Roderick N. Matheson
Roderick N. Matheson | |
|---|---|
 1849 or 1850 | |
| Born | May 28, 1824 Inverness, Scotland |
| Died | September 14, 1862 |
| Service/ | Union Army |
| Rank | colonel |
Roderick Nicol Matheson (May 28, 1824 – September 14, 1862) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Matheson was born in
California Gold Rush he moved to San Francisco. In 1856 he moved to Healdsburg, California, becoming a prominent city benefactor and wealthy landowner. He traveled to Washington, D.C., for Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in 1861, intending to stay only a few weeks, but found himself swept up in the fever of approaching war.[1]
Matheson was the
Peninsula Campaign, and the Seven Days Battles. He was mortally wounded at Crampton's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain.[4]
Matheson is buried in Oak Mound Cemetery in Healdsburg. A major street in the town is named after him.[1]
References
- ^ a b Hannah Clayborn's History of Healdsburg, Retrieved on March 30, 2009.
- ^ Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 674.
- 71st Pennsylvania Infantry.
- ^ The California State Military Museum 32nd Regiment of Infantry, New York Volunteers, Retrieved on February 12, 2008.
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