Civil War Union Army Brigadier General. Following graduation from West Point, ranking 28th in the class of 1847, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 3rd United States Infantry. On recruiting duty during the Mexican War, he spent the next 10 years on garrison duty in the Far West and the Southwest. In 1858 he became a Captain in the Commissary of Subsistence and continued in that branch of service into the first months of the Civil War. On September 28, 1861, after serving as Major General George B. McClellan's chief of commissary in the Western Virginia campaign, he was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers. During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, he led a II Corps brigade in the Army of the Potomac. At Savage's Station on June 29th, his command was split by charging Confederates. Although hit in the face by a minie ball, he remained on the front line, repulsing the attack and causing enemy batteries to withdraw. After the battle, he went on sick leave with not only his wound but also malaria. He returned to duty in time to lead the 1st Division of the IX Corps at Fredericksburg. Held mostly in reserve, guarding bridges and other points on the Rappahannock River south of the city, he was praised by his corps commander for his promptness, coolness, and good judgement during the battle. Field command was not his preference as he resigned his Volunteer commission in March 1863 to return to his Regular rank of Major in the Commissary of Subsistence, holding a staff position through the remainder of the war and serving as the chief commissary of, the Departments of the Northwest, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and the South. In postwar years he was on duty in the Washington Territory, being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1874 and to Colonel 10 years later. He was retired as a Brevet Brigadier General on his 64th birthday. He died in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Civil War Union Army Brigadier General. Following graduation from West Point, ranking 28th in the class of 1847, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 3rd United States Infantry. On recruiting duty during the Mexican War, he spent the next 10 years on garrison duty in the Far West and the Southwest. In 1858 he became a Captain in the Commissary of Subsistence and continued in that branch of service into the first months of the Civil War. On September 28, 1861, after serving as Major General George B. McClellan's chief of commissary in the Western Virginia campaign, he was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers. During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, he led a II Corps brigade in the Army of the Potomac. At Savage's Station on June 29th, his command was split by charging Confederates. Although hit in the face by a minie ball, he remained on the front line, repulsing the attack and causing enemy batteries to withdraw. After the battle, he went on sick leave with not only his wound but also malaria. He returned to duty in time to lead the 1st Division of the IX Corps at Fredericksburg. Held mostly in reserve, guarding bridges and other points on the Rappahannock River south of the city, he was praised by his corps commander for his promptness, coolness, and good judgement during the battle. Field command was not his preference as he resigned his Volunteer commission in March 1863 to return to his Regular rank of Major in the Commissary of Subsistence, holding a staff position through the remainder of the war and serving as the chief commissary of, the Departments of the Northwest, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and the South. In postwar years he was on duty in the Washington Territory, being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1874 and to Colonel 10 years later. He was retired as a Brevet Brigadier General on his 64th birthday. He died in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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