Rank Major (CSA) | Name Adolph Proskauer | |
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Born November 11, 1838
Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) ( 1838-11-11 ) 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) Battles/wars American Civil War
Battle of Seven Pines
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Boonsboro
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Gettysburg Campaign
The Wilderness
Siege of Petersburg Died 1900, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Commands held 12th Regiment Alabama Infantry Battles and wars Battle of Seven Pines, Battle of Malvern Hill | ||
Adolph Proskauer was a Jewish officer in the army of the Confederate States of America during the United States Civil War. He rose to the rank of major.
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.
His nephew was Joseph M. Proskauer a prominent New York attorney, Judge, and founding partner of the law firm Proskauer Rose.
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