Caspar Trepp papers, 1846-1863 (bulk 1861-1863).

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Caspar Trepp papers, 1846-1863 (bulk 1861-1863).

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Correspondence and papers, 1846-1863 (bulk 1861-1863). Most of the material is related to his work as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Sharpshooters Regiment, and includes returns of supplies and ordnance stores, receipts, despatches, muster rolls, reports on target practice, an invoice for recruiting expenses, and other official documents, as well as some personal letters and notes. Several manuscript maps show the regiment's positions in battle. Correspondence includes letters from the Swiss Consul in Washington, mostly in German, and a letter discussing why he believed Hiram Berdan should should be court martialed, as well as some letters in which Trepp tried unsuccessfully to resign from the regiment. There are papers related to Trepp's own court martial, and various other miscellaneous items: Trepp's Swiss passport, dated 1846; a burlesque of a Latin inscription, dated 1856 and commemorating his work building a road with the British Foreign Legion; and printed ephemera, including an envelope with a Confederate poem and engraving.

0.4 linear feet (1 box)

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Trepp, Caspar, 1829-1863

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Swiss-born Caspar Trepp (1829-1863) served in the Foreign Legion before emigrating to the United States. He first appears in the New York City directory as a "carpenter" in 1859 (according to his obituary, he was a professional architect). In 1861, he joined the Union Army, serving first as Captain, and later Lieutenant Colonel, of Company A, 1st US Sharpshooters (also known as Berdan's Sharpshooters). The US Sharpshooters were a celebrated unit of expert marksmem recruited from various state...

Berdan, Hiram, 1823-1893

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Berdan was born in Phelps, a small town in Ontario County, New York. A mechanical engineer in New York City, he had been the top rifle shot in the country for fifteen years prior to the Civil War. He invented a repeating rifle and a patented musket ball before the war. He had also developed the first commercial gold amalgamation machine to separate gold from ore. He invented a reaper and a mechanical bakery. His inventions had brought him wealth and international fame. In the summer and fall ...

United States. Army. Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)

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Great Britain. Army. Foreign Legion.

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