Wadsworth, James Samuel USA

[Mark Wadsworth]

Name WADSWORTH, James Samuel
Born October 30 1807, Geneseo, NY
Died May 8 1864, Wilderness VA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician.
War Service 1861 volunteer aide to McDowell at First Bull Run, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, military governor of District of Columbia, commanded 1st Divn/I Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded 4th Divn/V Corps at Wilderness (k).
Brevet Promotions Maj. Gen. U.S.V. May 6 1864.
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Further reading
Pearson, Henry Greenleaf James S. Wadsworth of Geneseo, brevet major-general of United States volunteers New York, C.Scribner's, 1913

[Mark Wadsworth]

That name wasn't hard to spell