Ethnic Origins of the Officers of the 74^th

Of the 32 officers in the regiment in the fall of 1863, 30 were ethnic Germans born in Europe (25 from Germany, 4 from Switzerland, and 1 from Alsace) and 2 were Americans of German descent born in Pittsburgh.

Of those born in Germany:

· 7 were from Prussia

· 5 from Hesse-Darmstadt

· 3 from Baden

· 3 from Hanover

· 2 from Bavaria

· 1 from Hamburg

· 1 from Holstein

· 1 from Lippe-Detmold

· 1 from Reuss

· 1 from Saxony.

One of the Bavarians was Heinrich Krauseneck, grandson of General Wilhelm von Krauseneck, Chief of the Prussian Great General Staff from 1830-1848.