Civil War Union Brigadier General. He taught school in Mississippi and returned to Harvard to study law. He began his practice in Alton, Illinois but moved to St. Louis in 1854 and soon became chief executive officer of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. He served as aide to Frank Blair during the capture of Camp Jackson and was made an assistant quartermaster of volunteers with the rank of captain. Parsons held responsibility for all military river and rail transport from Pittsburgh west to Montana and south to New Orleans. In 1865 he was commissioned Brigadier General and was brevetted Major General, US Volunteers on the day he mustered out: April 30, 1866. For the next 20 years he was a director of several railroads & corporations and was president of a St. Louis bank.
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He taught school in Mississippi and returned to Harvard to study law. He began his practice in Alton, Illinois but moved to St. Louis in 1854 and soon became chief executive officer of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. He served as aide to Frank Blair during the capture of Camp Jackson and was made an assistant quartermaster of volunteers with the rank of captain. Parsons held responsibility for all military river and rail transport from Pittsburgh west to Montana and south to New Orleans. In 1865 he was commissioned Brigadier General and was brevetted Major General, US Volunteers on the day he mustered out: April 30, 1866. For the next 20 years he was a director of several railroads & corporations and was president of a St. Louis bank.
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