Henry Bohlen
Henry Bohlen | |
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Brig. Gen. Henry Bohlen | |
| Born | October 22, 1810 Bremen |
| Died | August 22, 1862 (aged 51) Rappahannock River, Virginia, during the initial stages of the Northern Virginia Campaign |
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| Allegiance | United States of America Second French Empire |
| Branch | United States Army French Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1846 - 1848; 1861 - 1862 (USA) 1853 - 1856 (France) |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Battles / wars | Mexican-American War Crimean War American Civil War |
Henry Bohlen (October 22, 1810 – August 22, 1862) was a German-American Union Brigadier General of the American Civil War. Before becoming the first foreign-born Union general in the Civil War, he fought in the Mexican-American War (on the U.S. side), and in the Crimean War (on the French side).