Kneedler: Prominent Army Officer and Beloved Coronado Physician

Merriam Press Military Monograph 128. First Edition (April 2013). This book is a compilation of historical documents. It brings Major William Ludwig Kneedler and his family back-to-life for the reader and highlights the strong Army presence in the City of San Diego at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a story of a bygone era that has been forgotten over time. Contents: Introduction; The Early Years; The Kneedlers Head to West Point; The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Commission; San Diego Barracks; The Kneedler Home Along Ocean Blvd. on Coronado; Across the Bay at Fort Rosecrans; Captain Ernest D. Scott, Future Commanding Officer of Fort Rosecrans and Society Wedding to Ella von Gerichten, 1903; Ensign Newman K. Perry, Officer on the U.S.S. Bennington and Society Wedding to Vipont Doane, 1903; Buildup of Fort Rosecrans; Army and Navy Socializing at San Diego; U.S.S. Bennington Tragedy in San Diego Bay, 1905, Death of Perry and 64 Sailors, and Efforts by Kneedler and Scott Directing the Rescue of Survivors, Funerals and Burials, with Establishment of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery and Bennington Memorial; Major Kneedler's Retirement and Later Years; Daughter Jessie Kneedler's Society Wedding; Major Kneedler's Granddaughters; Major Kneedler's Gravesite; Epilogue: 710th Ordnance Company (EOD) Honoring the Promise 100 Years Later; William Cronan, Medal of Honor; Heber and Jerauld Ingle; The Fort Rosecrans-Chi Omega Connection (Col. Frederick L. Dengler and Jean Vincenheller Dengler); Rear Admiral Caspar Goodrich and Lt. Caspar Goodrich Jr.; Songs "Army Blue" and "Benny Havens, Oh!"; Kneedler House Designated Coronado Landmark; 2007 Dedication of Monument to Fort Rosecrans Soldiers, Past and Present Including Major Kneedler; Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Six Memorial. 200 color and B&W photos, illustrations, and documents.