Alexander Schimmelfennig Military person

Alexander Schimmelfennig (July 20, 1824 – September 5, 1865) was a German soldier and political revolutionary; then he became a Union Army general in the American Civil War.

Personal facts

Alexander Schimmelfennig
Birth dateJuly 20, 1824
Birth place
Bydgoszcz , Prussia
Date of deathSeptember 05, 1865
Place of death
Wernersville Pennsylvania
Resting place
Reading Pennsylvania

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Military person

allegianceUnion
military operations
American Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
Battle of Grimball's Causeway
service start1861

Alexander Schimmelfennig on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=1740
  2. http://www.olypen.com/tinkers/74th%20Pennsylvania/Webpage/Schimmelfennig%20grave%20site.htm