Civil War Union Brigadier General. Fought in the Mexican War. Recruited a regiment in Philadelphia made up mostly of German emigrants at the outbreak of the Civil War. The regiment was designated the 75th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, of which he was named Colonel and commander on September 30, 1861. Served in General Louis Blenker's division. Appointed Brigadier General, US Volunteers on April 28, 1862. Commanded the 3rd Brigade of Carl Schurz's Division in the Shenandoah Valley operations against Stonewall Jackson. His brigade covered the retreat of the Union forces at the Battle of Cross Keys, and participated in the Battle of Cedar Mountain. While conducting reconnaissance on the Rappahannock River during the initial stages of the Second Bull Run Campaign, he was killed when his force attempted to recross the river at Freeman's Ford. One of Bohlen's soldiers reported that the dying general called out, "Boys, I am dead, but go and fight!" The Confederates recovered Bohlen's body, returning it to his unit under a flag of truce on September 10, 1862.
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Fought in the Mexican War. Recruited a regiment in Philadelphia made up mostly of German emigrants at the outbreak of the Civil War. The regiment was designated the 75th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, of which he was named Colonel and commander on September 30, 1861. Served in General Louis Blenker's division. Appointed Brigadier General, US Volunteers on April 28, 1862. Commanded the 3rd Brigade of Carl Schurz's Division in the Shenandoah Valley operations against Stonewall Jackson. His brigade covered the retreat of the Union forces at the Battle of Cross Keys, and participated in the Battle of Cedar Mountain. While conducting reconnaissance on the Rappahannock River during the initial stages of the Second Bull Run Campaign, he was killed when his force attempted to recross the river at Freeman's Ford. One of Bohlen's soldiers reported that the dying general called out, "Boys, I am dead, but go and fight!" The Confederates recovered Bohlen's body, returning it to his unit under a flag of truce on September 10, 1862.
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