Sebastian Buehler, son of Jacob and Mary Katherine Buehler, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, March 30, 1845. He came to America with his parents in 1855 and they settled in Lake County, Indiana. In 1861, although only sixteen years old, he proffered his service for the support of his adopted country and enlisted in the twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry on September 28, 1861, being mustered in at Indianapolis, Indiana in 1862 as a private under the leadership of Capt. J.A. Sims. He served throughout the entire four years of the Civil War. The exposure to which he was subjected during the struggle left him in such physical condition that he was never in good health again.
My great-great-grandfather. Notice the medal on his chest. After the war, he moved on to Iowa and bought some of the best farmland on the planet for five bucks an acre. :-)