Max Weber
1824 - 1901

   GEN. MAX WEBER DEAD.
German Revolutionist and Union Com-
 mander Succumbs to Lung Trouble.
 Gen. Max Weber, who fought with dis-
tinction as a revolutionist in Germany, and
later as a Union soldier in the American
war of the rebellion, died at his
home, 453 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn.
His death was due to lung trouble.
 Gen. Weber was born in 1824, at Achern,
in Badenia, Germany. He received his
education at the military academy at Carls-
ruhe, and became a Lieutenant in the army
of his native State. At the outbreak of
the German revolution, in 1848, Lieut.
Weber, with his regiment, joined the in-
surrectionists. He was elected Colonel of
the regiment, and commanded it in most
of the battles in which it took part.
 After the suppression of the revolution,
Col. Weber came to this country and set-
tled in this city. For a long time he con-
ducted the hotel Konstanz, which was
at William and Frankfort Streets. The
hotel became a rendevous for German
refugees. When war broke out between
the North and the South, Col. Weber or-
ganized what was known as the Turner
Regiment, of which he was made the com-
mander. He was for a time stationed at
Fort Monroe, and later was placed in
command of Camp Hamilton. On May 11,
1862, he was made a Brigadier General.
During the battle between the Monitor and
the Merrimac Gen. Weber was sent with his
command to Newport News, to prevent
the landing of Confederate troops there.
He fought in the Shenandoah Valley with
Gens. Sigel and Hunter, and in July, 1864,
defended Hrper's Ferry against the troops
of Gen. Early. In the battle of Antietam 
Gen. Weber was wounded in the right arm
by a rebel bullet.
  After the war he was appointed as Amer-
ican Consul at Nantes, France. Later he
held the office of Tax Assessor in New
York. President Grant appointed Gen. We-
ber as Collector of Internal Revenue in this
city. For the past seventeen years Gen.
Weber had lived in retirement in Brook-
lyn. His wife died about eight years ago,
and he leaves no children. He was a mem-
ber of the Trinity Lodge of Masons, of Kolte's
Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of
the Liederkranz in Manhattan. The ar-
rangements for the funeral have not yet 
been made.