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Mott, Gershom -1884

Military officer; born near Trenton, N. J., April 7, 1822; was a second lieutenant in the 10th United States Infantry in the war with Mexico. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 5th New Jersey Volunteers that hastened to the field in 1861, and, as colonel, served with distinction in the campaign on the Peninsula. He was promoted brigadiergeneral in September, 1862, and was wounded in the battle of Manassas. At Chancellorsville he commanded a New Jersey brigade in Sickles's division, and was again wounded. He also distinguished himself in the battle of Gettysburg. In the operations before Petersburg in 1864-65 he commanded a division of the 3d Corps, and while in pursuit of Lee was again wounded. After the war he was major-general commanding the National Guard of New Jersey, State treasurer, and keeper of the State prison. He died in New York City, May 29, 1884.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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