Engelmann was born in
Imsbach, then in the
Kingdom of Bavaria, on February 11, 1825. His family immigrated to the United States in 1831. He served as a
second lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Illinois Volunteers (12 months) during the Mexican–American War. He was wounded at the
Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847. After becoming a Chicago lawyer, Engelmann briefly served in the provisional army of the duchies of
Schleswig and
Holstein during the
First Schleswig War. On December 16, 1861, Engelmann was commissioned a
lieutenant colonel of the
43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The sources do not have the date of his nomination by
President Andrew Johnson. Adolph Engelmann died on October 5, 1890, at Shiloh, Illinois. Engelmann was buried in the Engelmann Family Cemetery at Shiloh, Illinois. ==See also==