Civil War: Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Karl Robert Biedermann came to the United States in 1860. Like many 19th-Century German-American immigrants, he adopted an English version of his name and was naturalized in 1862 as Charles Robert Biederman. He enlisted as a drafted man's substitute at Philadelphia on February 13, 1865, and was mustered into Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry as a private. He was mustered out on August 28, 1865. After the war he headed west to pursue his interest in botany and entymology. He was living in New Mexico Territory when he applied for a Civil War veteran's pension September 11, 1890. He received pension certificate No. 832,804. Charles came to Cochise County in 1902, living first at Garces (also: Reef) in the Huachuca Mountains before settling at nearby Carr Canyon. He spent the rest of his life studying the native flora and fauna of the Huachucas and perfected a process to graft English walnuts onto native walnut trees. Charles also took time to visit two fellow German-Americans, Civil War veteran Otto Berner and his neighbor, Henry Hamburg. The three old gentlemen would sit in the shade at Berner's Resort sipping Otto's home-distilled fruit schnapps and swapping stories. Biederman's home in Carr Canyon was the frequent destination of students studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He even played host to Arizona's Governor George Hunt in 1922. Charles Biederman died at his Carr Canyon home and was buried a short distance up the canyon from his house in a grave blasted out of solid rock. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a VA headstone and marked his grave in time for Memorial Day 2010.
Karl Robert Biedermann came to the United States in 1860. Like many 19th-Century German-American immigrants, he adopted an English version of his name and was naturalized in 1862 as Charles Robert Biederman. He enlisted as a drafted man's substitute at Philadelphia on February 13, 1865, and was mustered into Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry as a private. He was mustered out on August 28, 1865. After the war he headed west to pursue his interest in botany and entymology. He was living in New Mexico Territory when he applied for a Civil War veteran's pension September 11, 1890. He received pension certificate No. 832,804. Charles came to Cochise County in 1902, living first at Garces (also: Reef) in the Huachuca Mountains before settling at nearby Carr Canyon. He spent the rest of his life studying the native flora and fauna of the Huachucas and perfected a process to graft English walnuts onto native walnut trees. Charles also took time to visit two fellow German-Americans, Civil War veteran Otto Berner and his neighbor, Henry Hamburg. The three old gentlemen would sit in the shade at Berner's Resort sipping Otto's home-distilled fruit schnapps and swapping stories. Biederman's home in Carr Canyon was the frequent destination of students studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He even played host to Arizona's Governor George Hunt in 1922. Charles Biederman died at his Carr Canyon home and was buried a short distance up the canyon from his house in a grave blasted out of solid rock. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a VA headstone and marked his grave in time for Memorial Day 2010.
Civil War: Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Karl Robert Biedermann came to the United States in 1860. Like many 19th-Century German-American immigrants, he adopted an English version of his name and was naturalized in 1862 as Charles Robert Biederman. He enlisted as a drafted man's substitute at Philadelphia on February 13, 1865, and was mustered into Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry as a private. He was mustered out on August 28, 1865. After the war he headed west to pursue his interest in botany and entymology. He was living in New Mexico Territory when he applied for a Civil War veteran's pension September 11, 1890. He received pension certificate No. 832,804. Charles came to Cochise County in 1902, living first at Garces (also: Reef) in the Huachuca Mountains before settling at nearby Carr Canyon. He spent the rest of his life studying the native flora and fauna of the Huachucas and perfected a process to graft English walnuts onto native walnut trees. Charles also took time to visit two fellow German-Americans, Civil War veteran Otto Berner and his neighbor, Henry Hamburg. The three old gentlemen would sit in the shade at Berner's Resort sipping Otto's home-distilled fruit schnapps and swapping stories. Biederman's home in Carr Canyon was the frequent destination of students studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He even played host to Arizona's Governor George Hunt in 1922. Charles Biederman died at his Carr Canyon home and was buried a short distance up the canyon from his house in a grave blasted out of solid rock. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a VA headstone and marked his grave in time for Memorial Day 2010.
Karl Robert Biedermann came to the United States in 1860. Like many 19th-Century German-American immigrants, he adopted an English version of his name and was naturalized in 1862 as Charles Robert Biederman. He enlisted as a drafted man's substitute at Philadelphia on February 13, 1865, and was mustered into Company C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry as a private. He was mustered out on August 28, 1865. After the war he headed west to pursue his interest in botany and entymology. He was living in New Mexico Territory when he applied for a Civil War veteran's pension September 11, 1890. He received pension certificate No. 832,804. Charles came to Cochise County in 1902, living first at Garces (also: Reef) in the Huachuca Mountains before settling at nearby Carr Canyon. He spent the rest of his life studying the native flora and fauna of the Huachucas and perfected a process to graft English walnuts onto native walnut trees. Charles also took time to visit two fellow German-Americans, Civil War veteran Otto Berner and his neighbor, Henry Hamburg. The three old gentlemen would sit in the shade at Berner's Resort sipping Otto's home-distilled fruit schnapps and swapping stories. Biederman's home in Carr Canyon was the frequent destination of students studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He even played host to Arizona's Governor George Hunt in 1922. Charles Biederman died at his Carr Canyon home and was buried a short distance up the canyon from his house in a grave blasted out of solid rock. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a VA headstone and marked his grave in time for Memorial Day 2010.
Bio by: Steve
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His Arizona Death Certificate incorrectly gives his place of birth as Saxony. Immigration, naturalization, and military pension records indicate he was born in Weimar, which is in Thüringen, not Saxony.
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