Interesting to try to find this on google.com. There's some info on the Prussian military at: http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:xLCTQWxXiCoJ:web2.iadfw.net/napoleo n/prussians.htm+11th+hussaren&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 or at least that's the URL that came up after the search. Prussian military history site in German at: http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/ Has an interesting picture of hussaren (that's the German plural of "hussar". I may have found something: http://www.bogenschneider.org/military_records.htm This site has the following, available from the LDS: Von Lyncker, Alexander. Die preussischer Armee, 1807-1867 und ihre sippenkundlichen Quellen. 372 pages. 3-7686-3028-5. Verlag Degener & Co., Nuernberger Str. 27 D-91413 Neustadt/Aisch, Germany. Contains information on all Prussian regiments, their participation in battles, the places of the church records, the garrisons, area of recruitment, etc. It's in German, of course, but looks like it might contain what you want. Here's another source from that page: Deutsches Staatsarchiv, Archivstrasse 12-14, D-14195 Berlin. Write for military records before 1867. Roy Johnson Researching Schnake/Schnacke in Kreis Minden, Westfalen, and worldwide http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Dunn [mailto:pype@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 2:19 PM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] Germans: England -> St. Louis Hi Everyone! Is there anyone out there who knows anything about the Prussian military? My gg-grandfather, Theodore Becker was a member of the 11th Husarens, Reg. #6. I have his military pipe and it says Dusseldorf 1853 which would have made him 24 years of age. I took the pipe to a military show and they said the man on the horse was my grandfather. His uniform was green with orange trim. On the pipe he was after men who were in blue uniforms with the spike helmets. He sold his commission and came to America sometime between 1863 to 1866. He lived in St. Louis until his death from an industrial accident in 1881. He was only 50. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery. Any information is greatly appreciated. Lisa Dunn Washougal, Washington Gateway to the Columbia River Gorge Looking for SAEGER, BECKER, LANGE, EBERLE, KRAMER & others in St. Louis On Sunday, April 18, 2004, at 01:23 AM, Bob Doerr wrote: > Hi > > My great-grandfather was an officer on the losing side in the Battle of > Langensalsa in 1866, when Prussia over-ran Hannover. > > Apparently he had to slip out; I do not know if he evaded draft in the > Prussian military, was drafted and 'went over the hill', or refused a > commission in the Prussian military. > > Anyway, he rode a coaler deadheading to England, took a train across > England > and a ship to New York. (As this was after our Civil War, cheap > passage to > New Orleans had passed.) > > > Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on > mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > (list mode) or > mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > (digest mode) - Contact mailto:GERMANS-STLOUIS-admin@rootsweb.com for > list related problems. For the GERMANS-STLOUIS-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/germans-stlouis. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237