Franz Sigel
German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War.
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Sinsheim
Town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 km south-east of Heidelberg and about 28 km north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 km south-east of Heidelberg and about 28 km north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Sinsheim-born revolutionary Franz Sigel became a famous Union general in the American Civil War.
Battle of Wilson's Creek
The first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
The first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
On August 10, Lyon, in two columns commanded by himself and Col. Franz Sigel, attacked the Confederates on Wilson's Creek about 10 mi southwest of Springfield.
Battle of Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place in the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place in the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Over half of the Union soldiers were German immigrants, grouped into the 1st and 2nd Divisions, which were under the command of Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, a German immigrant who had expected to command the army forces into Arkansas.
Army of Virginia
Organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War.
Organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War.
I Corps, Army of Virginia; commanded by Franz Sigel (this corps had been the Mountain Department under John Frémont; it eventually became the XI Corps, Army of the Potomac)
Valley campaigns of 1864
The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and resulting battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the American Civil War from May to October 1864.
The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and resulting battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the American Civil War from May to October 1864.
Grant devised a coordinated strategy that would strike at the heart of the Confederacy from multiple directions: he would join with Meade and Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler to fight against Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia near Richmond; Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel would invade the Shenandoah Valley and destroy Lee's supply lines; Maj. Gen. Sherman would attack Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee, invade Georgia and capture Atlanta; and finally Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks was assigned to capture Mobile, Alabama, an important port on the Gulf Coast.
German revolutions of 1848–1849
Also called the March Revolution (Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.
Also called the March Revolution (Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.
Other noteworthy military officers serving the provisional government in the city of Kaiserlautern, were Friedrich Strasser, Alexander Schimmelpfennig, Captain Rudolph von Manteuffel, Albert Clement, Herr Zychlinski, Friedrich von Beust, Eugen Oswald, Amand Goegg, Gustav von Struve, Otto Julius Bernhard von Corvin-Wiersbitzki, Joseph Moll, Johann Gottfried Kinkel, Herr Mersy, Karl Emmermann, Franz Sigel, Major Nerlinger, Colonel Kurz, Friedrich Karl Franz Hecker and Hermann von Natzmer.
XI Corps (Union Army)
Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, best remembered for its involvement in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863.
Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, best remembered for its involvement in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863.
Major General Franz Sigel thus assumed command of the corps on June 29.
Oliver Otis Howard
Career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War.
Career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War.
He was promoted to major general in November 1862 and assumed command of the XI Corps the following April, replacing Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel.
Samuel Ryan Curtis
American military officer and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress.
American military officer and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress.
The Army originally consisted of three divisions, the 1st commanded by Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, the 2nd by Brig. Gen. Alexander Asboth, and the 3rd by Col. Jefferson C. Davis.
Forty-Eighters
The Forty-Eighters were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe.
The Forty-Eighters were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe.
Soldiers in the American Civil War: Louis Blenker; Alexander Schimmelpfennig; Carl Schurz; Franz Sigel; Max Weber; August Willich; Peter Joseph Osterhaus; Frederick Salomon; Adolph von Steinwehr; Joseph Weydemeyer; Gustav Struve