Show I ANNIVERSARY A TODAY'S On March 2 1829 Carl Schurz a famous American political leader and I soldier was wa-s born near Cologne Ger Ger- many Educated at the University of Bonn h hs he later took part in fri the revolutionary revo revo- I movement mo of 1848 but was finally forced to flee lee to Switzerland He emigrated to the United States in 1852 and settled at Watertown Wis Less than 10 years later larer he was appointed minister to Spain by Pres Pres- ident Lincoln but resigned at the outbreak of the civil chU war wr to join the union army Appointed brigadier general general general gen gen- eral and later promoted to major general Schurz commanded a division division divi divi- sion zion at Chancellors and arid a 3 corps at Gettysburg After the war he engaged in journalistic jour jour- work From 1869 to 1875 1675 he was United States senator from Missour Mis Mis- sour He presided over mer the Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati mitt convention which nominated for president From 1877 to 1881 he served as secretary o of the In in- in tenor |