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Look Back: the "Pathfinder",1861

Date: 7/23/2011

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Army Maj. Charles Zagonyi, commander of Gen. Fremont's 150-soldier body guard. Zagonyi was a refugee from the short-lived independence of his native Hungary from the Habsburg empire in 1848-49. He was one of several former European revolutionaries on Fremont's staff. Here is how Louis Gerteis, professor of history at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, described Fremont's bodyguard in his book, Civil War in St. Louis: "The Body Guard wore plumed hats and a distinctive dark blue uniform. Mounted on matching chestnut horses and bearing German-manufactured sidearms, the 150-man Body Guard accompanied Fremont's movements through the city with a formality worthy of a European prince." (Library of Congress)

Caption: Army Maj. Charles Zagonyi, commander of Gen. Fremont's 150-soldier body guard. Zagonyi was a refugee from the short-lived independence of his native Hungary from the Habsburg empire in 1848-49. He was one of several former European revolutionaries on Fremont's staff. Here is how Louis Gerteis, professor of history at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, described Fremont's bodyguard in his book, Civil War in St. Louis: "The Body Guard wore plumed hats and a distinctive dark blue uniform. Mounted on matching chestnut horses and bearing German-manufactured sidearms, the 150-man Body Guard accompanied Fremont's movements through the city with a formality worthy of a European prince." (Library of Congress) Album ID: 1289524 Photo ID: 36881934

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