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Berthold Fernow was born in Inowrazlaw, Posen, Germany, the eldest of thirteen children. His father was Edward F. Fernow, a Prussian Landrat, and his mother Bertha von Jachmann, sister of Admiral Jachmann.
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Berthold Fernow was born in Inowrazlaw, Posen, Germany, the eldest of thirteen children. His father was Edward F. Fernow, a Prussian Landrat, and his mother Bertha von Jachmann, sister of Admiral Jachmann.
Prepared by private tutors, he entered the gymnasium at Magdeburg, 1849, from which he transferred to Bromberg in 1856. Enamored of rural life, the young man devoted himself to the study of agriculture from 1858 to 1860.
In the latter year he served as a lieutenant in the Reserve of the Prussian army.
In 1861, on the advice of his father, he emigrated to the United States, bought a farm in Iowa, and became a naturalized citizen.
Fie espoused the Union cause in the Civil War and in 1862 volunteered as a private in the 4th Missouri Cavalry. In 1863 he was promoted to second lieutenant of the 3rd United States Colored Infantry and served in South Carolina and Florida.
He was detailed as topographical engineer in the coast division of Sherman’s army in 1864, and mustered out October 31, 1865. For the next ten years he was engaged in commerce in New York City and Berlin as an employee of the Hamburg American Steamship Company and of a Berlin bank.
His heart was in America, however, and in 1874 he purchased a farm at Metuchen, New Jersey, where he cultivated strawberries on a large scale.
In 1875 he met John Bigelow, secretary of State of New York, by whom he was appointed keeper of historical records, and began to devote himself to scholarly tasks. With enthusiasm and ability, from 1876 to 1883 he added Volumes XII.
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Fie espoused the Union cause in the Civil War and in 1862 volunteered as a private in the 4th Missouri Cavalry.