★ Buckland, Ralph P.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland​

Born: January 20, 1812

Birthplace: Leyden, Massachusetts

Father: Ralph Buckland 1781 – 1813

Mother: Ann E. Kent 1788 – 1858

Wife: Charlotte Broughton 1817 – 1901

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

Stepbrother: U.S. Congressman Luther Hanchett, Jr. 1825 - 1862

(Buried: Plover Cemetery, Plover, Wisconsin)​

Children:

Ralph Broughton Buckland 1839 – 1880​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

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Ann Kent Buckland Dillon 1841 – 1930​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

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Thomas Stilwell Buckland 1845 – 1846​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

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Caroline Nichole Buckland 1848 – 1864​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont ,Ohio)​

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Horace Stephen Buckland 1851 – 1917​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

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Mary Jerusha Buckland 1854 – 1860​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

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Alson Kent Buckland 1856 – 1858​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

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George Buckland 1859 – 1939​

(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​

Education:

Attended Tallmadge Academy in Ohio

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Attended Kenyon College​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Fremont, Ohio​

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1843 – 1845: Mayor of Fremont, Ohio​

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1848: Ohio Delegate to Whig Party National Convention​

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1855 – 1859: Ohio State Senator​

Civil War Career:

1862: Colonel of 72nd​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served under Sherman during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers​

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1863: Brigade Commander during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Received a fracture of right forearm, right hip and side when his horse was frightened​

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1864 – 1865: District Commander in Memphis, Tennessee​

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1865: Brevetted Major General in the Union Army​

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1865: Resigned as Brigadier General on January 6th​​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1869: U.S. Congressman from Ohio​

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Attorney in Fremont, Ohio​

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1866: Delegate to Philadelphia Loyalists Convention​

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Delegate to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Soldiers Convention​

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1876: Ohio Delegate to Republican Party National Convention​

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1877 – 1880: Government Director of Union Pacific Railroad​

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Had no full usage of his right arm due to his war fracture​

Died: May 27, 1892

Place of Death: Fremont, Ohio

Cause of Death: Aneurysm

Age at time of Death: 80 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio

 

[John Hartwell]

Widely circulated nationwide in February, 1892:

Obituary, May 28, 1892:

 

[John Hartwell]

Cleveland Dispatch, 23 March 1889: the obituary of General Buckland's war horse!

 

[Pollaco]

It isn't mentioned in any of his other biographys but one states that he was a law partner with Rutherford B. Hayes.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Ralph Buckland! Salutes remembering General Buckland on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

He resigned his commission on Jan.6th 1865 in order to be sworn in on March 4th. He had been elected to Congress in the fall of 1864.Just before that he was Commanding the District of Memphis. Said to be a thankless job guarding railroads and fending off Forrest.

 

[Pollaco]

One of his after-the-war-activities was that he was president of a soldiers' orphans home.

 

[Pollaco]

That's an interesting article on his horse, Barney

 

[USS ALASKA]

Two page article from History of Ohio during the war, and the lives of her generals by Whitelaw Reid can be read here - https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ94AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA907#v=onepage&q&f=false

Cheers,
USS ALASKA