DANIEL OPPENHEIMER
Daniel Oppenheimer was born in Bavaria, Germany, November 22, 1836 and died in San Antonio, December, 7th, 1915. He came to the United States in 1853 and worked for an uncle in Rusk, Cherokee county, for several years. In 1858 he formed a partnership with his brother, Anton Oppenheimer, under the firm name of D. & A. Oppenheimer, the well known banking house of San Antonio which exists today. Both brothers joined the Confederate Army and served throughout the Civil War, Dan Oppenheimer having been promoted to a Captaincy. The firm was the owner of several ranches and many cattle, their holdings being the well known Oppenheimer Ranch in Atascosa county amounting to 100,000 acres, which was sold a few years ago to C. F. Simmons. The firm was interested at one time in one of the best known herds of high-bred Angora goats, held on their ranch, known as the Fink Ranch, in Bexar county. This ranch was sold to the U. S. Government which established Camp Stanley on this property. Dan Oppenheimer was well and favorably known throughout Texas. His many good deeds will be long in the memory of those who knew him.
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Confederate Soldier (First Lieutenant) 10th Regiment, Texas Cavalry
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Name: Daniel Oppenheimer
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Event: Military Service
Rank In: Private
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Rank Out: First Lieutenant
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Side: Confederate
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State (or Origin): Texas
Military Unit: 10th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Locke's)
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Company: I
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NARA Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Texas.
NARA Publication Number: M227
NARA Roll Number: 27
Film Number: 880040
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Name: Daniel Oppenheimer
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Rusk, TX
State Served: Texas
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, Texas 10th Cavalry Regiment.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 15 May 1862.
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1836
Death Date: 7 Dec 1915
Death Place: San Antonio, TX
Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Confederate Veteran Magazine
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BATTLE RECORD
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Regiment: 10th Cavalry Regiment Texas
Muster Date: 4 May 1865
Regiment State: Texas
Regiment Type: Cavalry
Regiment Number: 10th
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Stone's River after battle report:
Report of Col. M. F. Locke, C. S. Army, Tenth Texas Cavalry (dismounted).
CAMP NEAR SHELBYVILLE, TENN., January 10, 1863.
DEAR GEN.: In compliance with your order (No.--) of the 9th
instant, I have the honor to submit the following report, showing the
operations of the Tenth Regt. Texas Cavalry in the late battles in
front of Murfreesborough:
On Tuesday evening, January [December] 30, [1862], while our battery
and that of the enemy were firing directly across the right wing of my
regiment, a ball from a rifle cannon of the enemy struck the cedar-rail
barricade in front of the command, and timber from the fence bruised
four of the privates and slightly wounded Lieut. J. B. Griffin, of Company
C, who was severely [wounded] the following day. Seeing that the
situation of the Tenth Regt. was more exposed than that of any other
in the brigade on the evening, owing to the facts that a gap of several
hundred yards intervened between the right wing (this regiment being on
the right of the brigade) and the next command, to wit, Gen. Smith's
brigade, on our right, and that powerful efforts were being made by the
enemy on that evening to gain a direct range of the line of the Texas
Brigade with their artillery, and later in the day the enemy
having shifted their position and placed their battery directly in front of
this regiment, it was apparent that the fence which had obstructed the
sight of the enemy would serve as an auxiliary in the enemy's hands if
our position was discovered. Knowing this, although the weather was
very inclement and disagreeable, I did not allow any fire, and the
blankets having been left at camp, the men suffered very much; and but
for the fact that they had been lying on their arms without sleep for two
nights previous, sleep would have been impossible.
Having been kept in a silent still position for two days and nights during
disagreeable weather, on the morning of December 31, 1862, when
orders came that the command would move forward, it was difficult to
restrain the expression of joy and outburst of feeling manifested by the
men at an opportunity being presented upon an open field (such as lay
before us) of relieving ourselves from this unhappy condition, and of
deciding the fate of the Confederacy to the extent that a little regiment
was able to go. It will remembered that, in the first charge made on the
morning of the 31st, my orders require that I should keep close on
Gen. McNair's brigade, who had just moved into the gap alluded to
on the right of my regiment, and that in doing so it threw the center of
the Tenth Regt. directly in front of the enemy's battery, consisting
of six pieces of superior quality, which opened upon our lines
immediately after leaving the cedar-fence barricade; and as there was no
obstruction between this command and the enemy's lines in that
direction, it must be that the houses, shade trees, and fencing on the left
and the cedar timber and fencing on the right sheltered to some extent
the brave troops on each side of us, causing the disparity in the number
killed and wounded in the different regiments of the division and
brigade. For some 400 yards before we drove the enemy from their
position immediately in rear of the first battery and captured the same,
my regiment marched in full view of the infantry and artillery, and
before the sun rose we numbered of killed and wounded some 80 men.
At this point I will mention an incident in this bloody conflict: The
enemy's lines heaving been formed immediately in our front, their
standard-bearer, directly in front of mine, was waving his flag, casting
it forward, and, by various motions, urging the Abolition column
forward, when Sergt. A. Sims, flag-bearer of this regiment, discovered
him and pressed forward with incredible speed directly toward the
enemy's banner, and, on reaching within a pace or less of his adversary,
he planted the Confederate flag firmly upon the ground with one hand
and with a manly grasp reached the other after the flag-staff held by his
enemy; but the other gave back, and in that movement they both fell in
the agonies of death, waving their banners above their heads until their
last expiring moments. My flag-bearer having fallen, and there being but
one of my old color-guard left, Sergt. James T. McGee was only spared
to advance a few paces toward his banner, when another of our noblest
and bravest men fell to rise no more until aroused by the Trump of God
to come to judgment. At this moment Private Manning, of Company H,
gathered the flag-staff and rushed to the front with a spirit and nerve
sufficient for any calling, and bore the same aloft throughout the day.
Two stand of colors are known to have been taken by this regiment,
and, it is believed, three; but as all were sent to the rear by the
wounded and the infirmary corps; I have not had opportunity to look
them up.
Of Maj. (Acting Lieut.-Col.) Craig and senior Capt. (Acting
Maj.) Redwine and Adjutant [J. J.] Jarvis, I will say that they all of
them proved themselves fully equal to the emergency on that occasion;
and, in my opinion, the display of valor and unflinching bravery
in the conflict on December 31, 1862, has not been surpassed upon this
continent.
The loss sustained by this command will foot up as follows, to wit: The
number of comm[issioned officers] engaged was 20, and of that number
11 were killed, wounded, or left in the enemy's lines. The total number
in battle was about 350 men. Of that number 117 were either left in the
enemy's lines, killed, or wounded.
As stated, we captured, it is confidently believed, three stand of the
enemy's colors and at least six pieces of brass cannon.*
In conclusion, I wish not by the mention of names to make distinction
between men where all acted so nobly, but it is with peculiar pride I
state the fact that all of my men knew their rights and dared to defend
them, reckless of hazard or consequence.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
M. F. LOCKE,
Col., Cmdg. Tenth Regt. Texas Cavalry.
Brig. Gen. M. D. ECTOR,
Comdg. First Brigade, McCown's Division, Army of Tennessee.
Source: Official Records
CHAP. XXXII.] THE STONE'S RIVER CAMPAIGN. PAGE 931-29
[Series I. Vol. 20. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 29.]
Battles Fought
Fought on 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN.
Fought on 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 8 Apr 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL.
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19 Sep 1863 Battle at Chckamauga, Georgia
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CHICKAMAUGA, GA.
SEPTEMBER 19-20, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19-20, 1863. Army of the Cumber-
land. At the battle of Chickamauga the Union forces, commanded
by Maj.-Gen. William S. Rosecrans, were organized as follows:
the 14th corps, Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas, was made up of the
four divisions of Baird, Negley, Brannan and Reynolds; the 20th
corps, Maj.-Gen. Alexander D. McCook, consisted of the three
divisions of Davis, Johnson and Sheridan ; the 21st corps Maj.-
Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden, included the divisions of Wood,
Palmer and Van Cleve; the reserve corps, Maj.-Gen. Gordon
Granger, was made up of the divisions of Steedman and Daniel
McCook; the cavalry corps, Brig.-Gen. Robert B. Mitchell,
embraced the divisions of Col. Edward M. McCook and Brig.-Gen.
George Crook. The effective strength of the entire Army of the
Cumberland was slightly less than 60,000 men of all arms.
The Confederate army, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg, was
divided into the right and left wings. The right, commanded by
Lieut.-Gen. Leonidas Polk, was composed of Cheatham's division
of Polk's corps; Lieut.-Gen. D. H. Hill's corps, consisting of
Cleburne's and Breckenridge's divisions; the reserve corps,
Maj.-Gen. W. H. T. Walker, including the divisions of Walker
and Liddell. The left, commanded by Lieut.-Gen. James Long-
street, embraced Hindman's division of Polk's corps; Long-
street's corps, commanded by Maj.-Gen. John B. Hood, and con-
sisting of the divisions of Hood and McLaws; Buckner's corps,
Maj.Gen. Simon B. Buckner, including the divisions of Stewart,
Preston and Bushrod Johnson; Wheeler's cavalry, including the
divisions of Wharton and Martin; and Forrest's cavalry, con-
sisting of the divisions of Armstrong and Pegram. The total
strength of the army was not far from 72,000 men.
For several days prior to the engagement both armies had
been maneuvering for position. Several attempts had been made
by Bragg to cut off and destroy detachments of the Union army,
but they had failed, either because of the tardiness of his
officers in executing his orders, or because the movements were
discovered by the Federal commanders in time to thwart the
designs. On the 17th McCook's corps was in McLemore's cove,
between Stevens, and Dug gaps, with the remainder of the army
in easy supporting distance. For the first time since the
crossing of the Tennessee river the Federal forces were in
position where they could be quickly concentrated. And it was
well that such was the case, for Bragg, having failed to strike
the army in detail, was contemplating a movement in force
against Rosecrans. The 17th was occupied by him in getting his
troops in position along the east bank of the Chickamauga.
Wheeler, with his two divisions of cavalry, was to make a feint
against the troops at McLemore's cove, while Forrest was to
cover the right and front to prevent the Federals from gaining
knowledge of Bragg's intentions and preparations. Bushrod
Johnson's brigade came up from Ringgold and was assigned to a
position at Reed's bridge, on the extreme right of the line.
Walker's corps, about 6,000 strong, took position at Alexan-
der's bridge on Johnson's left. Next in order came Buckner's
corps, which was stationed near Tedford's ford. Then came
Polk's corps, drawn up opposite Lee & Gordon's mills, with Hill
on the extreme left. Late in the day two brigades came up from
Mississippi and were united with Johnson's, thus forming a
division of three brigades at Reed's bridge. That evening
Bragg issued his orders for the whole line to move at 6 o'clock
the next morning, cross the Chickamauga, and advance on the
Federal position. His plan was for Johnson to cross at Reed's
bridge, strike the Union left and force it back toward Lee &
Gordon's mills, the other portions of the line to cross in
succession and continue the assault from right to left,
constantly pressing the Federals on the left and rear.
The plan was well conceived, but, as frequently happens in
war, a series of unforeseen occurrences prevented its success-
ful execution. When Johnson began his forward movement on the
morning of the 18th he was so delayed by the stubborn resis-
tance of Minty's and Wilder's cavalry that it was 3 P.M. be-
fore he gained possession of the bridge. In the meantime ,Hood
had arrived on the field and was assigned to command the divi-
sion, which was further strengthened by the addition of three
brigades belonging to Longstreet's corps. As soon as the
bridge was gained Hood rushed his troops across and swept
southward to the point where Walker was to cross and resume the
assault. The Federal cavalry had been engaged throughout the
forenoon in making an extended reconnaissance along the entire
front and had developed the enemy's position. Finding Walker
about to cross at Alexander's bridge, Wilder massed his brigade
of mounted infantry at that point and, after a sharp skirmish,
succeeded in destroying the bridge. This compelled Walker to
cross at Byram's ford several hours behind schedule time. It
was 5 P.M. before Hood had reached a position where he could
menace Wilder's flank, and the latter retired toward Gordon's
mills. Night fell with only about one-tenth of Bragg's army
across the Chickamauga and again his plans had failed.
The fighting at the two bridges, in connection with the
reconnaissance, had so far indicated the Confederate plan of
operations as to cause a radical change in the position of the
Union troops. At 4 P.M. Thomas concentrated his corps at
Crawfish Spring, where he received orders to move northward to
the Chattanooga and Lafayette road and take up a position at or
near Kelly's farm. He arrived there about daylight on the 19th
and stationed his command to cover the roads leading to Reed's
and Alexander's bridges. The morning of the 19th, therefore,
found the Union army with its right resting at Crawfish Spring,
where the left had been on the preceding day while the left was
several miles north, prepared to contest the possession of the
road, which Bragg had hoped to occupy without apposition, thus
giving him an easy line of march to the Federal rear. The bat-
tle was opened on the 19th, by Thomas. Col. Daniel McCook,
whose brigade had been stationed during the night on the road
leading to Reed's bridge, reported the destruction of the
bridge about 4 A.M., and that the only force of the enemy he
could discover on the west side of the stream was one brigade,
which might be cut off. Thomas ordered Brannan to send forward
two brigades for this purpose, and to support Baird with the
rest of his division., About 10 A.M. Croxton's brigade became
engaged with Forrest's cavalry, gradually forcing him back for
about half a mile upon two brigades of infantry - Wilson's and
Ector's - who raised the "rebel yell" and in turn forced Crox-
ton to retire until Baird came to his support, when the Confed-
erates were again driven for some distance, a number of prison-
ers being taken. This action of Croxton's brought on the
battle of Chickamauga before the Confederate troops were in the
positions assigned them. It also gave Bragg the first know-
ledge of the fact that his right was overlapped by the Union
left, and that his flank was in danger of being turned by Tho-
mas. Hurriedly changing his plans he halted Walker who was
marching toward Lee & Gordon's mills, and ordered him to make
all possible speed to the relief of the right wing. Croxton's
men had almost exhausted their ammunition and were moved to the
rear to renew the supply. Baird's. and Brannan's divisions
were then united and after some severe fighting drove Walker
from their front. Baird had halted to readjust his line, when
he was struck on the flank by Liddell's division, and two bri-
gades - Scribner's and King's - were thrown into disorder and
their batteries captured by the enemy. Just at this juncture
R. W. Johnson's and Reynolds' divisions arrived and were imme-
diately formed on the right of Baird. As soon as they were in
position the line advanced, attacking Liddell on the flank and
rear, driving him back for a mile and a half, while Brannan's
men met him in front and recaptured the guns taken from Baird's
brigades, the recapture being effected by the 9th Ohio at the
point of the bayonet. Cheatham's division was then rushed to
the support of Liddell, but Thomas had also been strongly rein-
forced and the Confederates were driven back upon their
reserves, now posted along the west bank of the Chickamauga
between Reed's and Alexander's bridges. This was followed by a
lull of about an hour in which Brannan and Baird were posted in
a position on the road leading from Reed's bridge to the
Lafayette road north of Kelly's and ordered to hold it to the
last extremity. About 3 P.M. a furious assault was made on
Reynolds' right and Brannan's division was sent to his
assistance, Croxton's brigade arriving just in time to check
the enemy in an effort to turn Reynolds' flank and gain his
rear. Again Thomas reformed his line and about 5 o'clock the
enemy assaulted first Johnson and then Baird, but both attacks
were repulsed with considerable loss to the assailants. This
ended the fighting for the day.
On the evening of the 19th, Rosecrans met his corps com-
manders in council at the house of Mrs. Glenn, and the plans
for the next day's battle were arranged. Thomas was to main-
tain his present position holding the road to Rossville, with
Brannan's division in reserve. Davis, division of the 20th
corps was to close on Thomas' right, and Sheridan's division
was to form the extreme right of the line. Crittenden was to
have two divisions in reserve near the junction of Thomas' and
McCook's lines, ready to reinforce either as circumstances
might require. Davis and Sheridan were to maintain their pick-
ets until they were driven in by the enemy. The reserve corps,
under Granger, and the cavalry were to keep open the line of
communications to Chattanooga. The Confederate line was also
somewhat rearranged. Beginning at the right it was made up of
the divisions of Breckenridge, Cleburne, Cheatham and Walker,
the last two being in reserve. The left wing began with
Stewart's division, which touched Cleburne' left, followed in
order by Johnson and Hindman. Hood was in reserve behind John-
son, Preston was in reserve on the extreme left, and Humphrey
and Kershaw, who had come up during the night, were also held
in reserve. Longstreet arrived about 11 P.M. on the 19th and
assumed command of the left wing.
Although Bragg had failed to accomplish his ends on the
18th and 19th, he still adhered to his original plan of
successive attacks from right to left, in an effort to force
the Union army up the valley. Orders were accordingly issued
for Breckenridge's division to attack at dawn on the 20th his
assault to be followed rapidly by the other divisions through-
out the entire length of the line, but constantly forcing back
the Federal left until the road to Chattanooga was in posses-
sion of the Confederates. Before daylight Bragg was in the
saddle near the center of his line anxiously waiting for the
sound of Breckenridge's guns. The morning dawned red and sul-
try, with a dense fog hanging over the battle-field. During
the night the Union troops had thrown up temporary breastworks
of rails, logs, etc., behind which a line of determined men
awaited the onset. Eight o'clock came and still no attack.
Bragg then rode to the right and found the troops unprepared
for an advance. All the energy possible was exerted to begin
the action, but it was 9:30 before Breckenridge moved. Cle-
burne followed fifteen minutes later and the fight was on.
At 2 A.M. Thomas had received word from Baird that his
left did not rest on the road to Reed's bridge, as it was
intended to do, and that to reach the road he would have to
weaken his line. Thomas immediately sent a request to head-
quarters for Negley's division to be sent to the left to extend
the line to the road, and received the assurance that the re-
quest would be granted. At 7 A.M. Negley was not in position
and Thomas sent one of his staff to hasten him forward and to
point out the ground he was to occupy. About the same time
Rosecrans rode along the line and personally ordered Negley to
lose no time in joining Thomas, at the same time directing
McCook to relieve Negley and close up his line more compactly.
Upon reaching the left of the line Rosecrans became convinced
that the attack would begin on that flank, saw the importance
of holding the road, and again rode back to hurry Negley's
movements. The division then moved to the left with Beatty's
brigade in advance, and Rosecrans directed Crittenden to move
Wood's division to the front to fill the gap in the line caused
by Negley's removal.
The assault of Breckenridge fell mainly on Beatty's bri-
gade soon after it was in position on the left and it was
driven back in confusion. Several regiments of Johnson's
division, with Vanderveer's and Stanley's brigades, hurled
themselves into the breach, checked the advance of the enemy
and finally drove trim entirely from Baird's flank and rear.
Immediately following the opening attack the Confederate line
advanced, striking Johnson, Palmer and Reynolds in quick suc-
cession. But, from behind their improvised fortifications, the
Federals met the assaults with a bravery and determination
seldom equalled on the field of battle. Fresh troops were hur-
ried forward by Bragg, who now made a desperate effort to drive
in the center and turn Thomas' right. Again and again the Con-
federates advanced in the face of that merciless fire and each
time they were repulsed with fearful slaughter. Finding all
his efforts in this direction futile, Bragg fell back to his
old position.
About 11 A.M. Wood received an order from headquarters to
"close up on Reynolds as fast as possible, and support him."
In the execution of this order a gap was left in the line,
which Davis undertook to close with his reserve brigade. But
Longstreet had observed the break in the line and was quick to
take advantage of it. Before Davis could get his reserves into
position the divisions of Stewart, Hood, Kershaw, Johnson and
Hindman came rushing through the opening, sweeping everything
before them, while Preston's division pressed forward to the
support of the assailants. McCook vainly endeavored to check
the impetuous charge of Longstreet's men with the three bri-
gades of Heg, Carlin and Laiboldt, but they were as chaff be-
fore the wind. He then ordered Walworth and Lytle to change
front and assist in repelling the assault. For a time these
two contended against an overwhelming force, temporarily
checking the enemy in their immediate front. But the Confeder-
ates, constantly increasing in numbers, succeeded in turning
the left of these two brigades and they were forced to retire
to avoid being surrounded. In this part of the engagement Gen.
Lytle was killed and Hood seriously wounded. Wilder and Harri-
son joined their commands with that of Sheridan to aid in re-
sisting the fierce attack, but a long line of the enemy was ad-
vancing on Sheridan's right and he was compelled to withdraw to
the Dry Valley road in order to save his command. Subsequently
he moved toward Rossville and effected a junction with Thomas,
left on the Lafayette road. In his report Rosecrans says:
"Thus Davis' two brigades, one of Van Cleve's, and Sheridan's
entire division were swept from the field, and the remainder,
consisting of the divisions of Baird, Johnson, Reynolds, Bran-
nan, and Wood, two of Negley's brigades and one of Van Cleve's,
were left to sustain the conflict against the whole power of
the rebel army, which, desisting from pursuit on the right,
concentrated their whole efforts to destroy them."
This tells the situation. Not only were the troops on the
right driven from the field, but several thousand men were made
prisoners 40 pieces of artillery and a large number of wagon
trains fell into the hands of the enemy. When McCook's forces
were compelled to fall back in confusion they were not pursued.
Instead, Longstreet reversed the order of battle, and when
Stewart's division reached the Lafayette road it became the
pivot upon which the left wing turned to the right instead of
to the left, with the intention of crushing the forces under
Thomas.
At 11 A.M. Granger and his chief of staff were seated on
the top of a hay-rick at Rossville. Through his glass Granger
could see the clouds of smoke, constantly increasing in volume,
while the sounds of the battle grew louder every moment. Scan-
ning the road to the south he saw that no attack was likely to
be made on his position, and rightly surmising that the whole
Confederate strength was being massed against Thomas, he said
to his chief "I am going to Thomas, orders or no orders."
Sliding off the hay-rick he hurriedly directed Dan McCook to
station his brigade at McAfee Church, to cover the Ringgold and
Lafayette roads, then went to Steedman and ordered him to take
his command "over there," pointing toward "Horseshoe Ridge"
where Thomas was making his last stand. Along the crest of
this ridge Thomas had placed Wood's and Brannan's divisions,
while on the spurs to the rear was posted his artillery. If
Wood had inadvertently brought about the disaster by the with-
drawal of his division, causing the gap in the line, he now
retrieved himself. From 1 P.M. until nightfall he bravely
held his portion of the ridge, repulsing several obstinate and
determined attacks of the enemy. One of these attacks was
made by Bushrod Johnson, who reformed his line on a ridge
running nearly at right angles to the one on which Brannan and
Wood were posted. Longstreet reinforced Johnson with the divi-
sions of Hindman and Kershaw, the object being a movement in
force against the Federal right and rear. Just at this criti-
cal moment Granger and Steedman arrived and reported to Thomas,
who ordered them into position on Brannan's right. Granger
then ordered a charge on the Confederate lines. Steedman
seized the colors of a regiment and led the way. Inspired by
the example of their commander the men hurled themselves upon
the enemy and after twenty minutes of hot fighting drove him
from the ridge which was held by Steedman until 6 P.M., when
he fell back under orders. The arrival of Granger's troops was
a great advantage to Thomas in another way. By some mistake
the latter's ammunition train had been ordered back to Chatta-
nooga at the time the Union right was routed, and the supply
was running low, when the arrival of Granger with about l00,000
rounds put new courage into the men as it was distributed among
them. To add to the supply the troops went among the dead and
gathered all they could from the cartridge boxes of their
fallen comrades and foes alike. Toward the close of the day
the order was given to husband the ammunition and use the bayo-
net as much as possible. Some of the late charges of the Con-
federates were repulsed with the "cold steel" alone. The gal-
lant stand of Thomas, and the generalship he displayed in hold-
ing Horseshoe ridge in the face of superior numbers, won for
him the significant sobriquet of the "Rock of Chickamauga."
When Longstreet broke the Union line at noon Rosecrans
himself was caught in the rout. Believing that his army was
doomed to certain defeat, he went to Chattanooga to provide for
the security of his bridges and, as he says in his report, "to
make preliminary dispositions either to forward ammunition and
supplies, should we hold our ground, or to withdraw the troops
into good position." The first official intelligence that Tho-
mas had of the unfortunate occurrence on the right was about 4
p. m. when Gen. Garfield, Rosecrans, chief of staff, arrived
from Rossville. Notwithstanding the disheartening news, Thomas
decided to hold his position until nightfall, if possible. The
remaining ammunition was distributed and instructions given to
his division commanders to be ready to move promptly when or-
ders to that effect were issued. At 5:30 Reynolds received the
order to begin the movement. Thomas himself went forward to
point out the ground he wanted Reynolds to occupy and form a
line to cover the withdrawal of the other troops. While pass-
ing through a strip of timber bordering the Lafayette road
Thomas met two soldiers, who had been in search of water, and
who informed him that a large body of the enemy was drawn up in
line in the woods just in front advancing toward the Union
lines. Reynolds was ordered to change the head of his column
to the left, with his right resting on the road, and charge the
enemy. At the same time the artillery opened a converging fire
from both right and left, while Turchin made a dashing charge
with his brigade, utterly routing the Confederates and driving
them clear beyond Baird's position on the left, capturing over
200 prisoners. Robinson's and Willich's brigades were then
posted in positions to cover the retirement of the troops, the
former on the road leading through the ridge, and the latter on
the ridge to the right. Wood, Brannan and Granger fell back
without molestation, but Baird, Johnson and Palmer were at-
tacked as they were drawing back to their lines. This attack
was made by L. E. Polk's division, but by this time it had be-
come too dark to move with certainty, and in advancing the Con-
federate line was changed so that it formed an acute angle, the
troops firing into each other. The withdrawal from the field
was accomplished with such precision and quietness that it was
not discovered by Bragg until after sunrise the following morn-
ing. Thomas took up a position in the vicinity of Rossville
and remained there during the 21st, retiring to Chattanooga
that night. Bragg's army had been so severely punished in the
two days' fighting that he was disinclined to continue the con-
flict. Some desultory skirmishing occurred on the 21st, but no
general movement was undertaken.
The Union losses in the battle of Chickamauga, according
to the official reports, were 1,657 killed, 9,756 wounded, and
4,757 missing. The Confederate losses, as given in "Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War," amounted to 2,389 killed, 13,412
wounded, and 2,003 missing.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
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Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama 27 Mar - 9 Apr 1865
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SPANISH FORT, ALA. (Siege of )
MARCH 27TH-APRIL 9TH, 1865
Spanish Fort, Ala. Siege of, March 27-April 9, 1865.
Army of West Mississippi. On March 27, during the Mobile
campaign, Garrard's division of the 16th corps was established
in an intrenched camp to cover the right and rear of Canby's
army as it moved to invest Spanish fort. The dispositions
made during the day were as follows: the 3rd division of the
16th corps, under Brig.-Gen. Eugene A. Carr, occupied the
extreme right, with its right resting on Bay Minette, then
came McArthur's division of the 16th, then Benton's and
Veatch's divisions and Bertram's brigade of the 13th corps,
the latter with its left resting on the impassable swamp
bordering on D'Olive crek. Five miles below Spanish fort a
Federal supply depot was established. On the 28th and 29th
batteries were planted on the bluff of Bay Minette to
counteract the effect of the firing of the Confederate
gunboats and batteries Tracy and Huger. Meanwhile Steele's
column had moved from Pensacola to cooperate with Canby and on
April 1, had attacked and driven in a Confederate force at
Fort Blakely. On the 2nd the Confederates made a desperate
attempt to retake the positions which Steele's column held,
but were repulsed by the colored troops. Steele then set
about investing Fort Blakely and on the 4th, after a bridge
had been completed over Bayou Minette, Spanish fort and Fort
Blakely were included in the same general line of investment.
The same day a bombardment of Spanish fort was commenced, and
although it continued from 5 a m. to 7 p.m. it did not have
much effect, as the enfilading batteries were not yet in
position Canby had expected that the navy would complete the
investment of Spanish fort, but low water in the Blakely river
prevented a near approach of the boats, and consequently the
treadway leading from the rear of Spanish fort to Battery
Tracy was not destroyed as had been planned. By the afternoon
of the 8th there were in position against Spanish fort 53
siege guns and 37 field pieces. At 5:30 p.m. that day a
bombardment was ordered and under cover of it two companies of
the 8th Ia., supported by the remainder of the regiment and
other regiments of Geddes' brigade, effected the capture of a
position on the Confederate works from which a musketry fire
could sweep 200 yards of the intrenchments. This position was
soon taken and with it some 200 prisoners. Although it was
now dark the work of pushing forward the engagement both
within and without the works was carried on by Maj.-Gen. A. J.
Smith's corps within and Granger's division from the outside.
By midnight the whole fort was in possession of the Federals
with all its armament, supplies, etc. and 600 prisoners. The
larger part of the garrison, however, had escaped over the
treadway to Battery Tracy, and thence to Mobile. From the 6th
to the 9th the Union works in front of Fort Blakely had been
pushed forward in earnest, and immediately after Spanish fort
had fallen portions of Canby's command were sent to aid
Steele. By 5:30 p.m. of the 9th his line, then 4 miles in
length, moved forward simultaneously and after a gallant
advance under a heavy fire of musketry and artillery had by
5:50 p.m. carried the works in every part. The net result of
this capture was 3,700 men, besides all the armament,
supplies, etc. The Union casualties in the 2 actions were 61
killed, 639 wounded and 32 captured or missing. The enemy's
losses in killed and wounded were never reported.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 6
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10TH TEXAS CAVALRY
Confederate States Army
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Organization
Organized in the fall on 1861. Dismounted in April 1862. Surrendered by Lt. General Richard Taylor at Citronelle, Alabama on 4 May 1865.
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Assignments
October 1861 - February 1862 Department of Texas.
April 1862 Trans - Mississippi District, Department #2.
April - July 1862 Hogg's - Cabell's Brigade, McCown's Division, Army of the West, Department #2.
July - August 1862 Ector's Brigade, McCown's Division, Department of East Tennessee.
August - October 1862 Ector's Brigade, McCown's Division, Army of Kentucky, Department #2.
October - November 1862 Ector's Brigade, McCown's Division, Department of East Tennessee.
November 1862 - March 1863 Ector's Brigade, McCown's Division, 3rd (E. K. Smith's) Corps, Army of Tennessee.
March - May 1863 Ector's Brigade, McCown's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee.
June - July 1863 Ector's Brigade, Walker's Division, Department of the West.
July - August 1863 Ector's Brigade, Walker's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
August - September 1863 Ector's Brigade, Walker's Division, Reserve Corps, Army of Tennessee.
October 1863 - January 1864 Ector's Brigade, French's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
January - May 1864 Ector's Brigade, French's Division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
May - July 1864 Ector's Brigade, French's Division, Army of Mississippi.
July 1864 - January 1865 Ector's Brigade, French's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Tennessee.
February - April 1865 Ector's Brigade, French's Division, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
April 1865 Ector's Brigade, French's Division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
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Battles and Engagements
April - June 1862 Corinth Campaign, Mississippi
August - October 1862 Kentucky Campaign
August 30, 1862 Richmond
December 31, 1862 - January 3, 1863 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
May - July 1863 Vicksburg Campaign, Mississippi
May 14, 1863 Jackson, Mississippi
July 1863 Jackson Siege, Mississippi
September 19-20, 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia
February - March 1864 Meridian Campaign, Mississippi
May - September 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Georgia
May 19-22, 1864 Cassville, Georgia
June 27, 1864 Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
July 22, 1864 Atlanta, Georgia
July - September 1864 Atlanta Siege, Georgia
August 31 - September 1, 1864 Jonesboro, Georgia
September 2, 1864 Lovejoy's Station, Georgia
October 5, 1864 Allatoona, Georgia
November 30, 1864 Franklin, Tennessee
December 15-16, 1864 Nashville, Tennessee
March 17 - April 12, 1865 Mobile, Alabama
April 1-9, 1865 Fort Blakely, Alabama
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OPPENHEIMER, DANIEL (1836–1915). Daniel Oppenheimer, merchant and banker, was born on November 22, 1836, in Burgkunstadt, Bavaria, the first of eight children of Joseph and Yetta Oppenheimer. He immigrated to the United States in 1854, arriving in New York, then sailing to Galveston, and moving from there to Palestine, Texas, where an uncle, Leopold Veith, lived. Daniel traveled to Texas with another uncle, Julius Oppenheimer. Daniel worked for his uncle Veith as a peddler for two years, then moved on to Rusk, where he set up his own peddling business. In 1858 he sent for his brother Anton Oppenheimer , and they formed a partnership called D and A Oppenheimer. From 1858 to 1861 they operated as small merchants in Rusk and the surrounding area. In 1861 they closed their store, left their merchandise with their uncle, and joined the Confederate Army. Daniel joined the Tenth Texas Cavalry at Rusk and was wounded at the battle of Nashville. After his discharge as a captain in Richmond, Virginia, Daniel rejoined his brother in Rusk to sell merchandise. Later the brothers moved to San Antonio, where they reopened their firm. As their business grew, they began trading goods to ranchers for cattle; they also began to buy land. At one time they ran 15,000 head on ranches; one ranch comprised 110,000 acres in McMullen and Atascosa counties. They owned smaller ranches closer to San Antonio that covered 5,000 to 8,000 acres. The Hord Ranch near San Antonio grazed sheep and goats; the Oppenheimers were among the pioneers in the raising of goats and the production of mohair in Texas (see WOOL AND MOHAIR INDUSTRY ). After the Civil War Daniel and Anton operated a bank. The Oppenheimers financed many of the cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail . Anton died in 1906, and in 1908 Daniel sold their largest ranch. On August 29, 1869, Daniel had married Louisa Goldstein, daughter of Henry and Fredericka (Pfeiffer) Goldstein, pioneer residents of New York City; he had met her while on a buying trip to New York. Daniel and his wife had seven children. Daniel Oppenheimer was a Mason, a member of the Harmony Club, and one of the leaders of Congregation Beth-El. He died at his home on Jefferson Street in San Antonio on December 7, 1915.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Daniel Oppenheimer II, Interviews by Larry Meyer, July 1970, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Natalie Ornish, Pioneer Jewish Texans (Dallas: Texas Heritage, 1989). San Antonio Express, December 8, 1915.
Natalie Ornish Who
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Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Natalie Ornish, "OPPENHEIMER, DANIEL," Handbook of Texas Online (), accessed September 28, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Daniel and Anton Oppenheimer were another set of brothers who branched out beyond the dry goods counter. They came to Texas from Bavaria in the 1850s. After fighting for the Confederacy, the brothers moved to San Antonio and opened a general store. According to the San Antonio Express in 1880, their store, D. & A. Oppenheimer “is one of our best known dry goods houses. They transact an enormous business and are known in mostly every household in Western Texas.” In the late 19th century, Texas law banned state banks, and so many of the Oppenheimers’ customers asked to keep their money in the store’s safe. Ranchers also used such merchants to front them credit for their endeavors. This banking service to their store customers soon grew into a side business. Around the turn of the century, the brothers closed their store to focus on their banking business. D. & A. Oppenheimer remained a private bank; it did not belong to the Federal Reserve and did not have FDIC protection. Such private banks were later banned in Texas, but the D & A Oppenheimer bank was allowed to continue since it predated the law. The bank remained a family business, with Dan’s son Jesse later running it. Dan’s grandson Herbert Oppenheimer, its last president, decided to liquidate the bank in 1988 when there was no longer anyone in the family who wanted to run the business.
Julius Joske came to San Antonio by himself in 1867, opening a small dry goods store. Once he was established economically, he sold the store and returned to Germany to retrieve his wife and four children. Bringing them back to San Antonio in 1873, he opened a new store, which grew into the largest department store in the region. Joske’s great innovation was the introduction of penny pricing. Previously, stores in San Antonio sold merchandise at five cent intervals, with a nickel being their lowest price. In 1886, Joske announced the new penny pricing and their receipt of a huge supply of copper pennies from the United States mint to make change for their customers who would now get a few cents back instead of prices being rounded up the nearest nickel. Despite its penny pricing, J. Joske was not a discount store; at the same time they advertised their new pricing policy, they also announced their hiring of a permanent New York buyer who would send the latest big city fashions to the San Antonio store. Joske’s sons Alexander and Siegfried joined the business, which later became known as Joske Brothers. Alexander bought out his brother in 1903 and greatly expanded the store. In 1929, the store was sold, and was later bought by Allied Stores, who built Joske’s into a chain of department stores across Texas.
Jessamine Creek, September 4, 1794
Dear David: I am exceedingly sorry that you did not come along with your
father during his recent visit to this delightful country. The sun shines
brighter in this country, and the skies are more blue, than the damp, moist
atmosphere at the mouth of the Cuyahoga. A good school is needed among us, and I
invite you once more to leave that inhospitable country of savages and cold winds.
Faithfully yours,
PETER TRISLER.
From most reliable records Rev. Jacob Rhorer was the founder of the first
Moravian church on Jessamine creek, in 1794, and the building was used as a
Moravian church by the Rhorer family up to near the beginning of the Civil War.
The following are the names of the early settlers who were of German
parentage and belonged to the.Moravian Church, or "United Brethren": Arnspigers,
Alcorns, Cormans, Bowmans, Bruners, Earthenhousers, Easleys, Funks, Fraziers,
Grows, Gilmans, Goforths, Hiffners, Howsers, Harbaughs, Horines, Ritters, Rices,
Masners, Zikes, Ketrons, Waggamans, Warmslys, Overstreets, Quests, Yosts,
Hoovers, Trislers, Turks, Turpins, Shreves, Veatches, Vantresses, Naves, Cogars,
Crows, Copleys, Cawbys, and Schmidts. Nearly all of these names were in the list
of German settlers in the western part of Jessamine county, who were largely the
followers of John Huss. They were men of great common sense, good judgment,
honesty, a high sense of morality, and great lovers of freedom, and their
descendants still reside in that part of Jessamine county which their ancestors
in the early history of the state settled.
In 1884 John Cawby had a Bible which was printed at Wittenberg in 1440. This
Bible was brought from Germany to Maryland in 1780, by Peter Trisler, who, in
1794, settled in the present limits of Jessamine county, where he died April 22,
1821. This old Bible was the property of Mrs. Nancy Horine, who was a
grandaughter of Dr. Trisler.
Dr. Peter Trisler was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1745. He came to
Hagerstown, Maryland, when a very young man, and settled on Jessamine creek in
1791. When he came from Germany he brought the old Bible above referred to, and
this book contained records of a large number of the families above named. From
this stock German settlers have gone throughout the West and South, and they
usually became men of thrift, energy, character and brains. Some now in Illinois
and many in Missouri have carried away with them the splendid qualities of these
early settlers, and in their new homes have shown the sterling qualities of
their ancestors, who did so much to create and promote the best interests of the
new state they helped to found in the then wilderness of Kentucky.
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From Tina Gilbert's genealogy:
"Dr. Peter Trisler, b 1745. Came to America arriving in Baltimore Md., April, 1780 on ship Royal Edith, settled in Hagerstown, Maryland. Aboard the same ship was Dr. Peter's sister, Barbara (1741-1817) and her husband, Peter Frederick Horine. Three of Barbara and Peter Horine's sons, Conrad (1770-), Henry, (1775 - 1852), and Jacob (1777 - 1842), consequently moved to Jessamine County Kentucky, in 1791,as did Dr. Peter Trisler (no wife has ever been found for him) with his children: Henry, Catherine, Peter, Jr., Mary Elizabeth, and some records show a son Jacob. Also Joseph of whom Dr. Peter was Guardian. Dr. Peter's brother Michael also came to Jessamine County with his wife
Catherine and four sons, John, (b Dec 3l 1789, d Dec 10, 1880) Leonard, (b1793- )Abraham, (b 1791), Joseph (no date) and some say a fifth son Jacob, (b 1795) Dr. Peter d: April 22, 1821.
"They came to Kentucky with the Horines, Bruners, Hoovers, Housers and Arnspargers.
Dr. Peter's children remained in Jessamine County for many years, while Michaels children migrated
to Ohio. Later, several of Dr. Peter's offspring settled in Indiana. Since so many of them had the
same names and not too many birth records, it is hard to tell who belonged to whom.
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In 1884 John Cawby had a Bible which was printed at Wittenberg in 1440. This Bible was brought from Germany to Maryland in 1780, by Peter Trisler, who, in 1794, settled in the present limits of Jessamine county, where he died April 22, 1821. This old Bible was the property of Mrs. Nancy Horine, who was a grandaughter of Dr. Trisler. Dr. Peter Trisler was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1745. He came to Hagerstown, Maryland, when a very young man, and settled on Jessamine creek in 1791. When he came from Germany he brought the old Bible above referred to, and this book contained records of a large number of the families above named. From this stock German settlers have gone throughout the West and South, and they usually became men of thrift, energy, character and brains. Some now in Illinois and many in Missouri have carried away with them the splendid qualities of these early settlers, and in their new homes have shown the sterling qualities of their ancestors, who did so much to create and promote the best interests of the new state they helped to found in the then wilderness of Kentucky.
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In another letter, written to General Hopkins in 1802, Major Netherland recites a most interesting incident. During that year a party of Cherokee Indians from North Carolina stopped all night at the Mingo Tavern, kept by Major Netherland. In the morning one of them was very sick and unable to travel and in a few days died at the hotel. He received the kindest possible treatment from Major Netherland and his family. In describing this incident Major Netherland says:
"A few days ago four Cherokee Indians from Iredell county, N. C, called at my home and remained over night. Next morning one of them was too sick to travel. All day his sufferings were severe and painful. I sent for Drs. Gale and Peter Trisler, who at once pronounced his case hopeless. After intense suffering for four days the poor Indian died. His poor, disconsolate friends were painfully grieved at the death of one of their number, who was a man of some notoriety among his people, particularly as an expert hunter, having himself killed seventy-odd deer while on the last October hunt in the Cumberland mountains. The dead body of the poor Indian was taken to the Kentucky river cliffs, eight miles south of Nicholasville, and interred in the earth after the Indian custom, but instead of filling the vault with earth, as is used with us, these poor Indians made a small frame work of wood, like a steep roof, which they put round the mouth, and reared up a heavy pile of earth, giving it the appearance of a potatoe heap. The three Indians who buried their comrade appeared bowed with grief. One seated himself on the ground, directing his face toward sunset, and extending his voice, made a great and sore lamentation. As much as I hate these wild children from the forest, I could not refrain from shedding tears when looking on them in this honest grief at the loss of one who was regarded as a good and true man. In four or five weeks after the death of their comrade, the same party, with a brother of the Indian, who died, came back and took his body in a small wagon to North Carolina, a distance of more than 300 miles, and reinterred his remains in the land of his birth among his own people. I have been much among the Cherokees of North Carolina. I consider them among the best of our Indian friends. They have strange customs. I wish I had time to give you more correct idea of their general character as compared with the other Indian tribes of our country.
"Your old crony,
" B. Netherland."
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Trisler Family
Trisler information, provided indirectly from Richard Cawby, who in Aug 1982
provided by letter to Mr. Frank Trisler of Harrodsburg, KY the following information:
Dear Mr. Trisler,
I was pleased to receive your letter of July 15, 1982, inquiring
about Dr. Peter Trisler (Trissler, Tristler) and his old Bible and
medical books. Unfortunately, we do not know the whereabouts of any
of the old books mention in Bennet Young's History of Jessamine co.
My aunt, Margaret Cawby Neal, a grand-daughter of John Thomas Cawby,
has in her possession several old German Bibles and medical books,
but only one of them has any family information recorded in its pages.
Enclosed is a rough copy of that translation….
Also, Mrs. Nelle Ellis, another grand-daughter of John Thomas Cawby
has in her possession an old German Bible printed in 1744. Enclosed
is a copy of the translation of the family records contain therein.
We do not know the relationship of Peter Trissler to those recorded.
…
John Thomas Cawby was a grandson of Dr. Peter Trissler, and I feel
certain that his mother's name was Susan. I am a great-grandson of
John Thomas Cawby and a great-great-great-grandson of Dr. Peter
Trissler. ….
Signed: Richard Cawby
[enclosure to Richard Cawby letter]
Bible in possession of Dr. Peter Trissler
This information came from an old German Bible printed in 1744. It is
the property of Mrs. Nelle Ellis, a grand-daughter of John Thomas
Cawby. The heading was the only part written in English. Nelle Ellis
lives at Hamilton, Kansas.
This was the property of Dr. Peter Tristler. Born in Sutensburg,
Chille in Germany 1745. And now the property of his grandson J. T.
Cawby. Born 1 day Sept. 1810 County of Jessamine and State of Ky.
26th day of Jan 1752 have I honestly with Christian thought in
Holy marriage given.
In the 9th day of Oct. 1754 at night between 11 and 12 o'clock I
gave birth to a daughter named Irmila.
In the 13th day of Nov. Anno 1756 in the morning between 7 and
8 o'clock I gave birth to a son named David. Born in the sign of
the Lion.
In the 19th day of Sept. Anno 1758 in the morning at
6 o'clock I gave birth to another son Daniel in the sign of Tiers
(Bull).
Anno 1760 15th day of October in the sign of Ainbois (?)
(Scales) our son Michael born but on the 27th of June
the night between 11 and 12 o'clock died in name of our redeemer.
Anno 1762 in the 22nd day of June in the sign of the
Lion I gave birth to a son but the same night between 8 and
9 o'clock he died in the name of the Lord.
Anno 1763 11th Aug. between 6 and 7 o'clock in the sign
of the Virgin I gave birth to a daugher named Ammelim M.
Anno 1765 29th June between 11 and 12 o'clock afternoon
in the sign of the Novbiou I gave birth to a daughter named Barbara.
Anno 1767 20th day of Sept. between 8 and 9 o'clock in
the morning in the sign of the Lion I gave birth to a son named
Henry Huber.
Anno 1769 the 18th day of Oct. between 8 and 9 o'clock
in the morning in the sign of the Twins I gave birth to a son
named Michael Huber.
The translation of this record was made by Paul R. Sorenz,
Jan 15, 1936
J. A. LUDWIG TRISSLER Bible
[enclosure to letter of Richard Cawby]
J. A. Ludwig Trissler
March 25, 1774
Have I Ludwig Trissler my minor daughter, Susana Trisslerin
(femine Trissler)to you this Bible, I bought, I wish you
(plural) luck herewith, may you diligently receive the same.
[left edge missing] Dear wife, fear god, and in the case that,
…..belongs to all people
…..Gods will to all people, sufficient,
….This which is hidden in good or in bad
….was Gods (wishes)
he does then God will have too. (difficult to read)
Anno Jan 4, 1783 (Birth)
To the world was born in this year a daughter, the name (cannot
decipher) Maria given to it. Witnesses -- Herrn Zinler & his
wife.
Anno 1784 ws born & in
the hold baptism and in the name of Johan (or Johanna) baptised
wittnesses were Herrn Zinler and wife.
1786 -- 1st Sept, signed
Friedrich was born, baptismal witnesses Herrn Zinler & wife
1786 --was unto the world born, a little boy his name is Friedrich
and his baptismal witnesses were Herrn Heinrich Zinler and his
wedded wife.
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Jessamine Creek, September 4, 1794
Dear David: I am exceedingly sorry that you did not come along with your
father during his recent visit to this delightful country. The sun shines
brighter in this country, and the skies are more blue, than the damp, moist
atmosphere at the mouth of the Cuyahoga. A good school is needed among us, and I
invite you once more to leave that inhospitable country of savages and cold winds.
Faithfully yours,
PETER TRISLER.
From most reliable records Rev. Jacob Rhorer was the founder of the first
Moravian church on Jessamine creek, in 1794, and the building was used as a
Moravian church by the Rhorer family up to near the beginning of the Civil War.
The following are the names of the early settlers who were of German
parentage and belonged to the.Moravian Church, or "United Brethren": Arnspigers,
Alcorns, Cormans, Bowmans, Bruners, Earthenhousers, Easleys, Funks, Fraziers,
Grows, Gilmans, Goforths, Hiffners, Howsers, Harbaughs, Horines, Ritters, Rices,
Masners, Zikes, Ketrons, Waggamans, Warmslys, Overstreets, Quests, Yosts,
Hoovers, Trislers, Turks, Turpins, Shreves, Veatches, Vantresses, Naves, Cogars,
Crows, Copleys, Cawbys, and Schmidts. Nearly all of these names were in the list
of German settlers in the western part of Jessamine county, who were largely the
followers of John Huss. They were men of great common sense, good judgment,
honesty, a high sense of morality, and great lovers of freedom, and their
descendants still reside in that part of Jessamine county which their ancestors
in the early history of the state settled.
In 1884 John Cawby had a Bible which was printed at Wittenberg in 1440. This
Bible was brought from Germany to Maryland in 1780, by Peter Trisler, who, in
1794, settled in the present limits of Jessamine county, where he died April 22,
1821. This old Bible was the property of Mrs. Nancy Horine, who was a
grandaughter of Dr. Trisler.
Dr. Peter Trisler was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1745. He came to
Hagerstown, Maryland, when a very young man, and settled on Jessamine creek in
1791. When he came from Germany he brought the old Bible above referred to, and
this book contained records of a large number of the families above named. From
this stock German settlers have gone throughout the West and South, and they
usually became men of thrift, energy, character and brains. Some now in Illinois
and many in Missouri have carried away with them the splendid qualities of these
early settlers, and in their new homes have shown the sterling qualities of
their ancestors, who did so much to create and promote the best interests of the
new state they helped to found in the then wilderness of Kentucky.
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From Tina Gilbert's genealogy:
"Dr. Peter Trisler, b 1745. Came to America arriving in Baltimore Md., April, 1780 on ship Royal Edith, settled in Hagerstown, Maryland. Aboard the same ship was Dr. Peter's sister, Barbara (1741-1817) and her husband, Peter Frederick Horine. Three of Barbara and Peter Horine's sons, Conrad (1770-), Henry, (1775 - 1852), and Jacob (1777 - 1842), consequently moved to Jessamine County Kentucky, in 1791,as did Dr. Peter Trisler (no wife has ever been found for him) with his children: Henry, Catherine, Peter, Jr., Mary Elizabeth, and some records show a son Jacob. Also Joseph of whom Dr. Peter was Guardian. Dr. Peter's brother Michael also came to Jessamine County with his wife
Catherine and four sons, John, (b Dec 3l 1789, d Dec 10, 1880) Leonard, (b1793- )Abraham, (b 1791), Joseph (no date) and some say a fifth son Jacob, (b 1795) Dr. Peter d: April 22, 1821.
"They came to Kentucky with the Horines, Bruners, Hoovers, Housers and Arnspargers.
Dr. Peter's children remained in Jessamine County for many years, while Michaels children migrated
to Ohio. Later, several of Dr. Peter's offspring settled in Indiana. Since so many of them had the
same names and not too many birth records, it is hard to tell who belonged to whom.
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In 1884 John Cawby had a Bible which was printed at Wittenberg in 1440. This Bible was brought from Germany to Maryland in 1780, by Peter Trisler, who, in 1794, settled in the present limits of Jessamine county, where he died April 22, 1821. This old Bible was the property of Mrs. Nancy Horine, who was a grandaughter of Dr. Trisler. Dr. Peter Trisler was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1745. He came to Hagerstown, Maryland, when a very young man, and settled on Jessamine creek in 1791. When he came from Germany he brought the old Bible above referred to, and this book contained records of a large number of the families above named. From this stock German settlers have gone throughout the West and South, and they usually became men of thrift, energy, character and brains. Some now in Illinois and many in Missouri have carried away with them the splendid qualities of these early settlers, and in their new homes have shown the sterling qualities of their ancestors, who did so much to create and promote the best interests of the new state they helped to found in the then wilderness of Kentucky.
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In another letter, written to General Hopkins in 1802, Major Netherland recites a most interesting incident. During that year a party of Cherokee Indians from North Carolina stopped all night at the Mingo Tavern, kept by Major Netherland. In the morning one of them was very sick and unable to travel and in a few days died at the hotel. He received the kindest possible treatment from Major Netherland and his family. In describing this incident Major Netherland says:
"A few days ago four Cherokee Indians from Iredell county, N. C, called at my home and remained over night. Next morning one of them was too sick to travel. All day his sufferings were severe and painful. I sent for Drs. Gale and Peter Trisler, who at once pronounced his case hopeless. After intense suffering for four days the poor Indian died. His poor, disconsolate friends were painfully grieved at the death of one of their number, who was a man of some notoriety among his people, particularly as an expert hunter, having himself killed seventy-odd deer while on the last October hunt in the Cumberland mountains. The dead body of the poor Indian was taken to the Kentucky river cliffs, eight miles south of Nicholasville, and interred in the earth after the Indian custom, but instead of filling the vault with earth, as is used with us, these poor Indians made a small frame work of wood, like a steep roof, which they put round the mouth, and reared up a heavy pile of earth, giving it the appearance of a potatoe heap. The three Indians who buried their comrade appeared bowed with grief. One seated himself on the ground, directing his face toward sunset, and extending his voice, made a great and sore lamentation. As much as I hate these wild children from the forest, I could not refrain from shedding tears when looking on them in this honest grief at the loss of one who was regarded as a good and true man. In four or five weeks after the death of their comrade, the same party, with a brother of the Indian, who died, came back and took his body in a small wagon to North Carolina, a distance of more than 300 miles, and reinterred his remains in the land of his birth among his own people. I have been much among the Cherokees of North Carolina. I consider them among the best of our Indian friends. They have strange customs. I wish I had time to give you more correct idea of their general character as compared with the other Indian tribes of our country.
"Your old crony,
" B. Netherland."
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Name: Peter Trisler Company: 1 REGIMENT (TROTTER, JR.'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS. Rank - Induction: PRIVATE Rank -
Discharge: PRIVATE Roll Box: 211 Roll Exct: 602
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Trisler Family
Trisler information, provided indirectly from Richard Cawby, who in Aug 1982
provided by letter to Mr. Frank Trisler of Harrodsburg, KY the following information:
Dear Mr. Trisler,
I was pleased to receive your letter of July 15, 1982, inquiring
about Dr. Peter Trisler (Trissler, Tristler) and his old Bible and
medical books. Unfortunately, we do not know the whereabouts of any
of the old books mention in Bennet Young's History of Jessamine co.
My aunt, Margaret Cawby Neal, a grand-daughter of John Thomas Cawby,
has in her possession several old German Bibles and medical books,
but only one of them has any family information recorded in its pages.
Enclosed is a rough copy of that translation….
Also, Mrs. Nelle Ellis, another grand-daughter of John Thomas Cawby
has in her possession an old German Bible printed in 1744. Enclosed
is a copy of the translation of the family records contain therein.
We do not know the relationship of Peter Trissler to those recorded.
…
John Thomas Cawby was a grandson of Dr. Peter Trissler, and I feel
certain that his mother's name was Susan. I am a great-grandson of
John Thomas Cawby and a great-great-great-grandson of Dr. Peter
Trissler. ….
Signed: Richard Cawby
[enclosure to Richard Cawby letter]
Bible in possession of Dr. Peter Trissler
This information came from an old German Bible printed in 1744. It is
the property of Mrs. Nelle Ellis, a grand-daughter of John Thomas
Cawby. The heading was the only part written in English. Nelle Ellis
lives at Hamilton, Kansas.
This was the property of Dr. Peter Tristler. Born in Sutensburg,
Chille in Germany 1745. And now the property of his grandson J. T.
Cawby. Born 1 day Sept. 1810 County of Jessamine and State of Ky.
26th day of Jan 1752 have I honestly with Christian thought in
Holy marriage given.
In the 9th day of Oct. 1754 at night between 11 and 12 o'clock I
gave birth to a daughter named Irmila.
In the 13th day of Nov. Anno 1756 in the morning between 7 and
8 o'clock I gave birth to a son named David. Born in the sign of
the Lion.
In the 19th day of Sept. Anno 1758 in the morning at
6 o'clock I gave birth to another son Daniel in the sign of Tiers
(Bull).
Anno 1760 15th day of October in the sign of Ainbois (?)
(Scales) our son Michael born but on the 27th of June
the night between 11 and 12 o'clock died in name of our redeemer.
Anno 1762 in the 22nd day of June in the sign of the
Lion I gave birth to a son but the same night between 8 and
9 o'clock he died in the name of the Lord.
Anno 1763 11th Aug. between 6 and 7 o'clock in the sign
of the Virgin I gave birth to a daugher named Ammelim M.
Anno 1765 29th June between 11 and 12 o'clock afternoon
in the sign of the Novbiou I gave birth to a daughter named Barbara.
Anno 1767 20th day of Sept. between 8 and 9 o'clock in
the morning in the sign of the Lion I gave birth to a son named
Henry Huber.
Anno 1769 the 18th day of Oct. between 8 and 9 o'clock
in the morning in the sign of the Twins I gave birth to a son
named Michael Huber.
The translation of this record was made by Paul R. Sorenz,
Jan 15, 1936
J. A. LUDWIG TRISSLER Bible
[enclosure to letter of Richard Cawby]
J. A. Ludwig Trissler
March 25, 1774
Have I Ludwig Trissler my minor daughter, Susana Trisslerin
(femine Trissler)to you this Bible, I bought, I wish you
(plural) luck herewith, may you diligently receive the same.
[left edge missing] Dear wife, fear god, and in the case that,
…..belongs to all people
…..Gods will to all people, sufficient,
….This which is hidden in good or in bad
….was Gods (wishes)
he does then God will have too. (difficult to read)
Anno Jan 4, 1783 (Birth)
To the world was born in this year a daughter, the name (cannot
decipher) Maria given to it. Witnesses -- Herrn Zinler & his
wife.
Anno 1784 ws born & in
the hold baptism and in the name of Johan (or Johanna) baptised
wittnesses were Herrn Zinler and wife.
1786 -- 1st Sept, signed
Friedrich was born, baptismal witnesses Herrn Zinler & wife
1786 --was unto the world born, a little boy his name is Friedrich
and his baptismal witnesses were Herrn Heinrich Zinler and his
wedded wife.
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