Military officer; born in South East,
Putnam co., N. Y., July 23, 1822; graduated at
West Point in 1846; served in the war with
Mexico; aided in suppressing the last outbreak of the Seminoles, and resigned in 1855.
In January, 1861, while residing in
Taunton, Mass., he was commissioned colonel of a Massachusetts regiment, and made a brigadier-general of volunteers in August.
He commanded a division in
General Keyes's corps in the
battle of fair Oaks, or
seven Pines (q. v.). He
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also distinguished himself at
Williamsburg and at
Malvern Hills, and on July 4, 1862, was promoted to major-general.
Soon after his service at
Antietam he was put in command of
Sumner's corps, and took a prominent part in battles under
Burnside and
Hooker; also under
Thomas, in the defeat of
Hood at
Nashville (q. v.), and in
North Carolina early in 1865.
He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of
Massachusetts in 1865; was collector of the port of
Boston in 1866-67;
adjutant-general of
Connecticut in 1883-84.
He died in
Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 12, 1897.