Alexander Schimmelfennig

Alexander Schimmelfennig
Birth name	Alexander Ferdinand Schimmelpfennig von der Oye
Born	(1824-07-20)July 20, 1824 Bromberg, Prussia (now Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Died	September 5, 1865(1865-09-05) (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.