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Peter Kappesser
Peter Kappesser was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Peter Kappesser enlisted in the Army from Syracuse, New York on August 31, 1862. He received the Medal of Honor by the Secretary of War for the capture of a Confederate battle flag from Walthall's Mississippi Brigade of the 34th Mississippi Infantry at The Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee on November 24, 1863.
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all of Syracuse. President of the company was John S. Kaufman, secretary William Dopffel and treasurer was Fred Erhard. Peter Kappesser was named superintendent.
During 1890, the officers, who had held their positions since 1886 included; J. F. Kaufman, president; L. House, vice-president; Frederick Erhard, treasurer; William Dopffel, secretary and Peter Kappesser, superintendent. The directors of the companywere John Gebhardt, John Moore, Theodore Hipkins, John Dunn, Henry Weinheimer and G. Schieder.
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