The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz

by Carl Schurz

THE

REMINISCENCES

OF

CARL SCHURZ

CARL SCHURZ IN 1906 VOLUME ONE 1829-1852 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER		PAGE
	List of Illustrations
I	Forebears and Early Childhood	3
II	School Days in Liblar	21
III	The Gymnasium in Cologne	53
IV	University Days in Bonn	90
V	Revolutionary Days	112
VI	Darkening Prospects — Resisting the Reaction	134
VII	More Soldiering — Rastatt	179
VIII	Refugee in Switzerland	237
IX	Preparations to Free Kinkel	254
X	Rescuing Kinkel from Spandau Jail	285
XI	Flight from the Fatherland	317
XII	In Paris	342
XIII	In London	367
XIV	Brüning Salon — Triumph of the Reaction	389
CARL SCHURZ IN 1861 VOLUME TWO 1852-1863 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER		PAGE
	Note
	List of Illustrations
I	First Years in America — Visit to Washington	3
II	Journey to the West — Short Visit to Europe, Wagner	39
III	Beginnings in Politics	65
IV	A Western Campaign in 1859	143
V	The Campaign of 1860	173
VI	Spain	245
VII	War	327
VIII	Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville	387
VOLUME THREE 1863-1906 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER		PAGE
	Preface
	List of Illustrations
I	Gettysburg	3
II	Chattanooga	55
III	The Political Campaign of 1864	98
IV	The Close of the War	108
V	The Situation after the War	140
VI	The South	150
VII	1865-1869	210
VIII	A Journey to Europe — Meeting with Bismarck	263
IX	The Presidential Election of 1868 — The Senate	281
X	1869-1870	302

Copyright, 1908, by Carl L. Schurz

Copyright, 1907, 1908, by The S. S. McClure Company

External links

• Facsimile of Volume One at the Internet Archive
• Facsimile of Volume Two at the Internet Archive
• Facsimile of Volume Three at the Internet Archive
• Lebenserinnerungen bis zum Jahre 1852 (the original German version of Volume One available at German Wikisource).