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Frederick Phisterer (October 11, 1836 – July 13, 1909) was a German immigrant, American soldier, and writer who fought for the United States in the American Civil War. Phisterer received the Medal of Honor , his country's highest award for bravery during combat. [ 1 ]
Phisterer, Frederick, Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States, Castle Books, 1883, ISBN 0-7858-1585-6. Elliott, Daniel T., and Tracy M. Dean, Nash Farm Battlefield: History and Archaeology [permanent dead link ], LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report 123. The LAMAR Institute, Savannah, Georgia, 2007.
Relief at front of monument to the 9th New York Volunteer Cavalry at Gettysburg Lt. Col. William B. Hyde of the 9th New York Cavalry. The 9th New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It is also known as the Stoneman Cavalry, named after New York-born cavalry general George ...
The battery was armed with six 3-inch Ordnance rifles and commanded by a captain. [5] [2] [3] The battery was further divided into three sections of two guns.Each gun in a section used two six-horse teams; one team pulled a limber that attached to the trail of the gun to form a four-wheeled wagon of sorts; the other pulled a limber that attached to a caisson.
First Lieutenant Frederick Phisterer. Civil War. On 31 December 1862, while assigned to the 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, 1LT Phisterer voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion was saved from capture or annihilation.
The 17th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the United States Army during the American Civil War.It was often referred to as the 17th New York Veteran Zouaves and has been erroneously reported as using mules as mounts during Sherman's March to the Sea up until the Grand Review of the Armies.
8th New York officers garbed in the same uniforms that they wore to the Mexican War Reverse of the Regimental flag.. The 8th (the ist German Rifles) was recruited in New York City, there mustered into federal service on April 2Zy 1861, for two years, and left for Washington on May 27 under the command of Col. Louis Blenker.
Company E, 5th Regiment N.Y. Zouaves, at Camp Butler, Va 5th Regiment Zouaves near Fortress Monroe, Va.. The 5th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.