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Franz Sigel

1824 - 1902

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Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War. His ability to recruit German-speaking immigrants to the Union armies received the approval of President Abraham Lincoln, but he was strongly disliked by General-in-Chief Henry Halleck. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Sigel is the 1,874th most popular military personnel (down from 1,860th in 2019), the 5,050th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,934th in 2019) and the 309th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz Sigel ranks 1,874 out of 2,058. Before him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Michael Mullen, Adasi, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, and John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton. After him are Isaac Brock, Michael von Kienmayer, Oliver Leese, Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Robert L. Eichelberger, and Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Franz Sigel ranks 77. Before him are Bertha Valerius, Francesco Brioschi, Aniceto Arce, Christen Dalsgaard, Victoire Léodile Béra, and Charles Blondin. After him are Edmund Kirby Smith, Calvert Vaux, Samuel Plimsoll, Eastman Johnson, and William Allingham. Among people deceased in 1902, Franz Sigel ranks 79. Before him are Frank Norris, Mark Antokolsky, Emil Holub, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Johannes Wislicenus, and William McGonagall. After him are Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, Hans von Pechmann, Walter Reed, John Henry Twachtman, and Wade Hampton III.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Sigel ranks 5,053 out of 7,253. Before him are Oskar Perron (1880), Jens Nowotny (1974), Frank Schwalba-Hoth (1952), Hannelore Schroth (1922), Katja Riemann (1963), and Erich Kähler (1906). After him are Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785), Kevin Trapp (1990), Andrea Pollack (1961), Walter Jens (1923), Norbert Walter-Borjans (1952), and Eduard David (1863).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Franz Sigel ranks 309. Before him are Felix Graf von Bothmer (1852), Fritz-Hubert Gräser (1888), Ludwig von Falkenhausen (1844), Friedrich von Scholtz (1851), Heinrich Hax (1900), and Henning von Holtzendorff (1853). After him are Max Lemke (1895).

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