| 1809/04/17 |
Adolphus Heiman is born in Potsdam, Prussia. His father was a building superintendent at Sanssouci, the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. |
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Sanssouci |
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| 1837/00/00 |
Heiman emigrates to the United States in 1834, spends time in New York City and New Orleans before settling in Nashville, Tennessee in 1837. |
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| 1844/00/00 |
Cornerstone is laid in 1844 for Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin of the Seven. Routinely believed to be design by William Strickland, it was probably design by Nashville architect, Heiman and Hughes. |
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St Mary's Catholic Church |
Nashville, TN |
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| 1846/00/00 |
Heiman volunteers for service in the Mexican-American War, commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers. |
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| 1846/09/00 |
Heiman is wounded at the Battle of Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, September 21-24, 1846. |
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| 1847/04/18 |
Heiman is wounded in the Battle of Cerro Gordo near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. |
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| 1853/00/00 |
In 1852, Dr John Berrien Lindsley, president of the University of Nashville, asked Adolphus Heiman to design and erect a new building for the University. |
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Nashville Children's Museum |
Nashville, TN |
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| 1856/00/00 |
Public receiving vault, first used during the Civil War, begun 1856 and completed in 1862, was designed and built by prominent Nashville engineer and architect Adolphus Heiman. |
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Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville |
Nashville, TN |
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| 1859/00/00 |
Prussian born architect, Adolphus Heiman, is retained to redesign the estate in the Italianate Villa style, this includes constructing the Grand Salon. |
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Belmont |
Nashville, TN |
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| 1861/00/00 |
Commissioned a Major in theProvisional Army of Tennessee, Heiman works as anaide-de-campto Brigadier Robert G Foster before becoming an Assistant Adjutant-General of theTennessee Military Departmentwith the rank of Colonel. |
Confederate Colonel |
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| 1861/09/01 |
Organized at Fort Henry in May 1861, 10th Tennessee Infantry enters Confederate service led the regiment's first commander, Col Adolphus Heiman. An aide to Confederate Gen Sidney Johnston called them one of the best regiments in the Tennessee line. |
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Fort Henry Site |
Dover, TN |
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| 1862/02/13 |
During the defense of Fort Donelson, 10th Tennessee encounter their first serious engagement with union troops at Erin Hollow near Dover, Tennessee. |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
Dover, TN |
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Battle of Fort Donelson |
| 1862/02/16 |
At the fall of Fort Donelson, the 10th Tennessee surrender with more than 8,000 Confederate troops. |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
Dover, TN |
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Battle of Fort Donelson |
| 1862/03/00 |
About 13,000 Confederates are loaded into transports journey to Northern prisoner-of-war camps and are incarcerated in hastily converted and ill-prepared sites in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Col Heiman is sent to Fort Warren near Boston. |
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Fort Warren |
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Battle of Fort Donelson |
| 1862/09/00 |
Prisoners from Fort Donelson are exchanged. |
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Battle of Fort Donelson |
| 1862/11/16 |
Adolphus Heiman dies at a Confederate hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. |
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Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville |
Nashville, TN |
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Battle of Fort Donelson |
| 1863/00/00 |
Designed by Adolphus Heiman, St Mary's belfry is built in 1862 or 1863. |
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St Mary's Catholic Church |
Nashville, TN |
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