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Yossel Reisen Sr.
Fictional Character
Southern Victory
POD: September 10, 1862
Appearance(s): American Front
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: United States (born in Lithuania in the Russian Empire)
Religion: Judaism
Date of Birth: 19th century
Date of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Killed in action (Great War)
Occupation: Student, soldier
Spouse: Sophie Hamburger
Children: Yossel Reisen Jr.
Military Branch: United States Army (Great War)

Yossel Reisen Sr. (d. 1915) was a rabbinical student from New York City and a United States soldier in the Great War, was romantically involved with Sophie Hamburger (sister of future Congresswoman and First Lady Flora Hamburger). During the Great War, he volunteered for the United States Army and was deployed on the Roanoke Front. Before leaving for action for the first time he had premarital sex with Sophie, and conceived a child. Reisen returned to marry Sophie while on furlough, but he was killed in action before his child was born. He never knew his son, Yossel Reisen Jr., who was named after him.

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