Lewis B. Parsons Jr.
Lewis B. Parsons Jr. | |
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Born | Perry, New York | April 5, 1818
Died | March 16, 1907 Flora, Illinois | (aged 88)
Resting place | Bellefontaine Cemetery |
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Occupation(s) | Banker, lawyer, military officer |
Lewis Baldwin Parsons Jr. (April 5, 1818 – March 16, 1907) was one of the last officers who was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Early life and career
Lewis B. Parsons, Jr. was born at
Civil war
Parsons began his service as a
On May 11, 1865, President of the United States Andrew Johnson appointed Parsons brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from May 11, 1865, but Johnson did not submit a nomination for confirmation of the appointment to the United States Senate until January 13, 1866.[2] The U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on February 23, 1866.[2] Parsons was mustered out of the volunteers on April 30, 1866.[2]
Death and interment
After the war, Parsons lived in Flora, Illinois, where he was a banker.[1] Lewis B. Parsons, Jr. died on March 16, 1907, at Flora, Illinois.[1] He was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Legacy
Parsons work as an officer in the Army quartermaster corps
... laid the foundation for the expansion of military railroad activities in the West. After helping to furnish transports for the use of Grant in his expedition against Fort Donelson and Fort Henry in February 1862, Parsons was promoted to Colonel in April and was made an aide on General Halleck's staff. His work from late 1862 until after the end of the war was little short of Herculean. ... The importance of Parsons lay in the fact that he created an orderly basis for the work of the United States Military Railroads in the West in 1864 and 1865.[3]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 417.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 726.
- ^ The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865, Thomas Weber, King's Crown Press, 1952, p. 178.