Adolph Proskauer
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Adolph Proskauer | |
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| File:Major Adolph Proskauer.jpg | |
| Born | November 11, 1838 Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) |
| Died | December 13, 1900 (aged 62) |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg Confederate States of America |
| Branch | File:Battle flag of the Confederate States of America (1-1).svg Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1861–1865 |
| Rank | File:Confederate States of America Major.png Major |
| Unit | 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment |
| Conflicts | American 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, Joseph M. Proskauer, was a prominent New York attorney, judge, and founding partner of the law firm Proskauer Rose.[5]
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