Tag: German Immigrants
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A German Immigrant in the Civil War
Christian Oertel[1] was born April 15, 1842 in Dankersen, a village in the city of Minden, which was part of Prussia and presently lies in the northeastern corner of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Christian was baptized two days later in the local Lutheran church. His parents were Johann Friedrich “Frederick” Konrad Oertel and Karoline Charlotte…