Civil War Union Brevet Major General. In 1862 he helped raise and recruit the 8th Maryland Volunteer Infantry regiment, and was commissioned its Colonel and commander on September 12th of that year. He would go on to serve through the balance of the war, rising to command the "Maryland Brigade" (1st Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac). At Laurel Hill, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia his right arm was shattered by a Confederate bullet, necessitating its amputation. He recovered later in the year to rejoin his brigade, and led it at the March 31, 1865 Battle of White Oak Road, one of the precursor battles that facilitated the collapse of the Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia. In that action he was wounded a second time. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on August 19, 1865 for "meritorious conduct in the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, Va.," and Major General, US Volunteers on March 31, 1865 for "gallant conduct in the battle of White Oak Road, Va." Mustered out of service on May 31, 1865, he was appointed as Postmaster of Baltimore, Maryland in 1869, and held the position until his death in 1877.
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. In 1862 he helped raise and recruit the 8th Maryland Volunteer Infantry regiment, and was commissioned its Colonel and commander on September 12th of that year. He would go on to serve through the balance of the war, rising to command the "Maryland Brigade" (1st Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac). At Laurel Hill, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia his right arm was shattered by a Confederate bullet, necessitating its amputation. He recovered later in the year to rejoin his brigade, and led it at the March 31, 1865 Battle of White Oak Road, one of the precursor battles that facilitated the collapse of the Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia. In that action he was wounded a second time. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on August 19, 1865 for "meritorious conduct in the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, Va.," and Major General, US Volunteers on March 31, 1865 for "gallant conduct in the battle of White Oak Road, Va." Mustered out of service on May 31, 1865, he was appointed as Postmaster of Baltimore, Maryland in 1869, and held the position until his death in 1877.
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