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Daniel Ullman :us34stars: Born: April 28, 1810 Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware Father: John James Ullmann Wife: Amelia Goodin Berrian 1831 – 1890 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York) Education: 1829: Graduated from Yale University Occupation before War: Attorney in New York City, New York Prominent leader in the opposition of William H. Seward 1854: Unsuccessful Know – Nothing Candidate for Governor 1857: Witness in the trial of Burdell – Cunningham Trial Civil War Career: 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 78th New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment 1862: Captured at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia 1862: Prisoner of War held at Libby Prison for two months. Approached President Lincoln about enlisting African...
Stephen Edward Monaghan Underhill :CSA1stNat: Born: November 9, 1841 Birthplace: Dunse, Scotland Father: James Leslie Underhill 1805 – Mother: Amelia Emily 1813 – Wife: Bessie Gaines Lipscomb 1846 – 1910 (Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Children: Percy Walker Underhill 1870 – 1943 Emily Gordon Underhill 1870 – 1919 Walter L. Underhill 1874 – 1949 Nellie Underhill 1878 – 1961 Occupation before War: Served in the British Army until his resignation in 1862. Civil War Career: 1862: 1st Lt. Provisional Army of Confederate States 1863: Aide to Lt. General Stephen D. Lee 1863: Captured and Paroled at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1864: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Alabama Battalion Reserves 1864: Lt. Colonel of 4th...
Adin Ballou Underwood Born: May 19, 1828 Birthplace: Milford, Massachusetts Father: Orison Underwood 1805 – 1894 Mother: Hannah Bond Cheney 1804 – 1845 Wife: Jane Lydia Walker 1837 – 1926 (Buried: Cimetiere Communal de. Ste. Marguerite, Nice, France) Children: Amy Underwood Callender 1857 – 1943 (Buried: Campo Cestio, Rome, Italy) Anna Underwood Burgess 1859 – 1942 (Buried: Campo Cestio, Rome, Italy) William Orison Underwood 1861 – 1941 (Buried: Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Georgia) Education: Graduated from Brown University Attended Harvard Law School Occupation before War: Attorney in Boston Massachusetts Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain Company I, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 1862: Major of 33rd...
Charles Upson :us34stars: Born: March 19, 1821 Birthplace: Southington, Connecticut Father: Asahel Upson 1783 – 1867 (Buried: Wonx Spring Cemetery, Southington, Connecticut) Mother: Lydia Webster 1781 – 1861 (Buried: Wonx Spring Cemetery, Southington, Connecticut) Wife: Sophia Montgomery Upham 1830 – 1917 Married: August 4, 1852 in Le Roy, New York Children: Alonzo Sidney Upson 1853 – 1931 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Michigan) Mary Webster Upson 1856 – 1886 Margaret Chamberlain Upson Clark 1858 – 1936 Charles Hiram Upson 1862 – 1863 Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1844: Attended Yale Law School Occupation before War: 1840 – 1842: School Teacher in Farmington, Connecticut 1846 – 1847: School...
Charles Horace Upton :us34stars: Born: August 23, 1812 Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts Father: Samuel Upton 1784 – 1842 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Rebecca Allyn Peirce 1780 – 1859 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Wife: Martha Ellen Page 1819 – 1884 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Rebecca Ellen Upton Throckmorton 1838 – 1895 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Political Party: Unionist Party Education: 1834: Graduated from Bowdoin College Occupation before War: 1836 – 1861: Planter and Poetry Writer in Falls Church, Virginia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: United States Congressman from Virginia 1861 – 1862: Member of...
Emory Upton :us34stars: Born: August 27, 1839 Birthplace: Batavia, New York Father: Daniel Upton 1796 – 1888 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Batavia, New York) Mother: Electa Randall 1805 – 1888 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Batavia, New York) Wife: Emily Norwood Martin 1846 – 1870 (Buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York) Education: 1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class) Civil War Career: 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1861: Drilled Volunteers in Washington D.C. 1861 – 1865: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Artillery 1861: Aide to Brig. General Daniel Tyler 1861: Wounded in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. 1862...
John Palmer Usher U.S. Secretary of Interior :us34stars: Born: January 9, 1816 Birthplace: Brookfield, New York Father: Nathaniel Usher 1786 – 1865 Mother: Lucy Palmer 1791 – 1870 Wife: Margaret A. Patterson 1818 – 1911 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Children: Arthur Patterson Usher 1846 – 1888 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) John Palmer Usher Jr. 1849 – 1931 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Linton Joseph Usher 1852 – 1952 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Samuel Chambers Usher 1855 – 1928 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Attorney in Terre Haute, Indiana Circuit Attorney in Indiana, and Illinois...

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