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Upton, Emory 1839-1881
Military officer; born in Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1839; graduated at West Point in 1861, and was assigned to the artillery.
He became aide to General Tyler, and was wounded in the battle of Bull Run.
In the Peninsular campaign he commanded a battery, and was active in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
In the campaign against Richmond (1864) he commanded a brigade until assigned to the army under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, where he was wounded in the battle of Winchester.
Early in 1865 he commanded a division of cavalry in General Wilson's operations in Alabama and Georgia, and was distinguished in the capture of Selma.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, for meritorious services during the Rebellion.
He was the author of Infantry tactics for the United States army, adopted in 1867.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., March 14, 1881.