Adolphus W. Heise

Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
      Heise, Adoph W. - SURG - HQ - 11 IL US INF
      Mustered in, 1May1861-Springfield; 3 mo
      Appointed 2May1861
      Mustered out, 30Jul1861
      Heise, Adolphus W - SURG - HQ - 100 IL US INF
      Residence, Joliet, Will Co, IL; Mustered in, 20Aug1862; Age 39; Born, Germany
      Married; Physician
      Resigned 21Apr1864
www.civilwar.nps.gov -  Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System:
   Detailed Soldier Record:
     Adolphus Wm. Heise - 100 IL INF
     Soldier's rank in, Surg; Soldier's rank out, Major & Surg.
     Alternate name, Adolphus W. Hiese

Headstone Readings, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, IL, Section 5:
     Adolphus W. Heise   Sept. 4, 1823 - Oct. 22, 1893
     Grizella Hayden Heise   Jan. 21, 1849 - Sept. 17, 1897

Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Oct. 22, '93 - Dr. A. W. Heise, of Joliet, aged 70 years. He was a native of Germany, where he received a very superior medical education, locating here in 1856. He was surgeon of our 100th regiment, and served his adopted country faithfully during the late war. 

 Published Obituaries:

Additional Biographical Material:
    From:  History of Will County, 1878:
       A. W. Heise, M. D., physician and surgeon, Joliet; one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of Joliet, was born in Bramsche, in the Province of Hanover, Germany, Sept. 4, 1823; he received his literary education at the Gymnasium of Osnabruck, and entered the University of Goettingen, where he pursued his medical course, and graduated in 1846; he then attended a course of medical lectures in the University of Heidelber, receiving the ad eundem degree of M. D. from that institution, in 1847; taking part in the revolution of 1848, he was compelled to leave the country, and accordingly sought a home in America; a general pardon of all those implicated was issued some five years later by the German Government. but Dr. Heise being then so long in this country and intending to make it his permanent home, did not care to take advantage of it; the first year in this country he spent in traveling in the Eastern and Southern States, supporting himself by corresponding with some of the German newspapers; in 1849 he located in Du Page Co., IL, and continued the practice of medicine there until 1856; he then went to New York as House Surgeon in the Marine Hospital on Ward's Island, remaining there until September 1857, when he came to Joliet, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession here ever since. In 1861, he entered the army as Surgeon of the 11th I. V. I., and the following, spring was appointed Surgeon of the 100th I. V. I.; after the battle of Murfreesboro, he was promoted to Brigade Surgeon, and after the battle of Chickamauga, was appointed Operator of the Brigade, with the privilege of choosing his own assistants without regard to rank; owing to Illness, he was afterward obliged to retire from active service in the field, and was appointed Inspector of Hospitals and Consulting Surgeon of the Corps; in 1864, owing to continued IL health, he tendered his resignation, which was finally accepted with a great deal of reluctance, his ability and skill as an army surgeon were so apparent as to merit and receive recognition, and honorable mention in the "Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion;" in 1872, he was appointed Physician in Charge of the Illinois State Penitentiary, in this city, which position be still holds.