Rabbi Maximilian Joseph Michelbacher (1810-1879) was born in Oettingen, Bavaria and educated in Germany. Michelbacher emigrated to the United States in 1844, arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1846, he became the rabbi at Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond, Virginia, where he remained through the Civil War and for the rest of his life. He married first Mary Rachel Traub (ca. 1817-1849) in Philadelphia 20 August 1845, and they had three children. After her death, he married Miriam Angle in Richmond 18 September 1850, and they had ten children.
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Contributed on: 10 Jul 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Maximilian Joseph Michelbacher | ❧
This “Prayer of the C.S. Soldiers” was written by Max Michelbacher of Congregation Beth Ahabah, Richmond, Virginia, and distributed to Jewish soldiers in the Confederate armed forces during the Slaveholders’ Rebellion (1861-1865). While this prayer is undated, we have tentatively given the date ca. 1861 given the proximity of Richmond, Virginia to the First Battle of Bull Run. . . .
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