Gen John Breckinridge Castleman (1841 - 1918)

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Gen John Breckinridge Castleman

Birth:	Jun. 30, 1841 Lexington Fayette County Kentucky, USA
Death:	May 23, 1918 Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA
Civil War and Spanish-American War figure. In 1864 he participated in the Northwest Conspiracy, a failed attempt to free Confederate prisoners of war from Camp Douglas near Chicago. Led guerrilla force to burn supply boats at St. Louis wharf. He was captured in Indiana in 1864 and was sentenced to death and spared only at the personal intercession of president Abraham Lincoln. After Lincoln's assasination, Castleman was deported to France, returning to Louisville, Kentucky in late 1866 after a pardon from president Andrew Johnson. In 1878, he revived the Louisville Legion of the Kentucky Militia. Appointed adjutant general of Kentucky in 1883. In 1898, Castleman led the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Militia in the invasion of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War. He later served as the islands military governor. (bio by: Mike Maloney) Family links: Spouse: Alice Osmond Barbee Castleman (1842 - 1926)* Children: David Castleman (1869 - 1911)* Elsie Castleman Railey (1871 - 1938)* Breckinridge Castleman (1874 - 1912)* Kenneth Galleher Castleman (1876 - 1954)* *Calculated relationship Search Amazon for John Castleman

Burial: Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Mike Maloney Record added: Nov 19, 2002 Find A Grave Memorial# 6940344