In a message dated 3/17/2007 12:20:00 AM Central Daylight Time,
barbie8674@hotmail.com writes:
Germans took the lead as war opened; six regiments were made up solely of
Germans in Missouri.NOTE: The 31,000 Germans in Missouri who went into blue saved the Western
frontier for the Union; four fifths of the St. Louis Union men were
foreign~born, chiefly German.
My ggUncle landed in Baltimore about 2 months after the war started, took the
train to St. Louis, wagon to Cole Camp, MO and was drafted. Spent a couple
years in the militia. Two of his brother in laws also served, one loosing a leg.
I don't think any spoke English at the time or were citizens. They were
called the Damn Yankee Dutch.
Viele Grüße aus Illinois
John Rodenburg
Rodenburg (Tarmstedt, Amt Rotenburg, Hannover)
Brunkhorst (Stemmen, Amt Rotenburg, Hannover)
Werner (Langen, Hesse-Darmstadt),
Steinke (Kreis Schlochau, Pommern)
Krause (Kreis Schlochau, Pommern)
Schröder (Warsow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin),
Meyer (Eitzendorf, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)
Hinkeldey (Wechold, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)
Zum Mallen (Schierholz, Kreis Hoya, Hannover)
Röhrdanz (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)