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Civil War Soldiers - Asboth
| Asboth, Alexander S., brigadier-general, was born in
Keszthely, Hungary, Dec. 18, 1811. He received his education in
Oldenburg, and served some time as a cuirassier in the Austrian army.
He then studied law for a time, and, after that, turning his attention
to engineering, was employed in various important works in Banat. He
served with Kossuth in the Hungarian war of 1848-49, followed Kossuth
to Turkey, and then came with him, in 1851, to America, where he soon
became a citizen. At the outbreak of the Civil war he offered his
services to the government, and, in July, 1861, was sent to Missouri
as chief of staff to Gen. Fremont. He was appointed a
brigadier-general in September of the same year and commanded the
fourth division in Fremont's western campaign. After that he was
assigned to command a division in Gen. Curtis' army, and during the
Arkansas campaign occupied Bentonville and Fayetteville. In the
fighting at Pea ridge he was severely wounded. The year 1863 saw him
in command of Columbus, Ky., and in August of that year he was
transferred to command the district of West Florida. Shortly
afterward, at the battle of Marianna, he was severely wounded, his
left cheek bone being broken and his left arm fractured in two places.
His services in Florida won him the brevet of major-general, March 13,
1865, and in 1866 he was sent to Argentine Republic and Uruguay, as
United States minister. Two years later, Jan. 21, 1868, he died at
Buenos Ayres, death being caused by the wound in his face received
four years previous.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908 |
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