Military officer; born in
Cedar Valley, O., June 1, 1828; graduated at
West Point in 1852, entering the dragoon service.
When the
Civil War began he brought off the government property from the forts in the
Southwest, and performed good service in
Missouri, especially at
Dug Springs and
Wilson's Creek.
After performing signal service in
Mississippi, he became
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chief of cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland late in 1862, and displayed great skill in the battle of
Stone River (q. v.), and afterwards in driving
Bragg into
Georgia.
Late in 1863 he commanded a division of the 4th Corps.
He was in the
Atlanta campaign, and commanded the 4th Corps from July, 1864, to the close of the war. By his arrival on the battlefield at
Franklin he averted serious disaster, but was wounded and disabled.
He bad been made major-general of volunteers in November, 1862, and in March, 1865, was brevetted major-general, United States army.
He was retired as brigadiergeneral in 1892.