★ ★ Casey, Silas

Silas Casey​

Born: July 12, 1807

Birthplace: East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Father: Wanton Casey 1760 – 1842

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Mother: Elizabeth Goodale 1773 – 1830

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

1st​ Wife: Abby Perry Pearce 1813 – 1862

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

2nd​ Wife: Florida White Gordon 1841 – 1898

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

Children:

Brig. General Thomas Lincoln Casey 1831 – 1896​

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery North Kingstown Rhode Island)​

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Frederick Cummings Casey 1833 – 1834​

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery North Kingstown Rhode Island)​

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Abby Pearce Casey Hunt 1838 – 1886​

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery North Kingstown Rhode Island)​

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Rear Admiral Silas Casey Jr. 1841 – 1913​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia)​

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Elizabeth Goodale Casey Scott 1844 – 1912​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D.C.)​

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Lt. Edward Wanton Casey 1850 – 1891​

(Buried: Silas Casey Cemetery North Kingstown Rhode Island)​

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Julia Clifford Casey Bloodgood 1865 – 1911​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx New York)​

Education:

1826: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (39th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1826: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 7th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1826 – 1836: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1826 – 1829: Frontier Duty at Fort Towson, Indian Territory​

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1829 – 1832: Garrison Duty at Sackett's Harbor, New York​

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1836 – 1839: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1837 – 1841: Served in the Seminole War in Florida​

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1839 – 1855: Captain United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry in two Mexican War Battles​

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1847: Wounded during storming of Chapultepec, Mexico​

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1847: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at Chapultepec, Mexico​

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1848 – 1849: Served on the Voyage to California​

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1851 – 1852: Served on Expedition to Coquille River, Oregon​

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1852 – 1854: Recruiter for United States Army​

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1854 – 1855: Member of U.S. Army Board of Officers​

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1854: Member of Board for Dragon manual and for Colt Revolver​

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1854 – 1855: Member of Board for Breechloading Arms​

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1855 – 1861: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 9th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1855: Member of Board to revise Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics​

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1856 – 1857: U.S. Army Commander of Puget Sound District Wash.​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1861 – 1862: Organizer of Volunteers in Washington, D.C.​

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1861 – 1868: Colonel United States Army 4th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia​

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1862: Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry at Fair Oaks, Virginia​

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1862: Union Army Commander of White House, Virginia​

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1862 – 1863: Provisional Brigade Commander in Washington, D.C.​

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1862 – 1865: Major General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1863 – 1865: President for Examination of officers for Colored Regts.​

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1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th​​

Occupation after War:

1861 – 1868: Colonel, United States Army, 4th​ Infantry Regiment

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1865 – 1867: Regimental Commander in Detroit and Fort Wayne, Michigan​

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1867: U.S. Army Commissioner to Examine War Claims of Ohio​

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1868: Member of the Court of inquiry in United States Army​

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1868 – 1869: Member of U.S. Army Retiring Board in New York​

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1868: Retired from Active Service in U.S. Army on July 8th​​

Died: January 22, 1882

Place of Death: Brooklyn, New York

Cause of Death: Failure of his digestive System

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Silas Casey Cemetery, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

 

[jackt62]

Didn't General McClellan throw Casey "under the bus" by blaming him for the initial rout of his IV Corps division at the battle of Seven Pines?

 

[Pollaco]

Known for several manuals "System of Infantry Tactics" , and "Infantry Tactics for Colored Troops". He was also on the. Board that tried Fitz-John Porter.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Silas Casey! Salutes remembering General Casey on his birthday.

 

[ErnieMac]

Casey took over command of the American troops on San Juan Island from George Pickett during the "Pig War" in 1859.

 

[Pollaco]

It was in 1862 that the War Department adapted his manual.

 

[Pollaco]

Didn't General McClellan throw Casey "under the bus" by blaming him for the initial rout of his IV Corps division at the battle of Seven Pines?

Seven Pines was Casey's only major action of the war.

 

[ErnieMac]

A good article concerning Casey's Division at Seven Pines is attached:
https://www.historynet.com/brigadier-general-silas-casey-at-the-battle-of-seven-pines.htm

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Silas Casey! Salutes remembering General Casey on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

Didn't General McClellan throw Casey "under the bus" by blaming him for the initial rout of his IV Corps division at the battle of Seven Pines?

I need to check on that one. I'm not sure what he did or did not do at Seven Pines but it was his only major action and he was brevetted for it.