Civil War Union Army Officer. The son of Reverend Doctor Gordon Winslow and Katherine G. Fish, he served in the New York State Militia prior to enlisting in the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee's Zouaves) at the outbreak of the Civil War. He served as Captain of Company K, and later Company E of the 5th New York, and commanded the regiment during the Seven Days battles and the engagements of Second Manassas and Antietam. His father was Regimental Chaplain of the 5th New York, while his younger brother, Gordon Winslow, Jr., later joined the unit as a Lieutenant. Cleveland Winslow was promoted Major on September 24, 1862, and Colonel on December 4, 1862. Undeniably dashing and brave, and fond of flamboyant uniforms, he was also a strict disciplinarian who was generally unpopular with the rank and file. Following the muster out of the original two year regiment, he took part in the suppression of the New York City draft riots (July 1863) and subsequently reorganized the 5th New York as a veteran battalion. After several months of garrison duty in Alexandria, Virginia, the battalion was assigned to the V Corps, Army of the Potomac, and brought up to full regimental strength by the transfer of men from the 14th Brooklyn and other units. On June 2, 1864, Colonel Winslow was severely wounded in the left shoulder while rallying his soldiers in the battle of Bethesda Church, part of the larger engagement at Cold Harbor. Reverend Winslow, then serving as representative of the Sanitary Commission to the Army of the Potomac, escorted his wounded son northward on a hospital steamer. Tragically the elder Winslow fell from the vessel and drowned in the Potomac River. Cleveland Winslow succumbed to his wounds at the Mansion House hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 7, 1864. Following the Civil War, Cleveland's brother Gordon Winslow, Jr., served from 1866 to 1888 as an officer in the United States Regular Army.
Civil War Union Army Officer. The son of Reverend Doctor Gordon Winslow and Katherine G. Fish, he served in the New York State Militia prior to enlisting in the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee's Zouaves) at the outbreak of the Civil War. He served as Captain of Company K, and later Company E of the 5th New York, and commanded the regiment during the Seven Days battles and the engagements of Second Manassas and Antietam. His father was Regimental Chaplain of the 5th New York, while his younger brother, Gordon Winslow, Jr., later joined the unit as a Lieutenant. Cleveland Winslow was promoted Major on September 24, 1862, and Colonel on December 4, 1862. Undeniably dashing and brave, and fond of flamboyant uniforms, he was also a strict disciplinarian who was generally unpopular with the rank and file. Following the muster out of the original two year regiment, he took part in the suppression of the New York City draft riots (July 1863) and subsequently reorganized the 5th New York as a veteran battalion. After several months of garrison duty in Alexandria, Virginia, the battalion was assigned to the V Corps, Army of the Potomac, and brought up to full regimental strength by the transfer of men from the 14th Brooklyn and other units. On June 2, 1864, Colonel Winslow was severely wounded in the left shoulder while rallying his soldiers in the battle of Bethesda Church, part of the larger engagement at Cold Harbor. Reverend Winslow, then serving as representative of the Sanitary Commission to the Army of the Potomac, escorted his wounded son northward on a hospital steamer. Tragically the elder Winslow fell from the vessel and drowned in the Potomac River. Cleveland Winslow succumbed to his wounds at the Mansion House hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 7, 1864. Following the Civil War, Cleveland's brother Gordon Winslow, Jr., served from 1866 to 1888 as an officer in the United States Regular Army.
Bio by: Brian Pohanka
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
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New York, U.S., Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service, 1861-1865
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
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U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers 1861-1865
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New York, U.S., State Census, 1855
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