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Born Feb. 3rd 1834 in Waibstadt, Baden Germany and died��� ���������� �����������������������������������March
24th 1911 in Mobile Alabama ��������������������������������� _____________________����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
�������� Charles Frederick Wacker (Karl Friedrich), a 19 year old
farm boy from Waibstadt, Baden Germany, made his way to the seaport of
Bremerhaven Germany in 1853. there boarded the 331-Ton bark �Favorite� along
with others seeking to make a new life in North America free from political
oppression and conscription into the German Army. Under the mastery of
Captain B. Hey, they made their way through the North Sea, down the English
Channel and set out southerly and Westward across the Atlantic into the
Caribbean. Sailing past Cuba they turned northward into the Gulf of Mexico
and on to the Port of New Orleans Louisiana. They arrived on January 26 1854.
note: ���������������� The immigrant ship "Favorite" was
accidentally rammed and sunk by another ship in the �� ���������English Channel on Its very next
voyage to America. Only the captain and 4 crewmen survived. ����������
�Al Immigrants, about 180 in
all were never seen again. 1853��� Departed
Bremerhaven Germany for America December? 1854��� Arrived
in the port New Orleans Louisiana January 24 185?��� Moved
to Springhill (Mobile) Alabama 1858��� Received U. S. Citizenship July 19th as
Charles F. "WALKER" in City Court at Mobile Alabama Note: ���� Immigrant
surnames were often misspelled. This was due in part to: Immigration
Officials and persons of other nationalities not being familiar with names
foreign to their own culture, and also, due to the heavy accents of the
immigrants themselves. As a result of this problem Charles Frederick
"WACKER" Sr. was sometimes called �Walker�. ���� The deed
document dividing his mother-in-law Mary Ann Lucas-Tosh-Flannery's property
between his wife Mary Ann Tosh-Wacker and his sister-in-law Margaret
Tosh-Pitroff dated August 8th 1877 recorded in deed book 037 pages
363-365 in The Office of the Judge of Probate Court for Mobile County,
Alabama, and personally attested to by the Judge of Probate, Price Williams
Jr. himself, states that Charles F. WACKER Sr. is �sometimes called Walker�. ���� The original
1860 U. S. Census field document plainly and clearly list Charles and
his wife Mary Ann as �WACKER�, yet the later transcribed published record shows
them as �Walker�. This was only one (1) year prior to his enlistment in the
army of The Confederate States of America wherein his service record lists
him as C. F. �Walker�.� ���� The later
1880 U. S. Census field document list them, and seven (7) of their
eight (8) children, as �Walker� and the transcribed published record once
again list them as �Walker�.� ���� The Alabama
Department of Archives and History records of members serving in the army of
the Confederate States of America, Wilcox Brigade, Eighth Alabama�� Infantry, Company �G� has no listing for
C. F. �Walker�, but instead list C. F. �WACKER�. ���� The Alabama
State Department of Archives and History publication, The Alabama Historical
Quarterly XXXIX, 1977, No. 1,2,3 and 4 page 270 Appendix K list: �2nd
Lt. Charles F. Walker (WACKER)� The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
Volume XXV published by the Broadfoot Publishing Company 1996, lists �Walker,
Charles F. AL 8th Inf. Co. G 2nd Lt.�.�
���� The 1906
hand written deed executed by Charles F. WACKER Sr. on February 15 conveying
his property to his eight (8) his children as recorded February 23 1906 in
deed book 121 pages 299-300 in the Office of The Judge of Probate for Mobile
County, Alabama states in part �and also in consideration of the love and
affection which I __?___� my children
who are the grantees herein, I Charles F. WACKER Sr. do remise, release,
quite claim, and convey unto�. Then he proceeds to name the same seven (7)
children, plus a later born child, listed along with he and Mary Ann
erroneously in the 1860 and 1880 U. S. Censuses under the name Walker, by the
surname WACKER. Clearly his name was WACKER and not Walker and the
errors were made by others as all documents to which a signature is affixed
are signed Charles F. WACKER Sr. All of his descendants then and today have
the same surname, i.e. �WACKER�.���� 1859��� Married
Mary Ann Tosh in Springhill (Mobile), Alabama the daughter of John and Mary
Ann Lucas-Tosh (Later Mary Ann Lucas-Tosh-Flannery), French immigrants living
at Springhill (Mobile), Alabama 1861��� Enlisted
�for the war� with the rank of Lance Corporal in the army of the Confederate
States of America, Alabama Eighth (8th) Infantry Company �G�, know
as the �Mobile German Fusiliers� at Mobile, Alabama Note: Alabama's
eighth infantry is distinguished as the very first regiment of THE ENTIRE
confederate army to enlist �for the war� 1861��� Son
Charles Frederick Wacker Jr was born. He Married Hannah O�Neil and together
they had two (2) CHILDREN who lived past infancy, namely Charles Frederick
Wacker III and John Conrad Wacker Company
Muster roll, for June 8th to June 30th L Corp. Charles Walker
Company
Muster roll, For July August Mobile, Alabama, L Corp. Charles F. Walker,
Present, Enlisted May 25th 1861 �for the war� at Mobile, Alabama
by Captain John P. Emrich, Remarks: Quartermaster Sgt. HISTORY OF SERVICE WITH THE
EIGHTH ALABAMA INFANTRY ����������� 1861��� York
Town Virginia, Staged there for first eleven months of service 1862��� Winn�s Mill Engaged in skirmish near there Note:
The Alabama
Eighth Infantry was Placed IN GENERAL Pryor's Brigade 1862��� Williamsburg May 5th overtaken by ENEMY
100 men lost ����������� Fair Oaks May 31ST AND June 1st ����������� Seven Pines 32 killed, 80 wounded,
32 missing Note: The Alabama
Eighth Infantry was transferred to the brigade of General Cadmus Wilcox 1862��� Mechanicsville June 26th Gaines�
Mill June 28TH LOST 175,� (1/2) of 350
men engaged, 3rd sergt. C. F. Walker distinguished himself in battle for
which his name was to be placed on the ROLL of HONOR of Confederate Soldiers
(The very highest honor award of the Confederate Army) Frazier�s
Farm June 30th, 180 engaged 90 met muster the next morning ����������� Second battle of Manassas�� Somewhat engaged, lost 60 men ����������� Harper�s Ferry�� Somewhat engaged Antietam
(Sharpsburg), September 17th Heavily engaged 67 killed and wounded ����������� Wintered at Rappahannock ����������� Fredericksburg ����������� Salem Church, 58 killed and
wounded December
27th, 1ST. Serg�t. Chas. F. Walker received pay for period of service from
June 30th to October 12th�� 1862,
Promoted to 2nd Lt. 1863��� Gettysburg,
July 3rd, Fought with General Robert Edward Lee's Army of Northern Virginia,
MAJ.GEN. James Longstreet's Command, MAJ.GEN. Richard Herndon Anderson's
Division, Col. Alfred Cumming's Wilcox (Cummings) Brigade, Maj. Hillary A.
Hebert's 8th Alabama Infantry, Capt. John P. Emrch's Company "G" "Mobile
Fusiliers" 420 ENGAGED, more than 1/2 or 260 left killed and wounded on
the battle field. While engaged in battle there 2nd Lt. C. F. Walker
sustained an enemy gunshot wound in the left shoulder and side, �left in
enemy lines� reads the report. He was captured and sent to the Union field
hospital at Delaware. � ����������� ����������� July
4th admitted 12th A. C General Field Hospital �A. P.
Gettysburg PA. ����������� July
6th transferred to General hospital �Gunshot wound in lt shoulder
and side. Muster
Roll Company G 8TH Alabama �Absent� POW�
�left in enemy lines�. ����������� JULY?� POW at Fort Mc Henry Transferred to Fort Delaware July
21st,�� transferred from
Fort Delaware to Johnson Island Prison for Confederate Officers in Lake Erie
at Sandusky Ohio. in charge of Lt Wm. Hall 1864��� Muster Roll 8th Alabama Co.
G� �absent� POW Note: ����������� August 10th, Name placed
on "ROLL of HONOR" of Confederate Soldiers. for bravery at the
Battle of Gaines� Mill Note: ����������� After his capture his Company �G�
went on to fight the following listed battles: 1864��� The Wilderness May 5th, 6th and 7th ����������� Spotsylvania May 8th to 18th ����������� Salem Church, Cold Harbor June 1st
to 12th Weldon
RAILROAD JUNE 22nd and 23RD FORMED a portion of the troops engaged ����������� The �Crater� AT Deep Bottom July
30th outstanding in battle. PETERSBURG,
Somewhat engaged in the battle at the plank road below Petersburg. ����������� Appomattox, ENGAGED 1865��� March
21st transferred from Johnson Island Prison to Point Lookout Md.
For exchange. June
12th Oath of Allegiance attested to at Fort Delaware, Released, ����������� Complexion: fair, Hair:
light.� Eyes: dark, Height: 5 ft. 8 in Released
1,000 miles from home ... no horse, no gun, no money and no food Note: More than
one-third (470) OF the 1377 ON the roll of the Alabama�� Eighth were killed, mortally wounded, or
died of DISEASE. 236 others were discharged or transferred. the remaining 671
returned home with honor still proud of their service to The Confederate
States of America 1865��� Returned
to HIS WAITING family, wife, Mary Ann and young son Charles Frederick Jr at
MOBILE, ALABAMA. It had been four (4) hard years for all of them, including
the better part of two (2) years he spent as a prisoner of war. Afterwards
together he and ����� Mary Ann had seven
(7) MORE CHILDREN, namely: 1866? Louis Julius Wacker BORN???� (Married Margaret Betbeze and after her
death ����������� married Rose Hofheins)
0 children w/Margaret, 3 w/Rose 1868?� Emma
Wacker, born??� (Married James
Griffith Jr) 1 child (died at birth) 1870��� John Conrad Wacker, born August 17th
he Married Elizabeth Margaret ����������� Hoffmann
and they had two (2) children 1872 �� Delphine
Wacker, born December 18th�
(Married Edward Wilmer Hansen) 11 children including ONE (1) stillborn 1874 �� Catherine
Fannie Wacker, born November 8th��
(Married Frank C. Hofheins)������
����������� 4 children lived to maturity 1877 �� Dora
Ann Wacker, born November 20th (Married William J. Scott) 2
children 1882��� Mary Magdalene Wacker, born April 14th� (Married Charles F. Hofheins) 1 child
(died at birth) The above
biography is from information obtained from numerous sources by descendants
of Charles Frederick WACKER. Footnote source documentation to be added later
as this is a work in progress and information is still being gathered. JCW |
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