Steamboat and River Boat Captain, Civil War Union Volunteer. He was the son of Scotch parents and was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Hamilton County, Ohio with his family when he was a child in 1810. He became a steamboat pilot in 1825 piloting steamers to and from New Orleans and Cincinnati, Ohio. He was appointed by President James Buchanan as a supervising inspector of steamboats and was headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. When the Civil War began, he helped to recruit a regiment and piloted surgeons from Cincinnati to Fort Donelson in 1862. He also brought loads of troops down into the Western Theater and returned with sick and wounded soldiers for care at the military hospitals in Cincinnati. He served under Admiral David Porter and also transported Colonel James A. Garfield(future U.S. President) and his regiment from the Big Sandy River to the south. He also performed service to the Union Army in Lexington, Kentucky during Morgan's Raids and at the Siege of Vicksburg. He resigned because of health reasons on June 11, 1864.
Steamboat and River Boat Captain, Civil War Union Volunteer. He was the son of Scotch parents and was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Hamilton County, Ohio with his family when he was a child in 1810. He became a steamboat pilot in 1825 piloting steamers to and from New Orleans and Cincinnati, Ohio. He was appointed by President James Buchanan as a supervising inspector of steamboats and was headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. When the Civil War began, he helped to recruit a regiment and piloted surgeons from Cincinnati to Fort Donelson in 1862. He also brought loads of troops down into the Western Theater and returned with sick and wounded soldiers for care at the military hospitals in Cincinnati. He served under Admiral David Porter and also transported Colonel James A. Garfield(future U.S. President) and his regiment from the Big Sandy River to the south. He also performed service to the Union Army in Lexington, Kentucky during Morgan's Raids and at the Siege of Vicksburg. He resigned because of health reasons on June 11, 1864.
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