★ Hobson, Edward Henry

Edward Henry Hobson​

Born: July 11, 1825

Birthplace: Greensburg, Kentucky

Father: Captain William Hobson 1789 – 1853

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

Mother: Lucy Ann Kirtley 1793 – 1872

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

Wife: Kate Adair 1830 – 1872

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

Children:

William A. Hobson 1849 – 1895​

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

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Anna Mary Hobson Penick 1851 – 1914​

(Buried: Greensburg City Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

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Atwood Monroe Hobson 1853 – 1868​

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

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John Adair Hobson 1856 – 1939​

(Buried: Greensburg City Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

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Edwena Hobson 1862 – 1935​

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

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Bettie Hobson Alcorn 1864 – 1950​

(Buried: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky)​

Occupation before War:

Mercantile Businessman in Greensburg, Kentucky​

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Served in Mexican – American War rising to the rank of 1st​ Lt.​

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Mercantile Businessman in Greensburg, Kentucky​

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1853 – 1857: Director of Greensburg Branch, Bank of Kentucky​

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1857 – 1861: President of Greensburg Branch, Bank of Kentucky​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 13th​ Kentucky Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Served at Camp Hobson in Kentucky​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Nominated by President Lincoln for rank of Brigadier General​

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1862: His horse fell on him crushing his right leg and ankle​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers​

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1863: Pursued Morgan during Morgan's Raid​

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1863: Unable to serve under Burnside with Cavalry due to health​

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Commander of Union Troops against Raids in Lexington, Kentucky​

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1864: Wounded in his left arm at Keller's Bridge, Kentucky​

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1864: Captured by General Morgan at Cynthiana, Kentucky​

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1864: He was able to negotiate his release from Prisoner of War​

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1864: Served in the First Battle of Saltville, Virginia​

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1865: Mustered out of Service in the Union Army​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1901: Suffered from swollen leg and left arm disabled​

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Member of the Radical Republican Party​

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Unsuccessful Candidate for Kentucky Clerk of Appeals​

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1872: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congress​

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District Collector of Internal Revenue Service​

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1880: Kentucky Delegate to Republican Party National Convention​

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1880: Vice – President of Republican Party National Convention​

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President of Southern Division of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway​

Died: September 14, 1901

Place of Death: Cleveland, Ohio

Cause of Death: Gastritis

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Hobson Family Cemetery, Greensburg, Kentucky

 

[Pollaco]

On of the many strange coincidences of the war, Hobson pursued Morgan and aided in his capure then was himself was later captured by Morgan.

 

[Pollaco]

He died at a reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Weekend Birthday (July 11th) Brig. General Edward Henry Hobson! Salutes remembering General Hobson on his birthday weekend.

 

[Pollaco]

After Edward Hobson was promoted to brigadier, the next colonel of the 13th Kentucky was Colonel William E. Hobson. A brother maybe?

 

[LetUsHavePeace]

Hobson and Williams Carter Wickham were largely responsible for the creation and operation of the C&O's "money" train - the James River line that connected the coal fields of the Virginia mountains to the docks at Newport News.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Carter_Wickham

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Edward H. Hobson! Salutes remembering General Hobson on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

The first year of the war he was mainly a recruiter.

 

[Pollaco]

It appears he did his entire stint as a general during the war in the 23rd Corps of the Department of the Ohio.