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3 unusual facts about Max Frauenthal


Max Frauenthal

The phrase "a regular Fronthall" was used to refer to the bravest soldiers in 16th Regiment.

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Max Frauenthal (also Frankenthal, or Fronthall) (November 11, 1836 – March 8, 1914) is known for the courage he showed during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in the American Civil War.

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Max Frauenthal's grandfather, who was called simply Meyer, adopted the name Frauenthal in early nineteenth century, when the Napoleonic Code required European Jews to take surnames.



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