Frederick Knefler
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Frederick Knefler served in the Union Army in the American Civil War, joining as a first lieutenant in May 1861. He served as a staff officer and as colonel of the 79th Indiana Infantry Regiment and a
Knefler c. 1860s
Colonel Frederick Knefler, c. 1862
Knefler's grave at Crown Hill Cemetery
Joseph K. Taussig Jr.
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Joseph Knefler Taussig Jr. was a United States Navy officer during and after World War II, and a Navy civilian official in the 1980s. He was the great-grandson of Brigadier General Frederick Knefler,
Frederick Knefler
…of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865. His daughter married Edward Taussig and he was the grandfather of Joseph Taussig, the great-grandfather of Joseph K. Taussig Jr. and great-great-grandfather of Captain Joseph K. Taussig III USMC (born 1945). Frederick Knefler (Knoepfler Frigyes) was born in Arad, Hungary in 1833…
Official photograph of Taussig as a junior officer
Taussig as civilian Defense Department employee in 1983