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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Martindale , John Henry 1815 -1881 (search)
Martindale, John Henry 1815-1881
Military officer; born in Sandy Hill, N. Y., March 20, 1815; graduated at West Point in 1835; left the army the next year, and became a civil engineer; and finally practised law in Batavia, N. Y. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in August, 1861, and served in the Army of the Potomac, in the campaign of 1862, under Gen. Fitz-John Porter.
He was in the Army of the James, and also in the army of the Potomac, in the campaign against Richmond, commanding (in July and September, 1864) the 18th Army Corps.
For gallantry at Malvern Hill (q. v.) he was brevetted major-general of volunteers.
He resigned in 1864, and was made attorney-general of New York in 1866.
He died in Nice, France, Dec. 13, 1881.