| Birth: | Dec. 22, 1803
North Haven
New Haven County
Connecticut, USA | | Death: | Sep. 18, 1862
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Maryland, USA | 
Civil War Union Major General. Graduated from the USMA on 1822, placing 2nd. Served the 24 year between his graduation and the Mexican War in the Engineers Corps, building defenses along the Southern Coast. Served as Chief Engineer in General Zachary Taylor's Army in the Mexican War, participating in the Battles of Fort Brown, Monterrey and Buena Vista. He received brevet promotions up to Colonel, US Regular Army for his services in that War. In 1853 he was promoted to full Colonel and was named the Army's Inspector General, in which capacity he spent the bulk of his time along the Western Frontier. When the Civil War started, he was promoted to Brigadier General, US Regular Army on May 18, 1861, and was largely responsible for the ring of forts that fortified Washington, DC throughout the War. He was then assigned to command the Army of the Potomac's XII Corps, which he led up to the Battle of Antietam. In that battle he led his Corps into the brutal fighting in the East Woods area when, riding on horseback at the front of his Corps to inspire them, he was shot down and mortally wounded. He died in an Army Hospital the next day. Six months after his death he was posthumously promoted to Major General, US Volunteers. Originally buried in Middletown's Mortimer Cemetery, he was reburied in Indian Hill Cemetery on May 30, 1867. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Spouse:
Louisa Maria Mather Mansfield (1808 - 1880)*
Children:
Samuel Mather Mansfield (1840 - 1928)*
Mary Louisa Mansfield (1841 - 1863)*
Joseph Totten Mansfield (1843 - 1844)*
Henry Livingston Mansfield (1845 - 1918)*
Katherine M. Mansfield Hubbard (1850 - 1918)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Joseph Mansfield | | | Burial:
Indian Hill Cemetery
Middletown
Middlesex County
Connecticut, USA
Plot: Lot 432, Grave 2
GPS (lat/lon): 41.5546, -72.66369 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 19, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 19614 |
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