Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, was a delegate to the Whig National Convention of 1848 and served as a State Senator from 1855 to 1859. When the Civil War began in 1861, he was appointed Colonel in command of the 72nd Ohio Infantry. He led his regiment at the Battle of Shiloh and was the only unit in General Sherman's Division which survived the battle intact. For his actions, he was promoted Brigadier General in November, 1862. He went on to command a brigade of the 15th Army Corps at Vicksburg and at the district of Memphis in 1864. For his military service he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. In 1865, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, serving until 1869. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law and was Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1877 to 1880.
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, was a delegate to the Whig National Convention of 1848 and served as a State Senator from 1855 to 1859. When the Civil War began in 1861, he was appointed Colonel in command of the 72nd Ohio Infantry. He led his regiment at the Battle of Shiloh and was the only unit in General Sherman's Division which survived the battle intact. For his actions, he was promoted Brigadier General in November, 1862. He went on to command a brigade of the 15th Army Corps at Vicksburg and at the district of Memphis in 1864. For his military service he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. In 1865, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, serving until 1869. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law and was Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1877 to 1880.
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