# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/godfrey-weitzel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:43.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/godfrey-weitzel"
name: "Godfrey Weitzel"
slug: "godfrey-weitzel"
description: "Godfrey (Gottfried) Weitzel was a German-American major general in the Union army during the American Civil War. He was the acting Mayor of New Orleans during the Union occupation of the city and also captured and occupied the Confederate capitol, Richmond, Virginia. Weitzel is also known for his post-war accomplishments with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in designing and constructing internal improvements, particularly along the Ohio River and the Great Lakes region."
tagline: "Major general in the Union army during the American Civil War (1835-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Godfrey_Weitzel_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1835-11-01"
deathDate: "1884-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.02
  momentum:             1.066284779050736
  historical:           5.484414666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Weitzel"
    title: "Godfrey Weitzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84"
    title: "قودفری وئیتزل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Weitzel"
    title: "Gottfried Weitzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Weitzel"
    title: "Godfrey Weitzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Weitzel"
    title: "Godfrey Weitzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Weitzel"
    title: "Godfrey Weitzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump