline | Augustia | Adolph | Minerva [??] | Mabel | [illegible] | Julia | Stewart Mary |
| Age | 65 | 62 | 58 | 41 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 28 |
| Sex | M | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | [illegible] | Keeping house | Servant | ||||||
| Real estate value | 250 | ||||||||
| Personal estate value | 200 | ||||||||
| Birthplace | Baden | " | Bavaria | Baden | " | " | " | " | Virginia |
| Father foreign born | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mother foreign born | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Birth month if born within year | |||||||||
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| Attended school past year | |||||||||
| Can't read | |||||||||
| Can't write | |||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | |||||||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| street name | E St | ||||||||
| house number | 107 | 107 | |||||||
| dwelling visit # | 277 | 277 | |||||||
| family visit # | 333 | 333 | |||||||
| name | Springfield [?] Reinert [?] | Kattie | Marrie [?] | Reinert [??] | Christinaia | Pauline | Madle Agusta | - Simona [?] | - Julia |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | M | F | F | F | F | F |
| age | 42 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 8 [?]/12 | 68 | 36 | 30 |
| month born if born in year | Oct | ||||||||
| relationship | Wife | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Mother in law | Sister in law | Sister in law | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| widowed/divorced | 1 | ||||||||
| married during year | |||||||||
| occupation | Keeping house | At home | School Teacher | Music Teacher | |||||
| months unemployed | 1 | ||||||||
| currently ill? | |||||||||
| blind | |||||||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||||||
| idiotic | |||||||||
| insane | |||||||||
| disabled | |||||||||
| school this year | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| can't read | |||||||||
| can't write | |||||||||
| birthplace | Prussia | Prussia | Dist of Col | Dist of Col | Dist of Col | Dist of Col | Saxony | Prussia | Prussia |
| father's birthplace | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Saxony | Prussia | Prussia |
| mother's birthplace | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Prussia | Saxony | Saxony | Saxony |