Adolph Proskauer
Adolph Proskauer | |
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Born |
Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) | November 11, 1838
Died |
December 13, 1900 62) St. Louis, Missouri | (aged
Place of burial | New Mount Sinai Cemetery |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service/branch | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861– 1/1865, Retired (CSA) |
Rank | Major (CSA) |
Commands held | 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C |
Battles/wars |
Adolph Proskauer was a Jewish officers in the army of the Confederate States of America during the United States Civil War. He rose to the rank of major.[1][2][3][4]
Major Adolph Proskauer of Mobile, Alabama was wounded several times. A subordinate officer wrote "I can see him now as he nobly carried himself at Gettysburg, standing coolly and calmly with a cigar in his mouth at the head of the 12th Alabama amid a perfect rain of bullets, shot and shell. He was the personification of intrepid gallantry and imperturbable courage.
References
- ↑ "Proskauer, Adolph". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ "Proskauer, Adolph". 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- ↑ "Proskauer, Adolph". Missouri's Civil War. Mocivilwar.org. Archived from the original on 2010-09-27. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ↑ Rosen, Robert N. (2000). The Jewish Confederates. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. p. 517. ISBN 1-57003-363-3. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
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