J. J. Ungerer was appointed a chaplain on November 6, 1861, and accepted the appointment on December 12, 1861. In what was surely a formality, Ungerer was then nominated by Confederate President Jefferson Davis on December 21, 1861, and was confirmed by the Confederate Senate on December 24, 1861. Initially assigned to the 1st Missouri Infantry, he was re-appointed to the 3rd Kentucky Infantry on November 20, 1862.

Ungerer and the 3rd Kentucky Infantry surrendered at the end of the war; he signed his parole of honor on May 16, 1865.

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Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31490