Henry Bertram | |
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Sheriff of Dodge County, Wisconsin | |
In office January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Charles E. Goodwin |
Succeeded by | John Leslie |
4th & 14th Mayor of Watertown, Wisconsin | |
In office April 1870 – April 1871 | |
Preceded by | John Richards |
Succeeded by | Theodore Prentiss |
In office April 1857 – April 1859 | |
Preceded by | William Chappell |
Succeeded by | Calvin B. Skinner |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dodge 4th district | |
In office January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871 | |
Preceded by | Eugene O'Connor |
Succeeded by | Marcus Tramer |
Personal details | |
Born | Emil Gustave Victor Beeger October 5, 1825 Ueckermünde, Pomerania, Prussia |
Died | September 25, 1878 Juneau, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 52)
Resting place | Juneau Cemetery, Juneau, Wisconsin |
Political party | Independent |
Occupation | hotel proprietor, sheriff |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1846–1851 1861–1865 |
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Battles/wars | Mexican–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.