Civil War Union Army Officer. An 1857 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th United States Regular Artillery when the Civil War began. By December 1861 of that year he had been appointed as an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke. Promoted Captain in the Regular Army on August 14, 1862, ten days later he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He led his men through 1862 to 1864, briefly commanding a brigade during that time. On April 20, 1864 he was captured by Confederate forces at Plymouth, North Carolina, and was held at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia until he was paroled in May 1864. He returned to command his regiment after his formal exchange, and was honorably mustered out of the Volunteer service on June 24, 1865. After the war he reverted to his Regular Army rank and station of Captain in the 4th Artillery, and served until he retired in August 1871. He had been brevetted Major, US Regular Army for his service at the September 1862 Battle of Antietam, and Lieutenant Colonel, US Regular Army for his service at the Siege of Plymouth, North Carolina. He passed away in 1873, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery . His family erected a cenotaph for him in the family plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut.
Civil War Union Army Officer. An 1857 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th United States Regular Artillery when the Civil War began. By December 1861 of that year he had been appointed as an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke. Promoted Captain in the Regular Army on August 14, 1862, ten days later he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He led his men through 1862 to 1864, briefly commanding a brigade during that time. On April 20, 1864 he was captured by Confederate forces at Plymouth, North Carolina, and was held at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia until he was paroled in May 1864. He returned to command his regiment after his formal exchange, and was honorably mustered out of the Volunteer service on June 24, 1865. After the war he reverted to his Regular Army rank and station of Captain in the 4th Artillery, and served until he retired in August 1871. He had been brevetted Major, US Regular Army for his service at the September 1862 Battle of Antietam, and Lieutenant Colonel, US Regular Army for his service at the Siege of Plymouth, North Carolina. He passed away in 1873, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery . His family erected a cenotaph for him in the family plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, MEMORIAL ID 3533378
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