An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 459

	SEBASTIAN ANSBERGER, a retired soldier of the United States Army, was born
in Bavaria, Germany, November 21, 1842, a son of Mathias and Julianna (Gromser)
Ansberger. The parents emigrated to America, locating at Freeport, Illinois, in
1854, where the mother died the same year. The father survived until 1887, and
was a resident of Freeport, Illinois, at the time of his death.
	Sebastian Ansberger, the eldest of his parents' two children, received his
education in the public schools of Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted in the
Forty-sixth Illinois Regiment, served as a private soldier through the war of
the Rebellion, and took part in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of
Corinth, Holly Springs, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, and Spanish Fort and
Fort Blakely. He re-enlisted in 1863, and after the fall of Vicksburg was
transferred to the Thirteenth Army Corps, and was at New Orleans and Mobile Bay
at the close of the struggle. Mr. Ansberger then entered the Thirteenth United
States Infantry, Company E, and served several years on the Dakota frontier. In
1869 he re-enlisted in the same regiment, participated in the Indian campaign in
1870, and at the expiration of his term of service, in 1874, held the office of
Sergeant. He next re-enlisted in the Twenty-first Infantry, Company I, still
holding the Sergeant's office, and was actively engaged in the Nez Perce and
Bannack Indian wars. After the close of the campaign of 1878 Mr. Ansberger was
quartered for three years at Vancouver, and then spent ten months at Fort Canby,
during which time he was promoted to First Sergeant. His time having expired
while quartered at Lapwai, he was assigned to duty at Rock Island, Illinois,
where he served five years. In all Sergeant Ansberger has served thirty-three
years, and was retired as Sergeant of Ordnance, March 26, 1801. He returned, in
May, 1892, to Vancouver, where he now owns city property. Politically he is a
stanch Republican, and socially affiliates with the Regular Army and Navy Union.

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