Born on September 27, 1842, in Columbiana County, Ohio, Ziegler enlisted as a private in Company A, 22nd Missouri Infantry on November 1, 1861, in Macon City, Missouri. Company A was transferred to the 7th Missouri Cavalry and became Company H of that regiment in February 1862. Ziegler reenlisted in January 1864, and was promoted to ...
Samuel Zeigler (Ziegler) enlisted as a private in Company L, 7th Missouri Cavalry, for three years, on February 29, 1864, at Hannibal, Missouri; he was thirty-seven years old when he enlisted. The 7th participated in Frederick Steele’s Camden Expedition and other operations in Arkansas. On December 15, 1864, Zeigler was transferred to Company ...
