12 April 1861 & 12 April 2011?

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 Researching & Preserving Our Heritage…  12 April 1861 & 12 April 2011? INSIDE THIS ISSUE Days To Remember!

Soon the date of 12 April 2011 will mark ancestors or forefathers whether male or  American Civil War the 150th Anniversary or sesquicentennial female had some sort of direct connection 150th Anniversary of the date of 12 April 1861. So why all to the American Civil War. In fact several Page 1 the fuss about these dates? Well, 12 April of our male ancestors actually fought in 1861 marks the first day of hostilities for this war shortly after immigrating and the American Civil War. It was on this arriving in the USA from Germany. See  From The Editor... date back in 1861 when Confederate page 7 for a list of our family’s connections More Post Cards! forces attacked a U.S. military installation to the American Civil War. Page 2 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.  President Abraham Lincoln responded by Additionally, many Germans served in the  calling for a volunteer army from each American Civil War. In fact one of the  Civil War Connections state to recapture federal property. best accounts for first hand experiences Page 7 from soldiers of the war comes from a As we now know, this war has German Regiment known as significant value and was also “Die Neuner” or The Niners of known as the “The Great War the Ninth Ohio Volunteer  Postcards of The Rebellion” and the “War Infantry. Back in 1897 a diary Alfhausen Between The States”. It of sorts was published in Page 3 continued with fierce fighting German from the “Niners” and for some 4 strong years. the book was appropriately Hessen History pretty much wrote the entitled “Die Neuner”. This Page 2 rest of the story with the last of book was so well respected for the hostilities being noted on 9 it’s account of the Civil War that Lohne (Oldenburg) April 1865 when the last shot in 1988 it was again reprinted. Page 2 was fired. And for the most But this time (in 1988) it was part we know the outcome of translated and printed in Eng- this war and it’s significance to lish as “We Were The Ninth”. Schwalm the United States and to the Page 7 World. The price of Liberty is In commemoration of the 150th not paid for lightly. Anniversary of the Civil War, Treysa “We Were The Ninth” is in fact (Schwalmstadt) But why is it so important to our us, our once again being reprinted. In addition to Page 4,6 family, and our ancestry? First, it marks a the significance of the Civil War period of time that many of our early experience, this book also mentions one ancestors and forefathers emigrated from of our kin, August Jungclas. Specifically it Germany to America in search of their accounts for his wounding at the Battle of American Dream. So it essentially marks Chickamauga and having been taken their arrival. Can you imagine what it prisoner by the Confederate Army. More would have been like arriving in a country details about August Jungclas’ experience speaking a different language and all so can be found in his military service and vastly different of a culture? It must have pension files including his release and been tough! Secondly many of our early liberation. 

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FROM THE EDITOR...

MORE POSTCARDS! and areas they lived in.

You asked for more... so without too Sometimes it is hard to imagine that many more words... here they are! they left them and gave up all they

had… just to come to America! And for It was quite surprising to learn how us! popular the Post Card images were in our last issue. So please find a few Many of these post cards can be found more included in this issue and there online at eBay (eBay.com or eBay.de).

are still yet a few more to come. It’s They are highly collectible and often great to know that these are so well included in books devoted to post cards appreciated. These images are quite of the area they represent. Additionally, FamilyTreeChronicle.com enjoyable and one can get a glimpse color versions of this newsletter and the and a much better feel for the culture of post cards can be found online at Volume 2, Number 1 M March 2011 our ancestors as well as the villages http://familytreechronicle.com  Publisher & Editor Daniel T. Jungclas

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Aerial View of Alfhausen, Germany….Ancestral Origin To Our Dϋsing Family Line

Alfhausen, Germany….Ancestral Origin To Our Dϋsing Family Line

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Aerial View of Treysa (Schwalmstadt), Germany….Ancestral Origin To Our Jungclas Family Line

Distant View of Treysa (Schwalmstadt), Germany….Ancestral Origin To Our Jungclas Family Line

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Cadolzburg, Germany….Ancestral Village To Our Feder Family Line

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Steingasse Street in Treysa (Schwalmstadt), Germany….Ancestral Origin To Our Jungclas Family Line Just A Short Distance (Down the Street) From One of Our Family’s Bakeries!

Greetings From Treysa (Schwalmstadt), Germany….Ancestral Origin To Our Jungclas Family Line

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OUR CIVIL WAR CONNECTIONS & VETERANS

Ancestor Service Date of Immigraon Comments Düsing, Hermann Not Applicable 1866 Düsing, Wilhelmina nee Wife of Hermann Düsing 1864 Trenkamp Jungclas, August Company B, 9th Ohio Volunteer 1858 Infantry Jungclas, Catherine nee Wife of 2 Service Men: John Unknown Schatzmann, Kunzmann Kunzmann & Henry Jungclas Jungclas, Henry Company L, 5th Ohio Volunteer 1863 with Josephine Used the alias of Philip Snyder Calvary Jungclas Kunzmann, John Company C, 108th Ohio Volun‐ Unknown Died in the Civil War teer Infantry Schube, Andrew Company C, 6th Ohio Volunteer Unknown Infantry Schube, Josephine nee Wife of Andrew Schube 1863 with Henry Jungclas Jungclas

Schwalm Girls Dancing (Schwalmstadt/Treysa, Hessen, Germany) Ancestral Origin To Our Jungclas Family Line

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Daniel T. Jungclas 2254 Keim Road Naperville IL 60565-4007

 Researching & Preserving Our Heritage…  Ancestral Origins Ancestral Family Lines (Map Available At http://familytreechronicle.com/ancestralmaps.html ) (Surnames) Alfhausen, Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück, Lenderscheid (bei Frielendorf), Schwalm- Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Nieder- Eder Kreis, Hesse, Deutschland (Germany) sachsen, Deutschland (Germany) Lohne (Oldenburg), Landkreis Vechta, Lower Ankum, Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück, Land- Saxony, Niedersachsen, Deutschland Beckmann kreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Nieder- (Germany) Deye sachsen, Deutschland (Germany) Meckenheim, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Bersenbrϋck (Bersenbrueck), Samtgemeinde Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland (Germany) Dϋsing (Dusing, Duesing) Bersenbrück, Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Feder Saxony, Niedersachsen, Deutschland Niederkaufungen, Landkreis Kassel, Hesse, (Germany) Deutschland (Germany) Feldmann Brockdorf, Landkreis Vechta, Lower Saxony, Querlenburg, Landkreis Vechta, Lower Hoffmann Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Germany) Saxony, Niedersachsen, Deutschland Buttendorf (Roßtal) Landkreis Fürth, Bavaria (Germany) Hopf (Bayern), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), Quakenbrϋck (Quakenbrueck), Samtge- Jungclas (Yungclas) Deutschland (Germany) meinde Artland, Landkreis Osnabrück, Cadolzburg (Kadolzburg), Landkreis Fürth, Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Kunzmann Bavaria (Bayern), Middle Franconia Deutschland (Germany) Niemann (Mittelfranken), Deutschland (Germany) Spieskappel, Schwalm-Eder Kreis, Hesse, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Deutschland (Germany) Nusbaum Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Ochs (Oches) Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA Stelle, Landkreis Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Dinklage, Landkreis Vechta, Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Germany) Ratermann Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Germany) Treysa (Schwalmstadt), Schwalm-Eder Kreis, Rentschler Ebersdorf, Schwalm-Eder Kreis, Hesse, Hesse, Deutschland (Germany) Deutschland (Germany) Twistringen, Landkreis Diepholz, Lower Rheinecker Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Niedersachsen, Deutschland Schatzmann Deutschland (Germany) (Germany) Heeke, Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück, Landkreis Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA Schube Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Zautendorf, Landkreis Fürth, Bavaria (Bayern), Trenkamp Deutschland (Germany) Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt, Hessen, Deutschland (Germany) Vinnage Deutschland (Germany) Ziegenhain, Schwalm-Eder Kreis, Hesse, Langwege, Landkreis Vechta, Lower Saxony, Deutschland (Germany) Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Germany) For More Information Please Contact: Dan Jungclas, 2254 Keim Road, Naperville, IL 60565-4007, [email protected]