Louis Strackbein Family 

Father: Strackbein, Johann Georg
Mother: Homrighausen, Elizabeth Maria Magdalena
Strackbein, Ludwig Heinrich

Birth: 18 Mar 1836 in Wunderthausen, Westphalia, Germany
Death: 14 Oct 1919 in Wheatland, Springrock Township, Clinton County, Iowa
Burial: 16 Oct 1919 in St. Pauls Cemetery, Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Also Known As: Louis Ludwig Heinrich Strackbein
Shared Facts: Homrighausen, Maria
Marriage: 09 Jun 1868 in Wheatland, Iowa
Children: Strackbein, Louise
Strackbein, Emma Karolina
Strackbein, Albert Friederich
Strackbein, Frank Heinrich
Strackbein, Elizabeth
Strackbein, Lesetta Katharina
Strackbein, George J.
Strackbein, John Conrad
Strackbein, Louis Wilhelm

Notes:
"Came to the United States in 1854 and apparently lived at Red Bud, Illinois. It was there that he enlisted on 3 September 1861 in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, Company M. Strackbein was captured at Coldwater, Mississippi, on November 3, 1863, and held at the infamous Andersonville prison. He survived and was mustered out in April 1965. He was soon in Wheatland, however, where he married Maria Homrighausen in 1868 (daughter of Franz Homrighausen). They farmed near Big Rock." Source: Paul Riedesel

"Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was officially known, was one of the largest of many established prison camps during the American Civil War. It was built early in 1864 after Confederate officials decided to move the large numbers of Federal prisoners kept in and around Richmond, Virginia, to a place of greater security and a more abundant food supply. During the 14 months the prison existed, more than 45,000 Union Soldiers were confined here. Of these, almost 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, overcrowding, or exposure to the elements."

"He was released on 26 February 1865, exchanged North East Ferry,
North Carolina and mustered out April 21, 1865 at Springfield, Ilinois"