Lewis Zahm
Lewis Zahm, sometimes spelled Louis Zahm, was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War.
Early life
Henry Joseph Lewis Zahm was born on August 7, 1820, in Zweibrücken, Bavaria. He moved to New York in 1836 and then on to Ohio.American Civil War
Zahm organized the 3rd Ohio Cavalry and was appointed colonel on September 27, 1861. He served as a brigade commander from September 9, 1862, to October 24, 1862, in the Army of the Ohio and from November 5, 1862, to January 5, 1863, in the Army of the Cumberland. He resigned from the volunteers on January 5, 1863.On March 15, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Zahm for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 26, 1867.