German Artillery officer’s sword, c. 1861 Worn by Captain Carsten Nohrden (1827-1861), who served in the Columbia Battery of the German Artillery. One of Charleston’s earliest volunteers for Confederate military service, Nohrden died of hemorrhagic fever in July 1861. Charleston Museum. [782×2147]
Carsten Nohrden sounds incredibly Danish, but all info I can find is that he was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, which is *reasonably* close to Denmark. Maybe names like that were common in Low German countries too…
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Carsten Nohrden sounds incredibly Danish, but all info I can find is that he was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, which is *reasonably* close to Denmark. Maybe names like that were common in Low German countries too…