Adolph Englemann

Adolph Engelmann (February 11, 1825 – October 5, 1890) was a farmer, lawyer, postmaster, Mexican–American War veteran, and Union Army Colonel during the American Civil War. On May 18, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed his appointment as brevet Brigadier General of volunteers.

Biography Engelmann was born in Imsbach, then in the Kingdom of Bavaria, on February 11, 1825. His family immigrated to the United States in 1831. He served as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Illinois Volunteers (12 months) during the Mexican–American War. He was wounded at the Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847. After becoming a Chicago lawyer, Engelmann briefly served in the provisional army of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein during the First Schleswig War.

On December 16, 1861, Engelmann was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The sources do not have the date of his nomination by President Andrew Johnson.

Adolph Engelmann died on October 5, 1890, at Shiloh, Illinois. Engelmann was buried in the Engelmann Family Cemetery at Shiloh, Illinois.