Conrad Grassmeck enlisted as a private in Company D, 15th Missouri Infantry, on August 9, 1861, in St. Louis, Missouri.

The 15th Missouri was organized in St. Louis in August and September 1861, and saw considerable action during the war, including the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville.

Grassmeck was mustered out of service with the 15th Missouri Infantry on December 25, 1865.

Carte-de-Visite by Morse Photographic Gallery, Nashville, Tenn.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 11608