About: Charles Henry Wilcken

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Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Wilcken (October 5, 1831 – April 9, 1915) was a German-American artilleryman who was awarded the Iron Cross by the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV. On arrival in the United States in 1857, lacking English and possessing military skills and discipline, he signed on with what came to be known as Johnston's Army, a part of the United States Army sent to put down the so-called "Mormon Rebellion" (also known as the Utah War). He got permission to hunt for game to supplement the military rations. On one such trip he met some Mormons and decided to desert to join them. Later, to cover his defection, it was claimed that he had been captured by the Utah Territorial militia (the "Nauvoo Legion") at Fort Bridger. Wilcken later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of L

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  • Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Wilcken (October 5, 1831 – April 9, 1915) was a German-American artilleryman who was awarded the Iron Cross by the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV. On arrival in the United States in 1857, lacking English and possessing military skills and discipline, he signed on with what came to be known as Johnston's Army, a part of the United States Army sent to put down the so-called "Mormon Rebellion" (also known as the Utah War). He got permission to hunt for game to supplement the military rations. On one such trip he met some Mormons and decided to desert to join them. Later, to cover his defection, it was claimed that he had been captured by the Utah Territorial militia (the "Nauvoo Legion") at Fort Bridger. Wilcken later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and served as water commissioner directing irrigation, as a municipal policeman, and as superintendent of the Deseret Telegraph Company. Wilcken's granddaughter Anna Amelia Pratt was the mother of American politician George W. (George Wilcken) Romney. (en)
  • Carl Heinrich Wilcken, in den USA Charles Henry Wilcken (* 5. Oktober 1831 in Eckhorst bei Lübeck; † 9. April 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah), war im Zivilberuf Müller und in der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Erhebung gegen Dänemark Unteroffizier der preußischen Armee. Er wurde nach seiner Auswanderung in die USA Gefreiter in der U.S. Army im Utah-Krieg, in dem er zur Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (Mormonen) übertrat, wo er Leibwächter und Vertrauter von John Taylor und Wilford Woodruff wurde, zweier ihrer Präsidenten. (de)
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  • 1831-10-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Bust photo of Charles Henry Wilcken (en)
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  • 1831-10-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Carl Heinrich Wilcken (en)
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  • Eckhorst, Duchy of Holstein (en)
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  • Wilcken ca. 1890 (en)
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  • 18 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1915-04-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (en)
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  • Prussian Iron Cross (en)
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  • LDS (en)
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  • Colonel, Utah Territorial Militia (en)
  • Private , U.S. Army (en)
  • Sergeant, Prussian Army (en)
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  • Eliza Christina Carolina Reiche + 3 others (en)
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  • Carl Heinrich Wilcken, in den USA Charles Henry Wilcken (* 5. Oktober 1831 in Eckhorst bei Lübeck; † 9. April 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah), war im Zivilberuf Müller und in der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Erhebung gegen Dänemark Unteroffizier der preußischen Armee. Er wurde nach seiner Auswanderung in die USA Gefreiter in der U.S. Army im Utah-Krieg, in dem er zur Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (Mormonen) übertrat, wo er Leibwächter und Vertrauter von John Taylor und Wilford Woodruff wurde, zweier ihrer Präsidenten. (de)
  • Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Wilcken (October 5, 1831 – April 9, 1915) was a German-American artilleryman who was awarded the Iron Cross by the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV. On arrival in the United States in 1857, lacking English and possessing military skills and discipline, he signed on with what came to be known as Johnston's Army, a part of the United States Army sent to put down the so-called "Mormon Rebellion" (also known as the Utah War). He got permission to hunt for game to supplement the military rations. On one such trip he met some Mormons and decided to desert to join them. Later, to cover his defection, it was claimed that he had been captured by the Utah Territorial militia (the "Nauvoo Legion") at Fort Bridger. Wilcken later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of L (en)
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  • Carl Heinrich Wilcken (de)
  • Charles Henry Wilcken (en)
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