I tried posting the following comment over at the Seder story article, but it hasn't shown up yet:
We know a bit more about the Lehman family of Mobile from Michael B. Dougan's article, "Herrman Hirsch and the Siege of Jackson," Journal of Mississippi History, vol. LIII (Feb. 1991), pp. 19-33. One of the Seder attendees may very well have been Herrman Hirsch. Hirsch, a soldier in the 3rd Florida Infantry, was wounded at Murfreesboro and convalesced in the Lehman family home. Hirsch returned to his regiment and, according to Dougan, wrote letters to Caroline, the oldest Lehman daughter about his experiences (Dougan writes that the Hirsch letters are in a private collection). After capture by Union forces and release in Dec. 1864, Hirsch returned to Mobile near the end of the war hoping (according to Dougan) to court Caroline, but, finding her married, Hirsch married younger daughter, Mary Eliza. (In a footnote, Dougan implies that the Mobile Lehman's were related to Mayer Lehman (of Lehman Bros fame) but I don't see evidence of a relationship).
We know a bit more about the Lehman family of Mobile from Michael B. Dougan's article, "Herrman Hirsch and the Siege of Jackson," Journal of Mississippi History, vol. LIII (Feb. 1991), pp. 19-33. One of the Seder attendees may very well have been Herrman Hirsch. Hirsch, a soldier in the 3rd Florida Infantry, was wounded at Murfreesboro and convalesced in the Lehman family home. Hirsch returned to his regiment and, according to Dougan, wrote letters to Caroline, the oldest Lehman daughter about his experiences (Dougan writes that the Hirsch letters are in a private collection). After capture by Union forces and release in Dec. 1864, Hirsch returned to Mobile near the end of the war hoping (according to Dougan) to court Caroline, but, finding her married, Hirsch married younger daughter, Mary Eliza. (In a footnote, Dougan implies that the Mobile Lehman's were related to Mayer Lehman (of Lehman Bros fame) but I don't see evidence of a relationship).
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