Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789 - 2015 Series: Committee Papers, 1816 - 1946 File Unit: Committee Papers of the Committee on Military Affairs for the 37th Congress
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Blenker, Louis, 1812-1863
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He was born at Worms, Germany. After being trained as a goldsmith by an uncle in Kreuznach, he was sent to a polytechnical school in Munich. Against his family's wishes, he enlisted in an Uhlan regiment which accompanied Otto to Greece in 1832. Due to his gallantry, he soon became an officer. A revolt in Greece obligated him to leave, with an honorable discharge, in 1837. He studied medicine in Munich and then, at the wish of his parents, opened a wine trading business in Worms. In 1843, he marr...