Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A veteran of the Mexican War, he served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter while in the trenches at Petersburg, Virginia, on June 23, 1864, and was posthumously brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and distinguished conduct".
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A veteran of the Mexican War, he served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter while in the trenches at Petersburg, Virginia, on June 23, 1864, and was posthumously brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and distinguished conduct".
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