William Hexamer
Union Army officer (1825-1870)
William Hexamer commanded an artillery battery in the American Civil War. Hexamer was born in Koblenz, Kingdom of Prussia on April 12, 1825. During the 1848 Revolution he served as an aide to Franz Sigel. Both of them had to go into exile when the revolution failed.
By 1861, Hexamer, with the rank of major, was commander of a militia battery called the Hudson County Artillery.
Civil War Service
At the beginning of the war, Governor Charles Smith Olden and Hexamer offered his battery to the federal government. At first it was refused, but it was added to the volunteer service after a four-month delay, being mustered into service on August 12, 1861. Thereafter it was known as Battery A, 1st Battery New Jersey Light Artillery. The battery served at first with First New Jersey Brigade of Brig. Gen.
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