Alexander Schimmelfennig

Alexander Schimmelfennig
Alexander Schimmelfennig
Birth name	Alexander Ferdinand Schimmelpfennig von der Oye
Born	July 20, 1824; Bromberg, Prussia (now Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Died	September 5, 1865 (aged 41); Wernersville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Place of burial	Charles Evans Cemetery; Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia; United States (Union)
Service / branch	Prussian Army; Union Army
Years of service	1848–1849; 1861–1865
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles / wars	German revolutions of 1848–49 First Schleswig War; Palatine uprising; ; American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Siege of Charleston Harbor; Battle of Grimball's Causeway; ;

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.