Joseph Conrad (May 17, 1827 – July 16, 1897) was a Union American Civil War colonel who was nominated and confirmed in 1866 for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers for his service during the Atlanta Campaign.
[1] He graduated from the Electorate of Hesse military academy in 1848, and was a Prussian Army officer.
At the beginning of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army, and was made captain of a company of the Third Missouri Infantry on April 22, 1861.
[1] During the Atlanta Campaign, he commanded a brigade of the Army of the Cumberland at the battles of Franklin and Nashville.
On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Conrad for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers for his service during the Atlanta Campaign, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.