Arizona republican., 1907-02-20

i'm which he figured. and by the fact
that at one time or another nearly all
/ the old officers of the regular army
some of them then only positions OF
I humble rank, served with him in Ari-
iona. Among those he served with who
We're then or have since become well
known TO fame, were Generals Stone
man. Kautz. Crook. Wilcox. Miles
Grierson. McCook. Crawford and Chat
fee. the present head of the army He
was a particular friend of General
Crook and among his most priced pos
session was a picture of the general
presented with an autograph inscrip-
ton.
Albert Sieber was born February
%. 1874. in the grand duchy Of Baden
at Mingelsheim, half way between
Munheim and Carlsrhue. Germany. His
father was named John Sieber and
died the next year. His mother. whose
maiden name was Margaret Fischer.
died in Minneapolis. Mimi, in .1SSS.
Beside Albert there We're three boys
and four girls in the family. of whom
John and Rudolph and one sister,
Theresa, who married Henry Oswald.
are now supposed TO be living in
Barneysville, Mimi and one other sis
ter lives in Minneapolis. So far as
known here AL Sieber was never mar
ried.
In the later forties John Sieber. one
OF the elder children became mixed up
in a revolutionary affair in Germany
and became a refugee. He fled to
Havre from whence he wrote to his
mother to join him there with her 9TH
er children and they would all come
to this country. She did so and they
arrived in New York while Al was yet
a small boy. They Were met there by
a brother-in-law who took them to his
home in Lancaster, Pa. where they
remained until 1856 In that year the
mother and at least some Of the chill
dren, including AL. went to Minneapo-
lis. Al worked there on the farms and
in the saw mills until March 3. 1862.
when with the consent of his mother
he enlisted in company b of the First
Minnesota Volunteer infantry. his COM
pany Joining the regiment at York
town. Va. He served through the
Peninsular campaign of the army of
the Potomac. July end, 1868. on the
field Of Gettysburg, he fell with a ter
ribie wound in the head caused by
fragment of shell As he lay on the
ground n moment later. a bullet enter
ed his right ankle and following up the
limb made its exit at the knee He re-
manned in the hospital until December
of the same year when he was trans
ferred to co. X OF the first regiment OF
veteran reserves. as a corporal under
Captain Morrison, and the regiment
was accredited to the state of Massa-
chusetts. For his service with it the
state later paid him $500 bounty. He
did provo duty until the fall of 1864
when he was sent to Albany for a cou-
pie of months and then to Elmira
where he served as a guard over re-
bel prisoners until his discharge in
July. 1865.
He then returned to Minneapolis and
in 1866 left overland for the Pacific
coast. A few months We're spent in
San Francisco and few more in get
ting out ties for the Central Pacific
railroad. In 1867 occurred the White
Pine mining excitement in Nevada and
he followed the rush. Failing to make
fortune in 1865 he came to Arizona,
SAopBiiS lliSt di I1diuE VIE seven
miles from old Fort Mohave. In 1869
he continued his journey to Prescott
and worked there a year for the late
G. G. Bean. later delegate to congress.
Subsequently he was employed at
Hualapai, Fort Verde and Fort Whip
pie as driver and scout until 1872.
Thereafter he was employed as a scout
for the succeeding twenty years. In
1872 at Fort Hualapai. where he went
to draw rations for his scouting party
Of So, he was severely injured. being
ruptured by a bucking horse. The
next incident Of special interest oc-
CURED in September l. 1875, when dur
ing an engagement with the hostiles
on the head Of cave Greek. he was shot
through the right arm with an arrow.
From that time on until his wounding
at San Carlos, June l, 1887 he led
life of almost continuous danger. one
that can scarcely be appreciated by
those who people this land of peace
and order today. But good fortune
seemed to accompany him and he suf-
fered no other serious wounds. He
gained the complete confidence OF
most OF the Apaches and after peace
was finally established. they looked
upon their former enemy as their best
friend.