id was set in the arguments array for the "side panel" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-1". Manually set the id to "sidebar-1" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /home/netscrib/public_html/civilwarcavalry/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4239id was set in the arguments array for the "footer" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-2". Manually set the id to "sidebar-2" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /home/netscrib/public_html/civilwarcavalry/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4239Dr. Dominik Frhr. von König
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(that is a village in Bavaria, where a lot of famous American painters, the so-called Duveneck-Boys – Frank Duveneck from Cincinnatti/Ohio – and others worked for a while, when studieing at the Academy in Munich. But this is again another story!)
Not sure if you saw the New York Adjutant General records for the 68th NY:
http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/68th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf
Interestingly, it mentions that Paul von Koenig served in the English army. There are a couple of other Koenig’s listed, but as the name translates to “King,” would need more to establish a relationship.
Another source you may wish to check out is Friedrich Otto Barron von Fritch’s collected letters entitled “A Gallant Captain of the Civil War: Being the Extraordinary Adventures of Friedrich Otto Baron von Fritch” published in 1902. He was in the 68th, and while I am not familiar with the text, it appears to have been cited frequently in “Chancellorsville and the Germans.”
Chris
]]>Here are picture of General Goetz Friedrich Wilhelm Ulrich, Freiherr von Koenig:
http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/bruch/germans.htm
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=591569&highlight=h%FClsen
He was awarded the Blue Max in 1915:
http://www.hotlinecy.com/KCPix/BlueMaxRecipients.pdf
It looks like there is a biography in this source:
http://home.foni.net/~adelsforschung/sold04.htm
He was also the author of a cavalry tactics book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winke-f%C3%BCr-taktische-Ausbildung-Kavallerie-Offiziere/dp/B0014TR7A2
Chris
]]>http://www.portrait.kaar.at/Erster%20Weltkrieg%20Teil%202/image10.html.
]]>General der Kavallerie (general of cavalry) Götz Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von König. Born Braunschweig 23 February 1847. Died Charlottenburg (Berlin) 27 April 1934. (He was the father of renowned painter Leo Freiherr von König.)
In 1914 he was commander of the 3rd Landwehr Division in the 8th Army with the rank of lieutenant general.
If General von König was related to Paul, I don’t know.
There are references to von König (Paul & Robert) in “The wild life of the Army: Civil War letters of James A. Garfield”, p. 150…
Stefan
]]>It’s an interesting puzzle to try to unwind.
Eric
]]>“It is said he [Koenig] was killed by his own men in revenge for his having struck several of them during the march from Moorefield. It is also said that those who killed him did not know Averell by sight and supposed that Koenig was Averell.”
Either way, sounds like there were some rough customers in the ranks.
You can find that text here, but it takes a minute to upload the full pdf: http://tinyurl.com/259bwdo
David
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