Luise Weydemeyer and family correspondence, 1849-1869.

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Luise Weydemeyer and family correspondence, 1849-1869.

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Letters from relatives and friends concern personal and business matters and discuss Union army recruitment and training during the Civil War. Letters, 1862-1866, from Elise Sigel, wife of Union general Franz Sigel, describe her husband's military activities and later civilian career, various Federal military campaigns, and operation of the Union army high command.

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Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902

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Sigel was born in Sinsheim, Baden (Germany), and attended the gymnasium in Bruchsal. He graduated from Karlsruhe Military Academy in 1843, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Baden Army. He met the revolutionaries Friedrich Hecker and Gustav von Struve and became associated with the revolutionary movement. He was wounded in a duel in 1847. The same year, he retired from the army to begin law school studies in Heidelberg. After organizing a revolutionary free corps in Mannheim and later i...

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Sigel, Elise.

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United States. Army

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Weydemeyer, Luise.

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Luise Weydemeyer and her family were German immigrants living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the description of Luise Weydemeyer and family correspondence, 1849-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580300 ...