Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel
Born: November 18, 1824
Sinsheim, Baden, Germany
Died: August 21, 1902
New York City
Karlsruhe Academy: 1843
Lieutenant: 1843
Colonel: 1848
May 4, 1861: Colonel U. S. Army
Brigadier General: August 7, 1861
Major General: March 21, 1862
1843: Graduated Karlsruhe Academy - Commissioned a Lieutenant
1847: Wounded in Duel
1847: Resigned from the army
1848: Colonel in Baden Revolutionary Forces
April 23, 1848: Army crushed by better equipped and experienced Prussian Army
1849: Secretary of War and Commander-in-Chief of Revolutionary Republican Government of Baden
1849: Wounded in skirmish
1852: Emigrated to United States
May 4, 1861: Commissioned Colonel in U. S. Army
July 2, 1861: Battle of Carthage
August 7, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General effective May 17, 1861
August 10, 1861: Battle of Wilson's Creek
March 8, 1862: Battle of Pea Ridge
March 21, 1862: Promoted to Major General
November 1861 - June 1862: Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Commander, I Corps, Army of Virginia
August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Winter 1862-1863: Commander, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac
February 1863: Left the Corps - reason for leaving in not clear
March 1864: Commander, Department of West Virginia
Valley Campaign of 1864
May 15, 1864: Battle of New Market
July 3-4, 1864: Battle of Harper's Ferry
May 5, 1865: Resigned Commission