United States Army Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he enlisted as a Private in Company E, of the 3rd Kansas Regiment. He participated in the various battles through the campaigns in Missouri and was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1862. In December, 1863, he was commissioned Major of the 62nd US Colored Infantry. He commanded the 62nd in engagments through Mississippi to Texas, until the end of the war. After the war he engaged in farming, editor of the Topeka Capital and was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1871. In May, 1898, President McKinley commissioned him Brigadier General of volunteers, assigned to the 4th Army Corps. During the Spanish-American War, he was in command of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Army at Tampa, Florida and was mustered out in November, 1898.
United States Army Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he enlisted as a Private in Company E, of the 3rd Kansas Regiment. He participated in the various battles through the campaigns in Missouri and was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1862. In December, 1863, he was commissioned Major of the 62nd US Colored Infantry. He commanded the 62nd in engagments through Mississippi to Texas, until the end of the war. After the war he engaged in farming, editor of the Topeka Capital and was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1871. In May, 1898, President McKinley commissioned him Brigadier General of volunteers, assigned to the 4th Army Corps. During the Spanish-American War, he was in command of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Army at Tampa, Florida and was mustered out in November, 1898.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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