FYI :{) >Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:54:17 -0500 >From: Hans <hans01@airmail.net> >Subject: [GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L] Germans in the Mexican War, 1846-48 >To: GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com > >I am looking for descendants of any people regarding the following. >If you live in CO, NM, AZ, CA, OR, WA, UT, NV, NE, KS, MO, IL - >elsewhere, of course, >please check your files, there must be hundreds and hundreds of >descendants out there in cyberland: > >In 1846, Col. Stephen Watts Kearny was commissioned to invade and annex >the Mexican territory of what now comprises the states of New Mexico, >Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado. His >army became known as the Army of the West. >Part of the army, fewer than 1600 men, was a battalion consisting >entirely of first and second generation Germans, under the command of >Captain Fischer, all of them from the St. Louis, Southern Illinois and >Missouri area. Many of them did not speak English, so the official >language of that battalion was German. >If you find a connection, the U.S. Army records will probably contain a >lot of information for you! > >I am looking for any and all information regarding this battalion, with >regards to what became of them, whether there might be pictures, >diaries, letters etc which might have survived the ravages of the last >150 years. If there is sufficient information, we might translate and >publish some of it, provided you grant permission. >Since we know the descendants of Genl. Kearny, and if the same >genealogical mathematics hold true, some of you reading this should be >the (great-)great-grandchild of a member of the famous German Battalion. > >Also, check whether g-grampa or his widow/children filed to get bounty >land, 160 acres of free land for every participant. > >Interested? Write! > >Here is something to put a smile on your face: > >=91December 25. (1846) - As to day is Christmas, we endeavored to make ou= >r >time pass as pleasantly as possible. During the day Captain Fischer=92s >company of Germans paraded in the plaza; they were in excellent >discipline and excellent order, and have worthily been >dignified by the soubriquet of the "star company." They are regarded >with pride by all Americans and with awe by the Mexicans.=92 (Abert, in >Emory:512) >Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, p. [417]-548. In: Emory, Lt. William >Hemley, 1811-1887, United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. >Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, >to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, >and Gila rivers. By W. H. Emory. Made in 1846-7, with the advanced guard >of the "Army of the "West" ... Washington, Wendell and Van Benthuysen, >1848. F786.U571 >U.S. 30th Cong., 1st sess. [House] Ex. doc. no. 41 >Ex. doc. 7, 30th Cong., 1st sess. (reprinted, Albuquerque, U of NM P, >1951.) F864 U62 > >hans. > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com