Oscar Franz Flemming ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Oscar was Franz Oscar Flemming.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: MR5R-XW2.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Notes. FRANZ OSCAR FLEMMING's burial record appears at Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading and states he was Franz Oscar Flemming born in Saxony, Germany d. 25 Feb 1869 age 29 yrs 4 mos 7 days. His marriage to Amelia Biecher (aka Beicher) on 26 Oct 1862 is recorded in the register of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon: 26 Oct 1862 (FamilySearch.org: Film 933974). Children were born in the 1860s but the 1900 census reports Amelia had birthed 5 children but only 1 was alive then. Oscar was a musician who performed in the Perseverance Band.

2. Military on 3 Oct 1861 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA: 93rd Regiment Band: John Stanley, 29, leader. Oscar F. Fleming, 22, to serve 3 years or during the war. ⁶

3. Military on 3 Oct 1861 in , , PA: Musician in the 93rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. 93rd Regiment Infantry Band
Fleming, Oscar F. Musician
Mustered in: October 3, 1861
Discharged by General Order, March 18, 1862

From the book: Red: White: and Blue Badge, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers: A History of the 93rd Regiment, Known as the "Lebanon Infantry" and "One of the 300 Fighting Regiments" from September 12th, 1861, to June 27th, 1865

PERSKVERANOE BAND. This musical organization named in honor
of the Perseverance Fire Company, of Lebanon, and whose mem-
bers were members also of that company, was attached to the
regiment at Camp Coleman, October 3, 1861, with John Stanley as
leader. They were mustered into service and furnished music as the
regimental band.

They performed the daily duties of such a military organization while
the regiment was encamped at Camp Coleman, and when it moved toward
Washington its members headed the regiment with inspiring music.
Nothing unusual occurred in its regular duties until November 26, 1861,
when Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, visited the regiment in
"Camp Brown,'' at Kendall Green, Washington, when it tendered him
a serenade.

The band was composed of a jolly set of fellows and among their number
was a "happy family," consisting of "Jack" Rise, Oscar Fleming, Henry
Shirk, Joseph Frame, W. P. Carmany, Joseph A. Bowman and "Zack"
Reidel. They were exceedingly partial to good living and on festive oc-
casions managed to have an extra bill of fare, and it became necessary
to "detail into service" some such luxury as a "porker," which they did on
Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, 1861, while in Camp Brown.

On December 4, 1861, while Messrs. John W. Mish, A. S. Ely, Adolphus
Reinoehl and Benjamin Zellers were in Camp Mary, at Fort Good Hope,
Md., the band visited Col. McCarter's headquarters and tendered them a
serenade as old Lebanonians.

The Band accompanied the right wing of the regiment to the United States
Arsenal at the Navy Yard, in Washington, on December 9, 1861, where
arms were first issued to the regiment, and repeated the service for the same
march of the left wing of the regiment next day.

Oscar married Amelia Beicher, daughter of William Beicher Sr. and Susanna Meily, on 26 Oct 1862 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA.^{1 2} (Amelia Beicher was born on 29 Mar 1843 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA,^{7 8 9 10 11 12} died on 9 Mar 1921 in Reading, Berks, PA ^{11 12 13} and was buried on 12 Mar 1921 in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA ^{11 12}.)