★ Foster, Robert S.

Robert Sanford "Sandy" Foster​

Born: January 27, 1834

Birthplace: Vernon, Indiana

Father: Riley Shaw Foster 1810 – 1884

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Mother: Sarah Jane Wallace 1812 – 1900

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Wife: Margaret R. Foust 1846 – 1881

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Children:

Clarence Foster 1866 – 1930​

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

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Rose S. Foster 1868 – 1898​

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Occupation before War:

Clerk for Grocery Store in Indianapolis, Indiana​

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Learned the trade of being a tinner​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private in Indiana Volunteers Infantry​

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1861: Captain in 11th​ Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Served in the Battle of Rich Mountain, Western Virginia​

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1861 – 1862: Major of 13th​ Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 13th​ Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Led his regiment during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

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1862 – 1863: Served in Suffolk, Virginia as a Brigade Commander​

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1863: Manned the southwest front of the Suffolk Defenses​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1863: Brigade Commander on Folley Beach Siege of Charleston, South Carolina​

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1863: Contracted diarrhea that causing him disease of stomach​

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1864: Chief of Staff to General Quincy Gilmore​

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1864: Brigade Commander First & Second Battles of Deep Bottom​

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1864: Division Commander during Battle of New Market Heights​

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Led a division during the breakthrough during Petersburg​

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1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General in Union Army​

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1865: Member of Military Commission trying Lincoln Conspirators​

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1865: Resigned from the Union Army in September​

Occupation after War:

Co – Founder of the Indiana Department Grand Army of the Republic​

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Alderman for Indianapolis, Indiana​

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City Treasurer for the City of Indianapolis, Indiana​

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1870: Suffered from acute rheumatism confining him to bed​

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Indianapolis, Indiana President Board of Trade​

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1881 – 1885: United States Marshal in Indiana​

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Director of the Northern Prison in Indiana​

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Indiana State Quartermaster General of National Guard​

Died: March 3, 1903

Place of Death: Indianapolis, Indiana

Cause of Death: Rheumatism

Age at time of Death: 69 years old

Burial Place: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Robert S. Foster! Salutes remembering General Foster on his birthday.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Anyone who can rise in rank from private to General is deserving of admiration in my book. Happy birthday General Foster!

 

[scooter748driver]

I agree

 

[Pollaco]

His first unit as captain ( 11th Indiana) was a 3 month regiment,he than accepted an appointment as a field officer (major) in a 3 year regiment (13th Indiana).He eventually became it's colonel.

 

[Pollaco]

Foster's division that was part of the Union forces blocking Lee's line of retreat at Appomattox.