Fred Harter served as a Bugler in Company D. 8th Illinois Cavalry. He enlisted on Feb 10, 1864 for 3 years service. He was 18 years old 5' 5-1/2" tall with light hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion. He was a laborer by trade and a native of Prussia. He was discharged at Benton Barracks, MO. on July 17, 1865.
As Union Army Veteran he became a proud member of Washington Post #573 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago, IL.
Fred received an Invalid Pension beginning on June 22, 1903 for his service in the Civil War and it was converted to a Widows Pension for his wife Emma L. Harter on Feb 19, 1906.
In the 1900 census of Cook Co., Chicago he is listed as a 57 year old shop keeper, in other records he is listed as a book dealer. His wife Emma L. was age 52 a native of Switzerland. He arrived in America in 1854 and she arrived in 1855. They had the following children:
Emma S, age 30 born in IL
Olma H, age 25 " " "
Mina L, age 18 " " "
Olga, age 16 " " "
A portion of a letter written by Frederick's daughter: "He was born in a village called Berwalde near Stettin, Germany. This now belongs to Russia. Did he know this, it would hurt him terribly. When he was 7 years old, the family came to Sauk City, Wisconsin. His father had a store in Germany, a tobacco store, I believe, and did quite well. Their reason for coming to America was that there were many wars in Europe, and as they had four sons, they thought it better, safer from war. Here they bought a small piece of land next to the Keller farm. (My maternal grandfather). The oldest boy was a graduate of Heidelberg University. The younger children had little schooling. Father and his two older brothers were all musical. They had a piano. They also played the violin. Father gave violin lessons in Chicago. When he was 17 the Civil War broke out and Father joined as a bugler in the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. Some years after the was was over, he started a book store somewhere on Wabash Ave. He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. The war with its hardships, the soldiers lived mostly on hardtack, left Father with a terrrible case of stomach ulcers. At that time doctors knew nothing of this disease, and did not recognize his ailment. After he gave up his store, he could not do much because of his poor health. He wrote articles, stories and poems for the German newspaper in Chicago. He wrote a book in German on the Civil War. It was a pity that he wrote in German. I am sure that he could have written in English, and that he would have been a successful writer, had he written in English. He was one of the most scrupulously honest men that I ever knew, and he was a very cultured man. He died of cancer at the early age of 61 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery. This letter provided by a relative of Frederick Harter.
As Union Army Veteran he became a proud member of Washington Post #573 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago, IL.
Fred received an Invalid Pension beginning on June 22, 1903 for his service in the Civil War and it was converted to a Widows Pension for his wife Emma L. Harter on Feb 19, 1906.
In the 1900 census of Cook Co., Chicago he is listed as a 57 year old shop keeper, in other records he is listed as a book dealer. His wife Emma L. was age 52 a native of Switzerland. He arrived in America in 1854 and she arrived in 1855. They had the following children:
Emma S, age 30 born in IL
Olma H, age 25 " " "
Mina L, age 18 " " "
Olga, age 16 " " "
A portion of a letter written by Frederick's daughter: "He was born in a village called Berwalde near Stettin, Germany. This now belongs to Russia. Did he know this, it would hurt him terribly. When he was 7 years old, the family came to Sauk City, Wisconsin. His father had a store in Germany, a tobacco store, I believe, and did quite well. Their reason for coming to America was that there were many wars in Europe, and as they had four sons, they thought it better, safer from war. Here they bought a small piece of land next to the Keller farm. (My maternal grandfather). The oldest boy was a graduate of Heidelberg University. The younger children had little schooling. Father and his two older brothers were all musical. They had a piano. They also played the violin. Father gave violin lessons in Chicago. When he was 17 the Civil War broke out and Father joined as a bugler in the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. Some years after the was was over, he started a book store somewhere on Wabash Ave. He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. The war with its hardships, the soldiers lived mostly on hardtack, left Father with a terrrible case of stomach ulcers. At that time doctors knew nothing of this disease, and did not recognize his ailment. After he gave up his store, he could not do much because of his poor health. He wrote articles, stories and poems for the German newspaper in Chicago. He wrote a book in German on the Civil War. It was a pity that he wrote in German. I am sure that he could have written in English, and that he would have been a successful writer, had he written in English. He was one of the most scrupulously honest men that I ever knew, and he was a very cultured man. He died of cancer at the early age of 61 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery. This letter provided by a relative of Frederick Harter.
Fred Harter served as a Bugler in Company D. 8th Illinois Cavalry. He enlisted on Feb 10, 1864 for 3 years service. He was 18 years old 5' 5-1/2" tall with light hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion. He was a laborer by trade and a native of Prussia. He was discharged at Benton Barracks, MO. on July 17, 1865.
As Union Army Veteran he became a proud member of Washington Post #573 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago, IL.
Fred received an Invalid Pension beginning on June 22, 1903 for his service in the Civil War and it was converted to a Widows Pension for his wife Emma L. Harter on Feb 19, 1906.
In the 1900 census of Cook Co., Chicago he is listed as a 57 year old shop keeper, in other records he is listed as a book dealer. His wife Emma L. was age 52 a native of Switzerland. He arrived in America in 1854 and she arrived in 1855. They had the following children:
Emma S, age 30 born in IL
Olma H, age 25 " " "
Mina L, age 18 " " "
Olga, age 16 " " "
A portion of a letter written by Frederick's daughter: "He was born in a village called Berwalde near Stettin, Germany. This now belongs to Russia. Did he know this, it would hurt him terribly. When he was 7 years old, the family came to Sauk City, Wisconsin. His father had a store in Germany, a tobacco store, I believe, and did quite well. Their reason for coming to America was that there were many wars in Europe, and as they had four sons, they thought it better, safer from war. Here they bought a small piece of land next to the Keller farm. (My maternal grandfather). The oldest boy was a graduate of Heidelberg University. The younger children had little schooling. Father and his two older brothers were all musical. They had a piano. They also played the violin. Father gave violin lessons in Chicago. When he was 17 the Civil War broke out and Father joined as a bugler in the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. Some years after the was was over, he started a book store somewhere on Wabash Ave. He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. The war with its hardships, the soldiers lived mostly on hardtack, left Father with a terrrible case of stomach ulcers. At that time doctors knew nothing of this disease, and did not recognize his ailment. After he gave up his store, he could not do much because of his poor health. He wrote articles, stories and poems for the German newspaper in Chicago. He wrote a book in German on the Civil War. It was a pity that he wrote in German. I am sure that he could have written in English, and that he would have been a successful writer, had he written in English. He was one of the most scrupulously honest men that I ever knew, and he was a very cultured man. He died of cancer at the early age of 61 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery. This letter provided by a relative of Frederick Harter.
As Union Army Veteran he became a proud member of Washington Post #573 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago, IL.
Fred received an Invalid Pension beginning on June 22, 1903 for his service in the Civil War and it was converted to a Widows Pension for his wife Emma L. Harter on Feb 19, 1906.
In the 1900 census of Cook Co., Chicago he is listed as a 57 year old shop keeper, in other records he is listed as a book dealer. His wife Emma L. was age 52 a native of Switzerland. He arrived in America in 1854 and she arrived in 1855. They had the following children:
Emma S, age 30 born in IL
Olma H, age 25 " " "
Mina L, age 18 " " "
Olga, age 16 " " "
A portion of a letter written by Frederick's daughter: "He was born in a village called Berwalde near Stettin, Germany. This now belongs to Russia. Did he know this, it would hurt him terribly. When he was 7 years old, the family came to Sauk City, Wisconsin. His father had a store in Germany, a tobacco store, I believe, and did quite well. Their reason for coming to America was that there were many wars in Europe, and as they had four sons, they thought it better, safer from war. Here they bought a small piece of land next to the Keller farm. (My maternal grandfather). The oldest boy was a graduate of Heidelberg University. The younger children had little schooling. Father and his two older brothers were all musical. They had a piano. They also played the violin. Father gave violin lessons in Chicago. When he was 17 the Civil War broke out and Father joined as a bugler in the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. Some years after the was was over, he started a book store somewhere on Wabash Ave. He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. The war with its hardships, the soldiers lived mostly on hardtack, left Father with a terrrible case of stomach ulcers. At that time doctors knew nothing of this disease, and did not recognize his ailment. After he gave up his store, he could not do much because of his poor health. He wrote articles, stories and poems for the German newspaper in Chicago. He wrote a book in German on the Civil War. It was a pity that he wrote in German. I am sure that he could have written in English, and that he would have been a successful writer, had he written in English. He was one of the most scrupulously honest men that I ever knew, and he was a very cultured man. He died of cancer at the early age of 61 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery. This letter provided by a relative of Frederick Harter.
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