14 Facts About Theodore Schwan

Theodore Schwan was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Peebles' Farm.

Theodore Schwan was the son of Rev Georg Heinrich Christian Schwan and his second wife, Dorette Polemann, and the half-brother of Rev Heinrich Christian Schwan.

Theodore Schwan immigrated to the United States in 1857, arriving at New York on 30 May 1857 on the sailing ship Ariel.

On 12 June 1857, Theodore Schwan enlisted as a Private in the Regular Army, four weeks before his 16th birthday, and served in the 10th US Infantry.

Theodore Schwan was promoted to First Lieutenant in April 1864 and later received the Medal of Honor for dragging a wounded Union officer to the rear and preventing him from being captured at the October 1864 Battle of Peebles Farm.

Theodore Schwan remained in the Regular Army after the close of the Civil War and was promoted to captain on March 14,1866.

Theodore Schwan was then on leave of absence from May to October, 1867; commanding a company at Fort Snelling, Minnesota to April, 1869; unassigned May, 1869; and then on duty at Galveston, Indianola, Corpus Christi, and Jefferson, Texas, until December 1869.

Theodore Schwan to act as Indian agent at the Cheyenne Agency, Dakota Territory.

Captain Theodore Schwan was an instructor on the staff of the United States School of Application for Cavalry and Infantry, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Theodore Schwan was promoted to colonel and assistant adjutant-general, May 18,1898.

Allegedly during this cease fire, Theodore Schwan's troops engaged in the first game of baseball to be played in Puerto Rico.

Theodore Schwan personally directed the first Cavite Expedition, then took command of the Second Brigade in the corps' First Division during the second Cavite Expedition.

Theodore Schwan retired from the army in 1901 and was made a Major General of Regulars and put on the retired list.

Theodore Schwan died in 1926 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.