Military officer; born in
Newark, O., Feb. 19, 1827; graduated at
West Point in 1852.
Early in 1861 he was quartermaster on
General Patterson's staff, and in October became colonel of the 76th Ohio Volunteers.
He was at the capture of
Fort Donelson and in the
battle of Shiloh.
In the
Southwest, after July, 1862, he commanded a brigade in the 15th Corps, performing gallant service at
Arkansas Post (see
Hindman, Fort). He was in nearly all the battles around
Vicksburg in 1863, and was made brigadier-general in August of that year.
He commanded and led a brigade in the contests on
Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge, and in the
Atlanta campaign he was conspicuous.
In the campaign through
Georgia to the sea, and through the Carolinas, he led a division of
Osterhaus's corps.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, and in 1874 was promoted colonel of the 2d United States Infantry and retired.
He died in
Newark, O., Feb. 26, 1885.