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Peter Joseph Osterhaus
Peter Joseph Osterhaus (January 4, 1823 – January 2, 1917) was a German-American Union Army general in the American Civil War and later served as a diplomat.
Early life.
Osterhaus was born in Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia, the son of Eleanora (Kraemer) and Josef Adolf Oisterhusz. He attended the Berlin Military Academy and after serving for some time as a Prussian Army officer and finding himself on the losing side in the Revolutions of 1848, he immigrated to the United States
Peter Osterhaus" (University of Missouri Press; 2010) 288 pages; scholarly biography
- Woodworth, Steven E., "Grant's Lieutenants," vol. 1: "From Cairo to Vicksburg", Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2001.
External links.
- Peter Joseph Osterhaus Official Website