George Lucas Hartsuff
Born: May 28, 1830
Birthplace: Tyre, New York
Father: Henry Hartsuff 1804 – 1882
Mother: Rachel Readenberg 1808 – 1867
Education:
1852: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (19th in class)
Occupation before War:
1852 – 1853: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York
1852 – 1853: Frontier Duty at Fort Brown, Texas
1853: Suffered from Yellow Fever with Black Vomit
1853 – 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1854 – 1856: Served in Florida in the Seminole War
1854 – 1855: Engaged in Topographical Duty
1855: Wounded in the Skirmish near Fort Drane, Florida
1855 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1856 – 1859: Assistant Artillery Instructor at West Point
1859 – 1860: Frontier Duty at Fort Mackinac, Michigan
1860 – 1861: Leave of Absence from U.S. Army
1861: Garrison Duty in Washington, D.C.
Civil War Career:
1861: Breveted Captain staff officer
1861: Assistant Adjutant General of the Department of Florida
1861: Served in the Defense of Fort Pickens, Florida
1861 – 1862: Captain and Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army
1861 – 1862: Staff Officer on Staff of Brig. General Rosecrans
1861: Served in the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Virginia (West Virginia)
1861: Served in the pursuit of General John B. Floyd
1862: Served on Special Duty for United States War Department
1862: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Served in the Department of the Rappahannock
1862 – 1864: Major and Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army
1862: Served in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland
1862: Wounded in the hip Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862 – 1865: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1862 – 1863: Member Board to Revise Rules and Articles of War
1863: Commander of 23rd Army Corps in the Union Army
1863 – 1864: Captain United States Army 2nd Artillery
1863 – 1864: Incapacitated from field duty due to Antietam Wounds
1864 – 1871: Lt. Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army
1864 – 1865: Served on Court Martials
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry in the war
1865: Commander of Bermuda Front of the Siege of Petersburg
1865: Commander of City Point and Petersburg, Virginia
1865: Brevetted Major General his service in the War
1865: Commander of the District of Nottoway, Virginia
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1871: Lt. Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army
1865 – 1866: Adjutant General of Military Division of the Gulf
1866: Served on Temporary duty under Major General George Meade
1866 – 1867: Adjutant General for the Department of the Gulf
1867 – 1868: Adjutant General for Fifth Military District, U.S. Army
1868 – 1869: Adjutant General for temporary duty in New York City
1869 – 1871: Adjutant General of the Department of the Missouri
1871: Retired from United States Army as Major General
1871 – 1874: Lived as Retired United States Army Officer
Died: May 16, 1874
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 43 years old
Burial Place: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York
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