Lincoln Gedenkfeier 1882 v. Haussaurek
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1882
Place of publication: [Austria]
Language: ger
Other titles: Lincoln Gedenkfeier un der Turn-Halle
Description: Article from unknown newspaper clipped and adhered to brown paper booklet with handwritten title on cover. Penciled notes on cover: "Lincoln Hall in Austria" "pays tribute to Lincoln at dedication of hall."  Article identifies Friedrich Bertsch, a Civil War veteran who was born in Germany and served with the 9th Ohio Infantry, as the speaker.
Notes: Friedrich Bertsch was "born January 18, 1823 at Stuttgart, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, Germany. Immigrated to the United States in 1852 and lived in New York and Louisville, Ky. before settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a devoted Turner. A large number of wartime letters he wrote to the Cincinnati Volksfreund in 1861 and 1862 have been translated and edited by Joseph R. Reinhart and published by Kent State University Press (July 2010) under the title A German Hurrah!" -- from findagrave website.