Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War first as Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (which was part of the famed Iron Brigade), then as Colonel and commander of the 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which he helped raise. At the October 8, 1862 Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, he rose from an ambulance, sick from malaria, and led his unit until he was severely wounded. Upon his recovery he was made Colonel and commander of the 8th Veterans Reserve Corps, and was appointed as commander of the Camp Douglas Military Prison in Chicago, Illinois. While commander, he oversaw the internment of over 10,000 Confederate prisoners. His tenure in command was marked by a zealous pursuit of punitive measures that were endorsed by higher Union authorities - measures resulted in the deaths of over 5,000 rebel prisoners. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on December 20, 1864. After the war he served as Deputy United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1872 to until his death in Washington DC in 1874.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War first as Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (which was part of the famed Iron Brigade), then as Colonel and commander of the 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which he helped raise. At the October 8, 1862 Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, he rose from an ambulance, sick from malaria, and led his unit until he was severely wounded. Upon his recovery he was made Colonel and commander of the 8th Veterans Reserve Corps, and was appointed as commander of the Camp Douglas Military Prison in Chicago, Illinois. While commander, he oversaw the internment of over 10,000 Confederate prisoners. His tenure in command was marked by a zealous pursuit of punitive measures that were endorsed by higher Union authorities - measures resulted in the deaths of over 5,000 rebel prisoners. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on December 20, 1864. After the war he served as Deputy United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1872 to until his death in Washington DC in 1874.
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Family Members
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James Sweet
1808–1863
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Charlotte Newell Sweet
1813–1875
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Lovisa Loveland Denslow Sweet
1830–1878
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Belinda Sweet Blodgett
1834–1919
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Mary Sophia Sweet Brown
1840–1921
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Caroline Sweet
1844–1849
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Elbert E. Sweet
1847–1904
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William H Sweet
1853–1855
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Lydia Augusta Sweet Blodgett
1855–1938
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Ada Celeste Sweet
1853–1928
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Lawrence Wheelock Sweet
1854–1872
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Lawrence Wheelock Sweet
1855–1872
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Martha Winifred Sweet Bonfils
1863–1936
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Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet
1871–1942
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Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
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Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet
Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
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Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet
American Civil War Officers
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Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet
Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2004
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Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet
1850 United States Federal Census
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