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 >