★ Garrard, Kenner

Kenner Garrard​

Born: September 30, 1827

Birthplace: Bourbon County, Kentucky

Father: Jeptha Dudley Garrard 1802 – 1837

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

Mother: Sarah Bella Ludlow 1802 – 1882

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

Education:

Attended Harvard University​

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1851: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

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1851 – 1852: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1851 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania​

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1852 – 1853: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 1st​ Dragoons​

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1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Conrad, New Mexico Territory​

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1852 – 1853: Frontier Duty at Albuquerque, New Mexico​

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1853 – 1855: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 1st​ Dragoons​

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1853 – 1854: Topographical Duty with Pacific Railroad Exploration​

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1854 – 1855: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​

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1855 – 1861: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1855: In charge of cavalry instruction at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania​

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1855 – 1858: Adjutant for U.S. Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1858 – 1860: Recruiter for United States Army​

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1860 – 1861: Conductor of Recruits to Texas​

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1861: Frontier Duty at Camp Cooper, Texas​

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1861: Captain, United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Captured at San Antonio, Texas, by Texans​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Put on parole, but not exchanged until August 27th​​

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1861: Served in United States Army, Commissary Office in D.C.​

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1861 – 1863: Captain, United States Army, 5th​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Assistant Cavalry Instructor at West Point Military Academy​

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1861 – 1862: Commandant of Cadets at West Point Military Academy​

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1862: Author of Nolan's System for Training Cavalry Horses​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 146th​ New York Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1863: Breveted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1863: Served in the Mine Run Campaign in Virginia​

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1863 – 1866: Major of United States Army, 3rd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: In charge of Cavalry Bureau in Washington, D.C.​

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1864: Commander of 2nd​ Cavalry Division, Army of Cumberland​

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1864: Served in detached Expeditions in Atlanta Campaign​

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1864: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry, Expedition to Covington, Georgia​

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1864: Commander of 2nd​ Cavalry Division, Division of Mississippi​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of 2nd​ Division, 16th​ Army Corps​

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1864: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry around Nashville, Tennessee​

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1865: Served in the Operations against Mobile, Alabama​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry at Battle of Nashville​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War​

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1865: Led storming column that captured Fort Blakely, Alabama​

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1865: Union Army Commander for District of Mobile, Alabama​

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

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1866: Major, United States Army, 3rd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1866: Assistant Inspector General, Department of the Missouri​

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1866: Resigned from United States Army on November 9th​​

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1866 – 1879: Real Estate Broker in Cincinnati, Ohio​

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1871 – 1879: Member of the "Platting Commission"​

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1875 – 1879: Member of Cincinnati Sewage Committee​

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Director of Cincinnati, Ohio Music Festival​

Died: May 15, 1879

Place of Death: Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cause of Death: Hernia

Age at time of Death: 51 years old

Burial Place: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

[Pollaco]

He happened to be in San Antonio , Texas when Twiggs surrendered the fort to the Confederacy. This is how he was taken prisoner and not exchanged until August 27, 1862.

 

[Pollaco]

He suceeded to command of a brigade at Little Round Top on the second day at Gettysburg when General Stephen Weed was killed.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday (September 30th) Brig. General Kenner Garrard! Salutes remembering General Garrard on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

He somehow got his hands on some Government funds when he was taken prisoner in Texas at the start of the war.He managed to have either hid them on his person or had to have known where they were hidden. When he made his way back to Washington after his release/parole he delivered $20,000 to the U.S. Treasury.

 

[Pollaco]

His 146th New York was also called "Garrard's Tigers". A later part of it, a zouave unit, was known as the 5th Oneida Regiment or nicknamed "Halleck's Infantry" after General Henry Halleck.

 

[Luke Freet]

Garrard commanded the Zouave Brigade after Brigadier Weed and Colonel O'Rorke were killed around the Round Tops. He was transferred west to take command of cavalry, his field of seeming expertise given his prewar record

 

[Pollaco]

Garrard commanded the Zouave Brigade after Brigadier Weed and Colonel O'Rorke were killed around the Round Tops. He was transferred west to take command of cavalry, his field of seeming expertise given his prewar record

Thanks, I was under the impression that Weed's brigade was mainly artillery.

 

[Luke Freet]

Thanks, I was under the impression that Weed's brigade was mainly artillery.

Weed WAS the division artillery commander at Chancellorsville before being promoted to command the Zouave Brigade

 

[Pollaco]

Key word "Was"!