San Jacinto Museum of History
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library
Manuscript Collections
Finding Aid
WILLIAM F. SCHADT PAPERS
1861 - 1956 (Bulk: 1861 - 1911)
Manuscript Collection: MC127
Size: .1 linear feet
Boxes: n/a
Restrictions on Access: None
Terms Governing Use: Open for research by appointment.
Processed by: Lisa Struthers, 2010
Publication Rights: Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Citation: [Identification of Item], William F. Schadt Papers, MC127, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.
Creator Sketch:
William F. Schadt was born in Prussia on September 15, 1845, and came to Galveston in 1848. He and his brother Charles Schadt joined the Lone Star Rifles in 1861, later known as Company L of Hood's Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America. Charles Schadt was killed May 7, 1862, at the battle of Eltham's Landing. William Schadt was wounded in the battles of Chicamauga, The Wilderness, and Darbytown. He returned to Galveston and engaged in the lumber business, purchasing a lumber yard from W. F. Stewart & Co. in 1888. William Schadt married Emma Ida Keller; they had five children, Charles, Lillian, Myrtle, Ewald, and William. William F. Schadt died October 7, 1917, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery in Galveston.
Bibliography: History of Texas Together with a Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1895.
Scope and Content Note:
Correspondence, legal and printed materials, creative works and photographs document the life of William F. Schadt and his involvement with the Lone Star Rifles and Hood's Texas Brigade between 1861 and 1911. The documents are arranged according to series and then chronologically. A circa 1863 letter from John O. Scott requests information about Hood's Brigade for publication in the Galveston News. Other correspondence concerns lists of members of Hood's Texas Brigade. A June 6, 1862 pass signed by the Provost Marshal of Harris County allows C. Shadt to visit Dickinson. The handwritten minutes of the June 1, 1876 meeting of the Lone Star Rifles include work on a muster list. Printed materials include newspaper clippings about Confederate veterans and the conduct of the Civil War, and the purchase of a lumber yard by William Schadt. A 1910 program lists the activities at the 39th annual reunion of Hood's Texas Brigade. A calling card is that of John Bellinger, a member of the Lone Star Rifles. Creative works include poetry, an acrostic, a list of 25 names, and works on the Lone Star Rifles and Hood's Brigade. Daguerreotypes of Charles Schadt and William Schadt show the uniform of the Lone Star Rifles. Of interest is a photograph of four soldiers of Company L, First Texas Brigade in front of winter quarters at Dumfries, Virginia, the winter of 1861-1862.
Archivist's Note:
Removed to the library collection is a book owned by Wm. Schadt: Winkler, Mrs. A. V. The Confederate Capitol and Hood's Texas Brigade. Austin: Von Boeckmann, 1894. Also of interest is a blue taffeta banner inscribed "Lone Star Rifles, Organized Nov 8th, 1860" and "Presented by the Young Ladies of Galveston, June 21st, 1877", in the artifact collections of the San Jacinto Museum of History.
The Schadt Family Papers, 72-0010, can be found at the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.
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