Soldier-artist Adolph G. Metzner was born on August 16, 1834, in the Wiese River village of Lörrach, in the southwestern corner of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In 1856, he immigrated to the United States and established himself as a druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. After the start of the Civil War, 2nd Lieutenant Metzner assisted in organizing a German company that became Company “A” of the 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

I want to thank Mark Jaeger, of Lafayette, Indiana, Joe Reinhart of Louisville, Kentucky and Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck, Universität Freiburg, Germany, for their contributions in identifying some of the unknown in this collection.