Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A career Army officer, he was a Captain in the 18th US Infantry on recruiting duty in Iowa, when the Civil War began. In March 1862, he was appointed Colonel in command of 16th Iowa Infantry Regiment. He lead the 16th Iowa in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns and was wounded twice at the Battle of Shiloh. In 1863, at the Battle of Iuka and at the Vicksburg Campaign, he commanded the 3rd Division of the XVII Corps. From February 1864, until the end of the war, he participated with General Sherman in the Georgia and Carolinas Campaign. For gallant conduct on the battlefields, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers on March 13 1865. After the war, he served on the Frontier in the Sioux Indian Campaigns and was a military judge-advocate of the district of Nebraska.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A career Army officer, he was a Captain in the 18th US Infantry on recruiting duty in Iowa, when the Civil War began. In March 1862, he was appointed Colonel in command of 16th Iowa Infantry Regiment. He lead the 16th Iowa in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns and was wounded twice at the Battle of Shiloh. In 1863, at the Battle of Iuka and at the Vicksburg Campaign, he commanded the 3rd Division of the XVII Corps. From February 1864, until the end of the war, he participated with General Sherman in the Georgia and Carolinas Campaign. For gallant conduct on the battlefields, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers on March 13 1865. After the war, he served on the Frontier in the Sioux Indian Campaigns and was a military judge-advocate of the district of Nebraska.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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