Otto Puhlman (June 12, 1837 – April 26, 1924) was a German American businessman and Democratic politician.
In 1859, Puhlman emigrated to the United States and settled in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where he started a flour mill.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Puhlman was among the first volunteers for the Union Army from Wisconsin.
The 19th Wisconsin Infantry was assigned to guard Confederate prisoners at Camp Randall until May 1862, and then headed to Washington, D.C., in June for service in the eastern theater of the war.
[3] In the Spring of 1864, they were assigned to XVIII Corps and proceeded up the James River to join the Siege of Petersburg.