Mansfield, Samuel Mather, c. 1840 born in Connecticut, son of Joseph K. F. Mansfield; June 17, 1862 - graduated from West Point (6/29) and appointed 2nd Lt., Corps of Engineers; 1862 - on Brig. Gen. J. F. K. Mansfield's staff; Nov. 18, 1862 - Col., 24th Conn. Infantry Regt.; March 3, 1863 - 1st Lt., U. S. Army; June 14, 1863 - Brevet Capt., U. S. Army for Port Hudson, La.; Sept. 30, 1863 - mustered out of volunteers; 1863-1866 - on coast defenses; Aug. 15, 1864 - capt.; March 13, 1865 - Brevet Maj. and Lt. Col., U. S. Army for war service; Sept. 2, 1874 - Maj.; July 22, 1888 - Lt. Col.; July 5, 1898 - Col.; Feb. 20, 1903 - Brig. Gen; Feb. 21, 1903 - retired; Feb. 18, 1928 - died at Boston, Mass.
Bio by John Hezeltine.
Family Members
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Joseph King Fenno Mansfield
1803–1862
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Louisa Maria Mather Mansfield
1808–1880
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Anna Whittlesey Baldwin Mansfield
1847–1924 (m. 1900)
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Mary Louisa Mansfield
1841–1863
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Joseph Totten Mansfield
1843–1844
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Henry Livingston Mansfield
1845–1918
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Katherine M. Mansfield Hubbard
1850–1918
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