Our Rich History: Cincinnati’s German Battalion
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By Don Heinrich Tolzmann, PhD, Special to NKyTribune. After the Civil War, a German Battalion was formed, consisting of German-American Civil War veterans.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer (1 June 1871), it was organized at Turner Hall in Over-the-Rhine in June 1871. Gustav Tafel (1830–1908) was elected as its commanding officer at the rank of colonel.
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