Theodore Augustus Meysenburg Journals, 1858-1874

<P>Theodore A. Meysenburg was born July 23, 1840, in Flamersheim, near Cologne, Germany, and came to St. Louis with his family while still a child. He enlisted as a private in the 3rd Missouri Infantry (Union) in May 1861, and in September was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the Benton Hussars. In October 1862 he was assigned assistant adjutant general of the 11th Army Corps. Later in the war he served on the staff of General Franz Sigel in Virginia. Following the war he returned to St. Louis, where he was a successful iron manufacturer. He died March 29, 1901, in St. Louis.</P>

<P>Two bound journals of chess players and plays, trigonometry and physics; and three Civil War notebooks of Meysenburg, while serving as assistant adjutant general of the 11th Army Corps. Notebooks contain daily entries of the movement and operations of the 11th Army Corps in Virginia from June 1862 to September 1863, while part of the Army of the Potomac, including accounts of actions during the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg Campaigns. In September 1863 the 11th Army Corps was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland. Meysenburg's notebooks contain accounts of the actions of the Corps in the Chattanooga Campaign in October and November 1863. Entries from May to June 1864 were written while serving as assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Sigel in Virginia, and include an account of engagement at New Market. Notebooks also include several maps indicating the positions of the 11th Army Corps in Virginia in 1862 and 1863; map of positions at New Market; map showing the march of the 11th Army Corps to Knoxville, Tennessee; and map showing the positions at Chattanooga.</P>

<P>5 volumes</P>

<P>Cite as: Theodore Augustus Meysenburg Journals, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

<P>西奥多·A·梅森堡，生于1840年7月23日，德国科隆附近弗拉默斯海姆，年幼时随家人迁至圣路易斯。1861年5月，他加入密苏里第三步兵团（联邦军）担任列兵，同年9月被任命为本顿轻骑兵团的二等尉。1862年10月，他被任命为第十一军团助理副官长。在战争后期，他在弗吉尼亚州为弗朗茨·西格尔将军的参谋部服务。战争结束后，他回到圣路易斯，成为一名成功的钢铁制造商。1901年3月29日，他在圣路易斯去世。</P>

<P>此数据集包含两本关于棋手和剧本、三角学和物理学的装订笔记本；以及梅森堡在担任第十一军团助理副官长期间的三本南北战争笔记本。笔记本中记录了1862年6月至1863年9月期间第十一军团在弗吉尼亚州每日的移动和作战情况，包括弗雷德里克斯堡、钱瑟勒斯维尔和葛底斯堡战役期间的行动记录。1863年9月，第十一军团被调至肯塔基军。梅森堡的笔记本中还记载了该军团在1863年10月和11月的查塔努加战役中的行动。1864年5月至6月的记录是在弗吉尼亚州为西格尔将军的助理副官长期间所写，其中包括在新市场的战斗记录。笔记本还包括多张地图，展示了1862年和1863年期间第十一军团在弗吉尼亚州的位置、新市场的位置图、第十一军团前往田纳西州诺克斯维尔行军路线图，以及查塔努加的位置图。</P>

<P>共5卷</P>

<P>引用格式：西奥多·奥古斯都·梅森堡日记，密苏里历史学会档案馆，圣路易斯。</P>