Martin Davis Hardin
Martin Davis Hardin | |
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United States of America Union | |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1859 - 1870 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Martin Davis Hardin (June 26, 1837 – December 12, 1923) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was appointed a brigadier general on July 6, 1864, to rank from July 2, 1864, the date of U.S. Senate confirmation of his promotion.[1]
Early life and education
Hardin was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, the son of John J. Hardin. He was a family friend and protégé of Abraham Lincoln. Although widely reported that it was at the Hardin family home that Lincoln first met his wife, Mary Todd, this is most likely false. Lincoln and his future wife probably met in Springfield. Hardin graduated from West Point in the Class of 1859, and was an aide to Robert E. Lee in the hanging of John Brown soon after.
Military service
Hardin served as a colonel in the
After retiring in December 1870, he became a lawyer in Chicago, and had a winter home in St. Augustine, Florida. His second wife, Amelia McLaughlin (1863–1939) was the sister-in-law of
See also
Notes
- ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 722
- ^ Warner, E. J. (1964). Generals in blue: Lives of the Union commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 151
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Hardin biography
- David Nolan, The Houses of St. Augustine, Pineapple Press, 1995.
- James T. Huffstodt. Lincoln's Bold Lion: The Life and Times of Brigadier General Martin Davis Hardin. Philadelphia and Oxford, England: Casemate Publisher. (2015)
- Ezra J. Warner. Generals In Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (page 205-206). Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press. (1964)