WEBER, Max

Affiliation:  Union

Born: August 27, 1824 , Achern, Baden

Died: June 15, 1901, Brooklyn NY

Pre-War Profession: Weber graduated from the military school at Karlsruhe in 1843, and served as an infantry lieutenant in the Grand Duke's army. In 1849, during the Revolutions of 1848, proprietor of the Konstanz Hotel in New York.

War Service: Weber enlisted to fight in the Civil War as a colonel on May 16, 1861. He raised a German-American unit known as the "Turner Rifles," a company that eventually became a part of the 20th New York Infantry. He took part in the capture of Fort Hatteras. Weber's brigade was the first to attack the Sunken Road during the Battle of Antietam.

Post War: Assessor of internal revenue in New York, collector until April 1883, when he resigned, U.S. consul in Nantes, France.