Schimmelfennig, Alexander

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Alexander Schimmelfennig​

Born: July 20, 1824

Birthplace: Bydgoszcz Kujawsko – Pomorskie, Poland

Father: Johann Heinrick Samel Schimmelfennig

Mother: Helene Rosalie Von Knocke

Wife: Othilia Sophia Glumer 1826 – 1890

(Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania)​

Children:

Bertha M. Schimmelfennig 1850 – 1925​

(Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania)​

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Agnes S. Schimmelfennig 1854 – 1855​

(Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania)​

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Hermann A. Schimmelfennig 1860 – 1887​

(Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania)​

Occupation before War:

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Served in the Prussian Army​

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Member of Palatine Military Commission​

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1849: Wounded twice at Battle of Rinnthal​

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Lived in Exile in Switzerland​

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Sentenced to death for his involvement in Revolution​

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Member of German Democratic Movement​

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1854: Immigrated to the United States of America​

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Employee of United States Government War Department​

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Associated with the Forty – Eighters​

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1854: Author of The War between Russia and Turkey ​

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Civil War Career:

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Tried to raise an all – German Cavalry Regiment which failed​

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Attempted to raise an all – German regiment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

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1863: Brigade Commander at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1863: Hid during the Battle of Gettysburg on Baltimore Street then a shed on the property of Henry and Catherine Garlach​

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1863 – 1864: Brigade Commander Southern District of in the Carolinas​

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1864: Commander of District of Charleston South Carolina​

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1865: Accepted the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 18th​​

Died: September 5, 1865

Place of Death: Wernersville, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Age at time of Death: 41 years old

Burial Place: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania