Adolphus Heiman (17 April 1809-16 November 1862) was a German immigrant colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Biography[]
Adolphus Heiman was born in Potsdam, Prussia in 1809, and he emigrated to the United States in 1834 and settled in New York City and New Orleans before moving to Nashville in 1837. He worked as an architect, building a Baptist church and cemetery in Nashville before serving as a major in the US Army during the Mexican-American War. Heiman became Nashville's eminent architect during the 1850s, and he became colonel of the Confederate 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment at the start of the American Civil War. Heiman commanded a brigade at the Battle of Fort Donelson, during which he was captured. His health deteriorated during his captivity, leading to his release; however, he died at a Confederate hospital in Jackson, Mississippi in November 1862.