Wünsch – Ward Family History

American Civil War, Indiana, Mexican-American War, Wünsch

Frederick Wünsch: American Civil War veteran, a mind unseated by tragedy

By Erika Ward Lopresti September 4, 2016 December 23, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"2

“The enemy pressed us, and we were ordered to retire in haste. We all ran as hard as we could go, and when I had ran only a few yards, my foot struck against a dead man, and I was thrown headlong to the ground, on my face, with considerable force.”

Indiana, Mumaugh/Mumma, Wünsch

Lopez Mumaugh: drunken cigar maker and murderer

By Erika Ward Lopresti August 26, 2016 October 21, 2016

She was denying him the regular opportunity to abuse and openly terrorize his family, and this enraged him…Lopez turned the gun to his temple and fired. Death took its time, as if repaying him in kind for all of the agony and humiliation he had inflicted on his family over the years.