Adolph Proskauer (1838 – 1900) was a Jewish officer in the army of the Confederate States of America during the United States Civil War.

[1][2][3][4] Major Adolph Proskauer of Mobile, Alabama was wounded several times.

A subordinate officer wrote "I can see him now as he nobly carried himself at Gettysburg, standing coolly and calmly with a cigar in his mouth at the head of the 12th Alabama amid a perfect rain of bullets, shot and shell.

He was the personification of intrepid gallantry and imperturbable courage.

His nephew, Joseph M. Proskauer, was a prominent New York attorney, judge, and founding partner of the law firm Proskauer Rose.