Keywords: people drawing General Sigel was born at Zinsheim, Bavaria, November 18th, 1824; entered the army of the Grand Duke of Baden, and in 1847 was appointed chief adjunct; emigrated to this country some years later, and in 1861 took command of the Germans in St. Louis who had tendered their services to the Federal Government, being made colonel of the Third Missouri Volunteers. He took part in many important engagements. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) General Sigel was born at Zinsheim, Bavaria, November 18th, 1824; entered the army of the Grand Duke of Baden, and in 1847 was appointed chief adjunct; emigrated to this country some years later, and in 1861 took command of the Germans in St. Louis who had tendered their services to the Federal Government, being made colonel of the Third Missouri Volunteers. He took part in many important engagements. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) |