17 Facts About Alexander Asboth

Alexander "Sandor" Asboth was a Hungarian military leader best known for his victories as a Union general during the American Civil War.

Alexander Asboth served as United States Ambassador to Argentina and as United States Ambassador to Uruguay.

Alexander Asboth wanted to be a soldier, like his elder brother Lajos, but instead his parents decided he should be an engineer.

Alexander Asboth studied at the Mining Academy of Selmecbanya and the Institutum Geometricum in Pest.

Alexander Asboth joined with freedom-fighter Lajos Kossuth in the 1848 revolutionary movement.

Alexander Asboth traveled with Kossuth to the Ottoman Empire and then to the United States in 1851, after the revolution failed.

Alexander Asboth remained in the United States and joined the Union Army.

Alexander Asboth was nominated brigadier general by President Abraham Lincoln on December 26,1861, and the US Senate confirmed the promotion on March 24,1862, as the President did not formally make the appointment until March 22,1862.

Alexander Asboth was assigned command of the 4th Division in Fremont's western campaign.

Alexander Asboth later led a division under Samuel Curtis, and during the Arkansas campaign he occupied Bentonville and Fayetteville.

Alexander Asboth participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, leading troops at the Little Sugar Creek position.

Reinforcements were transferred to Henry Halleck from the Army of the Southwest and during the Siege of Corinth, Alexander Asboth commanded a brigade in the Army of the Mississippi.

Alexander Asboth was badly wounded in the Battle of Marianna on September 27,1864; his left cheek-bone being broken and his left arm fractured in two places.

Alexander Asboth was mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24,1865.

Alexander Asboth died in Buenos Aires in 1868, likely due to his wounds received in Florida.

Alexander Asboth was initially buried in the city's British cemetery, but was re-buried in 1923 when La Chacarita Cemetery became a park.

Alexander Asboth's remains were returned to the United States in October 1990 for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.