Albin Francisco Schoepf
Albin Francisco Schoepf | |
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| Years of service | 1841–1849 (Austria) 1849–1851 (Ottoman Empire) 1861–1866 (USA) |
| Rank | Major (Austria) Major (Ottoman Empire)  Brigadier General (USA) |
| Battles/wars | Hungarian Revolution of 1848 American Civil War |
Albin Francisco Schoepf (
Early life
Schoepf was born in
Washington, D.C.
Schoepf emigrated to the United States with other Hungarian revolutionaries in 1851.[2] He served as a clerk first in the United States Coast Survey. After befriending Joseph Holt, Schoepf clerked under Holt in the U.S. Patent Office and then the War Department. While working in Washington, D.C., Schoepf married Julie Bates Kesley in 1855; they had 9 children together.[2]
Civil War
Appointed a brigadier general of volunteers on September 30, 1861, Schoepf's brigade fought well at the
Proving himself an aggressive and able field commander, Schoepf was promoted to
On April 13, 1863, Schoepf was ordered to report to Fort Delaware as commanding officer and served the balance of the war in that command.[3] Fort Delaware, located on Pea Patch Island, served as a prisoner-of-war camp for captured Confederate soldiers and sailors.[3] According to Laura M. Lee, historian at Fort Delaware State Park, "...it was not a pleasant place by any standards, historical records and the death rate testify to the fact that it was one of the more survivable prison camps, North or South."[4] The prisoner complex held up to 11,500 at its peak (July 1863), with a cumulative population of 33,000 by war's end. According to "They Died at Fort Delaware 1861–1865" by historian Jocelyn P. Jamison and compiled from NARA records, about 2,460 prisoners died, 109 guards and 39 civilians.[5]
Postbellum career
Schoepf was mustered out of service on January 15, 1866.[2] After the war, Schoepf returned to the U.S. Patent Office and died after a long illness, likely stomach cancer. He is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ JSTOR 20147046. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9780811732703. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ "Interpreter's Notes by Laura Lee, Fort Delaware". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ "FDS Website Home Page". fortdelaware.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
References
- Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published 1959 by McKay.
- Fetzer, Dale, and Bruce E. Mowday. Unlikely Allies: Fort Delaware's Prison Community in the Civil War. Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2000. ISBN 0-8117-1823-9.
- Welsh, Jack D. Medical Histories of Union Generals. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-87338-649-4.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- Jamison, Jocelyn P. "They Died at Fort Delaware 1861–1865". Delaware City, Delaware: Fort Delaware Society, 1996.
External links
- "Albin Francisco Schoepf". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- "Fort Delaware". FortWiki Historic U.S. and Canadian Forts. fortwiki.com. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
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