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on, N. Y., Union meeting at, 33 Bininger, A. M., D. 39 Binney, Horace, Doc. 178 Birdseye, J. C., of California, D. 38 Black Republic, South Carolina to be a, P. 10 Black, —, Gov. of Nebraska, D. 52 Blair, M., Postmaster--general, stops the mails between St. Louis and Memphis, D. 70 notice of, D. 76; suspends all mail service in the seceded States, D. 82 Blair, F. P., Doc. 363; D. 102 Blankman, Edmond, speech at Union meeting, N. Y., Doc. 118 Blenker, Louis, Colonel, Doc. 296 Bliss, L. W., acting Governor of Jefferson Territory; his proclamation of May 21, D. 90; Doc. 325 Blockade, the Federal, proclaimed, D. 32, 46, 48, 62, 73, 82; Southern opinion of the, D. 75; debate on the, in the English House of Commons, D. 83 Blunt, Ellen Key, P. 31 Blunt, George W., D. 32 Boernstein, Henry, Col. 2d Regt. Missouri Volunteers, proclamation of, June 17, D. 107; Doc. 411 Boggs, Rev. Mr., of Bedford, N. Y., D. 46 Bonh
troops was halted on its way to Manassas and sent back to Winchester. Mr. Lincoln transferred Blenker's division, nine thousand strong, to Fremont. These things were done at once, but they were byat every move, finally withdrew from the Valley. The German Division sent against Jackson Blenker's division, composed of three brigades of German volunteers, was detached from the Army of the les from his own stores. When the combined forces met Jackson and Ewell at Cross Keys, five of Blenker's regiments were sent forward to the first attack. In the picture Brigadier-General Louis BlenBrigadier-General Louis Blenker is standing, with his hand on his belt, before the door. At his left is Prince Felix Salm-Salm, a Prussian military officer, who joined the Federal army as a colonel of volunteers. At the rightlix Salm-Salm, a Prussian military officer, who joined the Federal army as a colonel of volunteers. At the right of Blenker is General Stahel, who led the advance of the Federal left at Cross Keys.
if not general starvation. The sixty-mile haul over the rough mountain-roads from Bridgeport to Chattanooga was no longer whitened with the bones of the suffering draft animals who were being killed by thousands in the desperate effort to bring food to the army. In the photograph opposite the other end of the line-Bridgeport, Alabamais shown as it appeared April 2, 1863. Prince Felix Salm-Salm, a German soldier of fortune, was the Commander of this post. He served on the staff of General Louis Blenker and later was commissioned Colonel of the Eighth New York Volunteers, a German regiment. His final rank was Brigadier-General. Army boats on the Tennessee--1864 Army boats on the Tennessee--1864 railroad, including the bean-pole and corn-stalk bridge, had been again destroyed, this time by Federal troops. General Haupt had protested against it, but without avail. On October 26th, after the memorable battle of Antietam, McClellan requested that the Aquia Creek and Frederi
exchanged. The brigade joined the Third Corps, Army of Virginia, in which Reynolds commanded a division. Again with the Army of the Potomac, Reynolds was given the First Corps on September 29, 1862, and later was made major-general of volunteers. On the first day of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, he was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter. Reynolds' loss was most keenly felt in the Federal army. Second Army Corps Created by the general order of March 3, 1862, chiefly from Sumner's and Blenker's divisions of the Army of the Potomac as constituted in October, 1861. Major-General Sumner was its first commander, and his successors were Major-Generals D. N. Couch, John Sedgwick, O. O. Howard, W. S. Hancock, G. K. Warren, D. B. Birney, A. A. Humphreys, Brevet Major-Generals Gershom Mott, N. A. Miles, and F. C. Barlow, and Brigadier-Generals John Gibbon, William Hays, and J. C. Caldwell. The Second Corps was with the Army of the Potomac all through the war and took part in all its gre
. K., Mar. 13, 1865. Williams, Rbt., Mar. 13, 1865. Wilson, Thos., Mar. 13, 1865. Wood, Rbt. C., Mar. 13, 1865. Woodruff, I. C., Mar. 13, 1865. Wright, George, Dec. 10, 1864. Wright, Jas. J. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Brigadier-generals, U. S. Volunteers, (full rank) Ammen, Jacob, July 16, 1862. Baker, Edw. D., May 17. 1861. Baker, L. C., April 26, 1865. Bayard, Geo. D., April 28, 1862. Beatty, John, Nov. 29, 1862. Biddle, Chas. J., Aug. 31, 1861. Bidwell, D. D., Aug. 11, 1864. Blenker, Louis, Aug. 9, 1861. Bohlen, Henry, April 28, 1862. Boyle, J. T., Nov. 4, 1861. Bragg, Edw. S., June 25, 1864. Bramlette, T. E., April 24, 1863. Briggs, Henry S., July 17, 1862. Brown, Egbert B., Nov. 29, 1862. Buckingham, C. P., July 16, 1862. Burbridge, S. G., June 9, 1862. Burnham, H., April 27, 1864. Bustee, Rich., Aug. 7, 1862. Campbell, C. T., Nov. 29 1862. Campbell, W. B., June 30, 1862. Catterson, R. F., May 31, 1865. Chambers, Alex., Aug. 11, 1863. Champlin, S. G., No
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blenker, Louis, 1812-1863 (search)
Blenker, Louis, 1812-1863 Military officer; born in Worms, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, July 31, 1812; was one of the Bavarian Legion. raised to accompany King Otho to Greece. In 1848-49, he became a leader of the revolutionists, and finally fled to Switzerland. Ordered to leave that country ( September, 1849). he came to the United States. At the beginning of the Civil War he raised a regiment, and, early in July, 1861, was put at the head of a brigade, chiefly of Germans. In the Army of the Potomac he commanded a division for a while, which was sent to western Virginia, and participated in the battle of cross Keys (q. v.). He died in Rockland county, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1863.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steinwehr, Adolph Wilhelm Friedrich 1822-1877 (search)
s father and grandfather were in the Prussian military service, and he was educated at the military academy of Brunswick. He came to the United States in 1847, and offered his services to the government in the war against Mexico. He failed to get a commission in the army, and returned to Germany. Coming again to the United States in 1854, he settled on a farm in Connecticut; and when the Civil War broke out he raised a regiment in New York, and with it fought in the battle of Bull Run. In the fall of 1861 he was made brigadier-general, and commanded the 2d Brigade of Blenker's division. After the organization of the Army of Virginia Steinwehr was appointed to command the 2d Division of Sigel's corps, and was active in the campaign in Virginia from August to December, 1862. He was in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863. General Steinwehr published A topographical map of the United States, and The Centennial Gazetteer. He died in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1877.
Doc. 203.-Twentieth Regiment N. Y. S. V. The officers of the Twentieth are as follows:--Colonel, Louis Blenker; Lieutenant-Colonel, Julius Stahel; Major, Andrew Lutz; Quartermaster, D. Shultze; Adjutant, Drschack. Company A, Captain, Hammerstein; First Lieutenant, Matzann; Second Lieutenant, G. Struve. Company B, Captain, Bocorni; First Lieutenant, Mengersen; Second Lieutenant, Henkel. Company C, Captain, Stumpf; First Lieutenant, Herzberg; Second Lieutenant, Claus. Company D, Captain, equipped, and will probably be sent off on Saturday. The officers all equipped themselves at their own individual expense. Company K is the artillery corps, and its captain (Wutschell) has had considerable experience in the Austrian army. Col. Blenker has had a thorough military education, and has served in Greece, seeing there a great deal of active service, He also fought with distinction throughout the German Revolution of 1848. Lieutenant-Colonel Stahel is a Hungarian, and was in the Au
George D. Bayard Brigadier General  Cavalry Brigade, Blenker's Division, Mountain Department Brigadier GeneralApr. 4, 1862, to June 26, 1862. Bayard's cavalry Brigade, Department of the Rappahannock Brigadier GeneralJune 26, 1862, to Sept. 12, 1862. Bayard's cavalry Brigade, Third Army Corps, Army of Virginia Brigadier GeneralSept., 1862, to Dec. 13, 1862.Mortally WoundedBayard's cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potom
Louis Blenker Brigadier General  Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, Department of the Potomac Brigadier General  Blenker's Division, Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac BrigadiBlenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, Department of the Potomac Brigadier General  Blenker's Division, Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralApr. 1, 1862, to June 26, 1862. Blenker's Division, Mountain Department Brigadier GeneralDec., 1861, to March, 1862. Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralOct. 3, 1861,Blenker's Division, Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralApr. 1, 1862, to June 26, 1862. Blenker's Division, Mountain Department Brigadier GeneralDec., 1861, to March, 1862. Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralOct. 3, 1861, to Dec., 1861. 3d Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac Col. 8th New York Infantry  1st Brigade, 5th Division, Department of Northeastern Virginia Blenker's Division, Mountain Department Brigadier GeneralDec., 1861, to March, 1862. Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralOct. 3, 1861, to Dec., 1861. 3d Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac Col. 8th New York Infantry  1st Brigade, 5th Division, Department of Northeastern Virginia Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralOct. 3, 1861, to Dec., 1861. 3d Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac Col. 8th New York Infantry  1st Brigade, 5th Division, Department of Nor