Ernst Reinhold Schmidt

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Ernst Reinhold Schmidt (born October 8, 1819 in Soldau ; † November 28, 1901 in Philadelphia ) was a German teacher who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1848 . He was the first German-American to write a history of the American Civil War .

Life

After graduating from the Altstädtischer school in Konigsberg Schmidt studied at the University of Königsberg Evangelical Theology . In the summer semester of 1841 he became a member of the Corps Masovia . With his corps brothers he was considered "spirited and spirited". Following the example of Johann Gottfried Seume , he wandered with Ernst Balduhn for four months through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Rhineland in 1843 . After the failure of the German Revolution , the “radical forty-eight” emigrated to the United States in 1848 . Schmidt taught science and the German language at Burlington College in New Jersey. He published a geographic study of the Great Salt Lake Valley in Petermann's Geographical Notes and was an observer at the Smithsonian Institution's weather station in New Jersey. In 1869 he gave a German speech at the “Humboldt-Säcular-Celebration” of the German Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . He was a member of the Masonic Lodge Burlington Lodge and corresponding secretary of the German Pioneer Association of Philadelphia.

Schmidt was the first German-American to publish a history of the American Civil War that appeared in German both in the United States and in Germany. The popular representation represents the position of the Republican Party. He also wrote a sequel to Emma Willard's History of the United States of North America in German.

Fonts

  • The valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah and the military road near the 41st and 42nd parallel to the same , in: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1858, pp. 280–294; online at Google Books
  • The American Civil War. History of the People of the United States Before, During, and After the Rebellion , Schäfer and Koradi, Philadelphia and Leipzig, Volume 1, 1867, online at Google Books ; Volume 2, 1869.
  • with Emma Willard : Willard's History of the United States of America: continued to the present day, including a concise, thorough history of the American Civil War , Schäfer and Koradi, Philadelphia 1870
  • The Founding of Pennsylvania: The German View of Our Bi-centennial: Oration Before the German Pioneer Society of Philadelphia , The Society, Philadelphia 1882
  • German pioneering work in the eastern border countries , German Pioneer Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), HR Grassmann, Philadelphia 1892
  • Abstract of the English and American literature , appendix to the 34th revised edition by John L. Appleton: New practical method to learn to read, write and speak the English language in a short time: with indication of the English pronunciation and accentuation , Schaefer & Koradi, Philadelphia 1893
  • Dr. Oswald Seidensticker, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania: A Life Picture , German Pioneer Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), HR Grassmann, Philadelphia 1894

literature

  • Christian B. Keller: Chancellorsville and the Germans: Nativism, Ethnicity, and Civil War Memory , The North's Civil War Series, Fordham Univ. Press, New York 2010, ISBN 9780823226504 , pp. 149 f .; Preview on Google Books

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 89/372
  2. ↑ Hans Lippold: Two Königsberg corps boys on the move. Balduhn 1 and Schmidt 2 visiting corps in Berlin, Halle, Leipzig, Munich, Zurich and Heidelberg in 1843. In: Rüdiger Döhler , Corps Masovia , Munich 2005, pp. 409-416.
  3. ^ Christian B. Keller: Chancellorsville and the Germans , New York 2010, pp. 149 f.
  4. ↑ Burlington College, Twenty-Sixth Year , M'Calla & Staveley, Philadelphia 1872, p. 5; online at Google Books
  5. ↑ Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 1858, p. 280. - Apparently he had completed his studies with a doctorate, since his publications included a doctorate.
  6. ↑ Results of meteorological observations, made under the direction of the United States Patent Office and the Smithsonian Institution from the year 1854 to 1859… , vol. I-II, Volume 1, Govt. Print. Off., 1861, p. 63
  7. ^ Humboldt-Säcular-Celebration, 1869 , Joseph Horner Library, German Society of Pennsylvania
  8. ^ Oswald Seidensticker: History of the German Society of Pennsylvania: From the time of its founding in 1764 to the year 1876. Commemoration for the Jubilee of the Republic , Kohler, Philadelphia 1876, p. 245
  9. ↑ Proceedings of the isle-Forth Annual Communication of the MW Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of New Jersey , Murphy & Bechtel, Trenton, 1871, p 310; online at Google Books
  10. ↑ Donna-Christine Sell, Dennis F. Walle: Guide to the Heinrich A. Rattermann collection of German-American manuscripts , University of Illinois Library, 1979, ISBN 9780878450527 , p. 49; online in the Internet Archive
  11. ↑ The German Champion: Monthly Schr. für dt. Kultur in Amerika , Vol. 2-3, Viereck Pub., 1908, p. 151
  12. ^ Christian B. Keller: Chancellorsville and the Germans , New York 2010, pp. 149 f. - Schmidt defended the German regiments while downplaying the role of Anglo-American units, an attitude which, according to Keller, was not conducive to an assimilative vision for the German citizens of America.
  13. ↑ G. Schwabs and K. Klüpfels Guide to German Literature. A manual for the educated , 4th ed., Leipzig 1870, p. 194 f .; online at Google Books
  14. ↑ On the latest history of the North American Union , in: Blätter für literary entertainment No. 49, December 2, 1869; online at Google Books
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Ernst Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1848
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Soldau , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1901
Place of death Philadelphia