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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.

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.

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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