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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 4 . (search)
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9 : roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Waldersee , Mary Esther , Countess von (search)
Waldersee, Mary Esther, Countess von
Born in New York City, Oct. 3, 1837: daughter of David Lee; spent her early years in Paris with her sister, Josephine, the wife of Baron August von Waechter, ambassador from Wurtemberg to France.
There Mary became the wife of Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg-Noer, who had been exiled.
The prince died July 2, 1865, soon after his marriage.
In 1871 his widow married Albert, Count von Waldersee, who was appointed chief of the general staff of the German army to succeed Count von Moltke in 1888; field-marshal in 1895: and commander of the allied armies in China in 1900.
The countess is credited with possessing a powerful influence in the German Court, and with having brought about the marriage of Emperor William II.
with the Princess Augusta Victoria.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, John G. Parke (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, O. B. Willcox (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Maryland Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Massachusetts Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New York Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Ohio Volunteers . (search)