Charleston County ScArchives Obituaries.....Knickmeyer, Rudolph January 16, 1892
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The News & Courier: Monday Morning, Jan. 18, 1892
The Death of Herr Rudolph Knickmeyer of the Eutaw Band

Herr Rudolph Knickmeyer, better known as Muller, died very suddenly of apoplexy
at his home, No 93 Market Street, on Saturday night. There was no more familiar
figure in the musical circles of this city and his genial presence will be
greatly missed by those who survive him.

Rudolph Knickmeyer, as Her Muller was Christened, was born in Berlin in 1824 and
received his education in one of the finest agricultural colleges in Germany. He
entered the Prussian army during the war of 1848 and served through that war,
during which he became a member of a military band.

In 1848 he came to the United States and enlisted in the United States Army as
Rudolph Muller, under which name he has since been known. He was stationed in
Norfolk navy yard, but soon left and came to Charleston with the Confederacy and
organized the now famous Eutaw Band, which served the 25th South Carolina
regiment throughout the war. upon the cessation of hostilities Prof Muller
returned to Charleston, and the Eutaw Band continued its existence under his
leadership.

Prof Muller played the A flat cornet and the French horn, and for years past no
social entertainment was complete without the presence of the Professor and his
band, whose membership was rapidly lessening as time wore on. In almost every
entertainment that has ever been given at Owen's Academy of Music, Prof Muller
has furnished the music and was to have played there during the present week,.

On Friday night he played at an entertainment at the Hibernian Hall and way
apparently in the best of health, and his death Saturday night was a severe
shock to his friends. There are now but six survivors of the band he organized
thirty-one years ago. They are the four Ortmann brothers, S.H., S.I., W. and
F.J., and John Haas, all of whom mourn the death of their late comrade, friend
and leader with no common grief. The funeral services will take place at 10
o'clock this morning at his late residence.


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