Hola a todos,
EUdB, gracias por tus aportes, en especial a esas dos unidades concretas.
Sobre españoles en los Wheat Tigers o Wheat's Special Battalion, el enlace sugerido para el 1st Battalion anteriormente, o este con los nombres de todos los miembros de las diversas compañias de la brigada en la que se incluía, no aparece ningún apellido español,
http://www.acws.net/tigers/rosters.htm , e incluso es dificil encontrar apellidos callún o acadios.
Respecto a las
fuerzas españolas, he encontrado referencias al 5th Regiment de la European Brigade, también conocida como Spanish Legion, pero de acuerdo con el enlace siguiente, era una unidad tipo Home Guard, y estaba destinada a mantener el orden en Nueva Orleans, al igual que el resto de unidades de la Brigada, ya que estaba conformada por extranjeros residentes en un importante puerto comercial.,
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x ... read=11367
Una refrencia bibliográfica, The European Brigade, en amazon.com:
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
New Orleans surrenders The European Brigade was a troop of men formed by the European residents of New Orleans. Their aim was to protect themselves and families from a feared attempt by mobs to seize control of the city after the rebel troops left and before the Union troops arrived. Union naval forces fought their way up the Mississippi River past rebel forts and arrived off New Orleans on the 24h of April, 1862. Rebel troops began abandoning the city on April 23rd.and were completely gone in several days. The city did not surrender until April 29th, and it wasn't until May 1st that the first Union troops arrived. Europeans made up a large part of the population of the city at the time of the Civil War. The Confederate government permitted them the option of acting as auxiliary police rather than serving as Confederate troops. The Brigade leader, General Paul Juge ordered his men to protect Union surrender negotiators from the mob which threatened to kill the Union officers as the talks proceeded. As a result many considered him to be pro Union. He was also derided for his relationship with a quadroon woman. The author, Peter Juge, has lived all over the world as a US Foreign Service officer and international oil company executive. This is his seventh book. He was born and raised in New Orleans and heard the European Brigade story from relatives. As there was only one large Juge clan, he assumes he is related to Paul.
About the Author
Peter Juge is a former Foreign Service officer and International Oil Company Executive. He has lived in Ethiopia, Malaya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia.. He grew up in New Orleans where there was one clan of Juges and assumes Paul Juge was a relative, but family records are not clear. He lives in Potomac Falls, Virginia.
De la Home Guard de Mobile, lo más parecido que encuentro es la Mobile City Troop o Mobile Guards o Mobile Volunteers. Para Spanish Guards, encontramos que su denominación oficial era Compañía G del 21st Alabama Infantry (
http://history-sites.com/~kjones/localal.html#M )
The 21st Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered into service on 13 October 1861, in Mobile, and remained at Hall's Mill and Fort Gaines until ordered to Fort Pillow in March 1862. It remained there a few days and then moved to Corinth where it was brigaded under Gen'l Adley Gladden. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh where it lost six color-bearers in succession, and 200 k and w out of about 650 engaged. It was complimented in general orders. On the return to Corinth, the regiment was reorganized and extended in enlistment from one year to "for the war." The 21st was at Farmington, but with few casualties. In the summer, the regiment was ordered to Mobile and was on garrison duty at Fort Morgan and at Oven and Choctaw Bluffs. Non-commissioned officers and men of companies "G" and "H", predominantly of French and Spanish ancestry, were transferred to the 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment, and two other companies joined the 21st on 24 March 1864.
tampoco es dificl, teniendo en cuenta la historia de Mobila.... y suenen las trompetas, timbales y fanfarrías:
Pedro Horta, Oficial del Ejercito Confederado
Peter "Pedro" Horta (nació en 1817 en Cataluña, España, falleció Abril13, 1880) era un segundo teniente en la compañia G, de la 21a Infanteria de Alabama. El fué socio de A.P. Horta con su pariente, en Nueva Orleans, Antonio Horta. Ellos tenian negocios en Nueva Orleans y Mobile y negociaban con La Habana, Cuba. El negocio de Mobile estaba ubicado en 27 South Water Street.
Horta contrajo matrimonio con Isabella Byrne (nacida el 25 de Diciembre, 1833 en Escocia y murió el 10 de Junio, 1922). Fué miembro fundador de la Sociedad Benevolente y Ayuda Mutua, de Mobile, Alabama en 1871 y sirvió como su primer Presidente. Fué comisionado como un segundo teniente el 1 de Julio de 1861, reemplazando a M. Rodriguez quien renunció.
El construyó una preciosa casa la cual fué vendida después al Admiral Raphael Semmes. La casa está ubicada en el 804 Government Street en Mobile, Alabama. Su casa fué nombrada en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos el 25 de Febrero, 1970 y es conocida como la Casa Horta-Semmes. El y su esposa están sepultados en el Cementerio Católico en Mobile.
http://www.latinomediainc.com/2010/octo ... horta.html
Saludos.
P.D.: acerca de las fuentes carlistas, yo ya comentaba eso de gluppss...
La Guerra de los 10 años, 1868-1878
