Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in New York City, he graduated from West Point in 1851, served three years in the Army, resigned his commission and served as assistant editor of the New York Journal. With the start of the Civil War, he joined the volunteer army as Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General in the defenses of Washington. He take part in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and was promoted Colonel of the 6th New York Heavy Artillery in September 1862. Promoted Brigadier General in November 1862, he commanded a brigade at Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg and distinguished himself in the Battle of the Wilderness where he was severely wounded. He was detailed to the military commission that tried and convicted the captured Confederate spy and guerrilla John Yates Beall in February 1865. For gallant and meritorious services in the Battle of the Wilderness, he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. After the war, he was the author of books on military tactics and inventor of a conical repeating carbine.
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in New York City, he graduated from West Point in 1851, served three years in the Army, resigned his commission and served as assistant editor of the New York Journal. With the start of the Civil War, he joined the volunteer army as Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General in the defenses of Washington. He take part in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and was promoted Colonel of the 6th New York Heavy Artillery in September 1862. Promoted Brigadier General in November 1862, he commanded a brigade at Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg and distinguished himself in the Battle of the Wilderness where he was severely wounded. He was detailed to the military commission that tried and convicted the captured Confederate spy and guerrilla John Yates Beall in February 1865. For gallant and meritorious services in the Battle of the Wilderness, he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. After the war, he was the author of books on military tactics and inventor of a conical repeating carbine.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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