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Military service summary

Summary

Paul had a varied military career. Once in America, he first entered service in 1861 at the outset of the Civil War and, except for a few brief breaks, stayed in active military service until 1869 when he retired at Fort Klamath OR.

The account of his Civil War duty is quite complex. See Paul's timeline for details. It wasn't long after this war's conclusion that Paul signed up for one more tour of duty.

While in the West with the 1st US Cavalry, Paul was the Company shoemaker at Ft. Bidwell, California. Afterwards, the 1880 census finds him in Lake City township, Modoc County California; the 1900 census : in nearby Ft. Bidwell. These locations maybe the same. After retirement from the 1st US Cavalry, he passed the remainder of his life in the northeastern-most corner of California where he'd once been stationed. All the while his (abandoned/estranged/ divorced?) wife Barbara lived and worked in Philadelphia and brought up their children.

In both the 1880 and 1900 census data, Paul is living alone. He continued to work as a cordwainer and shoemaker. He outlived two of his three children with Barbara. The third, a son John, was committed to an insane asylum in Norristown PA where he died. Only his daughter Annie had had offspring.

During and after service in the 1st US Cav., Paul suffered from wounds and rheumatism resulting from his Civil War service. He lived as a destitute and disabled loner either outside of Ft. Bidwell or on property he owned outside of town. He depended on the assistance of neighbors. Paul eventually received a pension of $12 per month for his Civil War service on the basis of his disabilities. It was a fight to get approval from the pension board for this small stipend.

name spelling

Paul's <Liebermann> surname is rendered in many ways in contemporary records, including: Loverman, Liverman, Leherman, Leerhermann, Lieberman and Leibermann.

 Paul signed his name '''''Liebermann'''''  before and after the Civil War and '''''Liverman''''' after he deserted one infantry unit and subsequently signed up in cavalry unit. His desertion is documented in his pension hearing documents held in the National Archives

===Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records===

• Name: Paul Liebermann
• Place of Origin: Germany
• Declaration of Intent Date: 15 Sep 1856
• Declaration of Intent Court: Common Pleas

1860 United States Federal Census

• Barbara Leiberman
• Age in 1860: 32
• Birth Year: abt 1828
• Birthplace: Germany
• Home in 1860: Philadelphia Ward 2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Post Office: Philadelphia
• Household Members:
• Paul Leiberman 33 born "Saxony, Germany"
• Barbara Leiberman 32 born "Bien (?) or "Bion" , Germany"
• Anna Leiberman 5 born "Pa"
• Charles Grissan 18 born "Hepe Castle" ~•may be, more properly Hesse/Kassel in the Electorate of Hesse

•U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 about Paul Liberman

Name: Paul Liberman Residence Year: 1867 Street Address: 528 S 3d Residence Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Occupation: Clothing Publication Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1867

source: http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvan...

Military service in Civil War and Indian Wars

~• 2 units of infantry, 2 units of cavalry•~

• 25th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861),Company G : mostly rear guard duty in DC, MD. and VA {known as Paul Leiberman in Army records}
• 75th PA Infantry "was composed almost entirely of German-speaking residents of Philadelphia and newly arrived German immigrants. Total enrollment, over the course of the war, was 1,293 officers and men." .. "The German-speaking troops were made the scapegoats for the Union defeat at Chancellorsville." ~ wikipedia
• Company M 13th PA Cavalry until the end of the Civil War
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, VIII Corps, to July 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February 1865. (Served attached to IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, May 3-26, 1864.) Terry's Provisional Corps, Department of North Carolina, to March 1865. 3rd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to July 1865.
• Company A 1st US Cavalry
  • Post Civil War... Paul joined the Indian War effort in Western States and Territories.
    • The summary of pay and engagements document recounts: Total Pay: $507. 30”; Engagements with hostile Indians:1)Townsend’s Bluff, Cal: Sep 30 ‘66 2) Abert Lake, Oregon: Oct 26, ’66 3) Long Valley, Nevada: Feb 15, ’67

Civil War Pension

Paul Liebermann first applied, was rejected, applied a second time, was accepted.
There is a 113 page electronic file obtained from the National Archives. Only the first 50 pages are here on GENi. (file is too large to upload) ~• MMvB

Philadelphia City Directory

Although the City Directory of 1870 shows his wife Barbara as being a widow, that's not accurate as Paul had only deserted her. He is in census data in California.
A baptism of a Annie Lieberman shows parents named Powil and Babary. Annie's brother is "Powel John Lieberman born in October of 1860". Note that a third child named John was born in 1862

Resources

1. https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Internet_Resources_for_Findi...
2. http://fortbidwellhotel.com/history.php
3. https://www.facebook.com/ModocHistory/
4. https://www.sierranevadageotourism.org/content/modoc-county-histori...
5. Modoc County Historical Society, 600 South Main Street, Alturas, California, 96101; 530-233-2944
   1. e-mail: pitriver2@yahoo.com ; web: www.alturaschamber.org/modoc-museum.htm
6. http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/2707
7. https://www.sierranevadageotourism.org/content/fort-bidwell-no-430-...
8. Indian Day Celebration honoring Fort Bidwell Indian Boarding School Elders each October
9. https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/historical-photo/oregon-hist...
10. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bidwell_Indian_Community_of_the_... Fort Bidwell Indian Community
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Pennsylvania_Infantry_Regiment
    1. http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/75th/75thcoh.html Paul's desertion

books

• Kober's Drygoods, Ft. Bidwell, California: A brief history Unknown Binding – 1984 by Tam Moore (Author) {ghttps://www.geni.com/people/Pvt-Paul-Liebermann/6000000022500459822#uess for relative?:} Kathleen Moore in Ft, Bidwell 530-279-2385
• "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865" by Samuel P. Bates
  • This 5 volume series written in 1869 is considered the standard reference for Pennsylvania's Civil War regimental rosters and histories. This book series has been digitized and placed online by several projects.
• One Good Regiment by Harold Hand, Jr. (The Pa 13th Cavalry)
• Heyman, Max L., Jr.: Prudent Soldier: A Biography of Major General ERS Canby, 1817-1873, Frontier Military Series III, Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1959.
• Royce Pollard, "The Presence and Missions of the United States Army at Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Washington, 1849-1988"' (Royce Pollard was a mayor of Vancouver WA)
• Surprise Valley: A Collective History of Its Early Years of Settlement by Tami Grove
• "Mostly Alkali", published by Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho in 1953, written by General Jocelyn's son, Stephen Perry Jocelyn (title may refer to Upper Alkali Lake)

Research

1. https://californiagenealogy.org/modoc/queries.htm
2. https://californiagenealogy.org/modoc/modoc-county-california-genea...
   1. Modoc War
   2. "Modoc County is a land which the Indians called “The Smiles of God” and so intense was their love for this land of ragged lava plateaus, fertile valleys and towering mountains that many hundreds of these aboriginal inhabitants defended it to their death against the invasion of the white man. Because of those fierce Indian wars between 1848 and 1911, this area was once referred to as the Bloody Ground of the Pacific."
3. Ft. Bidwell Cemetery Records
4. Lake City Cemetery Records
5. Mike Comola regional Historian billomc@hotmail.com
   1. Billo MichaelComola born on 02/07/1945. Currently, Billo lives in Cedarville, CA; and previously lived in Gerlach, NV
6. Charles ‘Chip’ Massie, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Philanthropic Representative Phone: 503-378-4582
   1. Annette Liebe, Interim South Central Oregon Region Coordinator Annette.Liebe@oregon.gov 541-610-7215; 1011 SW Emkay Dr., Suite 108, Bend, OR 97702​
   2. Ft. Bidwell Hotel & Restaurant, Fort Bidwell, California; Ft Bidwell California Bed and Breakfast near Stringers Wild Plum Winery; "The Ft. Bidwell Hotel was built in 1906 to house men working the mines in a local gold strike, at that time the hotel boasted 40 rooms. Today there are seven guest rooms and a full service restaurant." = Ft. Bidwell Hotel & Restaurant Contact Information 55201 Main St.; Fort Bidwell, California 96112 United States 916-279-2050 1-800-484-5901 Code 3105 pizzamn [at] hdo.net http://modoc-marketplace.com/fthotel/index.html
   3. https://www.innsite.com/inns/A002569.html
   4. Owners: Charles & Tracy Massie
7. "The German-speaking troops were made the scapegoats for the Union defeat at Chancellorsville."
   1. Steiger, Lieutenant T. Albert (1900). Address at Dedication of Monument 75th Regiment Infantry in Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Chattanooga Battlefields Commission, WM. Stanley Ray, State Printer. p. 173.
8. Brig. Gen. Henry Bohlen, USA : the organizer of the 75th Pa. Infantry
9. https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1...
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)#...
    1. Archive Records, 1st US Cavalry
11. http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/history/history16.htm = Fort Klamath during the Civil War
12. http://sos.oregon.gov/Pages/contactus.aspx#archives Oregon Archives
    1. with hope for finding: Oregon Historical County Records Guide (includes maps, county and office histories, scenic images, and comprehensive descriptive inventories of selected records for all Oregon counties)
13. https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/depredation-claims-and-liabi...
14. All U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

Ft Bidwell today (2018)

1. http://highonadventure.com/Hoa07aug/Larry/Surprise%20Valley.htm < has photos and several suggestions should you visit