Civil War Union Army Officer. A Mexican War veteran and member of William Walker's unsuccessful 1850s Nicaragua filibustering expedition, he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry on July 18, 1861. The regiment was raised as part of General Daniel Sickles' "Excelsior Brigade", and saw action as part of the Army of the Potomac's III Corps. In the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign, he led the regiment as it took part in the Battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and fought in the Seven Day's Battles of Oak Grove, Savage Station, Glendale and Malvern Hill. It was then made a part of Union General John Pope's Army, and fought at the Battles of Groveton and Second Bull Run. On September 2, 1862 Colonel Hall was elevated to brigade command when the previous commander, Colonel Nelson Taylor of the 72nd New York Infantry, was promoted to Brigadier General, and given a command elsewhere. Colonel Hall directed the brigade as it manned the defenses of Washington, DC, during the September 1862 Antietam campaign, and was present with it during the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. However, on December 14, 1862 he left his command stricken with disease, and his maladies (listed as hepatitis and dysentery) causes his discharge due to disability on April 28, 1863. A little over a year later, his health wrecked from his field service, he died in Brooklyn, New York City at the age of 38.
Civil War Union Army Officer. A Mexican War veteran and member of William Walker's unsuccessful 1850s Nicaragua filibustering expedition, he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry on July 18, 1861. The regiment was raised as part of General Daniel Sickles' "Excelsior Brigade", and saw action as part of the Army of the Potomac's III Corps. In the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign, he led the regiment as it took part in the Battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and fought in the Seven Day's Battles of Oak Grove, Savage Station, Glendale and Malvern Hill. It was then made a part of Union General John Pope's Army, and fought at the Battles of Groveton and Second Bull Run. On September 2, 1862 Colonel Hall was elevated to brigade command when the previous commander, Colonel Nelson Taylor of the 72nd New York Infantry, was promoted to Brigadier General, and given a command elsewhere. Colonel Hall directed the brigade as it manned the defenses of Washington, DC, during the September 1862 Antietam campaign, and was present with it during the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. However, on December 14, 1862 he left his command stricken with disease, and his maladies (listed as hepatitis and dysentery) causes his discharge due to disability on April 28, 1863. A little over a year later, his health wrecked from his field service, he died in Brooklyn, New York City at the age of 38.
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