Kane Street Synagogue’s Heroic Congregant
Submitted by Judith Greenwald Among our early members was Civil War hero Brigadier-General Leopold C. Newman. At the age of 22, already a lawyer and engaged to be married, he volunteered for duty in the 31st New York Infantry Regiment. Newman fought in seventeen engagements and was promoted for valor to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. On May 3, 1863 he led his company in the charge of Mary’s Heights in… Read More »Kane Street Synagogue’s Heroic Congregant