Company
B, 7th Regiment
Texas Mounted Volunteers
(Confederate)
During the New Mexico Expedition with Sibley's Brigade
Major Gustav Hoffman enrolled his company of Germans in New Braunfels, Comal County, on September 28, 1861. The unit was mustered into Confederate service for "the war" at Camp Sibley, near San Antonio as Company B, 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers on October 8, 1861. Company B took part in the battles of Valverde and Glorieta and the skirmish of Peralta. Of the 86 men on this roll, one remained behind in San Antonio to be medically discharged, leaving Company B with 85 effectives on the eve of the invasion of New Mexico During the campaign four men were killed on the battlefield, one at Valverde and three at Glorieta, eight were wounded, five at Valverde and three at Glorieta, and 13 were taken prisoner, including two of those who had been wounded. Two prisoners were sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois. In addition, four men deserted, one was accidentally shot and killed, and one died of disease. With the transferring in of one new man during the campaign, Company B arrived in San Antonio with no more than 62 men fit for duty.
Original journal by:
John Stavinoha
Commanding Officers
General Henry Hopkins Sibley, age 46
Capt. Gustav Hoffman, age
42
Company Officers
1st Lt. Scipio Schwartzhoff, age
45
2nd Lt. Carl Conrad, age 39
2nd Lt. Carl Weichold, age 42
1st Sgt. Hermann Gelven, age 28
2nd Sgt. Stephen Marbach, age 26
3rd Sgt. Charles Hasenbeck, age 40
4th Sgt. Julius Ploetz, age 21
5th Sgt. Julius Eggeling, age 44
Corporals
1st Cpl. Henry Sippel, age 20
2nd Cpl. F. W. Philippe, age 25
3rd Cpl. Henry Jonas, age 21
4th Cpl. Henry Schaefer, age 18
1st Bugler Fredrich Muller, age 37
2nd Bugler F. Schleicher, age 22
Ferdinand Blume, age 35
Privates
| Arning, Otto, age
20 Blumentritt, L., age 20 Brotze, Fredrich, age 18 Clemberger, Eugene, age 17 Ebensberger, Eugene, age 19 Faust, Joseph, age 18 Fenske, George, age 18 Gelven, Adolph, age 22 Gotthardt, G., age 33 Haas, Wilhelm Reinhard, age 18 Habermann, August, age 25 Halm, Charles, age 21 Harms, Fred, age 18 Hartwig, Fredrich, age 26 Hein, Ferdinand, age 26 Heinz, Otto, age 19 Hermes, Edward, age 39 Jordan, F., age 22 Kanther, H., age 28 Karbach, Fredrich, age 24 Kimpel, Peter, age 25 Kraemer, John, age 22 Lefevre, William, age 28 Linnartz, J., age 20 Linnartz, P. T., age 22 Linartz, Peter, age 47 Lüders, Fredrich, age 45 Magnus, A., age 19 Marquardt, John, age 26 Meier, August, age 20 Meier, Chr., age 28 Mergenthal, John, age 27 Mergenthal, William, age 25 Mithinges, W., age 36 |
Moos, Kasper, age
18 Moos, Robert, age 26 Nitsche, Charles, age 20 Panthermuhl, C., age 23 Panthermuhl, J., age 30 Penshorn, Fr., age 20 Propst, Chr., age 22 Ransom, James, age 22 Rheinlander, Charles, age 30 Riedel, Frank, age 18 Sahm, Adolph, age 20 Scheel, Robert, age 21 Scheel, William, age 19 Schmidt, William, age 24 Schmith, Martin, age 25 Schroeder, H., age 25 Schuenemann, Charles, age 21 Schuhl, Jacob, age 22 Schultz, Fred., age 20 Schultz, Dr. Henry, age 36 Schuman, Fritz, age 21 Schurre, Ed, age 36 Schutz, Charles, age 22 Simon, Sylvester, age 20 Smith, John, age 22 Stratemann, Charles, age 22 Waldschmidt, Phillip, age 22 Weber, Conrad, age 21 Weyel, Adolph, age 21 Weyel, John, age 23 Wicke, Christian, age 18 Widemer, Henry, age 18 Willmann, G., age 32 Willman, Hermann, age 20 Worf, Peter |