LUKBAN
gunboats Helena, Nashville, and Mariveles. Kobbe was the son on of a German emigrant and a mother who for many years served as consul general of the duchy of Nassau in New York City, herself descended from a Spanish sea captain whose vessel was lost off the coast of New London in 1700. Kobbé was educated in New York City and, from 1854
Brig. Gen. William A. Kobbe
to 1857, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
He studied mining engineering in Freiberg and Clausthal until 1862, when he enlisted in the 178th New York volunteers and served until the end of the Civil War, rising to rank of captain. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel of volunteers and major U. S. Army for gallantry at Nashville and at the capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama. He was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the 19th U. S. infantry( regular army) in 1866, serving on the frontier in New Mexico and Kansas during Indian hostilities. 2
Brig. Gen. William A. Kobbe was relieved from duty on the south Manila line and ordered to seize the desired points. His 29