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Adolph Proskauer
Adolph Proskauer
Born	November 11, 1838; Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
Died	December 13, 1900 (aged 62); St. Louis, Missouri
Place of burial	New Mount Sinai Cemetery
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service / branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Major
Unit	12th Alabama Infantry Regiment
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; Battle of the Wilderness; Siege of Petersburg;

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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

^ "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.
^ Rosen, Robert N. (2000). The Jewish Confederates. ISBN 978-1-57003-363-6.

[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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