| Adolph Proskauer | |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1838 |
| Birth Place: | Possibly from City of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) |
| Death Place: | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Placeofburial: | New Mount Sinai Cemetery |
| Placeofburial Label: | Place of burial |
| Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
| Rank: | Major |
| Unit: | 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
Adolph Proskauer (1838 - 1900) was a Jewish officer in the army of the Confederate States of America during the United States Civil War. He rose to the rank of major.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Major Adolph Proskauer of Mobile, Alabama was wounded several times. A subordinate officerwrote "I can see him now as he nobly carried himself at Gettysburg, standing coolly and calmlywith a cigar in his mouth at the head of the 12th Alabama amid a perfect rain of bullets, shot andshell. He was the personification of intrepid gallantry and imperturbable courage.
His nephew was Joseph M. Proskauer a prominent New York attorney, Judge, and founding partner of the law firm Proskauer Rose.[5]