James S. Negley
James Scott Negley | |
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United States of America Union | |
| Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1846–1848, 1861–1865 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
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James Scott Negley (December 22, 1826 – August 7, 1901) was an
Early life
Negley was born in
Civil War
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On April 19, 1861, Negley was appointed brigadier general in the Pennsylvania Militia. He raised a brigade of Pennsylvania volunteers and served under Robert Patterson in the Shenandoah Valley in 1861. His appointment as brigadier general expired on July 20 but he was reappointed brigadier general of volunteers on October 1, 1861. In October, he was placed in command of the 7th Brigade in the Department of the Ohio. He commanded the Union expedition (raid) against Chattanooga during the Confederate Heartland Offensive. The expedition proved to be a successful demonstration of the Union Army's ability to strike deep into the heart of Confederate held territory.[1]
On November 29, 1862, he was appointed
Fort Negley, built in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862 was named after him. It was the largest stone inland fort built during the war.
Postbellum career
After the war, Negley was elected as a
He served on the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers from 1874 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1888. He was re-elected to Congress in 1884 and served from 1885 to 1887. After retiring from politics, he was engaged in the railroad industry. The community of Negley, Ohio bears his name after being founded by the New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railway line.[6] In 1897, he became a Veteran Companion of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Negley died in Plainfield, New Jersey, aged 74. He is buried in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
The famous twentieth century foreign correspondent Negley Farson was a relative and namesake of the general.
See also
Notes
- North & South, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 84.
- ^ Cozzens, pp. 175-85.
- ^ David Powell, "Negley at Horseshoe Ridge," in The Chickamauga Campaign, ed. Steven E. Woodworth, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), pp. 140-164.
- ^ Grant, p. 368.
- ^ McCabe, James Dabney; Edward Winslow Martin (1877). The History of the Great Riots: The Strikes and Riots on the Various Railroads of the United States and in the Mining Regions Together with a Full History of the Molly Maguires. National Publishing Company.
the history of the great riots.
- ^ "A slice of Negley's history remembered". Lisbon Morning Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
References
- Cozzens, Peter. This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. ISBN 0-252-02236-X.
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- ISBN 0-914427-67-9.
- Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.
- United States Congress. "James S. Negley (id: N000024)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-11-05
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