| LC control no. | n 2010034258 |
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| Personal name heading | Markbreit, L. (Leopold), 1842-1909 |
| Variant(s) | Markbreit, Leopold, 1842-1909 |
| Found in | NUCMC data from American Jewish Archives for Godfrey Weitzel correspondence, 1865 Apr.-June (correspondence between Captain L. Markbreit and Weitzel) Find-a-Grave WWW, May 27, 2010 (Leopold Markbreit; Birth: Mar. 13, 1842; Death: July 27, 1909; Mayor of Cincinnati, Union Civil War Officer, U.S. Minister to Bolivia. A native of Vienna, Austria, his family fled Germany when he was a child after a failed revolution in 1848 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. When the Civil War began, he volunteered for service and enlisted in the Union Army as a Sergeant of Company E with the 28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was soon promoted to Sergeant Major and after the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant for bravery on the field. He eventually became a Captain and was captured by the Confederate Army while serving under General William Averell while participating in the "Salem Raid" in Dec. 1863. He was held in Libby Prison for thirteen months and suffered from extreme treatment to which he never fully recovered. His half-brother, U.S. Minister to Ecuador, Frederick Hassaurek, arranged for his liberation on Feb. 5, 1865; later, minister to Bolivia and mayor of Cincinnati) |
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