Mahlon Dickerson Manson
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Mahlon Dickerson Manson | |
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| Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | Druggist Indiana legislature U.S. Congressman Indiana Lieutenant Governor |
Mahlon Dickerson Manson (February 20, 1820 – February 4, 1895) was a druggist, Indiana politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Biography
Manson was born in
New Orleans. During the Mexican–American War he served with the 5th Indiana Volunteers as a captain. He was a druggist in Crawfordsville, Indiana
, and a member of the Indiana Legislature.
At the beginning of the Civil War, he was appointed a captain in the
Atlanta Campaign and was seriously wounded in the Battle of Resaca
, Georgia.
After the war, he served in the
Democrat from 1871 to 1873, was state auditor, and the 20th Lieutenant Governor
of Indiana from 1885 to 1886.
Manson died in Frankfort, Indiana, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville.
See also
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Lambert, D. Warren, When the Ripe Pears Fell, The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Historical Society, 1996, ISBN 0-9615162-3-2.
- Perry, Oran, Adjutant-General, Indiana in the Mexican War, Indianapolis, 1908.
- Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.
External links
- Congressional biography
- Civil War in Indiana
- Photographs at the Wayback Machine (archived February 8, 2008)
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