Henry Flad

Henry Flad
Born(1824-07-30)July 30, 1824
DiedJuly 20, 1898(1898-07-20) (aged 73)
Resting placeSaint Louis, Missouri
EducationUniversity of Munich
Occupations
Military career
AllegianceUnion
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1861–1864
Rank Colonel
CommandsEngineer Regiment of the West
1st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Engineers
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
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Henry Flad (July 30, 1824 – July 20, 1898) was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as a railroad engineer before and during the civil war, and later as a civil engineer after the war. He helped found and was first president of the Engineers' Club of Saint Louis, and in 1886 was president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.