Henry Bertram

Henry Bertram
Sheriff of Dodge County, Wisconsin
In office
January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1873
Preceded byCharles E. Goodwin
Succeeded byJohn Leslie
4th & 14th Mayor of Watertown, Wisconsin
In office
April 1870 – April 1871
Preceded byJohn Richards
Succeeded byTheodore Prentiss
In office
April 1857 – April 1859
Preceded byWilliam Chappell
Succeeded byCalvin B. Skinner
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dodge 4th district
In office
January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871
Preceded byEugene O'Connor
Succeeded byMarcus Tramer
Personal details
Born
Emil Gustave Victor Beeger

(1825-10-05)October 5, 1825
Ueckermünde, Pomerania, Prussia
DiedSeptember 25, 1878(1878-09-25) (aged 52)
Juneau, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeJuneau Cemetery, Juneau, Wisconsin
Political partyIndependent
Occupationhotel proprietor, sheriff
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1846–1851
1861–1865
Rank
Commands
Battles/warsMexican–American War
American Civil War

Henry (Heinrich) Bertram (born Emil Gustave Victor Beeger; October 5, 1825 – September 25, 1878) was a German American immigrant and Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He rose to command a brigade in the trans-Mississippi and western theaters of the war, and received an honorary brevet to the rank of brigadier general. After the war, he served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing southern Dodge County, and was sheriff of Dodge County for two years.