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Herman Ehrenberg

Born

in Steuden, Germany

October 17, 1816

Died

October 09, 1866

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German surveyor and cartographer and volunteer for the New Orleans Greys during the Texas Revolution.

He fought in the siege of Bexar and battle of Coleto. Ehrenberg survived the Goliad massacre and prairies and posed as a Prussian salesman to the Mexicans.

Ehrenberg then returned to Germany and studied mining at Freiburg University. In the early 1840s he was an English teacher at Halle University.

He traveled to the Gadsden Purchase in 1854 and made the first map of the purchase. In 1855 he surveyed and helped incorporate the town of Colorado City, Arizona.

He was murdered by robbers in 1866

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Average rating: 3.71 · 7 ratings · 1 review · 5 distinct works

	Ehrenberg: Goliad Survivor, Old West Explorer : A Biography by Natalie Ornish, Herman Ehrenberg 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Freiheitskampf in Texas Im Jahre 1836. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1843 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Texas Blood: Herman Ehrenberg's Odyssey in the Texas Revolution liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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