Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A pre-Civil War lawyer, he was practicing law in St. Louis, Missouri, where he became known to Ulysses S. Grant. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he was part of a force that captured the secessionist Camp Jackson on May 10, 1861. After that incident he moved to New York City, New York to establish a law practice, but was drawn into the war when he was tabbed by Grant, who had been commissioned as a Brigadier General of Volunteers, to be part of his staff.
He was commissioned as a Captain of Volunteers on September 8, 1861 and served as an aide-de-camp to General Grant through the campaigns of February to April, 1862 that resulted in the capture of Island No. 10 and Fort Donelson, and the Battle of Shiloh. He was promoted to Colonel of Volunteers on May 3, 1862 and on June 24th he was assigned as the Provost Marshal General of the Department of the Tennessee.
In May 1863, he resigned during the early stages of the Vicksburg Campaign, because his health had been damaged from his exertions in the field. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services during the war", a reward for faithful work on General Grant's staff.
When General Grant was elected as President of the United States, he appointed General Hillyer as a United States Internal Revenue agent. General Hillyer died in Washington, DC in 1874, and was the last surviving member of Ulysses S. Grant original military staff.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A pre-Civil War lawyer, he was practicing law in St. Louis, Missouri, where he became known to Ulysses S. Grant. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he was part of a force that captured the secessionist Camp Jackson on May 10, 1861. After that incident he moved to New York City, New York to establish a law practice, but was drawn into the war when he was tabbed by Grant, who had been commissioned as a Brigadier General of Volunteers, to be part of his staff.
He was commissioned as a Captain of Volunteers on September 8, 1861 and served as an aide-de-camp to General Grant through the campaigns of February to April, 1862 that resulted in the capture of Island No. 10 and Fort Donelson, and the Battle of Shiloh. He was promoted to Colonel of Volunteers on May 3, 1862 and on June 24th he was assigned as the Provost Marshal General of the Department of the Tennessee.
In May 1863, he resigned during the early stages of the Vicksburg Campaign, because his health had been damaged from his exertions in the field. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services during the war", a reward for faithful work on General Grant's staff.
When General Grant was elected as President of the United States, he appointed General Hillyer as a United States Internal Revenue agent. General Hillyer died in Washington, DC in 1874, and was the last surviving member of Ulysses S. Grant original military staff.
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