Albin Francisco Schoepf
Albin Schoepf was a European-born military officer who became a Union brigadier general, and was best known as the commanding officer of Fort Delaware, a wartime camp for Confederate prisoners of war.
Born: March 1, 1822
Birthplace: Podgorze, Poland
Wife: Julia Bates Kelsey 1837 – 1914
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Julie Magdalene Schoepf 1856 – 1859
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Lydia Kelsey "Lillie" Schoepf McElhinney 1858 – 1935
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Albin Francisco "Frank" Schoepf Jr. 1860 – 1929
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Joseph Holt Schoepf 1861 – 1927
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)
William Kesley Schoepf 1864 – 1927
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Alexander Moore "Aleck" Schoepf 1866 – 1919
(Buried: Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky)
Emily Tyler Schoepf 1869 – 1914
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Alice Wallach "Allie" Schoepf Carr 1871 – 1922
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Mary Lundy Schoepf 1873 – 1873
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Theodore Hansman Schoepf 1874 – 1952
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Burton Harrison Schoepf 1877 – 1877
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Juliette Bates Schoepf 1880 – 1880
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
Attended Vienna Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1848: Served in the Austrian Army rising to the rank of Captain
1848: Resigned from at the start of Hungarian Revolutionary War
Served in the Hungarian Revolutionary Army rising to Major
1849: Exiled to Turkey when Kossuth abdicated
1849 – 1851: Ottoman Empire as Major Instructor of Artillery
1851: Immigrated to the United States
Clerk for United States Coastal Survey and U.S. Patent Office
Worked as Clerk in United States Department of War
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1866: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1861: Union Army Commander at Battle of Camp Wildcat, Kentucky
1862: Served at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky
1862 – 1863: Acted as Division Commander Army of the Ohio
1862: Received orders to attack late at Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
1863 – 1866: Commanding Officer at Fort Delaware
1866: Mustered out of Military Service on January 15th
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1886: Clerk for United States Patent Office
Died: May 10, 1886
Place of Death: Hyattsville, Maryland
Cause of Death: Cancer
Age at time of Death: 64 years old
Burial Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
SCHOEPF, Albin Francisco; soldier. b. in Potgusch, Hungary, 1 March 1822; d. in Hvattsville, Md, 15 Jan 1886. He entered the military academy at Vienna in 1837, became a lieutenant of artillery in 1841, and was promoted captain on the field for bravery. At the beginning of the Hungarian war for independence in 1848, he left the Austrian service, enlisted as a private in Louis Kossuth's army, and was soon made captain, and afterward major. After the suppression of the revolution, he was exiled to Turkey, served under Gen. Jozef Bern against the insurgents at Aleppo, and afterward became instructor of artillery in the Ottoman service, with the rank of major. In 1851, he came to the United States, and received an appointment in the US coast survey. In 1858, he became an assistant examiner in the patent office. He was appointed brigadier general of volunteers on 30 Sept 1861. Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, after a series of successes against the Kentucky home guards, attacked his fortified position called Wildcat camp, on the hills of Rock Castle county, Ky. and was defeated, but the prestige thus gained for the National arms was sacrificed by Schoepf's precipitate retreat, by order of his superior officer, a few weeks later from London to Crab Orchard which the Confederates called the "Wild Cat stampede." Gen. George B. Crittenden, thinking to crush Schoepf's force at Pishing creek, or Mill springs, encountered Gen. George H. Thomas's entire army and suffered a disastrous defeat. Gen Schoepf's brigade led in the pursuit of the enemy to Monticello At Perryville, he commanded a division under Gen. Charles C. Gilbert. He served through the war, and was mustered out on 15 Jan 1866. Returning to Washington, he was appointed principal examiner in the patent office, which post he continued to fill until his death.
Last edited by a moderator:
Bringing the