Neumann FamilyPapers SpanDates: 1850-1955 Bulk Dates: 1856-1886

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Neumann FamilyPapers SpanDates: 1850-1955 Bulk Dates: 1856-1886

Chiefly letters toLouisa (Neumann) Bering, a resident of Houston, Tex., from her brothers andsisters, including letters from her brother, Emil Neumann, describing hisservice in the Confederate Army, stationed at Fort Eagle Grove (Fort Moore) andGalveston, Tex.; together with clippings and photos. Includes material relatingto land in Texas, Bering family, and Little Rock, Ark., during the CivilWar.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Neumann, Emil.

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The collection consists of letters written mainly to Louisa Neumann (later Mrs. Charles H. Bering) in Houston, by her brothers and sisters. Of greatest interest are the 12 letters written by her brother Emil from 1862-64. Emil, a member of the Confederate Army, was stationed at Fort Eagle Grove, Pelican Battery, and Galveston. In a letter to Louisa written from Galveston on January 7, 1863, he described a battle in which he was in charge of cannon "near the brick warehouse" on The Strand. He wit...

Bering family.

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Bering, Louisa Neumann

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