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|birth_date = {{birth date|1838|11|11}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1838|11|11}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1900|12|13|1838|2|6}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1900|12|13|1838|2|6}}
|image= Major Adolph Proskauer.jpg
|image= Major Adolph Proskauer.jpg
|caption=
|caption=
|birth_place= Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
|birth_place= Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
|death_place= [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|death_place= [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|placeofburial= [[New Mount Sinai Cemetery & Mausoleum (St. Louis, Missouri)|New Mount Sinai Cemetery]]
|placeofburial= [[New Mount Sinai Cemetery]]
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
|allegiance= {{flag|Confederate States of America}}
|allegiance= {{flag|Confederate States of America}}
|branch={{army|CSA}}
|branch={{army|CSA}}
|serviceyears= 1861– 1/1865, Retired (CSA)
|serviceyears= 1861–1865
|rank= [[File:Confederate States of America Major.png|20px]] [[Major (CSA)]]
|rank= [[File:Confederate States of America Major.png|20px]] [[Major (rank)|Major]]
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|unit= [[12th Alabama Infantry Regiment]]
|unit=
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|commands= {{flagicon|Alabama}} [[12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C]]
|battles= [[American Civil War]]
|battles= [[American Civil War]]
*[[Battle of Seven Pines]]
*[[Battle of Seven Pines]]
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*[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]
*[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]
*[[Gettysburg Campaign]]
*[[Gettysburg Campaign]]
*[[Battle of the Wilderness|The Wilderness]]
*[[Battle of the Wilderness]]
*[[Siege of Petersburg]]
*[[Siege of Petersburg]]
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|ethnicity= [[Jewish]]
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'''Adolph Proskauer''' was one of the comparatively few Jewish officers in the army of the [[Confederate States of America]] during the [[United States Civil War]]. He rose to the rank of major.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30082657|title=Proskauer, Adolph | work=Find A Grave | date= |accessdate=2010-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sroots/12th.htm |title=Proskauer, Adolph | work=12th Alabama Infantry Regiment |date= |accessdate=2010-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocivilwar.org/articles/show/66-Proskauer_Adolph |title=Proskauer, Adolph | work=Missouri's Civil War |publisher=Mocivilwar.org |date= |accessdate=2010-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UtiEY4s9n9IC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=adolph+proskauer&source=bl&ots=rakj8VYkl9&sig=cozmfYdP8BOYtaXQPCNs9sEkEg0&hl=en&ei=8jViS82UC4uj8AbT1PSXAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=adolph%20proskauer&f=false |pages= 517
'''Adolph Proskauer''' (1838 &ndash; 1900) 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30082657|title=Proskauer, Adolph | work=Find A Grave | date= |accessdate=2010-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sroots/12th.htm |title=Proskauer, Adolph | work=12th Alabama Infantry Regiment |date= |accessdate=2010-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocivilwar.org/articles/show/66-Proskauer_Adolph |title=Proskauer, Adolph |work=Missouri's Civil War |publisher=Mocivilwar.org |accessdate=2010-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927142207/http://mocivilwar.org/articles/show/66-Proskauer_Adolph |archivedate=2010-09-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UtiEY4s9n9IC&pg=PA107 |pages= 517
|first=Robert N. | last=Rosen
|first=Robert N. | last=Rosen
|title=The Jewish Confederates
|title=The Jewish Confederates
|location= Columbia, South Carolina
|publisher=Books.google.com
|location= Columbia, South Carolina
| publisher= University of South Carolina Press
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|isbn=1-57003-363-3
| publisher= University of South Carolina Press
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|isbn=1-57003-363-3
|year= 2000 |accessdate=2010-01-29}}</ref>
|year= 2000 |accessdate=2010-01-29}}</ref>


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Major Adolph Proskauer of Mobile, Alabama was wounded several times. A subordinate officer
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
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
with a cigar in his mouth at the head of the 12th Alabama amid a perfect rain of bullets, shot and
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His nephew was [[Joseph M. Proskauer]] a prominent New York attorney, Judge, and founding partner of the law firm [[Proskauer Rose]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UtiEY4s9n9IC&q=Alfred+Proskauer+Adolph+proskauer&pg=PA360 | title=The Jewish Confederates| isbn=978-1-57003-363-6| last1=Rosen| first1=Robert N.| year=2000}}</ref>
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American army officer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1838-11-11
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 1900-12-13
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 23 July 2024

Adolph Proskauer
Born(1838-11-11)November 11, 1838
Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
DiedDecember 13, 1900(1900-12-13) (aged 62)
St. Louis, Missouri
Place of burial
New Mount Sinai Cemetery
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Service / branch Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Major
Unit12th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Adolph Proskauer (1838 – 1900) 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.[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.

His nephew was Joseph M. Proskauer a prominent New York attorney, Judge, and founding partner of the law firm Proskauer Rose.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Proskauer, Adolph". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  2. ^ "Proskauer, Adolph". 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  3. ^ "Proskauer, Adolph". Missouri's Civil War. Mocivilwar.org. Archived from the original on 2010-09-27. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Rosen, Robert N. (2000). The Jewish Confederates. ISBN 978-1-57003-363-6.
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