Military officer; born in
Delphi, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1827; graduated at
West Point in 1852; resigned in 1856, and settled in
Syracuse as a lawyer.
Early in the Civil
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War he was commissioned colonel of 27th New York Volunteers; joined
McDowell's troops, and took part in the
battle of Bull Run, where he was shot through the thigh.
He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in August, 1861, and commanded a brigade in
Franklin's division.
He served with distinction in the campaign on the
Peninsula, in 1862, and on July 4, 1862, he was promoted major-general.
In the
battle of Groveton (or
second battle of Bull Run), at
South Mountain, and
Antietam, he was signally active, and in October, 1862, was assigned to the command of the 12th Corps, which he led at
Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and
Gettysburg.
At the latter he commanded the right wing of
Meade's army.
From September, 1863, to April, 1864, he guarded the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and in the
Atlanta campaign commanded the 20th Corps.
In the march to the sea he commanded one of the grand divisions of
Sherman's army; also through the Carolinas, until the surrender of
Johnston.
He resigned Sept. 28, 1865; was defeated as Democratic candidate for secretary of
state of New York in 1865; was a Presidential elector in 1868; elected .to Congress in 1868 and 1870, and as Representative at large in 1884.
He died in
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1894.