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– 1/1865, Retired (CSA)
Rank	Major (CSA)
Commands held	12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C
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

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.^[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

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. 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.