Prince Felix of Salm-Salm | |
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![]() Prince Felix of Salm-Salm during his service in the American Civil War | |
Born | Anholt, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia | 25 December 1828
Died | 18 August 1870 Gravelotte, France | (aged 41)
Buried | Anholt |
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Years of service | 1846–1854, 1868–1870 (Prussian Army) 1861–1865 (US Army) 1866–1867 (Imperial Mexican Army) |
Rank | Major (Prussian Army)![]() Colonel (Imperial Mexican Army) |
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Battles/wars | First Schleswig War Austro-Sardinian War American Civil War French intervention in Mexico Franco-Prussian War |
Prince Felix Constantin Alexander Johann Nepomuk of Salm-Salm (25 December 1828 – 18 August 1870) was a Prussian military officer of princely birth and a soldier of fortune.
Salm-Salm served in the Schleswig-Holstein Army (Prussian Army), Austrian Army, the Union Army during the American Civil War, the army of Emperor Maximilian in Mexico and thereafter in the Prussian Army. He was killed in action during the Franco-Prussian War.[1]
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