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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg |
| Journal Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Date of Publication | Summer 2013 |
| Volume ID | 35 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 113-116, ill. |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | Born in 1794 at Eckitten, an estate near Memel, in east Prussia (today Klaipeda, Lithuania), Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg served in the Prussian army, later inherited the Eckitten estate, and raised a family. In 1849 Rosenberg's eldest son, Carl Wilhelm von Rosenberg, a royal architect, was proscribed because of his outspoken democratic ideas and was barred from further employment with the government. He thus decided to emigrate to Texas. When Carl was unable to dissuade his son from leaving, he decided that the entire family should emigrate together. The family purchased the Nassau plantation in northern Fayette County, and were slaveholders. All the Rosenberg sons joined the Confederate effort during the Civil War. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Poetry/ Rosenberg, Peter Carl Johann von, 1794-1866/ Slavery/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans |