Ehrenberg, Herman, Narrative 1845

Ehrenberg, Herman, 1816-1866

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Herman Ehrenberg was a German immigrant born circa 1816 in Germany, most likely in the village of Steuden, Prussia. He was a writer, surveyor, soldier, mining engineer, cartographer and early pioneer of Arizona. The former town of Mineral City along the Colorado River in Arizona was renamed Ehrenberg after his death in 1866. In 1834, Ehrenberg came to the United States. A year later in1835, at the start of the Texas Revolution, Ehrenberg came to Texas with the first company of the N...

Urrea, José, 1797-1849

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Fannin, James Walker, 1804?-1836

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Texas revolutionary James Walker Fannin, Jr. (1804-1836), was an illegitimate son born to Dr. Isham Fannin (b. 1778) in Morgan County, Georgia. Raised by his maternal grandfather, James W. Walker, on a plantation near Marion, Fannin entered West Point military academy in 1819. His time at West Point proved short-lived, however, and in 1821 he resigned after dueling with a fellow cadet. Fannin returned to Georgia and married Minerva Fort (b. ca. 1811), with whom he had two daughters....

Ehrenberg, Herman

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Prussian-born Herman Ehrenberg was a surveyor, cartographer, writer, and engineer, who survived the Goliad Massacre of 1836. Ehrenberg immigrated to the United States in 1834 and, after joining the New Orleans Greys in October 1835, fought in the Texas Revolution. Ehrenberg fought at the siege of Bexar in December 1835 and the battle of Coleto under James W. Fannin. Fannin and his men surrendered following the battle of Coleto, and a week later the Mexican army executed most of the ...

Texas. Army

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