With Minna and his young family, he went back to his land holdings in the east and another daughter came, Stephanie von Struve, born 1847 in Chobanin, Kingdom of Poland.
On September 19, 1848, Heinrich von Struve and his family emigrated from the port of Hamburg to Galveston, Texas, landing there on November 22, 1848.
However, his wife, Minna, did not and just prior to the American Civil War, he sent his family back to Europe.
In Brazil he had an audience with the Brazilian Emperor, Dom Pedro II, where he regaled the monarch with his tales of the Texas Wilderness.
When finally he returned and remained in Europe, Heinrich put his life story to paper and published it in 1895 as a "Lebensbild".