Alexander Schimmelfennig | |
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Birth name | Alexander Ferdinand Schimmelpfennig von der Oye |
Born | Bromberg, Prussia (now Bydgoszcz, Poland) | July 20, 1824
Died | September 5, 1865 Wernersville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 41)
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Prussia United States (Union) |
Service/ | Prussian Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1848–1849 1861–1865 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
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Alexander Schimmelfennig (July 20, 1824 – September 5, 1865) was a Prussian soldier and political revolutionary. After the German revolutions of 1848–1849, he immigrated to the United States, where he served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War.
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