Collection Summary
Phisterer, Frederick
Frederick Phisterer papers
circa 1868-1910
01068
1.45 cubic
feet (3 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Biography of Frederick PhistererFrederick Phisterer (1836-1909) a native of Stuttgart, Germany, came to the United States as a young man. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1855, was discharged in 1860, and reenlisted in 1861, serving in the 18th U.S. Infantry during the Civil War, where he attained the rank of Captain and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Stone River. After the war, he continued to serve as a Captain in the Seventh U.S. Infantry. He was stationed at Fort Kearny, Nebraska (1865-1866) and at Forts Sanders and Bridger, Wyoming (1868). He participated in the 1869 expedition in the Wind River Mountains involving the Shoshone. From 1880 until his death, he was Assistant Adjutant General of the New York National Guard.
Scope and ContentThe collection includes two pamphlets by Phisterer, "The Regular Army of the United States" (1893) and "The Regular Brigade of the 14th Army Corps" (1883); a memorial on Phisterer; a scrapbook of obituaries; Army certificates; photographs; a photograph including biographical information; and a set of Civil-War era soldiers mounted on cardboard bases.
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Related Materials
Frederick Phisterer papers, 1883-1909; U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States. Army. Regular Brigade (14th Corps)
Military miniatures.
Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Regular brigade (14th corps)
Photographs.
Generals.
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Politics, Government, and Law
Military
Immigration and American Expansion
Container List
PHOTOGRAPHS:
Photo Biographical FilesB-P559-f1--4x6--General Frederick Phisterer1895
Photo Biographical FilesOversize photofile1--8x10--Wedding of Captain Frederick Phisterer and Isabel Riley, mounted on cardboardundated
Photo Biographical FilesOversize photofile1--10x13--General Frederick Phistererundated
Biographical Files Oversize photofile1--10x12--General Frederick Phisterer and unidentified man, mounted on cardboardundated
B-P559-fPicture (portrait) of Gen. Frederick Phisterer.undated
MISCELLANEOUS:
Biographical Files B-P559-f1--Blotter, Frederick Phisterer, Geo. S. Dawson Post, No. 63, Dep't. N.S., Albany, N.Y. [career dates written on back]
1-2B-P559-f1--Pamphlet: Phisterer, Frederick, THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, Albany, NY: S. H. Wentworth1893
Main-on-exchange1--Set of paper civil-war era soldiers mounted on cardboard bases (2 Hollinger boxes)
Biographical Files New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 by General Frederick Phisterer, Vols. 1-5, third edition1909
Biographical Files B-P559-fRecord of Captain Frederick Phisterer issued by Order of the Indian Wars of the United StatesJuly 29, 1902
Biographical Files B-P559-fNewspaper Tributes to the Memory of General Frederick Phisterer
Biographical Files B-P559-f oversizeMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (circular), in Memoriam of Frederick Phisterer, Capt. Late U.S. Army
B-P559-fBook: The Regular Brigade, of the 14th Army Corps