Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Massachusetts, he moved to central Wisconsin when that territory became a state in 1848 and took up farming. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel. He fought with that unit in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, and Gettysburg. He did not re-enlist for another term of service with the 3rd Wisconsin when its term ended in December of 1863. The Veterans Reserve Corps were units that were made up of soldiers who had been discharged from service because of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty, but who were still fit for garrison or other light duty. They were originally called the Invalid Corps. Toward the end of the war, men who had two years of honorable service could enlist in the Veterans Reserve Corps without regard to disability. Although he had no war-related disability, Flood wanted to provide additional service. He joined the 15th Veterans Reserve Corps on June 30, 1864 and was made a lieutenant colonel. On March 13, 1865, he was made a brevet brigadier general "for faithful and meritoious services." When the war ended, he became the resident agent of the Freedmen's Bureau in northwestern Louisiana. In a letter dated November 30, 1866 to A. F. Hayden, he discussed a series of challenges that contronted those who were charged with responsibility for the reconstruction of the South. They included severe flooding and a poor cotton crop: severe poverty amoung the freedmen; and a vicious, threatening white population. From 1868 to 1871, he was President of the New Orleans Board of Public Works.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Massachusetts, he moved to central Wisconsin when that territory became a state in 1848 and took up farming. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel. He fought with that unit in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, and Gettysburg. He did not re-enlist for another term of service with the 3rd Wisconsin when its term ended in December of 1863. The Veterans Reserve Corps were units that were made up of soldiers who had been discharged from service because of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty, but who were still fit for garrison or other light duty. They were originally called the Invalid Corps. Toward the end of the war, men who had two years of honorable service could enlist in the Veterans Reserve Corps without regard to disability. Although he had no war-related disability, Flood wanted to provide additional service. He joined the 15th Veterans Reserve Corps on June 30, 1864 and was made a lieutenant colonel. On March 13, 1865, he was made a brevet brigadier general "for faithful and meritoious services." When the war ended, he became the resident agent of the Freedmen's Bureau in northwestern Louisiana. In a letter dated November 30, 1866 to A. F. Hayden, he discussed a series of challenges that contronted those who were charged with responsibility for the reconstruction of the South. They included severe flooding and a poor cotton crop: severe poverty amoung the freedmen; and a vicious, threatening white population. From 1868 to 1871, he was President of the New Orleans Board of Public Works.
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